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"We make idols of our concepts but wisdom is born of wonder." Host Katie Marquette takes listeners on a sound-rich, audio adventure for your ears, exploring beauty, aesthetics, theology, literature, and art. www.bornofwonder.com
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Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
The Nordic Theory of Love asserts that unhealthy dependencies inhibit our ability to truly love one another - that true love thrives under circumstances that establish independence and equality. Understanding this theory is key to understanding the economic and social policies in Nordic countries, policies that continuously have them topping out the rankings in the World Happiness Report. Nordic societies put in place social safety nets - including universal access to family leave, childcare, healthcare, and education - in order to free individuals from cycles of dependency and live more authentically. Or at least that is the theory. Does it work?
Finnish journalist and author Anu Partanen is here to explain how all these policies play out in Nordic societies and why she thinks they actually could work, especially at the state level, in the USA. I ask her all the questions I've always wanted to know about Nordic countries - How do businesses keep running if everyone is continuously taking off for maternity leave? What about those infamous wait times when you go the doctor? Is this really just a culture obsessed with conformity?
I hope this conversation gives you a lot to think about and I would love to hear your thoughts!
Guest: Anu Partanen, author of the Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Here during Valentine's Day Week, we're celebrating one of life's biggest joys: Friendship, a love that is often much devalued in our modern society. While friendship might be unnecessary in the most basic biological sense (we need parents, we need spouses, in ways that we don’t need friends), it is precisely that lack of obligation that has the potential to elevate friendship to an extraordinarily high, even near divine, place in our lives. We're going to celebrate with audio clips giving us a chance to meditate on great friendships like Anne Shirley and Diana Barry, Elphaba and Glinda, C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, Jesus and His disciples. After the main episode stay tuned for a bonus chat with Christy Isinger, all about the amazing friendships you develop when traveling on a pilgrimage - if you've been thinking about signing up for our Ireland 2024 trip, now is the time! Stay tuned for more details.
All the Pilgrimage Details here!
https://www.bornofwonder.com/come-to-ireland-with-me
Video chat with Christy Isinger and More Pilgrimage Info
https://bornofwonder.substack.com/p/ireland-chat-with-christy-isinger
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”
-C.S. Lewis
“No longer will I call you servants… Indeed, I have called you friends"
John 15:15
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
https://www.anneofgreengables.com/
"Friendship is Unnecessary" Substack Essay
"For Good" from Wicked
Song Recommendation: "Down by the Water" by Abigail Lappell
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Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Very exciting announcement for 2024!!!
This year I’m partnering with Select International to lead a truly phenomenal, unforgettable tour through the saint scattered hills of Ireland.
I will have an incredible co-leader partner in the podcaster and writer Christy Isinger.
Tune in for all the details, the backstory of how this came about, how you can support me in this endeavor (prayers, spreading the word etc), the importance of going on adventures, and some new year 'hellos' and plans for the next season!
come join us on the Irish Wisdom and Wonder Tour Oct 2-11 2024!
Download the brochure
Sign up!
Born of Wonder Ireland Trip Details
Word of the Year
Saint of the Year
https://saintsnamegenerator.com/
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Thank you everyone for listening and making season 6 of the podcast such a success! We're wrapping up this season with some beautiful music, end of year reflections (2 kids, no social media, more writing! A lot happening, a lot more to come), Advent listening recommendations, St. Nick's Traditions, and some encouragement to 'begin anew' always. Remember, Christmas is all about second chances. We all get to start again. What a gift that is. Wishing everyone a very Happy Advent, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Animals understand that winter is a time for retreat and rest. They know that surviving the harshness of winter means living differently - sometimes even entering a liminal state of being: hibernation. And while human beings don't hibernate per say, there's a lot we can learn from the rhythms of the natural world. Whether it's ignoring 'clock time,' embracing 'denning,' or 'The Watch,' there are many ways to encourage a joyful engagement with our body and mind's need for seasonal rest. As Shakespeare wrote - 'a sad tale's best for winter' - there's something about this time of year that merges the melancholy with the imaginative, the darkness with the light. Instead of hiding from the contradictions, let's embrace them.
special thanks to Chris Marquette for his piano playing on this episode!
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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Today on the podcast we're celebrating - JOY! Beethoven composed his iconic 9th Symphony after he had gone completely deaf, a beautiful miracle in and of itself. We'll hear the original poem by Friederich Schiller - 'Do you feel the Creator's Presence? / Seek Him beyond the Stars! / He must live beyond the Stars.' This is an episode to put headphones on and turn the volume way up. An invitation to pause, listen, and rejoice.
Wishing everyone a beautiful holiday week! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Ode to Joy by Friederich Schiller
Joy, thou shining spark of God,
Daughter of Elysium,
With fiery rapture, goddess,
We approach thy shrine!
Your magic reunites those
Whom stern custom has parted;*
All men will become brothers*
Under your protective wing.
Let the man who has had the fortune
To be a helper to his friend,
And the man who has won a noble woman,
Join in our chorus of jubilation!
Yes, even if he holds but one soul
As his own in all the world!
But let the man who knows nothing of this
Steal away alone and in sorrow.
All the world's creatures draw
Draughts of joy from nature;
Both the just and the unjust
Follow in her gentle footsteps.
She gave us kisses and wine
And a friend loyal unto death;
She gave the joy of life to the lowliest,
And to the angels who dwell with God.
Joyous, as His suns speed
Through the glorious order of Heaven,
Hasten, brothers, on your way
Exultant as a knight victorious.
Be embraced, all ye millions!
With a kiss for all the world!
Brothers, beyond the stars
Surely dwells a loving Father.
Do you kneel before Him, oh millions?
Do you feel the Creator's presence?
Seek Him beyond the stars!
He must dwell beyond the stars.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Medieval Christians talked about Jesus in ways that can shock us today - Jesus as Mother, as Lover. These evocative ways of viewing Christ can open us up to a surprisingly rich and imaginative spirituality. Today on the podcast Katie is joined by Dr. Grace Hamman, author of the excellent new book, "Jesus through Medieval Eyes: Beholding Christ with the Artists, Mystics, and Theologians of the Middle Ages." We'll discuss the unique spirituality of the medieval world - the saints, monastics, and mystics who wrote of Christ in strange and beautiful allegories, and what all of this can teach us today.
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
For many people in the US Daylight Savings Time means short days and long nights. How do we find joy and thrive during seasons of waning light and early darkness? On this podcast we'll talk about finding Light in the Darkness - Cozy traditions to embrace 'hygge' - and how it's important to not live in denial of (both spiritual and physical) seasons. Learning to embrace the darkness can mean embracing Joy in all of life's ups and downs. I hope this helps you to enjoy this coming season with a spirit of warmth and joy.
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Santa Lucia - English Translation
Night comes with heavy steps through our land, calling.
Sunlight, the earth forgets; shadows are falling.
However dark the night, rising with candles bright,
Santa Lucia! Santa Lucia!
Though long may be the night, hope, she is bringing,
Hear now, the maid in white, silently winging,
Hushed wonder in the air, Lights glowing in her hair,
Santa Lucia! Santa Lucia!
"The darkness soon shall flee valleys in shadow,
Sunlight I can foresee, over over the meadows,
The sun will come again! Rise in the sky to reign!"
Santa Lucia! Santa Lucia!
Translated from Swedish by Tamsyn Spackman
Wintering by Katherine May
https://katherine-may.co.uk/wintering
Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Cozily
https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/hygge.htm
The Gael - From Last of the Mohicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNnzufK0nVE&list=RD6IEP53VMUT8&index=2