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Contemplify with Paul Swanson

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Contemplify

Kindling the Examined Life

The Famous One
byPaul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

“Always keep death before you.”

— Rule of St. Benedict

Musing on obituaries with your name on it.

Photo by Contemplify

The Famous One
The Famous One
January 2, 2026
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Remembering Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart [Repost from 2023]
December 20, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Stay Outside (or Non-Liturgical Liturgical Calendar Musing)
December 11, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Gail Straub on Embracing Our Human Family
November 1, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Mark Longhurst on The Holy Ordinary
October 18, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Haleh Liza Gafori Brings Water to the Thirsty
October 4, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Contemplative Parenting with Aizaiah G. Yong and Nereyda Yong
September 20, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
[Rebroadcast] Dr. Larry Ward on America’s Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less
September 13, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Amy Frykholm on Journey to the Wild Heart
September 6, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Todd Davis on Ditch Memory
August 23, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Sr. Laura Swan, OSB on the Radical Wisdom of the Beguines
August 9, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Patrick Boland on Contemplative Leadership
July 25, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Cynthia Bourgeault on Thomas Keating, Christian Nonduality, and Mystical Maps
July 12, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Intensification of Life (Season 6 Trailer)
June 25, 2025
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Peter Traben Haas on Prayer as a Practice of Centering, Abiding, & Radiating
December 18, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Backporch Advent Outpost with Hadewijch and the Mother of Love
December 8, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Katherine May on Enchantment, Building Community, Tasting Words, and a Drink of Lake Water
November 24, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Andrew Krivak on the Inheritance of Loss, Death as a Character, and Like the Appearance of Horses
November 10, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Remembering Dr. Barbara Holmes (Replay of 2016 Conversation)
October 27, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Amy Leach on Becoming Salt of the Universe
October 20, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff)
October 6, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Jeffrey Martin on Thank God We Left the Garden, Letters, and Literature
September 22, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Susan Murphy on Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis, the vast meaning of Country, and Cooling Fires
September 8, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Drew Jackson on Touch the Earth, Poetry as a Lifesaver, and the Importance of Lucille Clifton
August 25, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Tracy Cochran on the Art of Presence, Mistakes as Practice, & the Grief of Awakening
August 11, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Brian McLaren on Life After Doom, Patient Urgency, & Complexifying Hope
July 28, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Cassidy Hall on Queering Contemplation, Letting Go of Thomas Merton, and Expanding Foundations
July 14, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Dr. Larry Ward on America’s Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less
June 30, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
David James Duncan on the Unintentional Menagerie of Sun House, Friendship, and the Beguines
June 16, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Harmonizing In The Empty Fullness
June 9, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Turn the Morning into Forever
May 21, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Reduced to the Scale of Our Competence
April 24, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Eat the Wild Thing
April 12, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Lo-Fi & Hushed / 2023 Winter Solstice Session / To Know the Dark
January 2, 2024
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Listen to the Rice, the Rice Will Teach You Everything with Lucien Miller
November 29, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
In Hard Times, In All Times, Eat Sacred Words
November 9, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Kim Haines-Eitzen on Practicing the Cello in the Dark and Sonorous Deserts
October 25, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart
October 11, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Lo-Fi & Hushed Contemplative Practice Session (September 2023 / Autumn Equinox)
September 27, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Douglas E. Christie on Depth Without Resolution
August 30, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Carmen Acevedo Butcher Follows the Mystical Tugs on the Heart
August 16, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Lisa Wells on Holding a Fierce and Loving Gaze
August 2, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Scott Avett on Being Here for the Feast
July 19, 2023
Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
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