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Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1564
Central Character: Philip Neri
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Philip Neri walked Counter-Reformation Rome with a book of jokes, demonstrating that joy is not a reward but a daily spiritual practice anyone can choose.
Central Character: Philip Neri
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Philip Neri walked Counter-Reformation Rome with a book of jokes, demonstrating that joy is not a reward but a daily spiritual practice anyone can choose.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1572
Central Character: Teresa of Ávila
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: As empire and inquisition tightened their grip on Spain, this barefoot nun turned inward-and found a kind of freedom no authority could touch.
Central Character: Teresa of Ávila
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: As empire and inquisition tightened their grip on Spain, this barefoot nun turned inward-and found a kind of freedom no authority could touch.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1575
Central Character: Akbar
Faith: Islam
About this episode: Mughal emperor Akbar gathered mystics, priests, monks, and scholars into a single candlelit room
Central Character: Akbar
Faith: Islam
About this episode: Mughal emperor Akbar gathered mystics, priests, monks, and scholars into a single candlelit room
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1577
Central Character: John of the Cross
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John of the Cross found enlightenment not despite his suffering but through it --- and left the world love poetry to prove it.
Central Character: John of the Cross
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John of the Cross found enlightenment not despite his suffering but through it --- and left the world love poetry to prove it.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1578
Central Character: Jean de Léry
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jean de Léry's encounter with the Tupinambá people in 1558 Brazil pioneered cultural humility as spiritual practice, offering timeless wisdom for our interconnected world.
Central Character: Jean de Léry
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jean de Léry's encounter with the Tupinambá people in 1558 Brazil pioneered cultural humility as spiritual practice, offering timeless wisdom for our interconnected world.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1610
Central Character: Jane Frances de Chantal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jane Frances de Chantal founded the Visitation Order in 1610, opening its doors to women every other order had turned away, becoming patron of forgotten people.
Central Character: Jane Frances de Chantal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jane Frances de Chantal founded the Visitation Order in 1610, opening its doors to women every other order had turned away, becoming patron of forgotten people.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1615
Central Character: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
About this episode: How Felipe Guaman Poma's unread chronicle created permanent indigenous witness, demonstrating that truth-telling has value independent of immediate results.
Central Character: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
About this episode: How Felipe Guaman Poma's unread chronicle created permanent indigenous witness, demonstrating that truth-telling has value independent of immediate results.
Podcast: History's ArrowCirca: 1625
Central Character: Hugo Grotius
About this episode: A Dutch prodigy argues the sea belongs to no nation, then escapes prison in a chest of books to finish the work.
Central Character: Hugo Grotius
About this episode: A Dutch prodigy argues the sea belongs to no nation, then escapes prison in a chest of books to finish the work.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1626
Central Character: Nicholas Ferrar
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicholas Ferrar built a household of continuous prayer and beauty at Little Gidding, showing how faith becomes real at the family scale.
Central Character: Nicholas Ferrar
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicholas Ferrar built a household of continuous prayer and beauty at Little Gidding, showing how faith becomes real at the family scale.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1636
Central Character: Roger Williams
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Roger Williams, the exiled minister who refused to let faith become a tool for political power
Central Character: Roger Williams
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Roger Williams, the exiled minister who refused to let faith become a tool for political power
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1640
Central Character: Vincent de Paul
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Vincent de Paul built organized compassion into a system that still serves the poor in 155 countries today.
Central Character: Vincent de Paul
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Vincent de Paul built organized compassion into a system that still serves the poor in 155 countries today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1640
Central Character: María de Jesús de Ágreda
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Though she never left her cell, Mara de Jess de greda became a spiritual presence across cultures, continents, and centuries.
Central Character: María de Jesús de Ágreda
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Though she never left her cell, Mara de Jess de greda became a spiritual presence across cultures, continents, and centuries.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1650
Central Character: Sarmad Kashani
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Sarmad Kashani, the naked mystic of Mughal Delhi, who chose death over finishing a sentence he had not yet lived.
Central Character: Sarmad Kashani
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Sarmad Kashani, the naked mystic of Mughal Delhi, who chose death over finishing a sentence he had not yet lived.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1654
Central Character: Blaise Pascal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Blaise Pascal's wager invites us to live as if love is real---even in a world where certainty has faded and old religious forms no longer hold.
Central Character: Blaise Pascal
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Blaise Pascal's wager invites us to live as if love is real---even in a world where certainty has faded and old religious forms no longer hold.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1656
Central Character: Barbara Blaugdone
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Barbara Blaugdone, a 17th-century Quaker preacher who practiced witness to justice at extraordinary personal cost.
Central Character: Barbara Blaugdone
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Barbara Blaugdone, a 17th-century Quaker preacher who practiced witness to justice at extraordinary personal cost.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1658
Central Character: John Amos Comenius
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
Central Character: John Amos Comenius
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1666
Central Character: Brother Lawrence
About this episode: Brother Lawrence discovered that ordinary work, done with love and attention, becomes prayer itself---a truth that still matters today.
Central Character: Brother Lawrence
About this episode: Brother Lawrence discovered that ordinary work, done with love and attention, becomes prayer itself---a truth that still matters today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1668
Central Character: Zera Yacob
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: A reflection on Zera Yacob and the moral courage to test belief against reason, justice, and human dignity.
Central Character: Zera Yacob
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: A reflection on Zera Yacob and the moral courage to test belief against reason, justice, and human dignity.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1669
Central Character: Nicolas Steno
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
Central Character: Nicolas Steno
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1670
Central Character: Charles Marshall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How the suffering of ordinary English Quakers like Charles Marshall traveled across an ocean to become the First Amendment.
Central Character: Charles Marshall
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How the suffering of ordinary English Quakers like Charles Marshall traveled across an ocean to become the First Amendment.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1675
Central Character: Pietism
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia explores Pietism, the 17th-century movement that asked whether faith was truly lived --- and why that question still matters today.
Central Character: Pietism
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia explores Pietism, the 17th-century movement that asked whether faith was truly lived --- and why that question still matters today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1675
Central Character: Jacques Bertot
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
Central Character: Jacques Bertot
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1678
Central Character: John Bunyan
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Bunyan chose a prison cell over silence, and gave the world a map of the soul that still finds its way to ordinary people today.
Central Character: John Bunyan
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Bunyan chose a prison cell over silence, and gave the world a map of the soul that still finds its way to ordinary people today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1679
Central Character: The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
Central Character: The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1680
Central Character: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz wrote theology, poetry, and defiance by candlelight.
Central Character: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz wrote theology, poetry, and defiance by candlelight.