Kate Gaston’s essays are usually hilarious and always wise. She is the proprietor of the Substack That Middle Distance and a regular at the Rabbit Room. She will also be a featured guest at The Habit's Focus Retreat at the end of October. In this episode, Kate and Jonathan Rogers discuss her essay, "The Heavy Lift of Creativity."

Kate Gaston&rsquo;s essays are usually hilarious and always wise. She is the proprietor of the Substack <a href="https://substack.com/@thatmiddledistance">That Middle Distance</a> and a regular at the Rabbit Room. She will also be a featured guest at The Habit's <a href="https://TheHabit.co/Retreats">Focus Retreat</a> at the end of October. In this episode, Kate and Jonathan Rogers discuss her essay, <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-165489559">"The Heavy Lift of Creativity."</a>

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Kate Gaston Is Generous. And Hospitable.

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Jeffrey Overstreet is a novelist, creative writing professor, and film critic at the intersection of art, faith, hope, and love. His new book, Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema, is a memoir in essays about film. He has described it as “a celebration and an expression of gratitude for the films that shaped my young imagination, that helped me recognize the glory of God's work in the world that God loves, and that then set me free to learn to love the world — the whole world — myself.” If you’ve ever been moved by a movie, you will enjoy this conversation with Jeffrey Overstreet.

Jeffrey Overstreet is a novelist, creative writing professor, and film critic at the intersection of art, faith, hope, and love. His new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lost-found-in-the-cathedral-of-cinema-a-spiritual-journey-jeffrey-overstreet/9452ceacae471f9b?ean=9781506496948&amp;next=t">Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema</a>, is a memoir in essays about film. He has described it as &ldquo;a celebration and an expression of gratitude for the films that shaped my young imagination, that helped me recognize the glory of God's work in the world that God loves, and that then set me free to learn to love the world &mdash; the whole world &mdash; myself.&rdquo; If you&rsquo;ve ever been moved by a movie, you will enjoy this conversation with Jeffrey Overstreet.

Jeffrey Overstreet Loves Movies.

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Priest and poet Malcolm Guite has become something of a regular on The Habit Podcast. And yet familiarity breeds ever more amazement at what a gift Malcolm is to the reading world. Galahad and the Grail is Book 1 of Merlin’s Isle: An Authuriad. This four-part epic poem in ballad form will retell the whole story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In this episode, Malcolm and Jonathan Rogers talk about poetic forms, the beginnings of Malcolm's own work on Arthur, and the old legends about how the grail got to the British Isles.

Priest and poet Malcolm Guite has become something of a regular on The Habit Podcast. And yet familiarity breeds ever more amazement at what a gift Malcolm is to the reading world. <a href="https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/merlins-isle?_pos=2&amp;_psq=galahad&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0">Galahad and the Grail i</a>s Book 1 of Merlin&rsquo;s Isle: An Authuriad. This four-part epic poem in ballad form will retell the whole story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In this episode, Malcolm and Jonathan Rogers talk about poetic forms, the beginnings of Malcolm's own work on Arthur, and the old legends about how the grail got to the British Isles.

Malcolm Guite on Galahad and the Grail

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Tish Harrison Warren is an Anglican priest, a former columnist at the New York Times and Christianity Today, and a writer of wise and thoughtful books about living lives of connection and meaning. Her new book, What Grows in Weary Lands, explores a reality that early Christians often grappled with but that we rarely talk about in contemporary life: at times, God seems to abandon the soul, leaving us feeling as if we are alone and left to our own resources. These are times of futility, when work and relationships feel hard, when prayer feels unsatisfying, and we question whether our efforts amount to anything. In this conversation, Tish and Jonathan Rogers talk about the possibility that aridity, languishing, and even burnout are an invitation to deeper, more connected, and more fruitful life and work.

This episode is sponsored by The Habit's Writer Development Cohorts. 

Tish Harrison Warren is an Anglican priest, a former columnist at the New York Times and Christianity Today, and a writer of wise and thoughtful books about living lives of connection and meaning. Her new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-grows-in-weary-lands-on-christian-resilience-tish-harrison-warren/48c8eea3218ea9c7?ean=9780593728840&amp;next=t">What Grows in Weary Lands</a>, explores a reality that early Christians often grappled with but that we rarely talk about in contemporary life: at times, God seems to abandon the soul, leaving us feeling as if we are alone and left to our own resources. These are times of futility, when work and relationships feel hard, when prayer feels unsatisfying, and we question whether our efforts amount to anything. In this conversation, Tish and Jonathan Rogers talk about the possibility that aridity, languishing, and even burnout are an invitation to deeper, more connected, and more fruitful life and work.
This episode is sponsored by The Habit's <a href="https://thehabit.co/cohorts">Writer Development Cohorts</a>.&nbsp;

Tish Harrison Warren Grows in Weary Lands

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Kate Gaston Is Generous. And Hospitable.

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