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Medicine Words (poems by RS Thomas) [SSL152]

Today I give you some medicine words for Soul School. I will read and reflect on four RS Tomas poems. These are perfect for creating extra space when we have conflating and conflicting thoughts and anxieties about life and the unknown. Enjoy and let me know if it helped. • Come over and read the poems for yourself and unlock extras for all previous episodes and posts HERE.

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Eps. 172| What Coptic Christians can teach us; Guest, Phoebe Farag Mikhail

My guest is author Phoebe Farag Mikhail. She serves alongside her husband at St. Antonious & St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and works in international development. Our conversation includes the topics of her book: Putting Joy Into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church Find more on this episode HERE. (Support the program with $1 and unlock extras from many episodes – patreon.com/sparkmymuse) – SparkMyMuse.com contains over 320 audio episodes, an online store, and resources. Enjoy!

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Descending and Ascending [SSL151]

Today’s Soul School Lesson contains some snippet readings and reflections from the book “The Artist’s Rule: A 12-week Journey-Nurturing your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom”, by Christine Valters Paintner on the powers of rightly aligned humility in the spiritual life and what toxic versions of it look like too. [See the audio player below.] You can hear my interview conversation with Christine – here

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Eps. 172: Wild Hope; Guest, Gayle Boss

My guest is author Galye Boss. Her stunning Advent book about how various North American animals wait out and survive the dark, cold winter was an instant classic. Now, she releases a fitting second book, this time for Lent. This too, is another gorgeously-illustrated book that features 24 amazing animals of the world that are vanishing from existence. (David G. Klein, Illustrator) Our conversation covers topics in both her books and a lovely reading from Wild Hope by Gayle.

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Breadcrumbs of Love [SSL150]

Today, Soul School Lesson is reflection on how relationships help mirror our own frailties, a bit about Jean Paul Sartre’s famous line in his play “No Exit”, and a reading of a short story called “Breadcrumbs of Love”. • support the program and get extras for today’s HERE.

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