Have you ever thought what a healthy, substantial social safety net, as far as emotional support, might look like?  In this episode I talk about the 1-3-8 rule for relationships that support you through life.

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” - St. Francis of Assisi

Sometimes I meet someone who leaves such an impression that thirty years later, I am still talking about him.   

Everyone goes through a call process.  Lawyers.  Street Cleaners.  Business Entrepreneurs.  Postal Workers.  Construction workers.  Oh...and yeah...pastors.  The call process is remarkably similar across all professions, vocations, and people.   In this episode, I go into the continuing call process we all go through.

If you have ever gone to summer camp...and a part of you always wants to return, this episode if for you.

Not many people know what Spiritual Direction is, let alone ever been in a Spiritual Direction session.  In this episode, I talk about Spiritual Direction (which I like calling Spiritual Accompaniment), my experience with it, and the changes I have seen in my own life.

I know from experience that burning bridges is so much easier than rebuilding them.  In this episode, I talk about the process of rebuilding those bridges.

This episode came out of a period in my life in which I did pottery and went and talked with other potters around Texas.   What you learn about when working with clay is "Don't Force Things."

In this episode I interview one of my dear friends, author and theologian Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez, who talks about her first book, "A Time to Mourn & A Time to Dance."  We talk about the loss of her husband, her personal grief, and the journey that brought her to share her experience of grief in a new book.