Season 1, Episode 16. What I Learned When I Felt Weak: An Interview with Pearl Roycroft
What I Learned When I Felt Weak: An Interview with Pearl Roycroft
We are interviewing all of our regular contributors in Season 1 for you to get to know them better. Today’s guest is Pearl Roycroft, a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Perth.
Pearl’s struggles with feeling weak and trusting God with her needs, including periods of travel across the country in her van and working in remote Aboriginal communities, and coming to trust more deeply in his love and provision for her. We also cover how these periods of struggle and changes of seasons have influenced her new album, Closing Doors.
Thanks for listening to Season 1, Episode 16 of The After Dinner Mint, a podcast of Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner. Thanks for sharing your day with us!
We are interviewing all of our regular contributors in Season 1 for you to get to know them better. Today’s guest is Pearl Roycroft, a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Perth.
In today’s episode, we explore:
The joys of being in nature, writing poetry and performing music.
Growing up with parents who were immigrants and became Christians in their 20s, and her own slow journey to a deeper faith.
Pearl’s struggles with feeling weak and trusting God with her needs, including periods of travel across the country in her van and working in remote Aboriginal communities, and coming to trust more deeply in his love and provision for her.
How these periods of struggle and changes of seasons have influenced her new album, Closing Doors.
You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get podcasts.
Pearl released her new album, Closing Doors, this year. You can listen to her music on Spotify and Bandcamp. You can see Pearl perform live by following through her company, @redgumrhythm and @pearl.music on Instagram.
Mentioned in this episode
Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen
The Way of The Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers by Henri Nouwen
All Things Made New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen
John Mark Comer - The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
The book of Job in the Bible
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3 NIV)
The beatitudes are found in the book of Matthew, chapter 5
And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3 NIV)
About Pearl
A gardener by morning, napper by afternoon and hostess by night, Pearl considers herself the luckiest girl in the world. She is a cacao enthusiast from the Perth Hills, who lives with a pet bird, a close sister and many trees. Pearl has travelled to unique places around the globe and across the country in her red van, of which you can read about at Pitter Patter Paper. For love, she makes music. Check out her album Closing Doors on Bandcamp and Spotify.