Having What is Hoped For in 2024 [SSL 291]

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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Year’s End [SSL 257]

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Reflections on beginning a New Year from Howard Thurman and an invitation to do a personal accounting of the year past from host Lisa Colon DeLay.

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Accompanied [SSL176]

Today, I’m featuring reflections from the On Being Midwinter Gathering Event (12/21/20) with Lucas Johnson and Krista Tippett, and excerpts from an article from in Aeon magazine online. It’s by Nicholaos Jones from April 2020 and called “At times of suffering, the greatest gift is accompaniment by another”.
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Message for the New Year [SSL147]

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[SSL90] All That Is Unsolved In Your Heart

It’s time for another Wednesday audio delivery of Spark My Muse.
This is Soul School Lesson 90
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