Just before the pandemic shut down the world, I recorded a conversation with two friends from Jerusalem while I was leading a tour there, both pastors at the small congregation I attended when I was a student. We dive into what life is like in Jerusalem for Christians, our thoughts and feelings about the ongoing tensions, what it's like to raise kids in such a complex environment and more. Our conversation is completely unscripted and wide-ranging. I hope you hear something fresh and interesting...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 64
Back to the origins of the podcast with Paul Moore! Hope you enjoy another unscripted conversation, from racism, to meditation, to the nature of how the ego changes.
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 63
What do we stand to learn from 2020? What sort of spiritual stance is needed in 2021? These questions keep turing over in my heart and mind. Part of the answer seems to require some curiosity and clarity about mass movements, how they work, their intoxicating power, how the individual gets swallowed and dehumanized, and what to do about it. I'll be turing to some Jung and T.S. Eliot for a few hints and guesses. Enjoy.
Feb 10, 2021•53 min•Ep. 62
Check out my interview with the eco-depth psychologist Bill Plotkin! We discuss his new book, The Journey of Soul Initiation, and the challenges of growing into a true adult. I'm so grateful for his books and the time I've spent in wild places with him and other Animas Valley Institute guides. Enjoy!
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 61
The Forum is a place for conversations with inspiring people. Ryan Meeks is a friend, guide, and a former Mega Church pastor (just like me)! We talk about what threads we started following later in life, and what the current edge of our sense of calling and spirituality is right now. I hope you here a hint or guess for your own story. I'll occasionally be dropping these conversations as part of a project I'm calling the The Forum. Enjoy!
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 60
Join me in starting off the New Year with some needed self examination. Enjoy (perhaps)!
Jan 04, 2021•43 min•Ep. 59
The final advent reflection, based on the traditional scripture readings. Merry Christmas and happy Solstice.
Dec 21, 2020•47 min•Ep. 58
Episode 3 in my short Advent series. What the nature of the Messianic kingdom that Jesus embodied? Enjoy!
Dec 14, 2020•46 min•Ep. 57
Check out the next episode in my advent series. Enjoy!
Dec 07, 2020•47 min•Ep. 56
Here's the first in a series of Advent reflections based on the traditional Advent readings from the Christian calendar. I hope you hear some ancient wisdom, a hint, a clue, a guess, that's a little light during the darkest time of year. Enjoy!
Nov 30, 2020•37 min•Ep. 55
Understanding why we scapegoat and how to stop it. A viable and generative future depends upon it. Enjoy!
Nov 11, 2020•36 min•Ep. 54
One week from the election here in the States, let's talk about the wounded king, the Fisher King, and what brings vitality and new life to the individual and the culture. Enjoy!
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 53
What does the prophetic consciousness have to teach us, right now, in all this madness? Enjoy!
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 52
Lets' talk about mentors, Telemachus, slapping the master, apprenticeship, Rabbi Zusha, and a few personal stories. Enjoy!
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 51
So excited to release this podcast about the Christ symbol, and my new audio book called A Grain of Wheat: The Christ Symbol now available on my website. Enjoy!
Aug 17, 2020•32 min•Ep. 50
"We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness," says Thich Naht Hahn. In a culture hell bent on separateness, canceling, disassociation, shaming, and division, no wonder we are having such a hard time. In this episode, I'd like to begin a conversation about the Third Way, a way that emerges between the poles. I hope you hear something that helps. Thanks for all your support. Enjoy
Jul 09, 2020•53 min•Ep. 49
Crisis means "turning point," an opportunity, as much as a struggle. This week I discuss practical ways of unplugging from the machine, finding some deeper source, which is needed now more than ever. "What if you gain the whole world and forfeit your soul?" How do we return to what matters in an age that is deciding for us, what to think, what to buy, what to protest, what to post, what to care about, what to promote, what flag we should fly, and who we should be. Time for a Sabbath from all thi...
Jul 03, 2020•49 min•Ep. 48
Feeling heartbroken and troubled, now is the time to listen, to the caged bird, to voices from the edge. I hope you hear some hints and guesses.
Jun 02, 2020•43 min•Ep. 47
What are the fantasies we'd like to maintain so our worldview doesn't have to change? Plus, change your batteries! Thanks for listening. Stay safe, stay smart, be courageous.
May 07, 2020•51 min•Ep. 46
Just holding the question, "what really matters," seems to be more important right now than quick answers. This week is about that question, as well as the gifts of silence, severance and solitude. I also turn to some voices of wisdom, Merton, Berry and Rilke, who have lived through a few things, and still their words ring true. This time period is nothing short of a global invitation to change, but how and when and at what cost all seem to be unanswered. I hope you hear a few hints and guesses ...
Apr 17, 2020•46 min•Ep. 45
Collision of opposites, Corona, survival dance, sacred dance, abandonment, overwhelm, extrovert, introvert and the possibilities of a greater consciousness. What a world we live in! Stay safe and smart and courageous.
Mar 18, 2020•54 min•Ep. 44
Let's talk about vulnerability, over-sharing, wounds and the fundamental nature of being. I Hope these hints and guesses are helpful. Enjoy!
Feb 24, 2020•46 min•Ep. 43
Does anger have anything to teach us in a world with so much violence and suffering? Join me this week for an exploration around anger. I'll weave threads from David Whyte, Bill Plotkin and Joanna Macy, plus share a few personal stories about my own relationship with anger. Enjoy! Or get pissed off.
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 42
A podcast on advent, incarnation, the womb, Rilke, holiday parties, the mall, and the pregnant possibility of sweet darkness. Happy holidays my friends. Enjoy!
Dec 18, 2019•49 min•Ep. 41
This week is about conspiracy theories, fantasies and our strategies for avoiding impermanence and the abyss. Enjoy!
Dec 03, 2019•55 min•Ep. 40
Sick of the news? Let's talk about Echo and Narcissus, a David Whyte poem, flannel shirts, and Gandhi's well know imperative, "be the change you want to see in the world." Enjoy!
Nov 13, 2019•56 min•Ep. 39
"You complete me!" Not really. As a follow up to the last episode on the Shadow, I'm diving into the image of the Magical Other. Let's talk about projections and fantasies in intimate, long-term relationships. And how to grow up. This episode is in my series Stuff that Helps!, where I popularize stuff I've found helpful. This week will be about the work of James Hollis, a Jungian Analyst and author who coined the phrase the Magical Other. According to Hollis the fantasy of the Magical Other is o...
Oct 21, 2019•51 min•Ep. 38
With so much finger pointing and blame right now, let's talk about the shadow and projection. Ken Wilber calls shadow work the great gift of psychology in the 21st century. So what is it? How do we get close to the possibilities and invitations hidden beneath our conscious awareness? Enjoy!
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 37
We've lost the plot again! Let's talk about The Apocalypse, which really means "to reveal." With so much anxiety and fear, is there a reason to be hopeful? What does the destruction and renewal symbol have to teach us right now? "No one ought ever love their suffering/but no one ever loves without its pain/as we die we come to wondering/if there was something we could not yet see/that winged Thing that merges with Earth's suffering/to make us what we would otherwise never be." (Rilke)
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 36
The last podcast created some controversy, so let's go further. In this episode, I bring in some other voices on the subject of "know thyself" - I discuss the early adolescent tensions of authenticity and social acceptance from the work of Bill Plotkin, the traps of identification according to Cynthia Bourgeault, radical consciousness from Ken Wilber, and the Cosmic Dance of Thomas Merton. Enjoy!
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 35
