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Corey Keyes | The Keyes To Spirituality

Corey Keyes | The Keyes To Spirituality

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Corey Keyes managed the college radio station at SUNY Brockport, worked as a spokesman for the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, and heard his calling while driving alone through the state after Hurricane Hugo in 1989. He finished seminary at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, and in 1996 he was called to West Bloomfield Congregational Church, the church he grew up in, where the congregation grew like gangbusters. Then the pandemic had him preaching to an empty sanctuary, with photos of his congregation taped into their favorite pews so he wouldn't be alone, and it burned him to a crisp.

In this episode he talks about why a call isn't something that suddenly arrives but something you finally uncover enough to hear, how stepping away to lead the Haden Institute brought him back to the pulpit, and the five-day window that led him to Mountain Rise United Church of Christ in Fairport, recorded on his 21st day as pastor. He and Fitz get into ego and self-care, gratitude and grief after losing his brother in 2017, regret, why it's harder to forgive yourself than someone else, and why he keeps both a therapist and a spiritual director in his corner. He also shares why he believes faith doesn't require a church, and where to find his writing on Substack.

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Corey Keyes on Substack → https://coreykeyes.substack.com
Mountain Rise United Church of Christ → https://mtriseucc.org
ROC Vox → https://rocvox.com

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Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production in Bushnell's Basin, NY.

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Recorded at ROC Vox Recording and Production Studios, Rochester, NY.
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