It's the season for writing Christmas letters. This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with letter-writer Reagan Dregge.

They discuss the art of physical letter-writing, the personal attention it involves from sender to recipient, and the inherent embodiment that comes with putting pen to paper.

It's the season for writing Christmas letters. This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with letter-writer Reagan Dregge.
They discuss the art of physical letter-writing, the personal attention it involves from sender to recipient, and the inherent embodiment that comes with putting pen to paper.

Conversations with writers about writing, hosted by Jonathan Rogers.

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S2 E50: Reagan Dregge

Besides being a bird enthusiast, Courtney Ellis is a pastor in Southern California, the author of several books, and the host of a podcast called The Thing with Feathers. Her new book is Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope through Grief. In this episode, Courtney and Jonathan Rogers talk about delight, presence, and cultivating attention. 

Besides being a bird enthusiast, Courtney Ellis is a pastor in Southern California, the author of several books, and the host of a podcast called <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-thing-with-feathers-birds-and-hope-with-courtney-ellis/id1666413692">The Thing with Feathers</a>. Her new book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/looking-up-a-birder-s-guide-to-hope-through-grief-courtney-ellis/20713525?ean=9781514007167">Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope through Grief</a>. In this episode, Courtney and Jonathan Rogers talk about delight, presence, and cultivating attention.

Courtney Ellis Is Looking Up

Leif Enger writes novels about good people living through bad times. His new book, I Cheerfully Refuse, epitomizes what the Los Angeles Tines calls Enger's “musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling.” In this episode, Leif Enger and Jonathan Rogers talk about dystopian fiction; courage, literacy, and hope; and the bass guitar.

Leif Enger writes novels about good people living through bad times. His new book, I Cheerfully Refuse, epitomizes what the Los Angeles Tines calls Enger's “musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling.” In this episode, Leif Enger and Jonathan Rogers talk about dystopian fiction; courage, literacy, and hope; and the bass guitar.

Leif Enger on I Cheerfully Refuse

Emily P. Freeman spends a lot of time thinking, talking, and writing about discernment and decision-making–doing the next right thing. She hosts The Next Right Thing podcast and created The Next Right Thing Guided Journal. Her latest book is How to Walk Into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away. In this conversation, Emily and Jonathan Rogers talk about pointing and calling, the difference between discernment and decision-making, and the counterintuitive truth that, when it comes to discerning the next best step, remembering is more important than predicting.

Emily P. Freeman spends a lot of time thinking, talking, and writing about discernment and decision-making–doing the next right thing. She hosts <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-right-thing/id1268826768">The Next Right Thing podcast</a> and created <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Next-Right-Thing-Guided-Journal/dp/0800739779/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1C0ORHFVQUGW5&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+next+right+thing+guided+journal&amp;qid=1608990540&amp;sprefix=the+next+right+thing,aps,150&amp;sr=8-3&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=chaatthesky-20&amp;linkId=15c46ee2af750163c19fc62638f0f375&amp;language=en_US">The Next Right Thing Guided Journal</a>. Her latest book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-walk-into-a-room-and-how-to-know-when-it-s-time-to-walk-out-discernment-for-your-next-right-thing-emily-p-freeman/20165302?ean=9780063328822">How to Walk Into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away</a>. In this conversation, Emily and Jonathan Rogers talk about pointing and calling, the difference between discernment and decision-making, and the counterintuitive truth that, when it comes to discerning the next best step, remembering is more important than predicting.

S2 E50: Reagan Dregge

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