Holy Fools and the Soul of Craftwork
Join PhD and professional juggler Jesse Joyner, and PhD and minister Stephen Grosz as they interview people in diverse crafts and trades (from beekeepers to song writers to sword swallowers). Through a discussion of relevant learning research and Scripture, the Holy Fools consider how integrating one’s faith and work, as a craft, might serve to feed and form the soul.
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Episodes
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Join Holy Fools (Jesse Joyner, PhD. and Stephen Grosz, PhD.) as they consider the value of getting thicker skin and a wiser head by joining a community of practice.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode:
Ogilvie, Sheilagh. 2019. The European Guilds.(Princeton University Press).
De Munck. 2007. Technologies of Learning: Apprenticeship in Antwerp Guilds from the 15th Century to the End of the Ancien Regime. (Turnhout: Brepols).
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Join Holy Fools (Jesse Joyner, PhD. and Stephen Grosz, PhD.) as they interview professional farrier/blacksmith Bear Reed, and consider what can be learned about soul work by being kicked in the gut!
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Join Holy Fools (Jesse Joyner, PhD. and Stephen Grosz, PhD.) as they recall performing in an Israeli/Palestinian warzone, and consider how having a fool's identity at work can serve God and others.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode:
"The Juggler of Notre Dame" -Tomie dePaola
"Educating Deliberate Professionals: Beyond Reflective and Deliberative Practitioners" -Celina McEwen & Franziska Trede
"The Fool as a Social Type" - Orrin E. Klapp"Outliers: The Story of Success" - Malcolm Gladwell
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Join Holy Fools (Jesse Joyner, PhD. and Stephen Grosz, PhD.) as they interview 16 time World Champion and holder of multiple Guinness World Records, David Cain, and consider what can be learned about soul work by juggling sharps!
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Join the Holy Fools (Jesse Joyner, PhD. and Stephen Grosz, PhD.) as they consider what beekeeping can teach us about slowing down and tasting the sweeter life.
The Burgundy Castle Project
(https://www.npr.org/2023/10/01/1200546214/france-medieval-guedelon-castle-burgundy)
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Join PhD and professional juggler Jesse Joyner, and PhD and minister Stephen Grosz as they interview master beekeeper Paul Knight, and consider what can be learned about spiritual formation by tending bees.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Join PhD and professional juggler Jesse Joyner, and PhD and minister Stephen Grosz as they interview people in diverse crafts and trades (from beekeepers to song writers to sword swallowers). Through a discussion of relevant learning research and Scripture, the Holy Fools consider how integrating one’s faith and work, as a craft, might serve to feed and form the soul..