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Eps 236 : Community Witnessing and Care; Cindy S. Lee

My conversation with author, Cindy S. Lee involves topics of great importance and interest to me. Cindy is thoughtful and spacious and one of just a few contemporary authors I cite in my new book on topics of spiritual formation.

We discuss themes of her book: Contemplative Witnessing: BIPOC Centered Spiritual Direction

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Some of what we cover:
Avoiding the loss of the sacred self.
Embodied spiritual practices
Spaciousness as a presence we carry
The power of silence in community and what comes after that.

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Watch the unedited conversation on Youtube here

Desert Pilgrim Quest—Coming soon!

Step back in time and see the landscapes, hear the sounds, and choose your own adventure as you visit the desert communities and learn from the desert elders!

You’ll visit ancient sites, hear wisdom from the elders, try spiritual practices, and learn desert spirituality in way you never have.
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Eps. 235 | Saving Face: Guest, Aimee Byrd

My conversation with author, Aimee Byrd covers a bunch of territory and involves how the image of God is reflected to us in each other. We also speak of Aimee’s ordeal as a target of vicious men that assailing and attempt to discredit her and shut her up—eventually inspired her current works, including the book we discuss: Saving Face: Finding Myself, God, and One Another, Outside a Defaced Church.

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The Inner Terrain of Love [SSL 342]

I was delighted to be a return guest to Jasmine Bellamy’s monthly occasion called “The Call to Love Experience”—a live online gathering that provides spiritual grounding, learning, deep listening and where we discussed themes in my first book (The Wild Land Within) and my upcoming book (The Way of the Desert Elders).

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The audio episode this week is a slightly edited and curtailed edited of the experience offered to you in hopes you connect with Jasmine, her work, and the recording of the full event.

I give you the embed of it here below. Dig deeper into Jasmine’s work here:
https://love101ministries.com

Bio:
Jasmine is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Love 101 Ministries, and dedicated to helping individuals foster more loving relationships with themselves, God, and others. Through examining the theology and cultivating the daily practice of love, she serves as a spiritual companion, guiding you on a path to a life filled with deep and abiding love, peace, and joy. She views life through this lens, believing that the spiritual journey shapes us to become more like Love and to discover our truest selves.

Eps: 234 Purposeful Pruning in Evangelicalism; Michelle Van Loon

A return guest Michelle Van Loon speaks to me about her 50 years involved in many versions of Christian Evangelism and getting rid of what is non essential from her book Downsizing.

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