Tag: Culture

Unlearning the Business Model [SSL 311]

What does a revival of spiritual formation look like?

In my opinion, it will look like the opposite of the business model that we’ve superimposed on most aspects of our lives. When procuring success in the marketplace and the church spheres, ways of doing things often do more long-term damage than good for the humans involved. Let’s converse about this.

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You are invited to encounter the spiritual formation book I wrote called The Wild Land Within
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-Lisa

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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To get the spiritual formation book I wrote (The Wild Land Within)… 🎁 ❤️ 
just click the book or google search the title to get one or a few.

• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here

⭐️What is a Patron? Here are the DETAILS:

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Want to come along side me with support regularly?
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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.

Eps 198: Jesus and John Wayne | Guest, Kristin Kobes Dumez

Kristin Kobes Du Mez gives us Jesus and John Wayne: An incisive look at conservative Christianity and culture in America over the last 75 years.
Now available in paperback!
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
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Conversation is a Living Thing [SSL169]

Today I’m reading a bit from the book by Yahia Lababidi that is also the January selection for the Spark My Muse Book Club – tiny.cc/smmbookclub He will also be a podcast episode guest soon. Author Yahia Lababidi will meet with us for a LIVE event, Wednesday – February 3 – 7:30 PM EST Find book club live event info and/or sign up here https://www.crowdcast.io/e/spark-my-muse—book-3  [and view other book selections here: https://www.crowdcast.io/lisacolóndelay]
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Eps. 171: Parable of the Brown Girl; Guest Khristi Lauren Adams

My guest is Khristi Lauren Adams. We will be speaking about topics such as identity, the image of God, finding our authentic self, culture bias, and more as we discuss her book Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
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