Spark My Muse

Because we just lost two wisdom-filled men, Pastor Eugene Peterson and Fr. Thomas Keating, I’m sharing some of their insightful thoughts and my own reflections related to them.

This episode will touch on the following:

experiencing God, spiritual growth, fruits of the spirit, spiritual practices, the five levels of consciousness/spiritual awareness, Centering prayer, love, grace, wisdom, companioning with God, image of God, and developing toward union with God / Christ likeness.

Much more will be on offer at the support page patreon.com/sparkmymuse for episode [SSL111] - direct link is https://www.patreon.com/posts/22375001 - including links to biographies, books, work, videos, and notes from this episode.

I thank you for widely sharing this program.

-Lisa

CJ Casciotta found out that he was weird–and that weird is something sacred. All the most important movements and innovations in the world were once weird.

By embracing our childlike wonder, imagination, and sacred weirdness, CJ invites us to be found in our true identity in a way that can change the world and make a difference. His book “Get Weird” is all about that, but his not-for-profit endeavor Ringbeller is at the start of a decades-long effort at character development through the arts and humanities to encourage lasting flourishing. Listen in!

Find out more at ringbeller.com and get extra info about the episode at the podcast support page patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Episode 142.

CJ Casciotta found out that he was weird–and that weird is something sacred. All the most important movements and innovations in the world were once weird.

By embracing our childlike wonder, imagination, and sacred weirdness, CJ invites us to be found in our true identity in a way that can change the world and make a difference. His book “Get Weird” is all about that, but his not-for-profit endeavor Ringbeller is at the start of a decades-long effort at character development through the arts and humanities to encourage lasting flourishing. Listen in!

Find out more at ringbeller.com and get extra info about the episode at the podcast support page patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Episode 142.

CJ Casciotta found out that he was weird–and that weird is something sacred. All the most important movements and innovations in the world were once weird.

By embracing our childlike wonder, imagination, and sacred weirdness, CJ invites us to be found in our true identity in a way that can change the world and make a difference. His book “Get Weird” is all about that, but his not-for-profit endeavor Ringbeller is at the start of a decades-long effort at character development through the arts and humanities to encourage lasting flourishing. Listen in!

Find out more at ringbeller.com and get extra info about the episode at the podcast support page patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Episode 142.

CJ Casciotta found out that he was weird–and that weird is something sacred. All the most important movements and innovations in the world were once weird.

By embracing our childlike wonder, imagination, and sacred weirdness, CJ invites us to be found in our true identity in a way that can change the world and make a difference. His book “Get Weird” is all about that, but his not-for-profit endeavor Ringbeller is at the start of a decades-long effort at character development through the arts and humanities to encourage lasting flourishing. Listen in!

Find out more at ringbeller.com and get extra info about the episode at the podcast support page patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Episode 142.

The sayings and sermons of Medieval Dominican Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) have a surprisingly contemporary feel to them. He speaks about consciousness and being, about the God beyond God whom we cannot image, and he prizes what he called the highest virtue we can demonstrate: detachment.

Hear a bit about the man and his writings today and make sure you support the show and get the extras at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for [SSL110]

The sayings and sermons of Medieval Dominican Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) have a surprisingly contemporary feel to them. He speaks about consciousness and being, about the God beyond God whom we cannot image, and he prizes what he called the highest virtue we can demonstrate: detachment.

Hear a bit about the man and his writings today and make sure you support the show and get the extras at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for [SSL110]

The sayings and sermons of Medieval Dominican Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) have a surprisingly contemporary feel to them. He speaks about consciousness and being, about the God beyond God whom we cannot image, and he prizes what he called the highest virtue we can demonstrate: detachment.

Hear a bit about the man and his writings today and make sure you support the show and get the extras at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for [SSL110]

The sayings and sermons of Medieval Dominican Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) have a surprisingly contemporary feel to them. He speaks about consciousness and being, about the God beyond God whom we cannot image, and he prizes what he called the highest virtue we can demonstrate: detachment.

Hear a bit about the man and his writings today and make sure you support the show and get the extras at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for [SSL110]

Cristobal Colon sailed the ocean blue in 1492. He is commonly known by that name in Spain–where the words like colony, colonizer, colonial, colonel, and related words come from. In the United States his arrived to this hemisphere is celebrated on Columbus Day. He is known here as Christopher Columbus.

The conquest by Spain and Portugal and later by France, the Dutch, and the British, was a cultural, political, religious, and human genocide for the indigenous people already living in these lands. The empires from Europe filled their treasuries off the salve labor, stolen riches, and resources of others and also used religion to conquer as well.

Today, my guest Michael Jimenez talks about some theologians from Latin America that emerged during the decolonization period of the 20th Century. They are commonly known as Liberation Theologians.

What many of us have often been told is Theology (proper) is really a contextualized Euro-centric theology of Empire that treats other, even biblically-based ideas, and merely contextualized forms.

I hope our conversation will open you up to a new way of thinking about theologically and politically marginalized lies, voices, and stories. Thank you for spreading this important episode around to friends and others!

All sorts of resources and link related to this are available at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for this episode 141 - (https://www.patreon.com/posts/21928671) when you give $1. Dig in more deeply and read the books that will teach you more.

-Lisa