Host Jean P. Kelly and New York Times Bestselling Author Simran Jeet Singh, along with a member of the audience, share that the benefits of meditation—whether in Christianity or Sikhism—are not only accessible to everyone, they are a portals to connectedness, loving service, and political action.
ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL READING TEXT
The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life, by Simran Jeet Singh (2022): https://www.amazon.com/Light-We-Give-...
Author reading and Guided Spiritual Meditation: https://www.readpraywrite.com/share-t...
GUEST BIO
South-Texas native Simran Jeet Singh is a professor of history at the historic Union Theological Seminary, national bestselling author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life , and senior advisor for the Aspen Institute’s Religion and Society Program. He hosts Wisdom & Practice, a podcast on PRX and will soon host an independently produced television series, Undivided, which examines the fight for religious freedom throughout American history. Learn more https://www.ddc-international.com/und...
https://simranjeetsingh.org/
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
🌀 How both Christian and Eastern religions teach that inward contemplation and outward social action are closely connected.
🪷 Practical tips for practicing mindfulness, remembrance, loving service daily.
☬ History and core values of Sikh faith.
🕈 Common ground in Christian and Sikh approaches to meditation, contemplation, and prayer.
🗳️ Being religious is more than being spiritual; it is being political.
OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Centering Prayer: https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org...
ABOUT READ PRAY WRITE
Meditations, conversations, and wisdom you need to slow down, make space and become open to grace. Creatives of all faith, contemporary and ancient, offer their work as the starting point along an intentional path. The sure destination of lectio divina, spiritual reading, is deeper understanding, meaning, and peace.
ABOUT HOST JEAN P KELLY
Jean P. Kelly, Ph. D., is a storyteller, seeker, and spiritual guide, host of the award-winning podcast about spiritual reading, Read. Pray. Write. at www.readpraywrite.com, and author of Less Helping Them, More Healing You: The Transcendent Gifts of an Ancient Spiritual Practice (ACTA 2024). She is Associate Professor of Journalism at Otterbein University in Central Ohio. She is a lay Benedictine of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana.
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