Speaking with Joy

Memory

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Memory shapes our sense of who we are, where we come from, and where we're going. It's fundamental, and it's flawed. What are we to make of it?

Modern Day Monasticism

How can we incorporate rhythms of prayer into our every day lives, dedicating our work, play, and rest to God?

Freedom and Restraint

This episode explores Bach fugues, improvisational jazz, poetry, and a kid's cartoon to suggest the idea that true freedom necessitates restraint. 

The Heart's Necessities

How do we live well in a complicated world? This episode seeks the words of a poet from the past and a musician for the present to explore this timeless question. This episode features an interview with Veery Huleatt, editor of a new volume of poetry by Jane Tyson Clement.

Touch

To be a human is to have a body, and to have a body is to touch and be touched. This episode explores our desire to touch creation, each other, and God. 

New Season — Speaking with Joy Live!

Speaking with Joy welcomes a new season with this special episode featuring the talks from the Speaking with Joy live events and music from Two Benedictions. Enjoy!

A Refuge, a Resource, a Response

Speaking with Joy is celebrating its second anniversary! Many thanks to everyone who has joined in on the journey.

Reading with Joy — Chapter Nine

There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth.

Blessed, Broken, Given — Featuring Glenn Packiam

Joy chats with Glenn Packiam about how our stories because sacred in the hands of Jesus.

Reading with Joy — Chapter Eight

"The chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the apparent bustle."