Maybe you missed WEEK 1 of Lent with the Desert Elders that was live on Substack, YouTube, and Facebook. Phoebe Farag Mikhail was my co-host and her perspective as a Coptic Christian is really informative. The Coptics claim the Desert Elders of Egypt as their direct heritage.
I choose a few short clips to whet your appetite, leaving the best parts for you to discover at the YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse).
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Besides getting a copy of my book on the Desert Elders, don’t forget to find Phoebe’s work, especially the Lent-related book she wrote called Hunger for Righteousness
Today a portion of a lesson I presented this past Sunday at my church on Psalm 51 a lamenting and remorseful poem/song and the background and story of King David’s epic treacheries. It might surprise you.
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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability? It’s not very strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being.
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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 🎁 ❤️ Just click the book or google search the title to get one, or get a few for a book club. I’m happy to meet up with your group to say “hello” and answer your questions and hear your thoughts.
• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here
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My conversation today is with Marlena Graves about her book “The Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself”. (Like me, Marlena is originally from Puerto Rico and grew up in Pennsylvania. Her Spanish is way better though.) She’s a professor, an activist, has worked in ministry, and authored a number of books. Now working on her PhD. at Bowling Green University in Ohio.
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