Lisa Colón DeLay – Lisa Colón DeLay | Spiritual Formation and the Way of the Desert Elders

Softness and Desire: Guest, Robert J. Monson

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Today, I give you some excerpts from my live chat conversation with scholar Robert J. Monson. We speak together some about the desert elders, but also about Robert’s work at the intersection of Blackness, disability, and softness (among other things) and we get into the topics of lust, sexuality, desire which the church has notoriously gotten wrong.

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Temptations of the Body – 4/12/26

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Hello friends,

I’m back to share something from the lesson I did at Bethesda EC Church in Reedsville, PA on 4/12/26 and it is the 2nd of four.

Some of you may enjoy WATCHING this, and you can try this link: https://youtu.be/YzQE-rGNNpo?si=BsjvHxs1-HoaTjYl
At that channel you will also find the 1st lesson from March 29.
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UPDATE:
Here is the 3rd one from April 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlIKZUWSAC8

The finale

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I’ve created a four part series about consciousness, reality, and explaining some of the work of David Bentley Hart and this is the final one. I hope you watch the whole series on youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse.

Who is the God we speak of?

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Hi friends,
This episode was first created for my youtube channel and I hope you enjoy it here. There are two more in this series at the channel, so please check them out if it interests you.

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The Flaws of Original Sin (doctrine)

Hi there,
As I’ve studied the people and beliefs of a number of early Christians, it’s become ever more apparent how the corrupting effect of the Roman Empire altered our understanding of the human condition.

What began as a way to tell “whose’s in and whose’s out” with Creeds and working out doctrines (through often heated series of arguments) and adopting specific doctrines, the institutional Church (now in-bed with the foremost world super power) could wield power more expertly.

Most of what we know of St Augustine, in a personal way, comes from his writings called Confessions. This was a vulnerable move to shepherd readers, and he was undoubtably an intellectual giant. That said, his experiences and personal failings clouded his ideas and in some ways these were harmful to the religion from then onward.

The following episode is meant for adult audiences.

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