In Episode One of our very first podcast series, called "Welcome Your Life," we look at walking as a spiritual practice to deepen our awareness in life. This is a certain kind of walking, not to get anywhere or to accomplish anything. Instead it is a walk to linger and to listen.
We'll join Kirk Davis, a San Francisco native and community leader in the city's Bayview neighborhood, to trace the steps of a sacred walk he would take through the city. Often taking several hours, it is a way he intentionally listened to what the city is saying to him about the past and the future. And to what stirred in his heart as he contemplated both. Find out what he heard.
Intro | Meet Kirk (00:00)
Act 1 | Bayview Forever (2:58) - A wave of gentrification has Kirk's neighborhood changing.
Act 2 | Walls without Walls (19:35) - One street connects many neighborhoods but not all neighborhoods are the same.
Act 3 | New Wineskins (37:07) - Kirk holds on to hope and fights for the soul of the city.
Credits (51:17)
Learn about Kirk's work with Kairos of San Francisco in the city's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.
Music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Check out our website for a deeper dive into this episode, including pictures of our walk with Kirk and a spiritual exercise you can use to take what you heard deeper into your soul. You can download the exercise directly here.
Also: try out our "walking" guided meditation. You can find it as a Soul Search bonus episode on this streaming app or on our website.
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