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

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 Lazarus Effect [SSL 310]

Jesus uses a shocking and hilarious hyperbole “a camel going through the opening of a needle” to speak of how absurd it is to think that the rich can be a part of what God is up to. His students are dumbfounded. The camel is the biggest animal they know about, but the opening of a needle? How tiny.

We might say, it’s easier to play golf by using a boulder for a golfball or it’s easier to climb a greased pole the size of the Empire State building with no arms and legs.

This means It is patently absurd to think that the rich will catch on to what God is doing and join in.

Yet, we also know that some wealthy people were part of the Kingdom of God in the Bible and some were as early Christians. Something is different about those people that is rare and inspired and few of us will catch on for ourselves. Enjoy the episode and pass it along.

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You are invited to encounter the spiritual formation book I wrote called The Wild Land Within
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Downright Awestruck [SSL 301]

Today we are probing our sense of mystery and wonder.
Have you encountered AWE lately?
The people, book, and article mentioned, and more info and photos can be found at PART II: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/142762862

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Feature photo is from NASA. The first is MSH 11-52, a supernova remnant blowing a spectacular cloud of energized particles resembling the shape of a human hand, seen in data from Chandra, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), and ground-based optical data.

The Inner Life of a Leader [SSL 294]

What makes a good leader?
It’s not what is often measured in quarterly leadership development plans as Jasmine Bellamy tells us. Today, I read her article for the De Pree Center at Fuller.

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The Delicious Malicious SSL 271

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• Remember, Patron supporters ALSO get ALL ACCESS to the Substack (paid) extras! Start here: https://www.patreon.com/

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Once you listen, visit the companion page for part 2: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/141210082

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• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here

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Find the companion page to dialogue about this further and get other extras (free today). https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/131468173

You can get my book for you or a friend here: tiny.cc/wildland

• Patron supporter chip-in a bit each month. Want to come along side and help?This kind of support makes a big difference.

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• Patron supporter chip-in a bit each month. Want to come along side and help?
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