Listen to us have an unscripted conversation about the B-I-B-L-E. It’s always been very important to us, but our views have changed over the years. We believe for the better.   Website: https://karlforehand.com/ Book: The Tea Shop https://ratethispodcast.com/thedesertsanctuary Message us at any time if you have questions: [email protected] or Laura at [email protected] Find me on … Continue reading

Our discussion about the release of the e-book, now offered free on the website. Find the e-book https://karlforehand.com/books-by-karl-forehand This conversation, like the e-book, is somewhat vulnerable. Support us on Patreon  *   The Desert Sanctuary Website Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About … Continue reading

Focusing helps us feel what we are feeling and shift that part of us that hold the trauma. That may not be the best definition, but this conversation will help explain focusing from our experience and our experience focusing with others. Image by: Photo by Godisable Jacob from Pexels Dr. Paul’s HCS Focusing Page See below for all … Continue reading

This morning I wrote about something I have been thinking about for a while. Too much of our society is certain about their ambiguity and unwilling to open up to new things they don’t already know. It’s not about intelligence, it’s about willful ignorance. To see the original article, go to Patheos Image by Photo … Continue reading

Today, we sat down to talk about Community. By far, when people talk about why we should participate in organized religion, they tell us we need community. But Do we really find community at church?What is real community?Can you find commuity online?What is the Desert Sanctuary Community online? Image by Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Website: https://karlforehand.com/ … Continue reading

This a a pretty real, unrehearsed conversation in our study / office that talked about: Current Events: The Insurrection at the Capitol What is the Main Thing we learned in church and is that valid. What are our main things for the New Year. What is focusiing and how have we been using that? blog_subscription_form] … Continue reading

See More Information from Alana below:Greetings, and happy New Year!My name is Alana Levandoski, and I composed the music to this Tennyson poem, Ring Out, Wild Bells, published in 1850. It is from a requiem entitled In Memoriam, written for his sister’s fiancé, who died very suddenly that year.  I am a song and chant writer who has … Continue reading

Laura and I sat down this morning and talked about what’s going on during the holdays and what we hope for the new year! Be where you are, be who you are, be at peace, Karl and Laura Forehand Website: https://karlforehand.com/ Book: The Tea Shop https://ratethispodcast.com/thedesertsanctuary Message us at any time if you have questions: … Continue reading

As time marches on, I find very few things that are more important than compassion. Be where you are, be who you are, be at peace, Karl Forehand Website: https://karlforehand.com/ Book: The Tea Shop https://ratethispodcast.com/thedesertsanctuary Message us at any time if you have questions: [email protected] or Laura at [email protected] Find me on Twitter See our … Continue reading

Photo by Yan from Pexels Many of werre given confusing messages about our bodies from our traditions. In the past 100 years, we have been learning a lot about how all that works — things that even some of our Sacred Texts didn’t know about. My new book Being is about what I discovered about my trauma and … Continue reading