Category: Authors

Featuring authors of interest and insights.

Unanswered Prayer: Insights from Howard Thurman [SSL 338]

Today is a reading and reflection on three short essays of Howard Thurman that I hope find you encouraging.

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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
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❇️ The November Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

An Altar in the World: Feeling Pain [SSL 326]

A powerful reading and short reflection on the incarnational aspects of pain from the fantastic book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor.

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More on Barbara Brown Taylor and additional reflections await subscribers here ⬇️
https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150461240

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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The October Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

Expectation as Patience: Henri Nouwen [SSL325]

Today is about expectation as a gateway to patience AND to joy. A reading from “Out of Solitude” a 1974 work by Henri Nouwen (1932-1996)

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https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150258212

Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️ at the main channel HERE,
especially if you already enjoy YouTube.

What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The October Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

Don’t Fear the Desert [SSL 322]

I’m featuring the work of Sr. Laura Swan and some wisdom from “The Forgotten Desert Mothers” which is one of her intriguing books. Be sure to go here to find out more after you click play to listen to the episode.

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The Soldier who cut his Cape in Half: Martin of Tours [SSL 321]

Learning charity through the story of teenage Roman soldier Martin of Tours from Christian historian, theologian, and writer Justo L. González

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After you listen, you can find a link to read from resource by Dr Gonzáles
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https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/149066015

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