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Finding Calm in Chaos

Virtue. Adventure. Those two words sum up the various work Clare McCallan does as an author, journalist and TV personality. Her TV show, “The Renaissance Room,” and upcoming book, Courage to Create, help creatives find inspiration and step into their birthright as artists made in the image of the Creator. She’s also a nationally renowned spoken word poet and creative director of St. Joseph’s Home for Artisans in Boston. Let Clare’s honesty inspire you today as we discuss her favorite spiritual practice.

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My spiritual life has recently come alive in a way that it never has before. Not only have I added good practices, but bad habits that I’ve spent decades burdened by have finally rolled off my back like water.

The change began in El Paso around Thanksgiving of last year. I was staying in the shelter with the women and children about 150 feet from the border itself. Every night, I was overcome with anxiety that would keep me from sleeping. I quickly realized how present the devil was in chaos and how borders are magnets for chaos. I had always known that Jesus was the Prince of Peace, but I guess I had never considered what that meant as far as Satan being the agent of chaos. It became so clear to me how the devil thrives in the bedlam and babel of borders. I was also just completely overwhelmed by the emotional weight of the work.

Soon after, I returned to Boston and started reading the Bible every night, which only deepened my sense of peace and served as the ultimate weapon against the anxiety that has controlled my sleep schedule for the last decade.

The other great catalyst for this improvement in my spiritual life has been deleting social media. I feel incredibly free, happy and even-keeled without it.

—Clare McCallan, TV host, as told to Rapt Interviews

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