Krista Tippett: Making Spiritual Conversations Relatable and Real

About this sermon

Krista Tippett’s work in the realm of spirituality and human experience is unparalleled. She has a divine gift for distilling complex topics into clear, palatable insights that invite deep reflection and conversation. Through her On Being podcast, Krista hosts honest dialogues with theologians and thought leaders about the essence of humanity and what it means to be alive. During the frenzy of the holidays—both joyful and stressful—we’re revisiting this centering conversation with Krista to help you decompress and find peace in the chaos. This episode is an oasis in the midst of a chaotic month, and it’s our gift to you this week. Segments: Bless and Release: Rules for holiday decorating and making the holidays magical GenXcellence: Essentials for outfitting a GenX space Key Quotes: "If a thing is feeling stressful and not joyful, it needs to be re-evaluated." – Jen Hatmaker "I actually found in the Bible, reading it for myself directly, that it completely honored the questions, and it honored the anguish, and it was full of things that didn’t make sense or were contradictory. And for me that was an opening to not feel that faith had to be in opposition to what didn’t make sense or was contradictory." – Krista Tippett "There has to be a way to represent the complexity of this, and also the centrality of it, the fact that it’s more about questions than it is about answers, and the array of how we walk around with this, and what it means in our lives, and the ways we practice, and the vocabulary we have, and the different ways we pray." – Krista Tippett "The sensibility, the intentionality with which something is offered, shapes the reaction that comes at it." – Krista Tippett "I do have a spiritual homeland and I do have a spiritual mother tongue. That matters." – Krista Tippett Resources Mentioned in This Episode: • The Prophetic Imagination – https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-prophetic-imagination-dec2018/ • Thích Nhât Hanh – https://plumvillage.org/ • Desmond Tutu – https://www.tutu.org.za/ • Mary Oliver – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver • I Got Saved By the Beauty of the World – https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/ Guest’s Links: OnBeing Podcast - https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/ Krista’s website - https://onbeing.org/our-story/krista-tippett/ Krista’s Twitter - https://x.com/kristatippett Connect with Jen! Jen’s website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.