Soulish Food: The Hungry Souls Email Newsletter

Hungry Souls offers an e-newsletter called Soulish Food. Written by Karen, this is, in her words, "a short email to help you consider the delights and difficulties of the inward pilgrimage."

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Karen's newest letter is Human In Disarray: Midway Airport Chicago (Issue 23-3, October 10, 2023)

Read Archived Issues

The Amazing Power of Welcome (Issue 23-2, September 6, 2023)

Living Down Deeply Each Summer Day (Issue 23-1, August 3, 2023)

Exploring the Nearby: Barhopping in West Chicago (Issue 20-9, September 19, 2021)

Who's Who in America? (Issue 20-8, August 3, 2021)

Journey to Lubbock (Issue 20-7, May 21, 2021)

COVID CURE: Laughing at Midnight (Issue 20-6, April 16, 2021)

Perils While Submitting One's Work (Issue 20-5, March 20, 2021)

Kittens and COVID-19 (Issue 20-4, March 3, 2021)

Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) (Issue 20-3, February 18, 2021)

Prayer Journal Format — February 2021 (Issue 20-2, February 1, 2021)

Reprise: Sleeping on the Danube (Issue 20-1, January 4, 2021)

Lapse of Memory (Issue 19-12, December 6, 2020)

Learning to Slow Down (With a Little Help From a Friend) (Issue 19-11, November 16, 2020)

Breathe (Issue 19-10, September 26, 2020)

"Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus." (Issue 19-9, July 16, 2020)

Something Exciting! (Issue 19-8, July 2, 2020)

My Most Remarkable Amazing Month of May 2020 (Issue 19-7, June 5, 2020)

Sick Days: Overcoming Spiritual Attention-Deficit Disorder (Issue 19-6, May 8, 2020)

Common Goodness (Issue 19-5, April 9, 2020)

Tracking Life's Pandemics (Issue 19-4, March 26, 2020)

How Does He Do That? (Issue 19-3, February 28, 2020)

The Kingdom Quotient (Issue 19-2, February 14, 2020)

Memoir-Writing-Class Opportunity (Issue 19-1, January 23, 2020)

Remembering Christmases Past (Issue 18-13, January 1, 2020)

Greetings, Nearby Neighbors! (Issue 18-12, November 19, 2019)

Before We Go (Issue 18-11, November 9, 2019)

The Beginning of the Ending (Issue 18-10, October 28, 2019)

A Visit to the Lynching Legacy Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama (August 2019) (Issue 18-9, September 13, 2019)

Why Are the Children of the World Doing So Much Better?
(Issue 18-8, August 2, 2019)

What in This World Is the Meaning of Neighborliness?
 (Issue 18-7, June 11, 2019)

Hospitality Suggestions From the Soulish Food Team
 (Issue 18-6, May 1, 2019)

A Prayer for Hospitality
 (Issue 18-5, April 19, 2019)

Feedback on Hospitality Initiative: Letter From Carol Niles
 (Issue 18-4, April 4, 2019)

Thoughts While Watching
Harvey (Issue 18-3, Mar. 21, 2019)

Curing Openhomeaphobia
(Issue 18-2, Feb. 28, 2019)

The Loneliness Epidemic
(Issue 18-1, Feb. 19, 2019)

Today the Pits, Tomorrow the Wrinkles
(Issue 17-6, Oct. 20, 2018)

Some New Thoughts About Mother's Day
(Issue 17-5, May 25, 2018)

Days of Disabilities
(Issue 17-4, April 21, 2018)

The Ill Praying for the Ill
(Issue 17-3, February 14, 2018)

Döstädning: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
 (Issue 17-2, January 2018)

Meditation Has a Mind of Its Own
(Issue 17-1, January 2018)

A Good, Good Christmas
(Issue 16-4, December 2017)

Winter Is Coming!
(Issue 16-3, October 22, 2017)

Uncommon Goodness
(Issue 16-2, October 2, 2017)

Resolution Failure
(Issue 16-1, January 10, 2017)

Recovering From PTED (Post-Traumatic Election Disorder)
(Issue 15-8, Nov. 10, 2016)

Daring to Dream Again
(Issue 15-7, October 24, 2016)

Curious People Bring Curious Gifts
(Issue 15-6, September 28, 2016)

Self-Discovery: Memoir-Writing Lessons
(Issue 15-5, September 5, 2016)

Moving: Purging, Piling, Sorting, Storing
 (Issue 15-4, May 24, 2016)

The Self-Inflation of the Negative
(Issue 15-3, Mar. 31, 2016)

The Ending-Well Project: Part One
(Issue 15-2, March 17, 2016)

Pray the Devil Back to Hell
(Issue 15-1, February 16, 2016)

Silence and Sunset
(Issue 14-16, December 10, 2015)

JOIN THE STORY! - Open-House GBP Invitation
(Issue 14-15, December 1, 2015)

The Long-Awaited Something That We Wait For
(Issue 14-14, November 19, 2015)

Not Afraid to Be Angry With God
(Issue 14-13, Nov. 6, 2015)

Reminder: Upcoming Retreats of Silence - Info and Registration
(Issue 14-12, October 6, 2015)

The Examination: Stick Out Your Tongue
(Issue 14-11, September 29, 2015)

The Practice of Silence
(Issue 14-10, September 14, 2015)

Words Are Power: Introduction From You Are What You Say
(Issue 14-9, September 8, 2015)

Thank You, Lord, for Trusting This Family With This Suffering
(Issue 14-8, August 18, 2015)

Stacked Stones
(Issue 14-7, July 27, 2015)

Does This Give You Any Ideas?
(Issue 14-6, April 15, 2015)

Passionate People Step Up
(Issue 14-5, April 7, 2015)

Looking for Passionate People
(Issue 14-3, March 24, 2015)

Terminal Diagnoses
(Issue 14-2, February 18, 2015)

Rolling Stops
(Issue 14-1, January 21, 2015)

The Glory That's Hidden Within
(Issue 13-7, January 4, 2015)

Did I Really Write This?
(Issue 13-6, Sept. 30, 2014)

It Is a Joy For Authors to Receive Letters From Children
(Issue 13-5, July 24, 2014)

Cancer Surgery, et al
(Issue 13-4, July 16, 2014)

Become a Backer for the Kingdom Tales Trilogy Kickstarter Campaign
(Issue 13-3, July 10, 2014)

It Takes Work to Get Well
(Issue 13-2, May 2014)

David & Karen's 2014 Bucket List
(Issue 13-1, April 24, 2014)

"He Gave His Only Son…"
(Issue 12-7, Dec. 12, 2013)

Getting Smacked in the Face
(Issue 12-6, Sept. 5, 2013)

A Note About Jeremy Mains
(Issue 12-5, July 2, 2013)

Lost My Purse at O'Hare Airport
(Issue 12-4, April 22, 2013)

Church Potlucks: The Power of the Aggregate
(Issue 12-3, March 28, 2013)

Detail Ditziness
(Issue 12-2, February 12, 2013)

Advent Watching
(Issue 11-13, December 14, 2012)

A New Drug for Health and Happiness
(Issue 11-12, November 20, 2012)

Prayers for a Treacherous Journey
(Issue 11-11, November 1, 2012)

TIME-SENSITIVE SOULISH FOOD: OPEN NOW / What Can I Do? (Issue 11-10, September 27, 2012)

Surviving Derechos (Issue 11-9, August 21, 2012)

Tribute to the Men Who Thought I Was Beautiful: Husbands, Brothers, Fathers, Friends
 (Issue 11-8, April 19?, 2012)

Wouldn't You Like to Do Something Good for the Women of the World?
(Issue 11-7, April 5, 2012)

Beware Little White-Haired Ladies
(Issue 11-6, March 13, 2012)

Women's Cycle of Life Invitation Reminder (Issue 11-5, February 28, 2012)

We See What We Want to See (Issue 11-4, February 20, 2012)

You Find What You Look For (Issue 11-3, February 9, 2012)

Notices: Learning Journeys (alongside "Voluntourism Journey to Kenya Letter") (Issue 11-2, January 19, 2012)

Remembering the Future: Honoring the Life of Glen Kehrein
(Issue 11-1, January 6, 2012)

Sleeping on the Danube (Issue 10-11, November 11, 2011)

Revival in Egypt? (Issue 10-10, September 27, 2011)

The Exchanged-Life Prayer (Issue 10-9, September 6, 2011)

Five Iron Sheets: An African Bag Story
(Issue 10-8, August 18, 2011)


Urgent Prayer Request
(Issue 10-7, June 16, 2011)

The Mexican Who Lives in Our Basement (Issue 10-6, June 9, 2011)

Torschlusspanik: Gate-closing Panic
(Issue 10-5, April 26, 2011)

Visiting the Atheists Club (Issue 10-4, March 24, 2011)

Guess Who Came to St. Patrick’s Day Dinner?
(Issue 10-3, February 15, 2011)

Close Encounters of the Casual Kind
(Issue 10-2, January 27, 2011)

Growing Season
(Issue 10-1, January 6, 2011)

The Circle of Love
(Issue 9-16, December 23, 2010)

The Fragile Curtain
(Issue 9-15, November 25, 2010)

All the Lonely People
(Issue 9-14, November 4, 2010)

Positive Deviants
(Issue 9-13, October 21, 2010)

Revelations: 50th High School Reunion
(Issue 9-12, October 8, 2010)

Scavenger Genes
(Issue 9-11, September 20, 2010)

Space Camp
(Issue 9-10, September 9, 2010)

Addicted to Speeding
(Issue 9-9, August 18, 2010)

Fitting in Fitness
(Issue 9-8, August 4, 2010)

Reconstruction Project: Mess Upon Mess
(Issue 9-7, June 10, 2010)

Resurrection: Counting-Out Exercises 
(Issue 9-6, April 22, 2010)

Read Any Good Books Lately?
(Issue 9-5, April 1, 2010)

Linet Has Died
(Issue 9-4, March 16, 2010)

Immigration Over My Shoulder
(Issue 9-3, February 18, 2010)

Willie Nelson and Etta James: Lovin' Apologia
(Issue 9-2, January 28, 2010)

What's Behind Your Kitchen Stove?
(Issue 9-1, January 14, 2010)

Painting With Brooms: Advent-Retreat Reprise 2009
(Issue 8-18, Dec. 22, 2009)

Teach Me to Play
(Issue 8-17, November 13, 2009)

Dancing Lessons: Stomping Around on Holy Ground
(Issue 8-16, November 5, 2009)

Advent Alert!
(Issue 8-15, October 12, 2009)

Prepare Ye!
(Issue 8-14, September 24, 2009)

Episode of Peaches
(Issue 8-13, September 10, 2009)

Don't Wait Until I Die
(Issue 8-12, August 21, 2009)

Let Us Consider the Whale
(Issue 8-11, August 6, 2009)

Chasing Sublimity: Ecstasy on the Run
(Issue 8-10, July 17, 2009)

Why Didn't I Do That Sooner?
(Issue 8-9, July 3, 2009)

A Lament: The Wretched of the Earth
(Issue 8-8, June 23, 2009)

Inhaling Plaster Dust
(Issue 8-7, May 21, 2009)

Walking in Another Man's Crocs
(Issue 8-6, May 7, 2009)

Evangelical Atheists
(Issue 8-5, March 20, 2009)

Count Days, Not Calories
(Issue 8-4, March 4, 2009)

Western Diseases
(Issue 8-3, Feb. 11, 2009)

Hold a Starving Child in Your Arms
(Issue 8-2, Jan 16, 2009)

Something Scary's Knocking at the Door
(Issue 8-1, Jan 5, 2009)

Blindsided, Sideswiped and Blown-out: Real-Life Country
(Issue 7-20, Dec. 17, 2008)

Holy Days for the Homesick (Issue 7-19, November 7, 2008)

I Wish I Could Take Credit For
(Issue 7-18, October 24, 2008)

Five Rules for Weathering Financial Blow-Outs
(Issue 7-17, October 10, 2008)

The Unbearable Brightness of Being
(Issue 7-16, September 26, 2008)

The Planning/Praying Ratio
(Issue 7-15, September 12, 2008)

Stranger Hospitality
(Issue 7-14, August 29, 2008)

Mindfulness: A Neuroscientist Examines Meditation
(Issue 7-13, August 15, 2008)

Yes We Can! (Sound Familiar?)
(Issue 7-12, August 1, 2008)

My First Eco-Shopping Experience
(Issue 7-11, July 18, 2008)

BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag): 600 of Them!
(Issue 7-10, July 4, 2008)

Broken Toes and Pierced Ears
(Issue 7-9, June 13, 2008)

Finding the Yeses in the No
(Issue 7-8, May 30, 2008)

Bit by Bit, Day by Day, Every Day
(Issue 7-7, May 16, 2008)

Losing It! (Again and Again)
(Issue 7-6, May 2, 2008)

Have You Carried Your Cloth Bags to the Store This Week?
(Issue 7-5, April 18, 2008)

Bag Lady's Crusade
(Issue 7-4, March 26, 2008)

Passing Calculus (Stone by Stone)
(Issue 7-3, February 25, 2008)

An Invitation to Our French Soireé
(Issue 7-2, January 28, 2008)

Freezing Fog
(Issue 7-1, January 17, 2008)

Crisscross Double Dutch
(Issue 6-40, December 17, 2007)

The Advent Conspiracy (Christmas Was Meant to Change the World)
(Issue 6-39, December 8, 2007)

"See Places That No Longer Exist"
(Issue 6-38, November 25, 2007)

Reprise: "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)"
(Issue 6-37, November 21, 2007)

"Ain't Gonna Bump No Big Fat Black Ladies No More"
(Issue 6-36, November 11, 2007)

"She Saved a Place at the Table for Me"
(Issue 6-35, November 4, 2007)

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Issue 6-34, October 20, 2007)

"The Clintons Signed My Petition!"
(Issue 6-33, October 7, 2007)

Wanna Be a Wannabe?
(Issue 6-32, September 30, 2007)

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