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• Maria Skoyles and the Dorcas Dress Project

  Maria Skoyles, founder of Dorcas Dresses, shares her journey inspired by the biblical figure Dorcas, a dressmaker known for her acts of charity. Maria’s business supports women in financial hardship, providing them with sewing machines and training to establish their own businesses. Through her work, Maria witnesses the transformative power of empowering women, enabling them to bless others and create a ripple effect of positive change. You can find a transcript of this episode at lovedcalledgifted.com Find the Dorcas Dress Project here: https://dorcasdressproject.org/

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• God’s Therapeutic Parenting with Margaret McGregor

  Margret and Catherine take a look at the parables that Jesus tells in Luke chapter 15. The parable of the running Father is a beautiful case study of therapeutic parenting, helpful to all parents, particularly those with children with additional needs. You can find a transcript of this episode at lovedcalledgifted.com  To find out more about the And Breathe parenting course: andbreathe.org.uk  

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• Grace as Maternal Embrace with Joan Wright Howie

  What does God's mothering of us look like? What are the different ways that we experience the maternal embrace of the divine? This is the question that Joan Wright Howie explores with Catherine in this episode.  Joan is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. She is also a Spiritual Director and a professional supervisor.  Here is  Joan's Golden Thread website. The conversation she refers to can be found on The Golden Thread Untangled podcast. The link here is to Spotify. Transcript Loved Called Gifted website Facebook page If you'd like to get in touch, you can email Catherine at [email protected] 

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• Dr Laura Beres: The Spirituality of the Everyday and the Ordinary

  In this wide ranging conversation, Catherine talks with Dr Laura Beres, who is Professor of Social Work, at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario. They talk about spirituality in the context of social work, narrative therapy, research into spirituality and resilience and COVID 19. What can we learn from the Celtic inspired practices of community of Iona? And from the Benedictine concepts of conversatio, obedience and stability. How might the idea of cloisters be helpful to us today? And why might a diary be a great spiritual tool? Transcript Want to connect? You can email Catherine at [email protected] Or join our Facebook Page. Or have a meander through the Loved Called Gifted website. Catherine's latest book, Finding God's Feminine Side is available on Amazon here. 

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• Sue Saunders: Natura Divina

  Sue Saunders is a PhD student, living in Dublin. She is exploring how spiritual practices could sustain climate change activists. In this conversation, she talks about Inner Development Goals, psychotherapy, quakerism, and finding the Divine in nature. She has developed a simple spiritual practice, she calls Natura Divina, which gives some structure and support to being in nature as a way of connecting with the divine. She shares how this practice has deepened her own spiritual experience and how she hopes it will help those engaged in climate activism.  You can find a transcript here. If you'd like to get in touch, you can contact us by email: [email protected] Or find us via Facebook  Here's where you can have a look at the website. And if you want to find Catherine's latest book, Finding God's Feminine Side, you can get to that via Amazon. 

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