Margret and Catherine take a look at the parables that Jesus tells in Luke chapter 15.

The parable of the running Father is a beautiful case study of therapeutic parenting, helpful to all parents, particularly those with children with additional needs.

What does God's mothering of us look like? What are the different ways that we experience the maternal embrace of the divine? This is the question that Joan Wright Howie explores with Catherine in this episode.

Joan is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. She is also a Spiritual Director and a professional supervisor.

Here is Joan's Golden Thread website. The conversation she refers to can be found on The Golden Thread Untangled podcast. The link here is to Spotify.

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In this wide ranging conversation, Catherine talks with Dr Laura Beres, who is Professor of Social Work, at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario. They talk about spirituality in the context of social work, narrative therapy, research into spirituality and resilience and COVID 19. What can we learn from the Celtic inspired practices of community of Iona? And from the Benedictine concepts of conversatio, obedience and stability. How might the idea of cloisters be helpful to us today? And why might a diary be a great spiritual tool?

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