The Academy Podcast

By The Academy for Spiritual Formation

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Welcome to The Academy Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sharing rich content for the purpose of spiritual growth. The Academy Podcast is brought to you by The Academy for Spiritual Formation, an international ministry of The Upper Room. The Academy is dedicated to creating safe space for people to connect with God, self, others, and creation for the sake of the world. To learn more about our Five-Day and Two-Year retreat offerings, visit academy.upperroom.org. We’re glad you’re here.

Episode Date
Grounded in God’s Presence with Beth Richardson
Oct 13, 2025
Rhythms of Retreat, Return, and Reconciliation with Amy Oden
Sep 08, 2025
Living in Hope — A Conversation with Juan Carlos Huertas
Aug 11, 2025
Pause, Reflect, Reimagine: An Update on Our Podcast Journey
Jan 11, 2025
Advent Through Immigrant Eyes with Rubén Ortiz
Dec 09, 2024
Exploring Liminality in Faith and Practice with Barbara Brown Taylor
Nov 11, 2024
Spirituality and Embodiment with Molly Vetter
Oct 07, 2024
Attentiveness to the Word with Juan Carlos Huertas
Sep 09, 2024
New Testament Spirituality with Shively Smith
Aug 12, 2024
Courageous Curiosity: Cultivating an Antiracist Spirituality with Lucretia Berry and Ben Bowell
Jul 08, 2024
God's Reckless Abundance with Grace Imathiu
Jun 10, 2024
Neighborhood Shalom with Elaine Heath
Apr 09, 2024
Conversation with Claire McKeever-Burgett and Shalom Agtarap
Mar 04, 2024
Faithfulness Within Conflict with Luther Smith
Feb 12, 2024
Reconciling Across Walls of Fear with Ray Buckley
Nov 12, 2023
Drinking From Ancestral Wells with Dan Wolpert
Oct 09, 2023
Hope in a Time of Despair with Alexia Salvatierra
Sep 11, 2023
Listening for the Way That Leads to Life with Amy Oden
Jul 09, 2023
Confronting Fear as a Path to Healing and Liberation with Safiyah Fosua
Jun 12, 2023
Internalizing God's Love through Scripture with Wilkie Au
May 07, 2023
Examining Our Faith Relationship to the Land with Cláudio Carvalhaes
Apr 09, 2023
Saint Teresa of Avila on Growing in the Life of Prayer with Sr. Kathleen Flood
Mar 13, 2023
The Sacrament of Stepping into the Wounded Places with Regina Laroche
Feb 12, 2023
Reclaiming the Good News of the Gospel with Juan Carlos Huertas
Jan 10, 2023
Encountering a Loving God through Prayer with Roberta Bondi
Dec 13, 2022
Elijah’s Cave of Transformation with Hee-Soo Jung
Oct 11, 2022
Living as God's Beloved with Larry Peacock
Sep 13, 2022
Prophetic Imagination: Seeking a Liberating Consciousness
Jun 14, 2022
Pondering with Mary: Making Space for Transformation with Lê Xuân Hy
May 10, 2022
Created for Interdependence: Cultivating an Earth-affirming Christian Faith with Susan MacKenzie
Apr 12, 2022
God’s Way: Relinquishing Divine Power through the Incarnation with Marjorie Thompson
Mar 07, 2022
Sacred Texts as Doorways: Turning Words into Wisdom with Rabbi Chava Bahle
Feb 07, 2022
Meeting God in our Justice Seeking with Luther Smith
Jan 10, 2022
Tradition in Practice: Encounters With the Living God with Amy Oden
Dec 14, 2021
Transformed by Story: Finding Grace in Relationship
Nov 09, 2021
Healing Our Original Wounds
Oct 11, 2021
The Embodied Spiritual Life
Sep 13, 2021
Conversation with Christopher Carter
Apr 12, 2021
Conversation with Jenny Booth Potter
Mar 05, 2021
Conversation with Cole Arthur Riley
Feb 07, 2021
Conversation with Safiyah Fosua
Jan 12, 2021
Best of 2020
Dec 14, 2020
Conversation with Luther Smith
Nov 09, 2020
Conversation with Rev. M Barclay
Oct 12, 2020
Conversation with Lanecia Rouse
Sep 14, 2020
Conversation with Amos Disasa
Aug 11, 2020
A Conversation with Amy Stroup
Aug 03, 2020
A Conversation with Ben Boswell
Jul 08, 2020
Conversation with Amy Steele & Sophia Agtarap
Jul 06, 2020
Conversation with Lisa Yebuah
Jun 15, 2020
Conversation with Dan Wolpert
Jun 10, 2020
Conversation with Elaine Heath
May 19, 2020
Conversation with Roger Owens
May 13, 2020
Conversation with Frank Rogers
May 07, 2020
Conversation with Amy Oden
Apr 26, 2020
Conversation with Victor Perez
Apr 13, 2020
Rooted in Love: A Conversation with Marjorie Thompson
Mar 16, 2020
Conversation with Leaders of The Academy for Spiritual Formation
Feb 18, 2020
The Breath of God
Dec 04, 2019
Spirituality and Embodiment
Nov 05, 2019
Creativity, Writing, and Spiritual Practice in a Divided World
Aug 29, 2019
Paying Attention: Ignatian Spiritual Practice
Jul 31, 2019
Summer Throwbacks
Jun 28, 2019
The Way of Wisdom
Jun 19, 2019
The Liturgy of the Psalms
May 11, 2019
Walking Gently on the Ground of Experience
Apr 05, 2019
Nurturing and Enhancing Life
Mar 11, 2019
The Word of God in Me
Feb 11, 2019
One Breath at a Time
Jan 14, 2019
Honoring Our Ancestors
Dec 07, 2018
Love In Action
Nov 09, 2018
Spiritual Friendship & Shared Vocation
Oct 15, 2018
Hospitality as a Spiritual Practice
Sep 17, 2018
Bearing Witness
Aug 13, 2018
The Pilgrim’s Path
Jul 18, 2018
Radical Ordinariness
Jun 18, 2018
Secular and Sacred: Prayer and Spirituality in a Postmodern World
May 14, 2018
Growing in God's Love
Apr 16, 2018
Healing and Wholeness
Mar 12, 2018
Christianity in Global Context
Feb 12, 2018
I'm There, Too: Afro-Centric Theology and Worship
Jan 15, 2018
Becoming Who We Are Called To Be
Dec 07, 2017
Healing, Death, and Dying in Today's World
Nov 13, 2017
Connecting with Holy Presence
Oct 11, 2017
Friendship with God
Sep 14, 2017
Episode 15 - Staying Present in Hard Times
Nov 17, 2016
Episode 14 - A Light Task: Bringing Peace Through Silence and Hospitality
Oct 19, 2016
Episode 13 - Faith Outside the Echo Chamber
Sep 19, 2016
Episode 12 - Returning as Resurrection People: Savoring and Sharing our Pilgrimage Experiences
Mar 28, 2016
Episode 11 - Love, Lent, and the Campaign Trail: A Tale of Pilgrimage and Transformation
Feb 24, 2016
Episode 10 - All In: Experiencing God’s Friendship In A Broken World
Jan 27, 2016
Episode 9 - Advent: On Justice, Cathedrals, and God’s Dream
Dec 16, 2015
Episode 8 - The Imperfect Art of Believing
Aug 19, 2015
Episode 7 - Songs of Hope and Lament
Jul 15, 2015
Episode 6 - Celtic Blessing
Jun 17, 2015
Episode 5 - Listening for God's Name
May 18, 2015
Episode 4 - Julian, Jacob, and the God Who Journeys
Apr 15, 2015
Episode 3 - Finding Revelation in Stuck Times
Mar 18, 2015
Episode 2 - Lent in the Desert
Feb 18, 2015
Episode 1 - Listening and The Beloved Community
Jan 09, 2015