I (Steve) recently sat down with Steve Macchia of Leadership Transformations to have an honest conversation and assess where we are today in light of all that has been happening. I was able to reflect backwards and think forward through Steve Macchia’s thoughtful questions. I felt liberty to just open my heart; this podcast is the result. I hope you’ll find the space to listen. We want to thank Steve Macchia and Leadership Transformations, Inc (LTI) for allowing us to edit and air this episode (...
Apr 06, 2022•56 min•Season 7Ep. 113
The only foundation for lasting change is love. — 30 Days with the Potter Devotional by Stephen W. Smith The podcast this week is with a man who lost 125 pounds and reclaimed his health. It’s an incredible story of change with Paul Matthies - you’ll want to listen because it’s just so encouraging! Change is what the Gospel of Jesus is all about. We change or we die. We can live like never before or we will be the living dead! ABOUT PAUL MATTHIES Paul is all about living LIFE -- love, integrity, ...
Mar 30, 2022•50 min•Season 7Ep. 112
The theme of sabbatical is so much more than finding the time to take a break. A weekend away is not enough to help us return to our former selves, we need a reorientation to time… to reacquaint ourselves with our heart and soul. We continue the discussion with Jason and Mary Vandel Young about Sabbaticals, and it gets practical and emotional. As you listen to the podcast, think broader beyond just your work. Your fatigue might not be due to your work at all, it might look altogether different. ...
Mar 23, 2022•47 min•Season 7Ep. 111
This week’s podcast is about the value and need for sabbaticals. There’s just no doubt that the past few years have drained us! Who isn’t exhausted? Who isn’t depleted? If we think that a weekend away Is enough to help us return to our former selves, then we are in for a crash and burn! Steve talks with Mary Vandel Young and her husband Jason, about their journey of needing, planning, and taking a sabbatical. This is not a “ how to” podcast. It’s much deeper than that! ABOUT MARY VANDEL YOUNG &a...
Mar 16, 2022•48 min•Season 7Ep. 110
Today, we continue this conversation with Father David. It’s an incredible story— so relevant to today’s world crisis in Ukraine. What motivates Father David to become Eastern Orthodox, and now a priest? What are the gifts we, in the west , can receive by our brothers and sisters in the East? A stunning, moving, and hopeful conversation where our soul meets the world! ABOUT FATHER DAVID MORRISON Fr. David Morrison is parish priest at St Anthony Orthodox Church in Bozeman, MT. He received his Mas...
Mar 09, 2022•39 min•Season 7Ep. 109
SHOW NOTES The podcast this week is so timely and so needed! Steve talks with Father David, a Russian Orthodox priest living and working as a priest in Bozeman, Montana. This is a 2-part podcast that will educate, inspire, and help us to embrace another perspective on the faith. This is a timely conversation as we watch the people of Ukraine face the perils of today. But it is also for those of us eager to learn more, know more, and do more. ABOUT FATHER DAVID MORRISON Fr. David Morrison is pari...
Mar 02, 2022•39 min•Season 7Ep. 108
Our world needs kindness right now. Social media is flooded with anger, frustration, fear, despair, and negativity. Technology allows us to interact instantly, but people feel ignored, unheard, misunderstood, discouraged, alone. What if we choose to change that? What if we use digital media to connect, build relationships, and better understand our fellow human beings? — Lauren Hug I think many of us can agree that digital media can be an overwhelming space. So many different opinions, yet very ...
Feb 23, 2022•48 min•Season 7Ep. 107
SHOW NOTES “So deconstruction is not demolition, demolition is easy. You just rent a bulldozer, knock it all down. That’s easy. That’s not all that courageous - you can knock things down. But deconstruction, to say there is some good here and there is some toxicity here. How do I do the work to humbly enter in to take this piece, pull this layer back to explore? It’s more about curiosity. But it’s also so difficult. People underestimate the pain. The pain that initiates deconstruction, and then ...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 106
The Bible is sort of like a means of grace. It’s almost like it’s not a sacrament, but it’s almost like a sacrament. It’s something you engage and by the act of engaging it and even struggling with it, you’re actually communing with God in some way. — Pete Enns This is an honest and invigorating conversation with Dr. Peter Enns, scholar and author. Steve explores What is the Bible? How do we interpret the Bible in today’s world? Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger, podcast h...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 105
SHOW NOTES “Once you've learned the power of perspective, you can just eventually put your telescope down and look at things as they really are and know that you have the power and the ability to deal with whatever crosses your path.” We’ve got Part 2 of our conversation with Tom Morris today - so much wisdom in 34 minutes! Take some time to slow down and listen in to this great discussion on embracing uncertainty. SPECIAL GUEST TOM V. MORRIS Tom Morris has become one of the most active public p...
Feb 02, 2022•41 min•Season 7Ep. 104
Download our NEW APP and get quick, easy access to all of our Podcast Episodes! You can download the App from Apple, Google, or Amazon - just search for Potter's Inn. You can also download any of the versions from one page here - https://subsplash.com/pottersinn/app-download SHOW NOTES Welcome to the 7th Season of the podcast! We are excited to begin the season with our special guest Tom Morris a prolific author and philosopher who will discuss how uncertainty is the canvas on which all our live...
Jan 26, 2022•34 min•Season 7Ep. 103
Download our NEW APP and get quick, easy access to all of our Podcast Episodes... plus a weekly devotional & access to lots of great soul care resources ! You can download the App from Apple, Google, or Amazon - just search for Potter's Inn. You can also download any of the versions from one page here - https://subsplash.com/pottersinn/app-download SHOW NOTES Today we are bringing a bit of Christmas peace and soul care to each of you - much needed as we all get busy with the season. This pod...
Dec 07, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 102
SHOW NOTES Today's conversation is about Steve's new book 30 Days with the Potter . The book is an invite for you to explore the story of your clay—the awakening of your own spiritual formation and the formation of others around you. Learn why Steve wrote 30 Days with the Potter and hear Steve read from his favorite sections. It’s the accumulation of 67 years of learning and growing with the Potter! MENTIONED IN PODCAST 30 Days with the Potter: A Daily Meditation - Individual copies in paperback...
Nov 16, 2021•46 min•Season 6Ep. 101
SHOW NOTES “ I can either pretend and say things I don't really believe so that I'll fit in or I will be honest, even knowing that that's going to create some difficulties for me.” - Brian McLaren We're in the midst of a conversation with Steve and Brian McLaren, talking about the four beautiful heart stages and phases that all of us go through in life. This episode is our 100th! And to celebrate we will have a giveaway of Steve’s NEW book 30 Days with the Potter. Head on over to our Potter’s In...
Nov 09, 2021•39 min•Season 6Ep. 100
And so a big part of my life has been helping people find a way to stay Christian when the forms of Christianity they grew up with feel like a really badly fitting suit of clothes. -Brian McLaren SHOW NOTES Steve had an incredible conversation with author, pastor, theologian, and activist Brian McLaren and today is Part 1! Brian’s story resonates with so many of us who feel lost, confused, and in tension about all that is happening in the world and in our hearts. This podcast will help you feel ...
Nov 02, 2021•46 min•Season 6Ep. 99
SHOW NOTES Today is a don't miss of Part 2 of Steve’s conversation with Winn Collier. They discuss The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast, The Message, how Peterson navigated criticism, and more. You will want to pass this one along to your friends and family! SPECIAL GUEST WINN COLLIER In addition to A Burning in My Bones, Winn Collier has authored four books ( Restless Faith, Let God: The Transforming Wisdom of François Fénelon, Holy Curiosity, and Love Big, Be Well ) and contributed to numero...
Oct 26, 2021•38 min•Season 6Ep. 98
If you want to cut to the core of who I am, I’d say this: I’m husband to the beautiful and graceful Miska Tolleson Collier. Miska is a spiritual director and yoga teacher, a poet-mystic and the person I most respect in this world. I’m dad to Wyatt and Seth, the two who’ve pulled strands of love out of me that I didn’t know existed. I’m friend to a few misty-eyed men and a few courageous women. I prefer what’s slow over what’s efficient. I’m suspicious of anyone who’s cock-sure. I’m weary of all ...
Oct 19, 2021•37 min•Season 6Ep. 97
SHOW NOTES We are FINALLY continuing the conversation with Steve and Belden Lane today! Belden and Steve discuss why lament is absolutely necessary for each of us, and how lament is the way out of our national meltdown, our constant state of living on the edge in a frazzled world. It is stunning, sobering, and powerfully hope filled - don’t miss this conversation! SPECIAL GUEST BELDEN C. LANE Belden C. Lane is a Presbyterian theologian who teaches on a Jesuit faculty at Saint Louis University. H...
Oct 12, 2021•43 min•Season 6Ep. 96
This season is all about Complex Conversations and how these conversations can help us buffet the fierce winds that are blowing in our lives. SHOW NOTES Warning: this podcast is not for the faint of heart! It is not for those who attend church and equate that with the pilgrimage of the 4th century, when those who did not want to be swallowed by culture fled to the desert to not survive, but thrive! It might undo you as it has undone me. I talk with Belden Lane about the difference in being a spi...
Oct 05, 2021•42 min•Season 6Ep. 95
This season is all about Complex Conversations and how these conversations can help us buffet the fierce winds that are blowing in our lives. SHOW NOTES We have Part 2 of The Evangelical Diaspora: Getting Out of our Boxes for you today. And honestly, it’s even better than Part 1! NOTE: We highly recommend you listen to Part 1 first and then come back to hear the rest of the story in Part 2. Part 2 continues with Greg and Steve, where Greg shares his story of change and breaking out of boxes that...
Sep 28, 2021•39 min•Season 6Ep. 94
This season is all about Complex Conversations and how these conversations can help us buffet the fierce winds that are blowing in our lives. SHOW NOTES The Evangelical Diaspora: Getting Out of our Boxes is a raw, honest, and lively discussion between Steve and Greg Ferrand. It is a conversation where Greg shares his story of change and breaking out of boxes that don't fit and beliefs that simply did not work for him any more. Can you identify? There are few show notes. But listen well and liste...
Sep 21, 2021•40 min•Season 6Ep. 93
SHOW NOTES Welcome to our sixth season of the Soul Care Conversations Podcast ! Steve is anchoring the season with a thoughtful discussion on our theme of Complex Conversations – and how these conversations can help us buffet the fierce winds that are blowing in our lives. It’s all in learning to live with our soul and mind, while trying to find, with each other, foundational places where we can anchor ourselves. It’s a great discussion and introduction to what this season will be about. Also in...
Sep 14, 2021•42 min•Season 6Ep. 92
SHOW NOTES Important Information Regarding This Particular Podcast: We do not consider this podcast to be an introduction to the Enneagram. We assume in the podcast that the listener will have some orientation and understanding of the Enneagram. We have listed some books and a previous podcast below for you as resources to discover more about the Enneagram. ————————— In these days of global crisis, we felt it was imperative for us to have a conversation with seasoned experts and trusted authors,...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This is WEEK 9 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened to and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 2nd most popular podcast (one more week until #1!) - Cultivating Daily Shalom: Using the Daily Examen with Steve as host. Enjoy! SHOW NOTES The art of reflecting on our day is almost a lost art in our busy and over-committed lif...
Aug 03, 2021•27 min
This is WEEK 8 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened to and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 3rd most popular podcast, What is a Soul Friendship? Kaylene was joined by Special Guest Tara Owens in the episode. SHOW NOTES Today we are talking about friendship. Not just any kind of friendship, but a spiritual, soul friends...
Jul 27, 2021•41 min
This is WEEK 7 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened to and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 4th most popular podcast, and is one of our very first episodes (#2!) - What is Soul Care? SHOW NOTES Join co-hosts Steve Smith and Joe Chambers as they give more definition to what soul care is and how it relates to… icebergs a...
Jul 20, 2021•29 min
This is WEEK 6 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened to and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 5th most popular podcast, and originally aired just last year in September 2020 - Soul Care in Exhaustion. SHOW NOTES This week’s episode is Steve sharing his recent struggles with exhaustion… that deep in the heart, soul weary ...
Jul 13, 2021•45 min
This is WEEK 5 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened too and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 6th most popular podcast, and originally aired just last year in October, 2021 - Belovedness: The Core Truth that Changes Everything. SHOW NOTES Today’s Verse’s : Mark 1:9-11 (NIV) Friends, the message of this podcast is a game...
Jul 06, 2021•48 min
This is WEEK 4 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened too and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 7th most popular podcast, and originally aired during Season Two in September 2019 - How Jesus Lived in Rhythm. SHOW NOTES We are looking at the Model of Rhythm in the life of Jesus… the perfect example, the way, the truth, and...
Jun 29, 2021•38 min
This is WEEK 3 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened too and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 8th most popular podcast, and was our 5th episode back in May 2019 - Three Core Questions of Every Soul. SHOW NOTES In this episode we join Steve and Gwen for two sessions of their Soul Care 101 course recorded at the retreat c...
Jun 22, 2021•39 min
