In Episode 3 of Inside the Abbey, Rebecca Hall and Santi Rodriguez interview Gustavo Hernandez about meditation and mindfulness. Gustavo also leads us in a 2-minute meditation session to help us to practice mindful breathing. Gustavo Hernandez is a parishioner at St. David's and the leader of the Sunday Morning…
In Episode 2 of Inside the Abbey, Rebecca Hall and Santi Rodriguez interview Irit Umani about spiritual commitment and service. Irit Umani, the Executive Director of Trinity Center, a faith-based organization conducting programs that serve the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of the poor and homeless in Austin. Before moving…
In the first episode of the Inside the Abbey podcast, Rebecca Hall and Santi Rodriguez interview Janet Davis about The Art of Stillness. This book, by Pico Iyer, has been a helpful guide for Janet to live in the present moment. Janet enjoys speaking, teaching, and offering spiritual direction. She…
This podcast episode is part of the Eckhardt Mission Series 2019 lecture. The Rev. Dr. Laura Winner is the Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke University. She is an Episcopal priest, and serves as vicar of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Louisburg, N.C. She writes and lectures widely on Christian…
Dr. Suzie Park is the Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, TX. She has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. Dr. Park's primary research interest centers on literary and theological interpretations of the Old Testament. In particular, she is…
Dr. Richard Grant is a psychologist in Austin, TX.
The Rev. J. Pittman McGehee, DD, is an Episcopal priest and Jungian analyst in private practice in Austin, Texas. He is widely known as a lecturer and educator in the field of psychology and religion, as well as a published poet and essayist. He is the author of The Invisible Church:…
Rabbi Neil F. Blumofe is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, a flourishing congregation of 700 families. He holds Rabbinic Ordinations from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York and the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles. Rabbi Blumofe also holds the diploma of Hazzan…
Dr. Scott Bader-Saye is the Helen and Everett H. Jones Chair in Christian Ethics and Moral Theology and academic at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. Dr. Bader-Saye has a M.Div from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Duke. His current research centers on theological readings of gender and transgender. Other…