Pause for Peace

Pause for Peace

Pause for Peace is a weekly podcast that offers listeners the opportunity to practice various centering techniques that can cultivate inner calm. The Rev. Dr. Jule M. Nyhuis weaves experience as an open-hearted, progressive-minded Christian pastor along with skills as a board-certified practitioner of the energy therapy of Healing Touch, Dream Work facilitator in the Jungian Tradition, and Spiritual Formation Guide to walk with listeners on a path that deepens the capacity for living more peace-fully. Episodes provide space to pause from daily pursuits and pressures to increase global peace.

Episodes

June 21, 2026 31 mins

Happy Father’s Day AND Happy Summer Solstice! In this episode, Pastor Jule explores fathering energy and it’s essentialness for healthy living as an energy to be developed in us all. She then guides a heart-centered meditation so in the stillness, the fathering energy needed in you will be revealed.

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In this episode, Pastor Jule lifts up a traditional metaphor of a body that has many parts and still is one body to demonstrate how we each have a purpose in being part of the whole.  She lifts up the question of our own unique contribution, then guides in a heart-centered listening process for each to know the contribution that is solely ours. Take a listen to this Pause for Wholeness for the sake of all.

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June 7, 2026 14 mins

Quickly pass the seasons!  As those in the Northern Hemisphere shift into warmer days and brighter sunshine; the time has come to consider the regular, ordinary days of common life. Join Pastor Jule for this episode to welcome June 2026 and listen for the shifts that are needed in your life.

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Take time to welcome all aspects of yourself!  In this episode, Pastor Jule speaks of the many aspects of the Divine that are at work all at once.  Inspired by the Christian understanding of a Triune God, be centered within through a guided meditation to receive clarity around what aspects of yourself need to come together to work for the highest good.

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May 24, 2026 19 mins

Ready to be empowered?  Join Pastor Jule for an episode of Pause for Peace inspired by the indwelling presence of the Spirit of God. Be guided into a meditative time of listeningfor where in your life you need to be empowered.

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In this episode, Pastor Jule wonders about the impact of love.  With so many ways we are cared for daily and so many ways we positively impact others’ lives each day; this episode invites us to notice what love HAS done for us today.

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Happy Mothers’ Day!  In this episode, Pastor Jule offers thoughts about mothering and the importance of developing the energy of mothering ourselves. Take a listen to grow in your appreciation and understanding of mothering.

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How often to you think about the contribution for good that you make? In this episode, Pastor Jule shares thoughts about legacies. She then guides in a heart-centered meditation to listen for what is most important to you and how you intentionally can embody your legacy.

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Eastertide continues!  In the episode, Pastor Jule takes us back to the garden of the first Easter morning as the story is told in the gospel of John. In a unique telling of Mary the Magdalene being alone at the garden tomb to be roused to hope when the Beloved calls her name, we are invited to celebrate the triumph of True Love. Pastor Jule guides a heart-centered meditation around the joy of True Love never ending.

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April 19, 2026 21 mins

Earth Day 2026 is celebrated this week!  In this episode; Pastor Jule draws attention to the earth, the beauty of matter, and our ability to attune to connection with all creation.  During a time of guided stillness, she invites listeners to receive clarity about how to honor the earth.

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In this 2nd Week of Eastertide, Pastor Jule speaks of the mystery of Easter. Sharing of the orthodox tradition that has honored the role of Mary the Magdalene, Pastor Jule tells the legend that connects Mary the Magdalene with the red egg. Recognizing the great mystery of Easter’s Risen Life, Pastor Jule guides a meditation around listening for where in our lives we need reminders of the mystery?

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April 5, 2026 22 mins

Join Pastor Jule for this episode that celebrates the resurrecting power of Easter!  Learn more of the re-flowering of all the world as the gospel of John emphasizes about Easter morning, then pause in stillness to know how new life is unfolding around and in you.

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March 29, 2026 41 mins

As March turns to April, those in the Christian household turn to the stories of Jesus’ final days in what commonly is called Holy Week. While all four canonical gospels record Jesus’ humbly entering Jerusalem as shouts of Hosannas surround; three of the canonical gospels also preserve the story of a woman pouring an expensive essential oil on Jesus’ body to keep him through all the happenings of his arrest, ...

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Welcome Spring 2026!  In this episode, Pastor Jule shares the powerful words of the Gospel of John 11:1-45 in which Jesus calls a man back to life. Looking to the rhythm of the natural word that in the Northern Hemisphere has just passed the marker of the Spring Equinox, Pastor Jule reminds that Spring is the season in which new life abounds. She then guides a meditative practice to listen for what in ourselves is being c...

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March 15, 2026 30 mins

In this episode, Pastor Jule shares insights into the man healed by Jesus according to the Gospel of John 9:1-38. Pastor Jule tells the stories of Southern France that claim the healed man to be Saint Sidoine (or Sidonius) who became the 2nd Bishop of Aix-en-Provence. She then guides a meditative practice to listen for what truly needs to be seen.

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In this episode, Pastor Jule takes on TIME!  After describing the difference between measuring our days by the clock (chronos time) and slipping into the sweet bliss of being outside the pressure of the clock in deeper connection with God, our True Self, and all (kairos time), Pastor then Jule guides a centering prayer experience to experience kairos time.

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March 1, 2026 34 mins

The special spiritual season of Lent continues for those in the Christian household.  And with the season comes stories of Jesus’ encounters with all sorts of different people.  Pastor Jule shares her experience with a practice of encounter then guides listeners in a time of meditation to hear who needs to be encountered now.

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February 22, 2026 24 mins

Wednesday, those in the Christian household entered in the special spiritual season of Lent. Join Pastor Jule in this podcast that focuses on a spiritual practice inspired by stories of Jesus confronting powers that would pull him off his path. Then, through a guided prayer practice, consider how the 7 powers presenting the soul in the noncanonical Gospel of Mary offer insight on how we can be freed.

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February 15, 2026 19 mins

Have you ever considered that peace is a promise?  Inspired by the children’s book If Peace is . . . (Jane Baskwill & Stephanie Carter, illustrator), this episode offers an opportunity to consider that peace is a promise consisting of love, protection, and care for each other.

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February 9, 2026 25 mins

1 February marks the Feast Day of Brigid – the beloved Celtic Christian who is one of the Patron Saints of Ireland. Join Pastor Jule for this episode that highlights St. Brigid and moves through a guided meditation to tend the eternal fire of God in yourself.

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