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.

How Good it is to Center-down

Today, I share a bit about something we need so urgently. Howard Thurman is a spiritual mentor I most cherish. You can do a search on this website and find much more work I’ve down related to him. Please check it out.

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ONE MORE THING
A related article I just wrote is a great companion to my audio here. https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/p/where-is-the-treasure-in-the-field?r=388bh I go into the two most important things to root out to grow in maturity and transformation.

How rigidity means emotional immaturity

There’s a dynamic connection between flexibility and healthy personalities. It took me many years of healing to not be swept into self-hate when I messed up. Here’s what helped.

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The world on fire

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This audio is from a July 23, 2026 article I wrote on my substack page. You can find it at the following link and support in whatever way you can: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/p/the-world-on-fire

Desire, Wanting, Bliss

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Here is a excerpt as part of the series I’ve created for my Spark My Muse YouTube Channel (Here’s the link to find the rest: youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse)

This part 4 in the series of 7 explores how the nature of desire is a signpost to the infinite. Longing, bliss, desire are more than they appear to be.

This series distills the too-often obtuse work of David Bentley Hart from his book The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss I think this book has many brilliant point, but most people find reading his work exhausting and don’t get to the gems. (If you’d like, you can find that book here: https://amzn.to/3QRFzIW)

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