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Summary

What do children know about faith that adults often forget? In this next episode of Deeper Experiences with God, Dave sits down with Lacey Finn Borgo, spiritual director and author of Faith Like a Child, All Will Be Well, and Spiritual Conversations with Children, to explore both deeper and wider experiences with God through childlike faith, simplicity and exploring human senses in silence and prayer. She shares some powerful personal anecdotes, including her difficult journey through surgery and her own personal daily practice of silence. The discussion covers the importance of developing your own 'survival three' spiritual practices and the role of listening in developing a loving relationship with God and others. Borgo concludes by leading a brief, childlike prayer exercise to demonstrate a practical spiritual practice of silence and meditation. 

Takeaways:

• Childlike Faith as a Path to Depth: Lacey Finn Borgo explores how humility, playfulness, and deep relational trust mirror the natural spirituality of children—and how adults can return to that posture.
• Takeaway: Begin your day with a childlike prayer. Speak to God with curiosity, honesty, and simplicity—like a trusting conversation with a loving parent.
• Childlike Faith as a Widening Path of Faith: Lacey shares several reflection exercises that require looking back on one’s childhood memories in prayer, and seek God in the midst of them.
• Takeaway: Take some time to reflect in silence or journaling on your favorite childhood foods, pets, places, or other memories and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal how they might point to God, your Abba Father.
• The “Survival Three” Practices: She shares her essential spiritual tools: silence, spiritual direction, and time in nature, which help her stay grounded in God's presence.
• Takeaway: Choose one “survival” practice to experiment with this week. Try five minutes of silence a day, or explore one of the four gospels on Jesus’ life.
• Healing Moments in Surrender: Lacey recounts a spiritual breakthrough during a health crisis, revealing how surrender and stillness can lead to profound connection with God.
• Takeaway: Reflect on a moment of pain or uncertainty in your life. Where might God be inviting you into deeper trust? 
• Listening as a Loving Posture: She emphasizes the sacredness of listening—not just as a skill, but as a spiritual act that nurtures both our relationship with God and with others.
• Takeaway: Choose one moment today to fully listen—without fixing or reacting. Let your listening be an act of presence and love. 

Quote of the Show:

• “ Simplicity does not negate depth. ” - Lacy Borgo 
• “Listening is so close to being loved” - Lacy Borgo

Links:

• Website: https://www.gooddirtministries.org/ 
• Book Link: https://www.gooddirtministries.org/books-curriculum 
• Instagram: @lacy_finn_borgo

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