Parts of your soul need restoration? God has an invitation for you. Listen in as Gail Donahue and Joan Kelley describe spaces they create to invite people into this life-changing rhythm. Getting time away with God -- just the two of you -- is a rarity for some of us, and a real gift. Sometimes distractions steal away minutes and hours from our intended time. Or, maybe just the idea of time alone with God is a bit unnerving. Push away the resistance and listen in to see if you might sense an invi...
Mar 17, 2019•32 min•Ep. 14
Listen in as Sharon Swing, Joan Kelley, Lori Shoults and Gail Donahue discuss how we can sustain hope in troubled times. Please explore www.onelifemaps.com to download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story,' that contains the artwork we refer to in this episode. You can purchase your 'Listen to My Life' portfolio on that website , too. Join us for the 'Listen to My Life' Facilitator Certification Workshop a live event in the Chi...
Mar 10, 2019•31 min•Ep. 13
Listen in as Sharon Swing, Joan Kelley, Lori Shoults and Gail Donahue talk thru a chapter in Invitations from God: Accepting God's Offer to Rest, Weep, Forgive, Wait, Remember and More " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adelle Calhoun's book, 'Invitations from God.' Please explore www.onelifemaps.com to download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story,' that contains the artwork we refer to in this episode. You can pur...
Mar 03, 2019•36 min•Ep. 12
Reflecting on your current circumstances is a way to step back and get perspective that may help bring clarity, direction -- and more importantly a way to pause to let God get a word in edgewise. Consider your lingering question as a question you might pose to God about your life right now. Listen in as Sharon Swing and Joan Kelley talk thru the 'My Life Now' visual map, which is the first of eight in the 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story' portfolio. Plea...
Feb 24, 2019•35 min•Ep. 11
Listen as Sharon Swing and Joan Kelley talk thru the 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story' portfolio. Please explore www.onelifemaps.com to download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story,' that contains the artwork we refer to in this episode. You can purchase your 'Listen to My Life' portfolio on that website, too. Join us for the 'Listen to My Life' Facilitator Certification Workshop a liv...
Feb 17, 2019•32 min•Ep. 10
Self-awareness comes in many packages. In this case, self-awareness comes in the form of a children's book. Joy Bork joins Sharon Swing and Joan Kelley for a conversation around Scaredy Squirrel, by Mélanie Watt. Joy was gifted this book by a friend, who shares similar ways of being in the world, while Joy was in the midst of a job transition. Joy shares a bit of her inner world, and how she is learning to recognize patterns of thought and behavior and make choices about how to respond. I think ...
Feb 10, 2019•36 min•Ep. 9
"Listening is the art of creating space, so God can do His work in the heart of another." Sharon Swing This idea of listening to another in service to them is not how we normally listen. What might it look like? What kind of potential is there in taking this posture, and what might we also experience as we get a front-row seat to the transforming power of God's love in another. Please explore www.onelifemaps.com to download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing ...
Feb 05, 2019•28 min•Ep. 8
LISTEN TO MY LIFE is a unique visual tool that becomes an on-ramp to conversations with yourself, God, and trusted others in reviewing your past, assessing your present and continuing to joyfully and courageously walk with God into your future. The goal is to help you recognize and respond to God in the midst of your story. As you invite God into the process and document your story, desires, observations and plans in words, phrases, and pictures, you may sense God providing fresh insights, quest...
Jan 29, 2019•47 min•Ep. 7
Who are you, really? Can you take in the reality that you are a treasured child of the Most High God? What if your identity was solidly rooted in this truth? Would it make a difference? How can you begin to take in the mystery of your true identity? Sharon Swing, Co-Author of 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story' life-mapping materials and Executive Director of oneLife Maps, along with Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development discuss this topic in a ...
Jan 22, 2019•28 min•Ep. 6
Sharon Swing, Co-Author of 'Listen to My Life' and Executive Director of oneLife Maps and Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development discuss how you might know you are ready for life-mapping using 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story.' Might you resonate with any of these statements? you are seeking God in a deeper way and desire to rediscover who you are through His eyes. you have thought, “I don’t know myself anymore.” you wonder, “Is there something...
Jan 15, 2019•48 min•Ep. 5
Sibyl Towner shares her story and how she traces the activity of God in her every day In ways that are influenced by her unique design and the spiritual practice of reviewing her life story. Accompanied by Sharon Swing and Joan Kelley. Explore www.onelifemaps.com to download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story,' that contains the artwork we refer to in this episode. You can purchase your 'Listen to My Life' portfolio on that w...
Dec 29, 2018•50 min•Ep. 4
If God is interacting with you, would you notice? Can you learn to recognize and respond to God in your story — in your everyday, ordinary life? We’ll talk to people who have recognized what God is up to in the midst of the mundane, joyful, painful and profound moments of life, and sensed God with them, in them, and for them. Some found encouragement, healing, hope, redemption, restoration, new perspectives or direction at life’s crossroads — sometimes in surprising ways. Others are still sortin...
Dec 21, 2018•32 min•Ep. 1
Sharon Swing, Joan Kelley and Sibyl Towner discuss how we got interested in life story, helping others map their life stories and why you might want to get map your life, too! If you want to find out more about the ‘Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story’ visual life-mapping materials or submit your story for a potential future episode, go to www.onelifemaps.com or www.onelifemaps.com/podcast to learn more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Dec 21, 2018•32 min•Ep. 2
Join Sharon Swing, Sibyl Towner and Joan Kelley as we discuss how to help souls come out of hiding as we create safe places for people to tell their life stories. If you want to find out more about the ‘Listen to My Life’ maps or submit your story for a potential future episode, go to www.onelifemaps.com/podcast to learn more. Learn more about 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story' life-mapping materials at www.onelifemaps.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Dec 21, 2018•40 min•Ep. 3
