Spark My Muse

Soul School today should be a kind of semi-sweet comfort for the bitter pill.

With the generous help of David Whyte, Kahlil Gibran, Adam Phillips, and the magnificent writing and invaluable curation of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), I will tell you why your heart must break and why it certainly will break, if you have a heart at all.

Your difficult experience is the most common to humanity. It's imperative to maturity. It's coming, if it hasn't come already. Be well, fellow travelers, let us hold hands.

Really helpful extras, books, info links on all the people mentions are free at the Patreon page patreon.com/sparkmymuse/posts for [SSL104] or this direct link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20218072

I can use your help in supporting this podcast by sharing the program with many others and chipping in a few dollars a month to defray the costs. Thank you!

Many more great things are coming. Wonderful guests. Excellent topics. Plenty of hope week and of course, it's all made with LOVE just for you.

-Lisa

Soul School today should be a kind of semi-sweet comfort for the bitter pill.

With the generous help of David Whyte, Kahlil Gibran, Adam Phillips, and the magnificent writing and invaluable curation of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), I will tell you why your heart must break and why it certainly will break, if you have a heart at all.

Your difficult experience is the most common to humanity. It's imperative to maturity. It's coming, if it hasn't come already. Be well, fellow travelers, let us hold hands.

Really helpful extras, books, info links on all the people mentions are free at the Patreon page patreon.com/sparkmymuse/posts for [SSL104] or this direct link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20218072

I can use your help in supporting this podcast by sharing the program with many others and chipping in a few dollars a month to defray the costs. Thank you!

Many more great things are coming. Wonderful guests. Excellent topics. Plenty of hope week and of course, it's all made with LOVE just for you.

-Lisa

Soul School today should be a kind of semi-sweet comfort for the bitter pill.

With the generous help of David Whyte, Kahlil Gibran, Adam Phillips, and the magnificent writing and invaluable curation of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), I will tell you why your heart must break and why it certainly will break, if you have a heart at all.

Your difficult experience is the most common to humanity. It's imperative to maturity. It's coming, if it hasn't come already. Be well, fellow travelers, let us hold hands.

Really helpful extras, books, info links on all the people mentions are free at the Patreon page patreon.com/sparkmymuse/posts for [SSL104] or this direct link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20218072

I can use your help in supporting this podcast by sharing the program with many others and chipping in a few dollars a month to defray the costs. Thank you!

Many more great things are coming. Wonderful guests. Excellent topics. Plenty of hope week and of course, it's all made with LOVE just for you.

-Lisa

Soul School today should be a kind of semi-sweet comfort for the bitter pill.

With the generous help of David Whyte, Kahlil Gibran, Adam Phillips, and the magnificent writing and invaluable curation of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), I will tell you why your heart must break and why it certainly will break, if you have a heart at all.

Your difficult experience is the most common to humanity. It's imperative to maturity. It's coming, if it hasn't come already. Be well, fellow travelers, let us hold hands.

Really helpful extras, books, info links on all the people mentions are free at the Patreon page patreon.com/sparkmymuse/posts for [SSL104] or this direct link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20218072

I can use your help in supporting this podcast by sharing the program with many others and chipping in a few dollars a month to defray the costs. Thank you!

Many more great things are coming. Wonderful guests. Excellent topics. Plenty of hope week and of course, it's all made with LOVE just for you.

-Lisa

Christiana Peterson and her husband went from knowing little about rural life to farming and living in an Intentional Community for 8 years.

In her book "Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God Through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints", Peterson, takes us through this fraught and blessed journey.

From the struggles of family life which included mental illness, sickness, death, to the frustrations of community life, difficult crop seasons, welcoming strange strangers, building relationships, and making decisions with communal equanimity. Many fruitful lessons were both hard won and came like a spiritually refining fire.

Our conversation includes really interesting details about living communally, how she learned about the life and ways of St Francis and developed the practice of writing letters to him and other unlikely saints as she lived that season of her life. She speaks with me of some of the rigors of that time: from farm life and mothering four children, and to navigating the reality of living within very close proximity of people of the community, and lessons learned.

We also talk about contemplative forms of prayer, the spiritual teachers and writers that influenced her and the spiritual practices used with her children and within their family to help form them spiritually to have a heart for God and others.

Lots of EXTRAS and details can be found at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Eps 137 - or directly here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20073107

Please donate if you visit!

I hope you enjoy this program. Feel free to reach out and email at [email protected]

Christiana Peterson and her husband went from knowing little about rural life to farming and living in an Intentional Community for 8 years.

In her book "Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God Through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints", Peterson, takes us through this fraught and blessed journey.

From the struggles of family life which included mental illness, sickness, death, to the frustrations of community life, difficult crop seasons, welcoming strange strangers, building relationships, and making decisions with communal equanimity. Many fruitful lessons were both hard won and came like a spiritually refining fire.

Our conversation includes really interesting details about living communally, how she learned about the life and ways of St Francis and developed the practice of writing letters to him and other unlikely saints as she lived that season of her life. She speaks with me of some of the rigors of that time: from farm life and mothering four children, and to navigating the reality of living within very close proximity of people of the community, and lessons learned.

We also talk about contemplative forms of prayer, the spiritual teachers and writers that influenced her and the spiritual practices used with her children and within their family to help form them spiritually to have a heart for God and others.

Lots of EXTRAS and details can be found at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Eps 137 - or directly here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20073107

Please donate if you visit!

I hope you enjoy this program. Feel free to reach out and email at [email protected]

Christiana Peterson and her husband went from knowing little about rural life to farming and living in an Intentional Community for 8 years.

In her book "Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God Through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints", Peterson, takes us through this fraught and blessed journey.

From the struggles of family life which included mental illness, sickness, death, to the frustrations of community life, difficult crop seasons, welcoming strange strangers, building relationships, and making decisions with communal equanimity. Many fruitful lessons were both hard won and came like a spiritually refining fire.

Our conversation includes really interesting details about living communally, how she learned about the life and ways of St Francis and developed the practice of writing letters to him and other unlikely saints as she lived that season of her life. She speaks with me of some of the rigors of that time: from farm life and mothering four children, and to navigating the reality of living within very close proximity of people of the community, and lessons learned.

We also talk about contemplative forms of prayer, the spiritual teachers and writers that influenced her and the spiritual practices used with her children and within their family to help form them spiritually to have a heart for God and others.

Lots of EXTRAS and details can be found at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Eps 137 - or directly here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20073107

Please donate if you visit!

I hope you enjoy this program. Feel free to reach out and email at [email protected]

Christiana Peterson and her husband went from knowing little about rural life to farming and living in an Intentional Community for 8 years.

In her book "Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God Through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints", Peterson, takes us through this fraught and blessed journey and the struggles of family life which included mental illness, sickness, death, frustration, hardship, and many fruitful lessons.

Our conversation includes really interesting details about living communally, how she learned about St Francis and developed the practice of writing letters to him and other unlikely saints as she lived that season of her live with the rigors of farm life, mothering four children and navigating the territory of having people of the community near by all the time.

We also talk about contemplative forms of prayer, the spiritual teachers and writers that influenced her, and the spiritual practices used with her children and within their family to help form them spiritually to have a heart for God and others.

Lots of EXTRAS and details can be found at patreon.com/sparkmymuse for Eps 137 - or directly here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20073107

Please donate if you visit!

I hope you enjoy this program. Feel free to reach out and email at [email protected]

Who is in the mirror when you look closely? (Are you usually seeing what you see as a reversed created reflection of your appearance or does what you see cause you to imagine what others might be noticing?)

What happens when we notice our noticing and what is soul-stealing about images of human that are separated from their actual humanity?

Today, Soul School is about perception, consciousness, noticing, connection, and the strangeness of the looking-glass to those possessing "the Divine spark".

For EXTRAS, including a video of how mirrors are made and some VERY revealing *Reflection* Questions (get it?!) - go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/19962783 (or patreon.com/sparkmymuse for episode SSL 103).

Support the show with a few dollars as you are able at that page and it will unlock many bonus goodies too.

The official website for the program SparkMyMuse.com will give you access to info on the Summer School Course and much more.

Feel free to connect with me by email [email protected]

-Lisa

Who is in the mirror when you look closely? (Are you usually seeing what you see as a reversed created reflection of your appearance or does what you see cause you to imagine what others might be noticing?)

What happens when we notice our noticing and what is soul-stealing about images of human that are separated from their actual humanity?

Today, Soul School is about perception, consciousness, noticing, connection, and the strangeness of the looking-glass to those possessing "the Divine spark".

For EXTRAS, including a video of how mirrors are made and some VERY revealing *Reflection* Questions (get it?!) - go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/19962783 (or patreon.com/sparkmymuse for episode SSL 103).

Support the show with a few dollars as you are able at that page and it will unlock many bonus goodies too.

The official website for the program SparkMyMuse.com will give you access to info on the Summer School Course and much more.

Feel free to connect with me by email [email protected]

-Lisa