So glad to have you join me for a Fall Riff on the role of Lover. Lovers are those who appreciate beauty, who offer agape love to a special other, and who allow themselves to be loved with agape love by another. Yes, this role is about romance, but so much more than romance is wrapped up in the lover role. When we dare to love another, especially in a commitment like marriage, we all receive and offer love, affection, care, concern. We all lead and submit and follow. We are have varying proporti...
Oct 01, 2021•37 min•Season 9Ep. 2
In this first fall 2021 riff, I share about the way we all are investing, whether we have a financial adviser, stocks, ETFs, mutual funds or a retirement account or not. We all trust others with valuable things and we all hope that we get a return of some sort on that which we have entrusted. We also invest in ourselves, too. It's about making sound investments and being patient as the valuable things we have invested do work in the vest pocket of the one in whom or in which we've in"vest"ed. Co...
Sep 24, 2021•35 min•Season 9Ep. 1
I decided to riff on the role of son/ daughter/ child; a role that is at times a source of great pride and gratitude, and at other times, makes me feel accused of dereliction of duty. When you think about it, there are many more podcasts about how to be a dad than how to be a son. Why is that? Well, hopefully, this episode stimulates your thinking, heart, and actions toward all that is good, true and beautiful about being a son, daughter, or child of God. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Cont...
Sep 17, 2021•34 min•Season 8Ep. 12
What does this episode's title stir in you? I wasn't initially excited to riff on this topic, but as I thought and prayed about it, this seemed more and more worthy of consideration: What is the mud on your windshield? What is messing up your vision, hope, and/or desire for the future? How do you clear the mud to see your vision more clearly? Listen, enjoy, subscribe, and share... That's what this podcast is about! The quote at the beginning of this episode can be found here: https://wildatheart...
Sep 10, 2021•28 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Life presented a great lesson for us all in my home recently as I worked with my son to help him understand how to apologize. Then I realized there was something in the experience for all of us. I hope you find the episode as stimulating and helpful as I did when I was writing about it. I think Jesus' teaching on how to apologize, love and walk with an offender is amazing. Here are the scriptures I refer to in this episode: Luke 17:3 https://luke.bible/luke-17- 3 Matthew 5:21-24 https:...
Sep 03, 2021•28 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Hey, time to tune in again! I took a couple of weeks off and so glad you are back with me. Life presented a great lesson for us all in my home recently as I worked with my son to help him understand how to apologize. Then I realized there was something in the experience for all of us. I hope you find the episode as stimulating and helpful as I did when I was writing about it. I think Jesus' teaching on how to apologize, love and walk with an offender is amazing. Here are the scriptures I refer t...
Aug 27, 2021•35 min•Season 8Ep. 9
My son Ian and I riff for a few minutes live from father son campout, an annual tradition for the past 11 years. Ian drops some serious knowledge about presence and patience. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG: https://instagram.com/maninmanyroles Support/donate: https://anchor.fm/maninmanyroles...
Aug 07, 2021•19 min•Season 8Ep. 8
This is the 40th Episode of the Man in Many Roles Podcast! Thank you for tuning in. This week, for some reason, I felt compelled to complete this sentence: Talk is cheap, but... Well, this summer riff is what resulted. I hope that this brief riff inspired a bit more thoughtfulness in you and me about what and how and to whom we are communicating. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG:...
Jul 30, 2021•26 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Vacations can be disasters or they can be adventures with tough times sprinkled in. What they won’t ever be is flawless. Here’s a way to avoid idolizing a perfect vacation and embrace each one as slower practice of three disciplines: gratitude, consideration, and flexibility. We need them for life… who’d a thunk that you could grow life skills prepping for vacations, going on them, and reflecting on them? Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://m...
Jul 23, 2021•23 min•Season 8Ep. 6
On a beautiful night on my patio I watched a thunderstorm and decided to record a few ideas about to to live well in relationships, engage anyone, and have a good conversation. Here are six actions to consider. NOTE: much of what I’m sharing is based on Cognitive Coaching training I’ve received over the years. I paraphrase what I have enjoyed implementing over the years, and credit is due to the authors of Cognitive Coaching, Art Costa and Robert Garmston. Their book, Cognitive Coaching and the ...
Jul 16, 2021•32 min•Season 8Ep. 5
In this second part of the "How do we celebrate Juneteeth?" series, we turn to think about how we might interact with the Juneteenth holiday as Christians. Also, and more importantly, what about the other 364 days a year? How do we build an inclusive community of ethnically diverse members? What are some Dos and Don'ts? Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG: https://instagram.com/mani...
Jul 09, 2021•48 min•Season 8Ep. 4
How will you celebrate Juneteenth? As we enter the weekend of Independence Day, we look back at what feels like a last-minute announcement from the White House in June of 2021: We have a new national holiday. What does the Juneteenth holiday mean to black people and how might we celebrate it? Well, no one knows, and it's not like all black folks view the holiday the same way... so let's start there. And here are some ideas shared among some of my dear friends, Carlos & Dimitri Clarke, and To...
Jul 02, 2021•58 min•Season 8Ep. 3
In my second summer riff, and on the heels of a new national holiday, I got to thinking, writing, and riffing on inclusivity from Jesus' point of view. At first, it seems counterintuitive to think Jesus is being inclusive when he says, "I am the way, the truth and the life" I've been following Jesus the best I can for about 30 years in earnest, and I think Jesus deserves some more consideration for what he claimed about himself. Despite how controversial the above quote is, I'm not sure it quali...
Jun 25, 2021•36 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Less structure, more spontenaity in the Summer! I decided to nerd out a bit and riff about Happiness, Joy, Pleasure, and Leisure through 6 dimensions or lenses: proximity to self durability over time agency validity (truth) mercy (goodness) and beauty Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG: https://instagram.com/maninmanyroles Support/donate: anchor.fm/maninmanyroles...
Jun 18, 2021•52 min•Season 8Ep. 1
As June, Fathers' Day month, and the Auntie/Uncle Project continues, I asked my dad to share what he's learned in his seven decades on this earth. He reflects on how his commitment to providing drove him to a stroke in his 40s, what he sees as important now, and offers several nuggets about living well along the way. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG: https://instagram.com/maninma...
Jun 11, 2021•53 min•Season 7Ep. 2
This episode kicks off June on the eve of my Uncle Richard T. McCloskey's 71st birthday. It also kicks off the Uncle side of the Auntie/Uncle Project, in which my uncles and father will speak about how to live well in many roles. Listen in as my Tío Ricardo and I talk about his interesting life as a Self in many roles. He has been a railroad worker, computer programmer, Trappist monk, and High School Spanish teacher. He inspired me to learn Spanish and was certainly a deep influence on my life, ...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 1
The Auntie project continues! What a treat it was to listen to my great auntie Ann share how to live well. She has been in the convent, a teacher, wife and mother, and done it all with God as a companion. Here are some resources she mentions in the podcast: Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation: https://email.cac.org/t/d-l-qttkhtt-tlkrjutjjt-d/ Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire: https://www.wordonfire.org/bible-project/ And A Concord Pastor Comments, http://concordpastor.blogspot.com Con...
May 28, 2021•59 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Mary Fran Soulis is in her later 70s, the oldest daughter of 7 siblings, and my oldest auntie or uncle on the McCloskey side. She has striven to live well with a love of the written word, a love for light, and practice of gratitude. Enjoy some great advice from one who has been many places, and read LOTS of poetry. She also practices what she is sharing. I loved this conversation, and I hope you enjoy it, share it, and subscribe to the podcast. References from the podcast and Auntie Mary Fran’s ...
May 21, 2021•56 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Aunt Sue was the first of the aunties and uncles I asked to record with me. I sent a communication to all my fraternal and maternal aunts for a series of May podcasts in celebration of Mother's Day. Auntie Sue responded to the invitation to share some of her life experiences and wisdom because she loves me, even though she wasn't entirely sure what I was up to. I'm very glad she did because now we all benefit, and this recording will remain for years! She is a self, sister, widow, mother, and gr...
May 14, 2021•47 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Today's very special mother's day episode features none other than my mom, Clare Lovett. I got my gift of gab, humor, desire for solutions, and curiosity from her, and thoroughly considering everything from her best advice to my sons, her grandsons, all the way to what heaven might be like. She shares just weeks from her 50th wedding anniversary. This episode kicks off The Auntie/Uncle Project, in which I sought and collected stories and wisdom from my parents and their siblings, along with my p...
May 07, 2021•47 min•Season 6Ep. 1
John Biggerstaff is passionate about Special Education, and it's because of childhood experiences that shaped his passion. Listen in as Phil and I enjoy time with John's high-energy heart that is as deep and wide and passionate as it is fun. Produced by Phil Salvador. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninmanyroles IG: https://instagram.com/maninmanyroles Support/donate: https://anchor.fm/maninman...
Apr 30, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 5
This is part 2 of my conversation with long time friend, Jim Eager. We caught up after 10 years of not connecting, and his "random" connection to the podcast in its earliest stages, which we discussed in Part 1 (released on January 29, 2021). I loved catching up with Jim as he talked about his new marriage, and what work went into making it work better than his first marriage. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https:/...
Apr 23, 2021•45 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Darryl Speed ("Speed"), Brian Moore ("BMoe"), and Tony Turner are three lifelong Jesus followers who have a lot of experience, pain, and things to share about how to live in a church that is mostly white and doesn't always feel like home, but more like a Bed and Breakfast. Their sincerity and stories are inspiring, and their desire for spaces to talk about race and racialized experiences run deep. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as Phil and I did. Let's all commit to welcoming the dis...
Apr 16, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Dr. Devon Smith is my best friend of 20+ years, a father, a Jesus follwer, husband, and so much more. He leads in the Santa Monica-Malibu school district as a Coordinator of Learning and Innovation. He and I riff on education terms, the blurred lines between our roles nowadays, sabbath, and why men resist intimate fellowship even as they long for and need it. Join Devon and me, enjoy, then share this episode with those you love. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email : manyroles@iclo...
Apr 09, 2021•56 min•Season 5Ep. 2
This episode is with a big brother to me in the faith, J. Brian Craig. He is a minister, musician, a fine artist, a man who loves God, as well as a husband and father in many roles. My co-host Phil Salvador and I spend time hearing Brian riff on creativity and its connection to the garden of Eden. He also talks about how living well in the role of self is connected to living with God. He talks about a great book he's read recently, and how he has navigated really hard times, both during and befo...
Apr 02, 2021•56 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Lisa Johnson is a woman, a disciple of Jesus, a wife and mother, and ministers in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Steve Johnson. The concept and biblical truth of mutuality became clear to her several years ago in the wake of a diagnosis of terminal cancer. She finishes our Women's History Month in fine fashion as we consider many things: what a "suitable helper" from Genesis 1 really is, how hierarchy stems from sin, how to focus on our gifts in a spiritual community, and how God originally ...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 4
Women's History Month on the podcast continues this week: My one and only sister joins me for an honest conversation about what it's like to be a woman in many roles, sharing stories that I missed while I was a teenager (she is five years younger than I), and the roots of her impressive career as a corporate executive, "Teammate for Life", and hard working mom. I'm proud of her, and I felt the hour we spent recording our conversation was a gift and a real treat for both of us. Listen in and shar...
Mar 19, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 3
I'm thrilled to have Marne Gulley, the first female fan of the podcast (as far as I know), on the show today. Today's show continues our March Women's History Month series. Marne is a beautiful soul. Having always had a heart to adopt has led Marne to adopt three children, including Andre, who's two years old at the time of this recording (and part of why she originally tuned into the Man in Many Roles podcast). She has much to say on issues of racial equity, but I appreciate more how she LIVES ...
Mar 12, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 2
This podcast is a perfect bridge between our Black History Month episodes and Women's History Month. BJ Foster is a Broadway actor, Women's Ministry Leader, Jesus follower, and now an author, who happens to be a black woman in America. Her book, Rebound: Staging a Spiritual Comeback ( https://amzn.to/3aoLmMS ) just released in January of 2021. She has worked very hard to unpack why she felt so outside of her integrity, and it has helped her live well in her many roles. She and I talk freely abou...
Mar 05, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Our Black History Month series concludes (but don’t worry, we’ll keep bringing diverse voices to the show) with Nii Codjoe. Nii is a favorite new friend from 2020, an entrepreneur, a son of a college professor from Ghana, and a joy to talk with anytime I get the chance. I hope you enjoy his take on learning, being a black man in America, and his brilliance. Connect with more Man in Many Roles Content: Email: manyroles@icloud.com Website: https://manyroles.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maninma...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 4
