Events, Interviews & Recordings
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RETREAT: “Spirituality of Non-violence.” Presbyterian Ministers, Sonoma, CA, April 2024.
RETREAT: “Beauty as Spiritual Practice.” Mercy Center, Sacramento, CA, May 2024.
DISCUSSION: Beguiled by Beauty. First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael, CA, March 2024.
DISCUSSION: “The Role of Contemplative Dispositions in Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Companioning.” Community of Christ Spiritual Formation Program, March 2024.
RETREAT: “Beauty as Prayer Women’s Retreat.” Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN, February 2024.
RETREAT: “Meditation On and Off the Mat.” First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael, CA, January 2024.
DISCUSSION: "Contemplation and Social Justice: Connecting Interior and Social Transformation.” Presbyterian Journey Group, January 2024.
AUDIO-RECORDING: “Thirsting for God, with Wendy Farley. ” Amy Frykholm, senior editor of the Christian Century, speaks with Wendy Farley in the podcast “In Search Of.” They discuss Farley’s book The Thirst of God: Contemplating God’s Love with Three Women Mystics and the medieval searcher Mechthild of Magdeburg. April 2022. Listen HERE.
RETREAT: “Beauty as the Threshold to the Divine.” First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo, CA, April 2022.
VIDEO-RECORDING: “Contemplative Prayer, Queer Theology, and Aroma of Beauty, with Wendy Farley.” Author and contemplative Mike Morrell interviews Wendy Farley on several arenas of Divine perception. January 2022. Watch HERE.
VIDEO-RECORDINGS: “Six Interviews with Dr. Wendy Farley.” Dr. Marcia McFee of the Worship Design Studio has created a six-week worship series based on Wendy Farley’s book Beguiled by Beauty: Cultivating a Life of Contemplation & Compassion. You can watch the interviews between Marcia and Wendy as they talk about the six sessions in the series: Beauty, Contemplation, and Radical Compassion; We Are Made for the Beloved; Awakening to Beauty, Falling in Love with the World; Abyss, Mystery, and Wonder; The Beauty of a World Without a Why; and From Beauty to Compassion and Justice. November 2021. Each interview is about 26 minutes.
AUDIO-RECORDING: “Interview with Dr. Wendy Farley.” James Howell of the podcast “Maybe I’m Amazed” speaks to Wendy Farley about what beauty is, how we perceive it, and why true beauty is intangible — as well as information on her publication Beguiled by Beauty: Cultivating a Life of Contemplation and Compassion. February 2021. Recording HERE.
VIDEO-RECORDING: “To Exist Is To Be Beautiful.” Online conversation between J. Aaron Simmons of “Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves” and Wendy Farley about what it means to engage in a life defined by hope, compassion, and beauty. September 2020. Video HERE.
VIDEO-RECORDING: “Beguiled by God: Love in Dark Times Through the Eyes of Women Mystics.” Online conversation between Theovlogy and Wendy Farley. August 2020. Video HERE.
RETREAT: “Resilience in Troubled Times.” A retreat with Rachel Harding of the Companions on the Inner Way, Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe. August 2019.
RETREAT: “Marin County Interfaith Council Retreat.” With Qayyum Johnson, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA. March 2018.
RETREAT: “Faith for Such a Time: Words of Wisdom and Courage from Three Women Mystics.” Presbyterian Women’s Retreat, Portola Valley Presbyterian Church, Villa Maria del Mar, Santa Cruz, CA. March 2017.
RETREAT: “Good News for Dark Times: Practices of Hope, Beauty, and Compassion.” A retreat with Newport Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA. February 2017.
AUDIO-RECORDING: “Who Were the Medieval Women Mystics?” Lisa Colón DeLay of the podcast “Spark My Muse” talks with Wendy Farley about her book The Thirst of God: Contemplating God’s Love with Three Women Mystics, which explores the spirituality of mystics Marguerite Porete, Mechthild of Magdeburg and Julian of Norwich. January 2017. Recording HERE.
RETREAT: “Wandering Home Retreat: Incarnating the Beloved Community.” With Rev. Dr. Marcia Mount Shoop, St. Mary’s Retreat Center, Sewanee, TN. March 2016.
RETREAT: “Peace with Every Breath: A Weekend of Yoga, Meditation, and Walking with Nature.” With yoga instructor Kristina Buck, St. Mary’s Retreat Center, Sewanee, TN. November 2015.
CLASS: “Delivered from Captivity: Contemplation and Human Freedom.” A six-week meditation class at Amerson House, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA. February-March 2015.
RETREAT: “Into Sweet Darkness: Encountering the Divine in the Wisdom of Darkness.” A retreat with Rev. Hugh Grant, St. Mary’s Retreat Center, Sewanee, TN. February 2015.