Eps 69: Guiding People from Fear to Solidarity

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Steven Hovater, a multi-talented man, is my guest today.

He creates several podcasts. He is a pastor. He makes apps. He is a family man: husband and dad of four (including two adopted daughters). And, as you will hear, he’s a lot of fun to converse with. I hope to have him back in the future as a return guest. Enjoy!

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SHOW NOTES for episode 69

Steven’s Podcast – Spiritual Stepshovaterspiritualsteps

(He also creates The Craft of Ministry podcast and just recently the Twine Threads of Faith podcast)

MIN 3:00

Spiritual Steps is a vehicle for his faith community to not be dominated by fears and anxieties.

[ictt-tweet-inline hashtags=”#fear” via=””]You can’t simply be educated out of fear.[/ictt-tweet-inline] (Click the bird to tweet this!)

“Islamophobia is more phobia than Islam.”

John Barton – Click to read the article

cultural change feels fearful.

7:30

Spiritual practices and disciplines (mainly prayer)

Rewiring the brain.

9:30

How do we want to be in the world in common life.

12:00

The fruit of what you create.

When you think a sermon stinks but then it ends up blessing others.

15:30

[ictt-tweet-inline via=””]Part of our calling in the world is to join in the creative impulse of the divine.[/ictt-tweet-inline] (click the bird to tweet this!)

17:00

How missional living plays out in Steve’s life

19:00

Righteousness and Judgment properly understood.

25:00

The problem of available work in his area.

27:00

The types of work left for humans to do is going away and this changes how we see ourselves.

37:00

Being radically alive

40:00

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43:00

Making Prayer and completive prayer more accessible:

Thomas Merton

44:30

The Prayer of  Solidarity– click here to read.

46:30

Gregory Pastoral Rule – Click here to read


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Today comes some wisdom I gleaned from Cal Newport.

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I liked Cal’s take on working towards skills that are rare a valuable.

It flies in the face of a refrain we often hear, “Follow your passion!”

In a recent Soul School I told you that the Secret Sauce I kept hearing from the many people I speak with indicated that people followed their curiosity and created something useful often found success and meaningful work. LISTEN HERE. On that journey they were doing the very thing Cal talks about, “becoming so good they couldn’t be ignored.”

 

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Soul School – Lesson 15: Don’t Fear the Shake Up

Work for creative people, and for all sorts of people, looks different now. Don’t fear the shake up.

Do you hate the question, “What do you do for a living?”. Have you ever asked it of someone and then felt like it was the wrong question to ask as soon as you said it? I have a few suggestions and a really funny story about my own experience too.

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Soul School – Lesson 13 (The 3 Main Types of Meaningful Work)

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