Desert Rain Community Radio

David and Dorian discuss the mystery and spiritual ideas surrounds the Trinity & Eucharist.

David and Dorian dive into part 6 of the continued series about Centering Prayer. We have been using the Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating.

David and Dorian discuss a Henri Nouwen quote from his book Discernment. We look at and breakdown what it takes to get to the place of claiming God's Unconditional Love.

David and Dorian discuss the current books David is writing. They explore some of the new challenges, and lessons learned from the previous book.

June 2022 they had a conversation about creative blocks, or Walls of Fire, (see episode here https://share.transistor.fm/s/83bd065b) and this conversation is an unofficial continuation of that episode.

Please visit https://www.dreamwalkerway.com and purchase a copy of David's book to help support these future books.

David and Dorian are once again joined by Jacob Neria. David and Jacob lay out how drumming became an important part of worship at Desert Rain, and how it has evolved over time.

David and Dorian discuss the sacred word that is used during Centering Prayer. We also explore the use of an image or breathing instead of a word. We also start of the episode by talking about Centering Prayer in general if you have missed previous Pathways to Presence episodes.

David and Dorian dive into the topic of Pentecost, the significance of it, the birth of the Holy Spirit, and how it fits into modern Christianity.

David and Dorian sit down and talk about the Road to Emmaus gospel story and transition to a John Andrew Gallery, Quaker author, quote about the inner and outer light taken from an article "Life of the Spirit" published in the Friends Journal. This is a Pre-Pentacost episode.

David and Dorian are joined by Jacob Neria to talk how craft informs the spiritual life and navigating the world as a "Ruined Monk".

Here are the two previous episodes that Jacob has been on:
The Still Point - https://share.transistor.fm/s/78ebd733
Jacob's Road to Desert Rain - https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2ab605a

David and Dorian explore the idea of how the natural world and spiritual world overlap and inform each other. Many religious try to maintain a separation between the physical world and spirit world, we discuss why this might not work in and around one's spiritual evolution.

NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17
Image Credit: NASA