Let's engage the most familiar passage in the Christmas story using the practice of Lectio Divina, shall we? As we enter into the festivities of Christmas, making space to reflect on Christ's profoundly simple, yet remarkably miraculous birth is what our hearts really need.  Let's keep listening in and letting that light shine.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Luke 2:2-20 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today's episode is a little different than usual, friend. As we enter into the Advent season, I want to use this podcast to offer you a quiet space to prepare Him room. If you would like to slow down together and pay attention to what our hearts really need this month, listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In this final episode of season 2, I share transparently with my sister about how shame has been one of my biggest obstacles to calling. Then stick around for a FUN story about how God has spoken to others on my behalf. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Episode 14 Episode 15 Tamara's website Find Tamara on Instagram. Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify    

As we bring season 2 "On Calling" to an end, there is one more story to share - and that's my own. Today, I'm delighted to have my sister Tamara back on the podcast, this time as the interviewer and I as the guest. This is my story of calling, but also my story of learning to believe that God still speaks. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Rainer Maria Riilke "Live the Questions" Episode 37 Episode 38 Find Tamara on Instagram. Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

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The Celtic Christian tradition has a term for those spaces where we easily encounter God's presence. They call these moments thin places. But is it possible to experience God's presence when there are dishes to be washed, decisions to be made, planning to be done, emails to be sent? Yes - if we will pay attention. Here is a practice to help you do just that. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor The Ministry of Ordinary Places by Shannan Martin Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson Exodus 3:2-5 (NAS) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify  

If we are to become who Christ created us to be, we must first see ourselves through His eyes, rather than with the methods we typically use to view ourselves. Today's episode walks you through a life-changing practice to help you shift your gaze away from the mirrors of judgment and toward Jesus, who will always speak the truth about who you are and who you are becoming.   Links and Resources from this episode:  Deeper by Dane Ortlund 1 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV) LIfe of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen John 17:20-23 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Welcome to part 2 of my interview with Elizabeth Meyers, homeschooling Mom of 8, Wife of a retired fighter pilot, Author, Speaker, Podcaster, and novice Farmer. In this episode, Liz shares some nuggets of wisdom that were aha moments for me (intentional neglect, anyone??) and offers a profound image of freedom at the very end that will stick with me for a very long time. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  ElizabethMeyers.me Resilient Life Hacks podcast Find Liz on Instagram and Facebook  Undefeated Undaunted in Darkness Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Homeschooling Mom of 8, Wife of a retired fighter pilot, Author, Speaker and Podcaster, Elizabeth Meyers has a story of calling unlike most others. She also has a moving story of finding healing after a heartbreaking pregnancy loss that has now become a source of healing for others. I know this week's episode will encourage and inspire you. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  ElizabethMeyers.me Resilient Life Hacks podcast Find Liz on Instagram and Facebook  Undefeated Undaunted in Darkness Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

How do we listen to the voice of the Divine Caller? It begins by learning to trust Him as a Good Shepherd. Join me as we soak in Psalm 23 together through the practice of Lectio Divina.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Psalm 23 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

"The process of spiritual direction is a practice of helping people become aware of what God is up to in their lives." -Emily P. Freeman As I celebrate my recent graduation from spiritual direction training, you may be one of those who who are wondering, "What exactly is spiritual direction?" I'm so glad you asked. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Episode 6 Looking into the Well by Maureen Conroy Emily P. Freeman - Episode 167 Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas Romans 12:1, 2 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Yes, we are blessed to be a blessing. But what if we are broken to be a blessing as well? What if our calling is an invitation to heal those parts of us that are waiting to be poured out in blessing? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Redeeming Heartache by Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel Isaiah 58:11, 12 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today, we use the practice of Lectio Divina to reflect on Jesus' words in the Upper Room during the Last Supper with his disciples. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  John 13:1-11 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In just a few weeks from the recording of this podcast, I will be graduating with my spiritual direction certification from Sioux Falls Seminary. This feels like a pivotal moment as I consider what is next in my journey of calling. In this episode, I share a question that I have learned to ask of myself that assures me that I am safe to take the next step. It has helped me release the fear of getting it wrong and might help you to do the same.  I also invite you into the practice of Lectio Divina with me around the passage of Peter and Jesus walking on water. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Matthew 14:25-33 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

"One of the foundational spiritual practices for callings is discernment. And discernment at the root is learning how to listen - to God and listen to our own selves and listen to others." - Tamara Murphy On this episode, I conclude my conversation with my sister Tamara, a spiritual director. We explore the roadblocks to calling that she has experienced and the ways she has learned to overcome. And we discuss how she helps others to make space to listen to God's voice on their own journey of calling. It has been a joy to welcome my sister to the Me: When I'm Free table. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  What is Spiritual Direction? Tamara's website Calling Stories Find Tamara on Instagram All Called The Call that Rose Up Like a Road to Meet Me Episode 36: Do What You Are Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today we celebrate the one year birthday of the Me: When I'm Free podcast! It's my joy on this special day to welcome my first interviewee: my sister, Tamara Murphy! Tamara is a spiritual director, mom of 4 and the wife of Brian, an Anglican priest. She offers hard-earned insight on calling, shares the story of the winding pathway to her own calling, and we also have fun unpacking each other's super powers. Listen in! Links and Resources from this episode:  Tamara's website Calling Stories Find Tamara on Instagram All Called The Call that Rose Up Like a Road to Meet Me Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

“Instead of “You are what you do,” calling says: “Do what you are," writes Os Guinness in his book The Call. The challenge then becomes defining who we are. This episode is about the ways we need others to help us to do that by calling out our goodness and beauty. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Episode 6 The Call by Os Guinness Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You by Dr. Jim Wilder The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson Psalm 139:1-6 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What messages have you received about what God sees when He looks at you? If you are like me, the messages I received in my childhood and beyond about God’s view of me formed me in ways I could not understand. It wasn't until I began to grapple with all the ways I had tried to be seen, while still feeling deeply unseen, that I discovered that seeing myself through God's eyes changes everything.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner The Call by Os Guinness Psalm 139:13-22 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Why are there so many obstacles to calling? What if the reason lies in the fact that calling is actually about God healing our brokenness? And what if our brokenness is the soil in which the most beautiful of callings can grow? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero Matthew 13:31, 32 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Most of us are looking for answers when it comes to calling, but what if we lived the questions instead? What if we allowed ourselves to be known, to ask and answer questions, to let others speak into our lives, to love the questions that lead us to uncover who we are? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Matthew 20:32-34 (MSG) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify