Divergent Hope

Learn why joy is state of being that is vital to our spiritual health and how joy is a deep everlasting wellspring ready to be tapped into through a personal relationship with Jesus. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh opens her heart with Latha Kalpala & Emma McDowell about God's heritage of love for us, their experiences living into joy, and their hope for the future. For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .

Learn why living out the Sabbath is a gift that protects us from burning out in a culture that rewards productivity and why allowing God to be your portion gives rest to your soul. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with Amanda Alvarez & Nate Killian to share how they experience the Sabbath, challenges with boredom, and the importance of being re-created as a result of taking a Sabbath. For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .

Learn why engaging in prayer as a community is a vital necessity and how praying in groups can reveal Jesus to us by allowing him to move inside our hearts. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with elder Emma McDowell and award winning filmmaker Nate Killian to discuss the miraculous moments experienced during group prayer, the temptation to be inauthentic by hyperfixating on pleasing people with our prayers, and our strong innate desire to be together doing life with one another. For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .

Learn how creativity and prayer go together plus where in the scriptures we can find examples of creativity as a spiritual discipline. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with spiritual director Elizabeth Cartier to encourage people to be intimately in the presence of God through various forms of creativity and to see how the Lord shows up during those moments to speak to us. For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .

Learn how our prayer lives are impacted by our own perfectionism leading to us experiencing dry spells, lacking passion, feeling less than when compared to others, and having codependent controlling tendencies. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with her soul companion's elder emeritus Christie Jaegle & spiritual director Karen Cooprider to discuss intentionally inviting Yahweh into our fears despite our perpetual resistance by continually trusting God's desire for our best interest!

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Learn how to lean in and be intentional on listening to Yahweh because He already knows our hearts. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with ASL interpreter and spiritual director Susan Haggerty to talk through many many different types of prayer including intercession, silence, breathing, listening, waiting, praising, gratitude, lamenting, centering, imaginative, liturgical, scriptural, Lectio Divina and even praying the Hours! For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .

Learn why being in the presence of God is an act of listening and how what we define prayer to be continously evolves with us in our spiritual formation. Reverend Dr. Laurel Coolbaugh sits down with spiritual director's Karen Cooprider & Kat Gundersen to talk through the basics of what is prayer, what their prayer life looks like lately, and discerning the voice of God. For more information visit us at https://faithma.org/ .