Books Archives - Lisa Colón DeLay | Spiritual Formation and the Way of the Desert Elders

411 on gluttony and lust

I’m starting a series on the main chapters of my book. We begin with gluttony and lust and learn how the desert elders dealt with these two issues that reared their heads in the desert setting. By understanding their perspective, we can fortify ourselves against the very same obstacles that sometimes foiled them.

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Why do the Wicked Prosper?

Friends, I’m not okay.

I’ve been struggling with the question: Why do the Wicked prosper?

I have been feeling terrible sorrow and today I’ll be reading the chapter in Psalms that has been keeping me afloat.

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Journey to Joy – An enchanting (midlife) tale

Enjoy this conversation about a fairy tale literary work with Christine Valters Paintner

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Book Announcement

My newest book “The Way of the Desert Elders” is now listed on Amazon here tiny.cc/elders

PLEASE PRE-ORDER!

Today, I give you a brief into to the book details and read and explain the table of contents.

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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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