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Hello and welcome! This is a virtual writing retreat featuring the work of Lech Walesa. Rhetoric is everywhere, from what we read to what we hear and see. In this retreat we will work with a few different meditations, from artwork, to the work of Cicero, to the Gospel of John, then we will follow the patterns of history in Poland from 1938-1989. The hope is that through these exercises we will begin to see how we process the information given to us on a daily basis, and by the end of this workshop participants will be able (I hope) to see what they are called to do in this moment in history. This is a recording of what I prepared for my church community, St. Philip's Episcopal church and the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.

The questions were taken, with permission, from Rhetoric Professor Curry Kennedy of Texas A&M. And one is from the work of interspiritual author Mirabai Starr (Think of the people who have loved you into being), from her book Wild Mercy.

All quotes have been given sources within the slides shown. Slides 19 & 21 were quotes found on Wikipedia but fact-checked elsewhere:
About Solidarity

All quotes from Lech Walesa not given documentation on the slides were from an interview he did with the Red Cross (Volume 87 Number 857 March 2007, International Review of the Red Cross). Red Cross Interview

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Today we'll talk about the work of Mirabai Starr, an Inter-spiritual teacher, writer, and translator of the mystics. Mirabai is a well-known teacher of the divine feminine. She has written several books and her translations of St. John of the Cross's poetry as well as St. Teresa of Avila and St. Julian of Norwich's work won her critical acclaim. She is well-versed in the way of all things holy and feminine and wishes to empower women with the simple truth: that we are loved and holy just as we are.

St. Philip's Rochester YouTube Channel

Mirabai Starr's Website

For more information about me and my work, please visit www.brianneturczynski.com or www.lovingtheimperfect.com

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Welcome to season 3 of Loving the Imperfect!

Thank you for being patient with me over my long break. Join me this season along with my kindergarten classmate, Erin Grossi, as we introduce and discuss some modern-day prophets, people who, we believe, have at least one thing in common: the prophetic voice. The purpose of this season is to introduce listeners to some new artists and writers. We hope the selection we have for you will inspire you to read, write, and create to be a force of love in the world.

Links to cool stuff mentioned on the show:

Hold Your Own: Poems by Kae Tempest

Book of Traps and Lessons Album by Kae Tempest

On Connection by Kae Tempest

Olga Tokarczuk's Divine Cosmos interview with the Paris Review

Kae Tempest Interview with Fe Ferraris: Musik Express

The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot read aloud

Richard Rohr's Everything Belongs Podcast

Versed Community Membership Invitation

For more information about me and my work, please visit www.brianneturczynski.com or www.lovingtheimperfect.com