Category: Spirituality

Topics pertain in some way to the unseen realm of Reality, the inner world, or the Divine, most often in a Christian and ecumenical context with the assumption that all people are in reality, beings with and of spirit.

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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Celebrating 10 years

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Hello!

Today I celebrating ten years of bringing you Spark My Muse podcast episodes. 606 releases!

Even better? See my video message about it and go here

celebrating ten years of Spark My Muse

The highest compliment: Sarah “the female man of God” [SSL341]

Today is an introduction to wise Amma Sarah of the Christian Desert Era.

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A shorter version of this can be found as a semi-polished VIDEO at my youtube channel. There will be a whole desert elder series there. Check it out here