Melinda Schmidt

Michelle Van Loon

It’s conversation group on Faith Conversations! Melinda Schmidt, former radio host, and Michelle Van Loon, author and speaker, join me to talk about some interesting topics. What movies or TV series do you watch over and over? We also tackle whether you find it easier or harder to hope as you get older. And then, if you are looking for a gift to get a friend, we have a list for you!

Here are links to the items talked about on the podcast:

• Michelle’s latest book: Translating Your Past

• Christmas 2022 list for women – see below!

Books:

Joyce Rupp – Anchors for the Soul: Daily Wisdom for Inspiration and Guidance

Dr. Jennifer Heisz – Move the Body, Heal the Mind: Overcome Anxiety, Depression, and Dementia and Improve Focus, Creativity, and Sleep

Wellness products:

Love Wellness – Bye Bye Bloat – Digestive Enzymes Supplement, 60 Capsules – Bloating Relief for Women – Helps Reduce Water Retention, Gas Relief & Overall Digestive Health – can also buy at Target, Ulta, Amazon

Nimbus toothbrush – Xtra soft

Jewelry:

TheLeatherKnot – Etsy site: Katie in Tehachapi, CA

Spiritual Practice:

Prayer Beads (often unfamiliar if you didn’t grow up in a Catholic or Anglican faith tradition)

HOW TO PRAY USING PRAYER BEADS
1    Begin at the charm with an invocation.
2    Move to the invitatory bead, reciting the words that will serve as your call to prayer.
3    Follow the invitatory bead to the first cruciform bead, reciting for the first time the phrase you will return to at each cruciform bead throughout your time of prayer.
4    Move slowly along the week beads, calling to mind the prayer assigned for each one. You may go around this circle of prayer one time or many.
5    Return to the invitatory bead when you are ready to end your prayer, reciting your chosen benediction.
6    Close the prayer as desired on the charm.

Thoughtful description here (you can start with a beaded necklace or bracelet you already have) and can purchase (but she is on an Etsy sabbatical now) I first got my prayer beads here and they are wood and more masculine.

Purchase here – booklet on how to use. Large Prayer Bead selection starts at $14 and chaplets for on the go or purse start at $12.

Books including: A Bead and a Prayer: A Beginner’s Guide to Protestant Prayer Beads

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