Home and Homesickness With James Finley

About this sermon

What if we could feel at home wherever we are? In this episode, we're joined by James Finley as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 7: "Home and Homesickness." In this episode, we discuss a lifelong exploration of contemplation, healing, and facing the challenges of our times through a lens of love and finding "home" in a challenging world . Before we dive in to the interview with Jim, CAC staff catch up with Richard at his hermitage to hear his reflections on the sixth chapter a decade after he originally wrote it. James Finley, a clinical psychologist and spiritual director, is one of the core faculty members of the Center for Action and Contemplation and is the host of our sister podcast on the CAC network, Turning to the Mystics. A former novice under Thomas Merton at the Abbey of Gethsemani, he is the author of the classic book Merton's Palace of Nowhere: A Search for God through Awareness of the True Self, The Contemplative Heart, and most recently, The Healing Path. Resources: • A PDF of the transcript for this episode is available here (https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EB_S1_E7_James-Finley_Transcript.pdf) . • Grab a copy of the newly revised version of Falling Upward, with a new foreword by Brené Brown here (https://www.cac.org/FallingUpwardBook) . Connect with us: • Have a question or thought about this season that you'd like to share with us? • Email us: podcasts@cac.org (mailto:podcasts@cac.org) • Send us a voicemail here: http://www.cac.org/voicemail