{"id":19114,"date":"2024-12-20T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=19114"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:48:40","slug":"season-25-episode-4-advent-week-4-an-invitation-to-find-god-in-unexpected-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2024\/12\/season-25-episode-4-advent-week-4-an-invitation-to-find-god-in-unexpected-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 25: Episode 4 | Advent Week 4: An Invitation to Find God in Unexpected Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this final episode of the season, we are joined by none other than the author of Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent<\/em> herself, Enuma Okoro!! Enuma joins Charity, Colleen, and Jeff to share the inspirations behind her book, personal insights on faith, the significance of untold stories in the Bible, and the challenges of maintaining faith. Continuing with our Advent story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, they discuss the challenges and blessings of waiting on God’s \u201cinconvenient timing.\u201d The four also reflect on God’s presence in everyday life and the importance of recognizing divine manifestations in people and situations we least expect.<\/p>\n

This season, as Advent falls on the heels of a contentious election season here in America and amidst the reality of war and violence around the world, we here at the Transforming Center wanted to approach the Advent podcast season with the awareness that many people are deeply in need of space and hope right now. TC staff member Charity McClure and ministry partners Jeff James and Colleen Powell will be walking listeners through Advent with the intention of broadening and deepening the practice and experience of silence as a way to hold that space. Using Enuma Okoro\u2019s book Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent<\/em>, which highlights the story of Elizabeth and Zachariah, for inspiration and wisdom, Charity and Jeff will be joined by guests as they explore themes of lament, barrenness, waiting, dependence on God, community, friendship, and hope.<\/p>\n

\"EnumaEnuma Okoro<\/strong> is a Nigerian-American author, writer, lecturer, curator, and arts and culture critic. Her globally read column, \u201cThe Art of Life,\u201d<\/strong><\/a> reflects her broader research and writing interests: how the intersection of art, philosophy, spirituality, ecology and culture can speak to the human condition and interrogate how we live with ourselves and one another, and how we relate to the more-than-human. She has contributed to a number of different publications and is the author of Reluctant Pilgrim and Silence and other Surprising Invitations of Advent. You can find more from her over on her substack A Little Heart to Heart<\/a>, Letters about life and living, art and spirit, and staying curious and courageous.<\/p>\n

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