Listening to Your Life; Frederick Buechner [SSL 241]
Today, host Lisa Colón DeLay remembers Frederick Buechner the prolific American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian, Frederick Buechner,
Aug 24, 2022•11 min
Spark My Muse
Conversations and enriching content to set alight your inner life and our life together
Episodes
Mary the Tower [SSL 240]
Featuring the astonishing work and findings of Elizabeth Schrader on a towering figure of the Early Christian Church.
Aug 17, 2022•17 min
Eps 211: Shaky Ground and Deconstructing; Guest, Traci Rhoades
My conversation with Traci Rhoades on her new book is perfect if you've felt like you've been on some sort of shaky ground.
Aug 10, 2022•45 min
Rebirth into Recovery | AA’s Bill Wilson influenced by Carl Jung [SSL 239]
Host Lisa Colón DeLay features the fascinating mail correspondence between Dr Carl Jung and AA's Bill Wilson that focuses on conversion for recovery.
Aug 03, 2022•16 min
Eps. 210 Faithful Faith | Guests; Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe
Host Lisa Colón DeLay speaks with pastors and co-founders of Gravity Leadership Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe about their spiritual formation book Having the Mind of Christ: Eight Axioms to Cultivate a Robust Faith.
Jul 27, 2022•43 min
What Do Efforts Earn? | Gary W. Moon on Dallas Willard [SSL 238]
Featuring Dallas Willard's thoughts on transformation via excerpt of an essay by Gary W. Moon.
Jul 20, 2022•23 min
Ada Limón; Rest Stop [SSL 237]
Celebrating the work of Ada Limón, the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate.
Jul 13, 2022•22 min
A book of longing; Yahia Lababidi [SSL 236]
Featuring "Learning to Pray: A book of Longing" by poet and aphorist, Yahia Lababidi.
Jul 06, 2022•18 min
All Too Familiar | Wisdom from John O’Donohue [SSL235]
In this episode, host Lisa Colon DeLay brings you wisdom from a companion of the heart and spirit, a very good friend of the soul—John O’Donohue.
Jun 29, 2022•9 min
Thou Art There | Howard Thurman [SSL 235]
Meditations from Psalm 139 from Dr Howard Thurman from For the Inward Journey
Jun 22, 2022•24 min
Slouching Toward Radiance; Heidi Barr [SSL 234]
Slouching Toward Radiance is the luminescent book of poetry by Heidi Barr that I'll be featuring that today.
Jun 15, 2022•17 min
Desert Songs | Yahia Lababidi [SSL 233]
New work from award-winning Egyptian-American poet and aphorist Yahia Lababidi (Desert Songs)
Jun 08, 2022•18 min
A shipwrecked world; Anthony of the Desert | Henri Nouwen [SSL 232]
Excerpts from a book by Henri Nouwen called The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers.
Jun 01, 2022•15 min
Cultural Grief, Leadership, and Blame [SSL 231] | Micha Boyett and the Slow Way
Cultural Grief, Leadership, Blame, and the Slow Way work of Micha Boyett
May 25, 2022•20 min
Amma Theodora, Desert Mother [SSL 230]
Today I bring you the work of Margaret Guenther and the wisdom of Amma Theodora of Alexandria.
May 18, 2022•14 min
Still Life [SSL 229]
Today, I'm featuring the weekly work of curation (Still Life newsletter) by Michael Wright.
May 11, 2022•20 min
Befriending Ourselves | Sacred Pulse: April Fiet [SSL 228]
Ending our self-cruelty (featuring the work of April Fiet)
May 04, 2022•16 min
Conscious Reality [SSL 227]
Looking deeper than our 3 dimensional reality with Donald Hoffman.
Apr 27, 2022•11 min
Five Fifths [SSL 226]
Featuring the work of Kevin Robinson and Three Fifths Magazine
Apr 20, 2022•14 min
This Somewhere [SSL 225]
Bringing some things to you today to help you remember about life and hope. Thank you to author Mark S. Burrows.
Apr 13, 2022•18 min
Love is Victorious [SSL 224]
Clean water is not common on the U.S. island of Puerto Rico. I have updates and I'm alsosharing a special prayer that speaks to love that moves us past our selfishness and ambitions toward the the greatest good.
Apr 06, 2022•12 min
The Prayer of Quiet in Paradise [SSL 223]
More from the island today (recorded from a cabin in the rainforest of Naguabo, Puerto Rico) and a reading from my book The Wild Land Within on prayers that do not contain words.
Mar 30, 2022•17 min
The Challenge of Exile [SSL 222]
Living in the shadow of alienation
Mar 23, 2022•10 min
Prayers of the East [SSL 221]
A look at prayers from the earliest Christian traditions.
Mar 16, 2022•16 min
I Eat the Stars | poet and astronomer, Rebecca Elson [SSL 220]
Reflections on awe and mortality (through the work of Rebecca Elson)
Mar 09, 2022•13 min
We Shiver Together | poet, Nikky Finney [SSL 219]
The work of poet, Nikky Finney.
Mar 02, 2022•23 min
Five Decades In [SSL 218]
Birthday reflections and a word of encouragement
Feb 23, 2022•15 min
Strength to be Free | Howard Thurman [SSL 217]
Wisdom from Dr Howard Thurman on the Strength to be free, Not giving up, and The Ministry of the Living Spirit of the Living God.
Feb 16, 2022•20 min
Winter Sundays | Robert Hayden [SSL 216]
"In Robert Hayden's work the actualities of history and culture became the launching places for flights of imagination and intelligence. His voice characterized by musical diction and an exquisite feeling for the formality of pattern is a seminal one in American life and literature." — Arnold Rampersad
Feb 09, 2022•14 min
Seek Room for Peace | Howard Thurman [SSL215]
Readings today come from "For the Inward Journey" by Howard Thurman and brought to you by host Lisa Colón DeLay.
Feb 02, 2022•15 min