
Real Prayer.
Real People.
Real Conversations.

Real Prayer.
Real People.
Real Conversations.
What is unique about Praying at the Speed of Love?
Praying at the Speed of Love is a biweekly podcast filled with REAL conversations with REAL people about REAL prayer. After 5,000 years of prayer proscribed by patriarchy, we are ready for prayers that cherish the body, embrace all hearts, expand the mind, and enchant the soul. Join bestselling author and prayer artist, Janet Conner, as she and her famous guests dive into deep, intimate—even outrageous—conversations about their personal experiences with whole new kinds of prayer.
Most Recent Episodes
Episode 31: Clark Strand
Clark Strand: Now Is the Hour of Her Return Real Conversation This is a conversation unlike any other on Praying at the Speed of Love. Because the conversation isn’t really with Clark Strand. ...
Episode 30: Amy Grossblatt Pessah
Amy Grossblatt Pessah: Parenting on a Prayer Real Conversation Prayer really comes alive in this conversation as we meander through the relationship with the divine as a relationship with a wise loving parent, ...
Episode 29: Christine Valters Painter
Christine Valters Paintner: Earth Our Original Monastery Real Conversation This is the perfect conversation for a time of pandemic and quarantine. Christine invited us to explore how the monastic view embraces all of ...
Episode 28: Phil Cousineau
Phil Cousineau: The Art of Pilgrimage Real Conversation Phil Cousineau startled us with the dangers of medieval pilgrimage—half did not return! Then, he reminded us pilgrim in Latin means “to put the sole ...
Episode 27: Estelle Frankel
Estelle Frankel: The Wisdom of Not Knowing Real Conversation Estelle kicked off the conversation with a prayer: “Open my heart, open my mouth.” And then our hearts and mouths were opened and the ...
Episode 26: Robert Corman
Robert Corman: Wisdom for Spiritual Travelers Real Conversation We opened with a gorgeous prayer Robert Corman wrote years ago. Then we dove into Journeys and Awakenings: Wisdom for Spiritual Travelers. Reading any of ...
Episode 25: HeatherAsh Amara
HeatherAsh Amara: The Warrior Heart Practice Real Conversation We began in Hong Kong with 7-year old HeatherAsh staring in awe as people bowed to rocks. We followed her to Thailand and India and ...
Episode 24: Neil Douglas-Klotz
Neil Douglas-Klotz: How did Jesus really pray in Aramaic? Real Conversation Everything you think you know about the “Our Father” or “Lord’s Prayer” goes up in smoke as Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz guides us ...
Episode 23: Mark Nepo
Mark Nepo—How does a poet pray? Real Conversation In this intimate conversation, Mark invites us to feel what he felt singing the Torah and experience his grandmother’s living presence in a dream. He ...
Episode 22: Dawna Markove
Dawna Markova—Living a Loved Life Real Conversation This is a multi-layered miraculous conversation. On one level, it is a beautiful conversation with a beautiful woman, Dawna Markova, about how she evolved into the ...
Episode 21: Peter Booth
Peter Booth—Hafiz, the Poet of Love Real Conversation If your heart is hungry for love—big love, mystical love, life-altering love—this is the conversation for you. Peter Booth answered the questions not with his ...
Episode 20: Strand Clark and Perdita Finn Part 2
The Way of the Rose Part 2—The Rosary and her Mysteries NOTE: Episode 20 is part 2 on The Way of the Rose. Part 1 is Episode 19 Real Conversation Clark Strand and ...

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