Coffeehouse Contemplative

By Jeff Nelson

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A minister and author explores spirituality and the creative process beyond the walls of institutional religion, for those both inside and outside the church.

Episode Date
The Pre-Sabbatical Episode
Apr 26, 2026
Zane Goes to Counseling
Apr 19, 2026
Befriending the Gnawing Rats
Apr 12, 2026
What Easter Sounds Like
Apr 05, 2026
Make It Ugly
Mar 29, 2026
What's Your Six-Word Story?
Mar 22, 2026
I'M HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
Mar 16, 2026
Dunamis
Mar 08, 2026
No Really, Take Care of Yourself
Mar 01, 2026
I Jinxed It
Feb 22, 2026
Take the Mountain with You
Feb 15, 2026
Nowhere to Be, Nothing to Do
Feb 08, 2026
Something Special, I Guess?
Feb 01, 2026
The Abscission Zone
Jan 25, 2026
When the Sign is Too Small
Jan 18, 2026
Lessons from the Sauna
Jan 11, 2026
Green Sash
Jan 04, 2026
Hopes for the New Year
Nov 23, 2025
Driving Home at Night
Nov 16, 2025
Reciting Gathas
Nov 09, 2025
To Light a Candle
Nov 02, 2025
The Johari Window
Oct 26, 2025
Contact Courage
Oct 19, 2025
Towed Away in Lexington
Oct 12, 2025
Mustard Makes the World Go Round
Oct 05, 2025
A Field for the Future
Sep 28, 2025
Changes
Sep 21, 2025
What's Your Dracula Musical?
Sep 14, 2025
This Illness Will Make Great Content
Sep 07, 2025
Back Sabbath
Aug 24, 2025
They Cheer for Us
Aug 17, 2025
Picking Up the Pieces
Aug 10, 2025
They Brought Themselves
Aug 03, 2025
I Signed Two Copies
Jul 27, 2025
What's the Worse Part?
Jul 20, 2025
A Transitional Month
Jul 13, 2025
Did You Really Want It to be Complicated?
Jul 06, 2025
Life in the Ecotone
May 25, 2025
The Web of the Work
May 18, 2025
You Have to Actually Do the Thing
May 11, 2025
A Theology of Star Wars, Revisited
May 04, 2025
The Unintentional Interim
Apr 27, 2025
My Worst Easter Sermon
Apr 20, 2025
Objects as Autobiography
Apr 13, 2025
All My Books, Part 3
Apr 06, 2025
The Goal of Healing is to Heal
Mar 30, 2025
Meeting Daredevil
Mar 23, 2025
Three Connecting Bridges
Mar 16, 2025
It's Lent Again
Mar 09, 2025
Stirring the Mac and Cheese
Mar 02, 2025
Questions for a Midlife Crisis
Feb 23, 2025
Battered By Cyclones
Feb 16, 2025
The Midnight Library
Feb 09, 2025
Everybody Shut Up
Feb 02, 2025
Whatever It Is, It's Something
Jan 26, 2025
They Won't Serve Boone's Farm in Heaven
Jan 19, 2025
My 20th Ordiversary
Jan 12, 2025
Epiphany
Jan 05, 2025
Thanksvent
Nov 24, 2024
What I've Learned About Joy
Nov 17, 2024
Feet on the Ground
Nov 10, 2024
For All the Saints
Nov 03, 2024
The One Body Problem
Oct 27, 2024
It's Not That Deep
Oct 20, 2024
Pop Culture Roundup
Oct 13, 2024
The Chuck Mangione Effect
Oct 06, 2024
Sticky Hands
Sep 29, 2024
Zane and Lana at the Clover
Sep 22, 2024
My Friday the 13th
Sep 15, 2024
Mirrobius
Sep 08, 2024
But What If It Is?
Sep 01, 2024
Please Rate Your Dining Experience
Aug 25, 2024
To Know What We Don't Know
Aug 18, 2024
The Hangry Prophet
Aug 11, 2024
Love Comes Back Around
Aug 04, 2024
Bread, Water, Hunger, and Fear
Jul 28, 2024
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trampoline
Jul 21, 2024
The Branches Became Too Heavy
Jul 14, 2024
Catching Up
Jul 07, 2024
Being Surprised By the Spirit Is Good, Actually
May 26, 2024
What's Saving Your Life Right Now?
May 19, 2024
God's Anonymous Ones
May 12, 2024
Creating Through It
May 05, 2024
Don't Ask Me How I Did It
Apr 28, 2024
Celebrating Our Stories
Apr 21, 2024
After the Honeymoon Phase
Apr 14, 2024
Good Old Thomas
Apr 07, 2024
When Easter Isn't Easter
Mar 31, 2024
My Therapist Plays Magic: The Gathering
Mar 24, 2024
Daze-Light Saving Time
Mar 17, 2024
Don't Stay in Your Lane
Mar 10, 2024
The Huddle Room Was Too Warm
Mar 03, 2024
Turning 45
Feb 25, 2024
The Wild Beasts
Feb 18, 2024
Love and Ashes
Feb 11, 2024
It's Only February
Feb 04, 2024
Moonlight Is Lonely
Jan 28, 2024
SNOWMAGEDDON
Jan 21, 2024
They're More Like Guidelines
Jan 14, 2024
Transitions All the Way Down
Jan 07, 2024
Pinning Mr. Perfect
Nov 26, 2023
Their Story Is Not Your Story
Nov 19, 2023
It's All Dopamine
Nov 12, 2023
Signs Come Alive
Nov 05, 2023
What's Happening
Oct 29, 2023
Good News Wrapped In Bad News
Oct 22, 2023
This Hotel Might Be Haunted
Oct 15, 2023
Pine Candle Books
Oct 08, 2023
Love Is Louder
Oct 01, 2023
Enjoying the Journey
Sep 24, 2023
The Humility of "No"
Sep 17, 2023
Akron Pride
Sep 10, 2023
Old Hundredth
Sep 03, 2023
I don't know what to say
Aug 27, 2023
That's a Tomorrow Problem
Aug 20, 2023
Ghost Stories
Aug 13, 2023
Building Another Nest
Aug 06, 2023
Watch for Pinch Points
Jul 30, 2023
A Gradual Sunrise
Jul 23, 2023
When Roots Run Deep
Jul 16, 2023
A Walk Through Indianapolis
Jul 09, 2023
Beach Thoughts
Jul 02, 2023
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
May 28, 2023
The Menu vs. the Food
May 21, 2023
It's Still Easter
May 14, 2023
What Did You Do Yesterday?
May 07, 2023
Counting Blue Cars
Apr 30, 2023
A Thorn in the Ear
Apr 24, 2023
They Know You're a Butt-Kicker
Apr 16, 2023
An Easter Testimony
Apr 09, 2023
Gilding on the Fingers
Apr 02, 2023
They Live
Mar 26, 2023
I Don't Call It Trauma, But It's Trauma
Mar 19, 2023
Are You Ready for the Water?
Mar 12, 2023
Nerve Points
Mar 05, 2023
A Speeding Ticket Story
Feb 26, 2023
The Problem with Lent
Feb 19, 2023
The Bottomless Pit of Negative Expectations
Feb 12, 2023
Wake Me When the Worship Wars Are Over
Feb 05, 2023
Gym Class or Recess?
Jan 29, 2023
Another Hodgepodge
Jan 23, 2023
At Least Do What You Can
Jan 15, 2023
Choose One Word
Jan 08, 2023
Ruining the Holidays
Jan 01, 2023
Why We Need Advent
Nov 27, 2022
Thanksgiving Hymns
Nov 20, 2022
There's No Single Process
Nov 13, 2022
Four Weeks
Nov 06, 2022
The Three (or Four) Cs
Oct 30, 2022
Don't Listen to This
Oct 23, 2022
All My Books, Part 2
Oct 16, 2022
All My Books, Part 1
Oct 09, 2022
That Was a Bad Idea
Oct 02, 2022
When You Have to Start Over
Sep 25, 2022
Remembering Rich
Sep 18, 2022
Seasonal Shifts
Sep 11, 2022
It Might Be Right, But It Still Might Be Wrong
Sep 04, 2022
Notes on Discernment
Aug 28, 2022
Don't Say That
Aug 21, 2022
Boba Tea
Aug 14, 2022
Enjoy the Day
Aug 07, 2022
Summer Sabbath
Jun 26, 2022
Talking to Our Ancestors
Jun 19, 2022
It's Fine As Long As You Don't Do Anything
Jun 12, 2022
This, Too, Is a Lesson
Jun 06, 2022
Lamentation
May 29, 2022
Further Thoughts on Healing
May 22, 2022
A Hodgepodge
May 09, 2022
The Geeks Have Inherited the Earth
May 01, 2022
Journaling 101
Apr 24, 2022
A Strange Easter
Apr 17, 2022
Have a Great Week
Apr 10, 2022
The "Should" Lens
Apr 03, 2022
500 Words
Mar 27, 2022
Pie, Caesar, and Shrines
Mar 20, 2022
Dare to Be Stupid
Mar 13, 2022
No Perfect Time
Mar 06, 2022
Ash Wednesday
Feb 27, 2022
No Notes!
Feb 20, 2022
The Winter of It All
Feb 13, 2022
Illness and Morality
Feb 06, 2022
The Eject Button
Jan 30, 2022
KIME and MUSHIN
Jan 23, 2022
The Rage Room
Jan 16, 2022
Based on a Freudian Slip
Jan 09, 2022
Just Vibes
Jan 02, 2022
The Holiday Special
Nov 28, 2021
Coffee Meditation #3
Nov 14, 2021
Coffee Meditation #2
Nov 07, 2021
Coffee Meditation #1
Oct 24, 2021
Selective Forgetting
Oct 10, 2021
It Never Truly Leaves
Oct 03, 2021
Building in a Pandemic
Sep 26, 2021
Church Building
Sep 19, 2021
What Are You Building?
Sep 12, 2021
And Then Maybe You Can
Sep 05, 2021
A Bare Season
Aug 29, 2021
Sometimes You Can't
Aug 22, 2021
Still Here
Aug 15, 2021
Aw Hell, There's More
Jun 07, 2021
Aw, Hell.
May 24, 2021
A Theology of Star Wars, Part 2
May 17, 2021
A Theology of Star Wars
May 09, 2021
Re-Entry
May 02, 2021
The Call Cycle
Apr 25, 2021
Anatomy of a Call
Apr 18, 2021
We Should Talk About Burnout
Apr 11, 2021
Just Do Today
Apr 04, 2021
Palm Sunday
Mar 21, 2021
A Pandemic Lament
Mar 14, 2021
Practice Makes Proficient
Mar 07, 2021
Everything Is Already Different
Feb 28, 2021
The Second Lentiest Lent
Feb 21, 2021
Let's Begin with a Story
Feb 16, 2021