The Mudroom Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nichole Woo & Tammy Perlmutter
A podcast hosted by Executive Producer, Tammy Perlmutter, Producer Nichole Woo, and the writers of The Mudroom.
It hurts to let go of the ones we love. Let's shadow Jesus' mother, Mary, as she - and we - navigate seasons of loss. Join Nichole Woo as she narrates this journey through heartbreak and hope.
Click here to access Nichole's piece or more of her writing.
Credits:
Narrated by Nichole Woo (Resonate Studios)
Header Image: Photo by Lina Trochez on Unsplash
Audio Files:The Mudroom Podcast theme song is "More Than I Am" written and performed by Christa Wells.
Music for intro and throughout:“190923-sad scene piano music/cinematic” by WELC0MEИ0 from Pixabay.
“Deck the Halls Christmas Piano Background Music” by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay
“Rock N Christmas_Medium” by Grand_Project from Pixabay
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Leigh Robinson from Pixabay
Join host Nichole Woo and author Catherine McNiel as they discuss how doubts can become a doorway to deeper faith, how to lean into the questions that accompany a faith crisis, and how to walk alongside those who are asking them.
You can connect with Catherine McNiel at her website by clicking here.
Click here to listen to our previous podcast with Catherine about her book, Fearing Bravely.Catherine's written pieces at The Mudroom include:
"How Do I Stay in the Church" and "Disruptive Love."
Listen to Sting's song, "All This Time," here.
The Mudroom Podcast theme song is "More Than I Am" written and performed by Christa Wells.
Background music for this podcast: Daddy_s_Music from Pixabay.
Nichole Woo reads her piece about seeing the unseen.
Background music by Zakhar Valaha from Pixabay.
Hear Author Prasanta Verma read her piece as we continue with our theme, "Lost & Found."
Background music while Prasanta reads is provided by Zakhar Valaha from Pixabay.
Listen to Rebecca Detrick narrate her journey through pain and belief as her hopes about the church - and the life she knew with it - began to crumble.
You can read Rebecca's piece at The Mudroom: http://mudroomblog.com/creed/.
Background music while Rebecca reads her piece is provided by Olexy from Pixabay.
Nichole Woo reads an anonymous post written by the parent of a neurodivergent child.
Join us as we strive to see the unseen in our series, "Lost & Found: Belonging in a Bruised and Broken Body."
Listen to Chelle Wilson read her piece as she weaves her way through loss and grief.
Join us as we continue in our series, "Lost & Found: Belonging in a Bruised and Broken Body."
Chelle Wilson weaves her way through grief and loss.
Join her as we continue our series, "Lost & Found: Belonging in a Bruised and Broken Body."
Nicole T. Walters reads "Part 2" of her story of belonging in the Body.
Lean in as we continue with our series, "Lost & Found"!
Audio recording of Nicole T. Walter's post for The Mudroom: Freeing Myself: Part 1.
You can read the post here.
Background music by Zakhar Valaha from Pixabay
Introducing Mudroom Vox!! We know your time is limited and seems like it goes too fast. We want you to be able to experience The Mudroom in a new way! For some of our posts, we will begin adding audio versions read by the author that you can listen to on the go! These will be 5-8 minutes total so you can fit them in on your morning run, your school pick-up routine, or waiting in line at your favorite coffee shop. Enjoy!
Listen to an audio version of Nicole Walters' "What Strong Women Do" post at The Mudroom.
"I’ve always prided myself on being part of a line of strong women. It wasn’t until I was a young working mom myself, wracked with anxiety brought on by all the things I believed I should be doing but couldn’t manage, that I realized a weakness I inherited, too. The waters of all the expectations I placed on myself were rising higher than I could swim. I was going under.
When I started admitting my feelings of failure, the women around me echoed back my anxiety. “Why can’t we do it all?” we said. We all felt weak, believing the strength of a woman meant being all the things to all the people all the time.
My mom admitted the disquiet she lived with as well. She never let us see it as children, but she struggled to keep her head above water, too. When I looked at her as a real person and not just Supermom, I saw the crack in the facade, the weak place I’d missed before: her inability to rest."
Abstract:
If today’s Podcast title caught your eye it’s probably because you’re longing for a rest that transcends the temporary. Author, speaker, and Bible teacher Sharla Fritz reads you loud and clear—and she joins us today for a deep dive into soul rest.
Show Notes:
Direct Link to Sharla Fritz's "Discovering Soul Rest" Course: https://sharlafritz.thinkific.com/courses/your-first-course
Sharla's website: https://www.sharlafritz.com/
Sharla's recent article at The Mudroom: http://mudroomblog.com/lets-not-chase-the-spotlight/
Suzanne Stabile's Mudroom podcasts:
"The Gifts of Living in Liminal Space with Enneagram Master Teacher Suzanne Stabile": https://themudroompodcast.buzzsprout.com/1896867/9987342
"Soul Care and the Transformative Power of Allowing": https://themudroompodcast.buzzsprout.com/1896867/9987342
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells
"Running to Stand Still" U2 The Joshua Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfhLLo7XDs
Transition music by nikproteus from Pixabay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfhLLo7XDs
Our guest at The Mudroom today is Tammy Perlmutter, Founder and Curator of this space, and--among so many other things--our resident expert on longing. Tammy’s journey is a mixture of heartbreak and hope--including childhood abuse--so we want to issue a trigger warning here. But, as Tammy expresses here, there is also God’s beautiful redemption arc--and for her, it’s made all the difference. Enter in with us as we parallel pieces of the Christmas story in the early chapters of Luke, from Elizabeth’s longing for one child to the prophetess Anna’s joy over beholding another --the Messiah--at his temple dedication. And his mother Mary’s contemplation of it all. There’s no one else I know who embodies all of these longings as Tammy does--or who more clearly follows its leading to Him. Lean in now for her incredible story . . .
References:
"I felt a mother-want about the world,
And still went seeking, like a bleating lamb
Left out at night, in shutting up the fold,–
As restless as a nest-deserted bird
Grown chill through something being away, though what
It knows not."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, 1864
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthy pleasures satisfy it, that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. ... I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and help others to do the same." C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"Invisible String" by Taylor Swift (Folklore).
Jesus People
Additional music within the Podcast body: Lexin_Music from Pixabay.
**Show Notes:
Toni Morrison’s article in The Nation:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/no-place-self-pity-no-room-fear/
Vina Mogg: https://mudroomblog.com/at-the-table-a-place-of-stability-in-a-multicultural-family/
Nina Simone, “Feeling Good": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRNrgDIJfo
Florence + The Machine, “Hunger”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6KPgWc4Zlo
Chelle Wilson, “A Decade to Find My Way: OneWord 2021”
https://chelleawilson.com/2021/01/01/a-decade-to-find-my-way-oneword-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0s4dgMODmOsNvhfN3daE63TprDLrHkeW7oTBXYGXPJIUXNkrDWt_Y8cfQ
Sarah Guerrero’s website: https://sarahmguerrero.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmguerrero/
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay: “Forest Lullaby”
The holiday season is, among so many things, fraught. Abby Ball’s new Advent devotional gives us permission to live in the tension of Christmas with all of its expectations, joy, and heartbreak. Join us for this conversation about Contemplating Christmas--a stunning, authentic, and gentle guide through the beauty and pain that Christmas unearths.
Links:
Amazon: Contemplating Christmas: An Advent Devotional For Finding Hope in the Dark
"Unraveling Fear" - The Mudroom: http://mudroomblog.com/tag/abby-king/
"For the Single Ladies" - The Mudroom: http://mudroomblog.com/for-the-single-ladies/
Abby's website: https://abbyball.substack.com/
Instagram: abbyballwrites
Facebook: Abby Ball Writes
Native Bermudian Tatyana Claytor is a writer, academic, and mother of four. A navigator of multiple cultures and life experiences, Tatyana meets us in The Mudroom today for a discussion on how expectations shape us and our perception of God. Lean in for her extraordinary story . . .
Tatyana's most recent Mudroom piece: “How Relational Expectations Shape our Vision of God”
http://mudroomblog.com/how-relational-expectations-shape-our-vision-of-god/
Tatyana's Website: https://tatyanastable.com/
Links to Tatyana on the Socials:
Twitter: @TatyanasTable
Instagram: @tclaytor25
Credits:
Mudroom Podcast Theme Song: "More Than I Am" by Christa Wells: http://www.christawellsmusic.com/
C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (New York: Harper Collins, 1994)
"I'm Not A Cat" meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3M_Ki5U3TE
The walk on the narrow path towards belonging means scraping past a million thorny thickets.
Writer and poet Prasanta Verma feels your pain. She meets us in The Mudroom after navigating the twists, turns, and pinpricks of belonging in ways few of us can imagine. Join us, today, for a way forward on the path to belonging.
Prasanta's most recent Mudroom piece: “Of Thorns and Skin” http://mudroomblog.com/of-thorns-and-skin/
Prasanta's Website: www.prasantaverma.com/
Links to Prasanta on the Socials:
Twitter: @VermaPrasanta
Instagram: @prasantaverma
Facebook: Prasanta Verma, Writer
Credits:
Mudroom Podcast Theme Song: "More Than I Am" by Christa Wells: http://www.christawellsmusic.com/
Background music for the narration of Prasanta's piece: “Soft ambient”by Alex MakeMusic on Pixabay
Writer Nicole Walters meets us in The Mudroom today to share some highlights of her journey of words. She elaborates on the absolute necessity for collegiality in her writing life and describes her strategy for theme writing.
References: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Nicole's most recent Mudroom piece: “Grace in the Middle” http://mudroomblog.com/grace-in-the-middle/
Mudroom Podcast, Episode 5: Finding Grace in the Middle
"Stepping Out Afraid": http://www.nicoletwalters.com/2022/explore-2022/
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells.
In this episode, writer Nicole Walters narrates her latest Mudroom piece, "Grace in the Middle", with pauses throughout where she speaks deeper into the meaning of her text. If you find yourself in the liminal space of betwixt and between you're in good company. Lean in.
You'll find Nicole's written piece, "Grace in the Middle" here: http://mudroomblog.com/grace-in-the-middle .
Check out Nicole's website, www.nicoletwalters.com, for more of her thoughts and words.
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells.
Catherine McNiel is asking this question of herself and others: “What are you afraid of?” Why, she asks, are we, as Christ-followers, often taught to fear our neighbors, withhold hospitality from strangers, and vilify the “others”—those whose beliefs, appearances, and lives look different than our own and perceive them as a threat to our way of living. Catherine speaks to this culture of fear and calls us to change the conversation. Her new book,Fearing Bravely: Risking Love for our Neighbors, Strangers, and Enemies, is an anthem proclaiming the freedom to choose love over fear.
https://mudroomblog.com/disruptive-love/
https://mudroomblog.com/how-do-i-stay-in-the-church/
http://catherinemcniel.com/
http://catherinemcniel.com/books/fearing-bravely/
http://catherinemcniel.com/books/all-shall-be-well/
http://catherinemcniel.com/books/long-days-small-things/
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells
Part 2. Today, we dig deeper into understanding Enneagram stances and triads from her new book, The Journey Toward Wholeness: Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation. Each of these is a catalyst for deep and significant personal growth. We conclude our conversation by discussing steps toward guarding our souls, including the counterintuitive spirituality of subtraction. The Journey toward Wholeness is published by InterVarsity Press.
For more about the Enneagram, Suzanne Stabile, and her ministries visit https://suzannestabile.com/.
For information about Suzanne's Teaching/Podcast Tour, including tour stops and dates, visit: https://www.lifeinthetrinityministry.com/tour22.
You can find her podcast, The Enneagram Journey, here: https://www.theenneagramjourney.org/podcast.
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells
This is part one of a two-part conversation with Suzanne where we work to unearth the hidden gifts you have to dig deep for. We’re talking Enneagram wisdom: specifically, in this episode – the grace it gives us for ourselves and all of our relationships, hope for living in liminal space – we talk specifically about living pandemic life and the counter-intuitive peace that comes from realizing that we’re not in control. Her new book The Journey Toward Wholeness: Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance and Transformation. was recently published by InterVarsity Press.
For more about the Enneagram, Suzanne Stabile, and her ministries visit https://suzannestabile.com.
For information about Suzanne's Teaching/Podcast Tour, including tour stops and dates, visit https://www.lifeinthetrinityministry.com/tour22.
You can find her podcast, The Enneagram Journey, here: https://www.theenneagramjourney.org/podcast.
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells
Join us for a conversation with wordsmith Chelle Wilson as we delve into her journey into writing, faith, and a recent discovery that has redefined her writing legacy.
"More Than I Am" intro and outro song graciously provided by Christa Wells