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)
Today, I give you some excerpts from my live chat conversation with scholar Robert J. Monson. We speak together some about the desert elders, but also about Robert’s work at the intersection of Blackness, disability, and softness (among other things) and we get into the topics of lust, sexuality, desire which the church has notoriously gotten wrong.
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I’m happy to bring you a returning guest and this interview conversation with Chuck DeGroat related to his new book on trauma, connection, desire, possessiveness, healing, and more.
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An exploration of the wounded inner child and how certain temptations and misguided desires start early on in us when we are vulnerable and young and then experience instability, loss, or pain.
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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 for a book club.
• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here
⭐️What is a Patron? Here are the DETAILS:
Patron supporters chip-in a bit each month to help me offset my expenses and continue creating episodes. Supporting this way ($5 +) entitles you to many posts, perks, and goodies that unlock once you begin.
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For the first audio post of 2024, I want to speak about hope and disappointment two things I tend to feel at the end of a year and beginning of a new one sometimes.
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