Letters From the Least

A love letter to the transformative power of beauty.

About the show

Letters From The Least is written and performed as a love letter to the transformative power of beauty. Each episode includes 3-5 original poems and various musings by spoken word poet Clare McCallan. These poems are shared with the unfailing, optimistic belief that storytelling can bring healing and growth into even the most sensitive and broken parts of our hearts and the Church.

Episodes

  • 10: Fail Often and Early

    January 18th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 27 secs
    failure, loss, rejection, transformation

    This episode is a love letter written to the author's losses, rejections, and many, MANY failures. It upholds failure as a gift and loss as opportunity for transformation.

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    9: Storytelling

    January 11th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  20 mins
    christianity, conversation, conversion, parables, storytelling

    This episode, titled "Storytelling," hopes to continue in the tradition of conversion through conversation. Upholding parables as the ultimate form of sharing the good news, this episode relates important themes of Christianity simply by telling stories.

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    8: Crucifixion

    January 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 52 secs
    redemptive suffering

    This episode examines the crosses that are chosen for us and, all too often, the crosses we cling to. It examines the human experience through the lens of redemptive suffering.

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    7: Creation

    December 28th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 2 secs
    creativity, nature, poetry, spoken word

    This episode discusses God's role as the creator and our role as "craftsmen" as we follow in His image. This episode delves not only into our creative nature but also our relationship with natural creation itself.

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    6: Loneliness

    December 21st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 54 secs
    loneliness, poetry, spoken word

    Episode 6, titled "Loneliness," focuses on just that! The poems focus on millennial loneliness, loneliness chosen over fear, and modern solutions to an age-old problem.

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    5: Theology of the Body and Exercise

    December 14th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  31 mins 38 secs
    exercise, poetry, spoken word, theology of the body

    This episode explores the connection between body and soul in the human person. It celebrates the spirituality and transformative power of body movement as a means of glorifying God.

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    4: Rugged Femininity

    December 7th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 40 secs
    catholic poetry, clare mccallan, rugged feminity, spoken word poetry, womanhood

    Episode four, entitled “Rugged Femininity” explores the infinite manifestations of womanhood. The poems in this episode explore woman as hero, saint, and friend.

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    3: Romance and the Catholic Imagination

    November 30th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  23 mins 56 secs
    catholic poetry, poetry, romance, spoken word, spoken word podcast

    This episode discusses the beauty and romance of a life lived with eternity in mind. It considers this through the lenses of romantic love, fraternal love, and self-love.

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    2: Calling the Devil by His Name

    November 23rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 21 secs
    art, poetry, spiritual warfare

    This episode features a number of Clare McCallan's original poems on spiritual warfare and combatting the devil with art.

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    1: On Having a Dream

    November 16th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 2 secs
    catholic poetry, poetry, spoken word, spoken word podcast

    In this first episode, spoken word poet Clare McCallan introduces herself and this week's topic: On having a dream. She shares three original poems that explore the gift and weight of vocation and ambition.

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    Introducing: Letters From the Least

    November 4th, 2020  |  25 secs
    poetry, spoken word, trailer

    A new spoken word podcast, coming to the Grexly podcasting network on November 16th.