In Search Of

About In Search Of

From the Christian Century magazine ( christiancentury.org ), a podcast where we go in search of voices and perspectives that inform and expand a life of faith. Join your host Amy Frykholm for conversations with theologians, authors, and searchers of all kinds. In Season One, we’ll go to the desert, a traditional place in the history of Christianity to begin searches. We’re exploring saints and sages, inner and outer landscapes, and the dynamics of searching and finding. In Search Of is inspired by a line from the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. “You see,” says the poet, “I am one who likes to look for things.” This is a show for searchers and seekers, for those who dream of outlandish quests and those who live as pilgrims to the everyday.

Publisher

The Christian Century

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2022

Latest episode

3 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Apr 2024

   A Refugee’s Feast: the story of Maria Skobtsova with Amy Frykholm

   Welcome to In Search Of, a podcast where we go in search of voices and perspectives that inform and expand a life of faith. In this episode, Amy introduces us to St. Maria Skobtsova, who studied theology and practiced hospitality from St. Petersburg in 1917, to Paris in the 1930s, until her death in a Nazi concentration camp in the 1940s. Learn which aspects of her life make her a personal saint for Amy on the season finale of In Search Of.

2. 

   27 Mar 2024

   Love and desolation: The story of Matushka Olga Michael with Meagan Saliashvili

   “Blessed Olga said, ‘God can create great beauty out of complete desolation.” – Meagan Saliashvili Welcome to In Search Of, a podcast where we go in search of voices and perspectives that inform and expand a life of faith. In this episode, journalist Meaghan Saliashvili tells the story of the recently glorified Orthodox saint, Matushka Olga Michael, an indigenous healer in Alaska long venerated in local communities for her ability to heal victims of sexual abuse. What does Matushka Olga have to teach us about humility, gender, and healing? Find out on this episode of In Search Of.

3. 

   20 Mar 2024

   The story never meant to be told: The suppressed history of African American religious women with Shannen Dee Williams

   “When confronted with the silenced past, the greatest responsibility of the historian–and the most radical thing any person can do–is to tell the story that was never meant to be told.” – Shannen Dee Williams Welcome to In Search Of, a podcast where we go in search of voices and perspectives that inform and expand a life of faith. In this episode, we learn about the missing history of Black Catholic sisters in the United States with Dr. Shannen Dee Williams–and why that history has been erased. Get to know the Venerable Mother Mary Lange, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, Venerable Henriette Delille, the Sisters of the Holy Family, Sister Mary Antona Ebo and more on this episode of In Search Of.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

33 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

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