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

Being, Consciousness, Bliss

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What you are about to hear is part two of seven in a series explaining a foundational book by David Bentley Hart.

My interest in high theism is strengthened by the fact that you can have a deep faith, be a skeptic, or a confused doubter and still embrace these first principles and ideas about existence.

Please enjoy all seven in the series as they roll out this summer at my youtube channel: youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse

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.

Please find the full replay of our time here (the Spark My Muse youtube channel), if you’d like. Becoming a subscriber costs nothing but is helpful to get the word out.

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Lent Week 1 – (clips)

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Maybe you missed WEEK 1 of Lent with the Desert Elders that was live on Substack, YouTube, and Facebook. Phoebe Farag Mikhail was my co-host and her perspective as a Coptic Christian is really informative. The Coptics claim the Desert Elders of Egypt as their direct heritage.

I choose a few short clips to whet your appetite, leaving the best parts for you to discover at the YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse).

Subscribe to the channel to be a part of the other weeks, or check back to watch the replays.

Besides getting a copy of my book on the Desert Elders, don’t forget to find Phoebe’s work, especially the Lent-related book she wrote called Hunger for Righteousness

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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