The Pocket Contemplative
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The Pocket Contemplative
On Playfulness
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Dave Schmelzer
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Episode 112
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Some great thinkers like GK Chesterton and Meister Eckhart pitch that right at the heart of God's reality is play and that the more we can tap into this bone-deep playfulness, even in the middle of realities that look quite unpromising and overwhelming, the better we'll thrive.
Mentioned on this podcast
The God Who Plays: A Playful Approach to Theology and Spirituality, by Brian Edgar
Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown M.D.
Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times, by Matthew Fox
The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron