James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “Let nothing disturb you.” In this episode, Smith recites a prayer from St. Teresa of Avila. James goes through the prayer and explains what we can learn from the prayer in order to help us not be disturbed by difficult times in our lives.

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1. Talk With God
2. Talk to God
3. Gentle and Mighty
4. Different with Jesus
5. Walking with Jesus

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above in this episode is, “God wants to talk with you.” Following up from his previous episode, Smith talks about how we can talk with God when we pray. Smith gives some examples from the Lord’s prayer and Psalm twenty-three to help explain his thought from above.

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Related Episodes:
1. Talk to God
2. Gentle and Mighty
3. Different with Jesus
4. Walking with Jesus
5. Weight of Glory

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “God wants you to talk to him.” In this episode, James discusses the Lord’s Prayer. Smith explains how he uses the prayer, goes through each verse, and discusses the importance of each verse. Listen here or anywhere you get your podcasts.

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Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Gentle and Mighty
2. Different with Jesus
3. Walking with Jesus
4. Weight of Glory
5. Conversation with Ken Shigematsu

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “Jesus is gentle and he is mighty, he is good, but he isn’t safe.” In this episode, Smith talks about how Jesus is the lamb of God and also the lion of Judah. James explains how Jesus is gentle and mighty, how he has seen it in his own life and in the scriptures.

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Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Different with Jesus
2. Walking with Jesus
3. Weight of Glory
4. Conversation with Ken Shigematsu
5. Glorious Morning and Evening Part Two

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above in this episode is, “There will be suffering in life, but it is different with Jesus.” In this episode, James talks about how we all experience suffering in our lives, but we experience it differently when we are apprentices of Jesus. Smith talks about how his walk with Jesus has helped him through times of suffering and gives a few examples of those trying times.

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Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Walking with Jesus
2. Weight of Glory
3. Conversation with Ken Shigematsu
4. Glorious Morning and Evening Part Two
5. Glorious Morning and Evening Part One

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above in this episode is, “Walking with Jesus is the greatest of all adventures.” Smith starts the episode by talking about the day he chose to give his life to Jesus. He then talks about how we all can join in on the greatest of all adventures by choosing to walk with Jesus.

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Related Episodes:
1. Weight of Glory
2. Conversation with Ken Shigematsu
3. Glorious Morning and Evening Part Two
4. Glorious Morning and Evening Part One
5. Two Minute Morning

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “Are you preparing for your weight of glory?” In this episode, James discusses the essay by C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory.” Smith uses verses 16 through 18 from 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 to help explain his thought from above.

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2. Glorious Morning and Evening Part Two
3. Glorious Morning and Evening Part One
4. Two Minute Morning
5. The End In Mind

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James Bryan Smith has a Things Above conversation with author Ken Shigematsu about his book, “Now I Become Myself.” Drawing on a rich variety of personal experience, Scripture, spiritual formation classics, psychology, and relational neuroscience; award-winning author and pastor Ken Shigematsu shows how a deep, experiential encounter with the love of God can heal us of our shame, make us whole again, and inspire us to fulfill our purpose by making a faithful contribution to the world.

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Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Glorious Morning and Evening Part Two
2. Glorious Morning and Evening Part One
3. Two Minute Morning
4. The End In Mind
5. Open Hand

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “Have a glorious morning and evening.” This is the second part of the two-part episode. Smith discusses the spiritual practice of examen. He expands on this practice and talks about a time in his life when it came into play.

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Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Glorious Morning and Evening Part One
2. Two Minute Morning
3. The End In Mind
4. Open Hand
5. Conversation with John Mark Comer Part Two

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James Bryan Smith’s thought from above this week is, “Have a glorious morning and evening.” In this two-part episode, Smith discusses his spiritual practice, “the two-minute morning.” He expands on this practice and gives more insight into how it can be helpful and why it is important.

Interested in donating to the Things Above Podcast? Donate here!

Learn more about the Christian Spiritual Formation degree Scholarship at Friends University!

Related Episodes:
1. Two Minute Morning
2. The End In Mind
3. Open Hand
4. Conversation with John Mark Comer Part Two
5. Our Greatest Opportunity

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James Bryan Smith has a Things Above Conversation with author John Mark Comer about his book, “Practicing The Way.” We are constantly being formed by the world around us. To be formed by Jesus will require us to become his apprentice. To live by what the first Christian disciples called a Rule of Life—a set […]

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