A Drink With a Friend
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A Drink With a Friend
Conversations with writer Tsh Oxenreider about a life that values truth, goodness, and beauty above all else. thecommon.place
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195 epizód"Give yourself a healthy perspective reset"
Tsh gives a short pitch for why you should do — in some way, before too long — what she does every summer: take a break from the internet. She explain...
"Community is where character is born"
Tsh chats with her in-real-life local friend Rick Reynolds, whom she first got to know on one of her pilgrimages (he and his wife have since been on t...
"Feasting always follows fasting"
Tsh chats with Stephanie Duncan Smith, a book editor who’s been thinking for a while about the liturgical calendar. They get into Eastertide — and the...
"You don't have a type"
Tsh talks with Rachel Canto, author of Pretty Good Catholic, about the current dating scene and …well, what to do about it. Tsh read her book in one s...
"Finding what you love"
Tsh chats with Millie Florence, a young author who recently published her first middle-grade novel, Beyond Mulberry Glen, with Waxwing Books. They cha...
"A reason, a season, & a lifetime"
Tsh talks with her daughter Tatum, who’s currently studying 6,000 miles away in Austria. …From an empty classroom with wifi in Austria, she chats with...
"We're an embodied work"
Tsh talks with musician and writer Andrew Peterson about his approach to storytelling, the sacramental nature of his sort of work, why embodiment matt...
"I'll write a prayer for myself"
Tsh talks with Douglas McKelvey, author and editor of the Every Moment Holy prayer collections, which she has long loved and used frequently. They tal...
"A stewardship of the past"
Tsh talks with historian and homeschooling mom Dixie Dillon Lane about homeschooling education, teaching history — imagination is our greatest tool! —...
"It gives meaning to survival..."
Tsh and her good friend Sarah Mackenzie kick off January by working through a few topics from Tsh’s annual new year reflection questions… It’s a good...
A Rule of Life is a good idea
A short little reminder-announcement: creating your own personal Rule of Life is both a time-tested practice and a great way to kick off a new year (b...
"What kind of bookshop are we gonna be?"
Tsh chats with Shawn Smucker, novelist and co-owner (with his wife) of the indie bookstore Nooks. They talk about his first foray into running a books...
"That's my native wilderness"
Tsh chats with Jonathan Rogers, author and podcast host. It’s the twentieth anniversary of Jonathan’s first middle-grade fiction series, The Wilderkin...
"It's not Christmas yet"
Tsh chats again with Faith Moore, author of Christmas Karol and podcaster of Storytime for Grownups, about holiday traditions, kicking off Christmas,...
"I'm so ready for Advent"
Tsh chats with Danielle Bean about Advent, particularly why they both love this old, time-worn season found at the start of the liturgical calendar. T...
"Slow down & pay attention"
Tsh chats again with one of her favorite people, Sarah Mackenzie — this time about books (as always), good storytelling, podcasts and newsletters they...
"We are the weirdos"
Tsh chats with her old friend Erin Loechner about unplugging as a lifestyle choice, both for us as adults and for our kids. She’s got kids a few years...
"Specialize in being you"
Tsh chats with her new friend Regina Gravrok, who was homeschooled K-12 and then (recently-ish) got a degree in English at Hillsdale College. Her pass...
"We're not on a timeline"
Tsh chats with her friend Chloe Langr, mom of three little ones and host of the podcast Letters to Women. They talk about homeschooling (she’s a first...
"You're gonna grow so much"
Tsh chats with her friend Christine Bailey who, along with her husband, runs a regenerative farm and hosts all sorts of community gatherings in their...
"How patristic is polyester?"
Tsh chats with friends Mike and Alexandra Foley. Hosts of the podcast Drinking With the Saints, Mike is author of a book of the same name (one we love...
"Constantly making small adjustments"
Tsh chats with one of her dearest pals, Sarah Mackenzie, as they talk about all sorts of things: the art and business of writing, parenting older kids...
"I want to be part of this"
He was a musician, tech employee, and a good homeschooled Baptist kid …and also got a DUI on his record. God used that moment to wake him up — and lon...
"It was a great summer"
It’s time for a new season of Drink, and Tsh has a new-old mission: to really embody the show’s title. Pour yourself a drink and get ready for convers...
Blue Water Highway
In this last episode of the season, Tsh talks with Zack Kibodeaux of the band Blue Water Highway. They talk about the objective beauty of art, what it...
Objectively Good Art
In this one I’m chatting with artist Chris Lewis, who runs his business, Baritus Catholic, as both a ministry and an independent (mom-and-)pop shop. W...
Making a Novel & Podcast
Yes, it’s good for us to work with our hands, and we all should in some capacity. But what about making things with our mind, and even via (gasp!) our...
Working With Our Hands
Why do we humans, as embodied creatures, need to make things? And more specifically, why do we need to make things with our hands? What’s the benefit...
Making Things
Why do we need to make things? Because we need to be people who make things (more than we need things that are made by us). Why? The reason is simple:...
Localism
Why does localism matter? What does a need to know our local farmers have to do with our souls? Why are our neighborhoods better when we buy and inves...
Revisiting the 100-Mile Radius
Living within your 100-mile radius means living small and local—choosing to, as best possible, participate, buy, and invest our time in only that whic...
The Noonday Devil
Acedia is our modern-day dragon — the desert fathers and mothers named it “the Noonday Devil.” What is it, really? And how do we fight it? Tsh talks w...
Flourishing & Acedia
We've talked about rootedness; now we're moving up the plant stalk to flourishing: thriving, growing well, and generally being who we're supposed to r...
You Are a Tree
You are a tree. You are also not a tree. You are on a journey. You are also not on a journey. We use metaphors all the time to describe life, and funn...
Rooted
We’re starting a new season with a few changes — Tsh Oxenreider unpacks what you can expect this spring by way of the season’s theme: rootedness. What...
Asking Those Reflection Questions
In this final chat of the year, Seth and Tsh work through a few of her end-of-the-year questions—and you’re invited to do the same. They’re tougher th...
Good Stuff to Read, Watch, & Listen To
‘Tis the season to have more options than possible to read, watch, and listen to. Authors Seth Haines and Tsh Oxenreider share what they're currently...
The Gift of (& Need for) Advent
Whether you're a seasoned Advent adherent or a barely-even-heard-of-it curious onlooker, Advent really is for everybody. Writer Tsh Oxenreider shares...
The Deep Down Things
Why hope? Because we have no other choice. A few years ago, Amber Haines entered a season of pain and despair when she resigned from her role as churc...
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