In this episode, Diane sits down with philosopher, artist, and founder of Sword and Pencil, Josh Nadeau, to talk about his book, Heaven Meets Earth: A 40-Day Journey of Transformation Through the Nicene Creed. Josh explains how the Nicene Creed - written in 325 and foundational to historic Christian belief - can serve as a stabilizing anchor in a time marked by distraction, burnout, and cultural noise. We discuss how intentional living can take shape through small, daily practices, and how this 40-day journey invites just 5–15 minutes a day of reflection, prayer, and art. Josh shares how ancient rhythms like silence, fasting, and structured prayer can feel freeing rather than restrictive when rooted in relationship with Christ. We also explore how beauty, art, and contemplation can help reorient our attention and deepen our faith, offering a grounded, accessible way to engage spirituality in everyday life.

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Previous Episode: "Art is the Signature of Man" | Jake Weidmann (EP53)
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Substack: https://substack.com/@everydaysaints
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swordandpencil/
Book: Heaven Meets Earth: A 40-Day Journey of Transformation Through the Nicene Creed

About Josh|

Josh Nadeau (nuh-doh) is an artist, writer and creative theologian from the west coast of Canada. Beauty is his apologetic, and his work seeks to translate ancient ideas of embodying the transcendent for a modern time. His art and writing invite Christians to recover the “holy ordinary” and behold the beauty of Jesus in everyday life. He has appeared on numerous podcasts, contributed to magazines and websites, and created art for Jordan Peterson’s History of Western Civilization, The Chosen, Searock, Vuvivo, the Daily Wire, and other churches and organizations. Josh holds an undergraduate degree in physics, a master’s degree in theological studies and—as he quips—a doctorate from the School of Hard Knocks. He is a husband, father, reader, boulderer and explorer of every good and perfect gift

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