“Everything is possible for those who believe, even more for those who hope, still more for those who love, and most of all for those who practice and persevere in these three powerful paths.”
— Brother Lawrence
Listen to Carmen’s second conversation with Contemplify on practice here.
Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is an author, teacher, poet, and award-winning translator of spiritual texts. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be Brother Lawrence’s Practice of the Presence. Her dynamic work around the evolution of language and the necessity of just and inclusive language has garnered interest from various media, including the BBC and NPR’s Morning Edition. A Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year and Fulbright Senior Lecturer, Acevedo Butcher teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, in the College Writing Programs. Carmen and I talk about the mystics that allure, the noetic power of language, necessity of compassion and so much more.
Visit Carmen at carmenbutcher.com | IG: @cab_phd |
Episode Show Notes
Works by Carmen Acevedo Butcher
- Practice of the Presence
- The Cloud of Unknowing
- St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church: A Spiritual Reader
- Man of Blessing: A Life of St. Benedict
- Carmen’s full catalog
Resources & People Mentioned
- Barbara A. Holmes
- John of the Cross
- Brother Lawrence
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Julian of Norwich
- Bible
- Primary Speech: A Psychology of Prayer by Ann Ulanov and Barry Ulanov
- The Jesus Prayer
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Mary Oliver
- Gary Nabhan
- Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
- Mirabai Starr
- Rumi
- Richard Rohr
- Hadejwich
- François Fénelon
- Joseph of Beaufort
- Madame Guyon
Drink Recommended
- Coffee, Medium Roast Purity blend, with a splash of milk
photo of Carmen pulled from carmenbutcher.com
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