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This cool breeze by the river bank.
A great blue heron feeding in the shallows.
The pilated woodpecker serenading the forest with its haunting song.
I think I need one hundred days like this!
Slowly, ever so slowly. Here. Now. This!
Bit by bit and little by little, I feel a twinge of what may be life.
A steady erosion has happened in me.
It’s taken time to do this damage.
It will take more time to regain what’s been lost.
The locust have ravaged much I feel now.
Sad stories, and far too many of them, have layered my heart with deep grief.
I think I need one hundred days like this.
But today, I just may have felt my heart again.
As I let this breeze wash over me, is this a baptism of love?
And as silence does what only the deep quiet does,
I sit here and stay here for a while this beautiful morn.
Soaking. Marinating. Feasting . Healing.
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Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey. SHOW NOTES
Today’s podcast is part two of a discussion between Steve and Spiritual Director Martie McMane. Martie is a retired minister, artist, and spiritual director who used a collage process with Steve & Gwen to help them make some crucial life decisions during a period of repositioning. They continue the conversation today about how the collage process can work in each of our own lives
Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!
ABOUT MARTIE MCMANERev. Martie McMane, MA, M.Div, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Boulder from 2000-2016. As a certified Enneagram teacher for 25 years, Martie has reached well over 1,000 people with her in-depth knowledge of the Enneagram and how its understanding can be transformative for our lives. In retirement, she enjoys creating pastels and mixed media, using it as a way to express the connection with the Divine as witnessed in nature and what it means to be human.
Martie’s Website
Mentioned in the Podcast
SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community by Seena B. Frost
Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life by Henri Nouwen
Merton’s Prayer: Finding God’s Will
This is the Soul Collage that Steve did in the retreat with Marty.
MUSIC USED IN PODCAST Music Break at 23:13 - A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation by John Rutter Music Break at 39:50 - There will be Rest by Frank Ticheli - performed by KantoreiSUPPORT THE PODCAST
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Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey. SHOW NOTES
Last year Steve and Gwen went through a period of repositioning: changes were on the horizon but any clarity about what to do next was clouded by the realization that they were not on the same page. They reached out to a trusted Spiritual Director for help and the result was what they called a “Discernment Retreat.” They needed clarity. They needed discernment.
Today’s podcast is a discussion between Steve and the Spiritual Director they called on for help, Martie McMane. A retired minister, artist, and spiritual director, Martie used a collage process that helped Steve & Gwen in making those crucial, life decisions. Today they dive deep into the process.
Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!
ABOUT MARTIE MCMANERev. Martie McMane, MA, M.Div, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Boulder from 2000-2016. As a certified Enneagram teacher for 25 years, Martie has reached well over 1,000 people with her in-depth knowledge of the Enneagram and how its understanding can be transformative for our lives. In retirement, she enjoys creating pastels and mixed media, using it as a way to express the connection with the Divine as witnessed in nature and what it means to be human.
Martie’s Website
Mentioned in the Podcast
SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community by Seena B. Frost
Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life by Henri Nouwen
Merton’s Prayer: Finding God’s Will
This is the Soul Collage that Steve did in the retreat with Marty. MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 33:22 & 36:32 - Waltz for the Broken Hearted Written and performed by Jeff Wahl.
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I am simply humbled at this stage in my career, to have the privilege to tell Walter’s story and to help amplify his amazingly relevant voice. Getting to know Walter has been a healing and restorative experience for me as a former pastor and a professor deeply committed to social justice when so much of the church and society has forgotten what the biblical text says about God’s care for the marginalized. — Conrad L. Kanagy SHOW NOTES
Steve’s chats with Conrad Kanagy, the author of coming soon book Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. (releases Oct 24, 2023) Steve and Conrad focus on the book and how it reveals the most complete portrait to date of this remarkable prophet, pastor, preacher, teacher, and friend.
Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!
ABOUT CONRAD L. KANAGYConrad L. Kanagy is professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. He holds an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (Illinois) and a PhD from Penn State. He is the author of eight books and numerous scholarly articles. His primary area of expertise is American and global Christianity. He hosts the podcast A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored.
Books by Conrad
MENTIONED IN THE PODCASTWalter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography (Releases Oct 24, 2023)
Conrad’s Podcast A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored.
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 33:00 - The Feast of St Augustine
Music Break at 47:28 - Kyrie Eleison with Audrey Snyder
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I came to the conclusion that I could not stay in that role and be healthy. So I chose to be a healthy person over a megachurch pastor, and it was an incredibly hard choice. — Pete Briscoe SHOW NOTES
In today’s conversation, Steve talks with Pete Briscoe about why Pete no longer calls himself an “evangelical.”
You’ll hear Pete’s story, filled with pain and struggles, as he discovers more beautiful ways to live the Christian life. While you may not agree with his path, we think there’s something here to learn in his story.
Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!
ABOUT PETE BRISCOEAfter leading Bent Tree Bible Fellowship church for nearly three decades and preaching for Telling the Truth ministry for more than a decade, God led Pete to a new season of life.
With his wife Libby, they sold their home, donated most of their stuff, and bought an RV. They drove west into the sunset, took a couple of months to catch their breath, and then started to work from the road.
Pete now coaches pastors and business owners/leaders in communications and self-care. He is also the host of the podcast Kindavangelical, a podcast for folks who have spent time in the evangelical culture but it isn’t working for them anymore.
Learn more about Pete on his website: www.petebriscoe.org
MENTIONED IN THE PODCASTKindavangelical Podcast
The Christian Journey
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 31:40 - Gratitude by Scott Lamlein.
Music Break at 56:05 - Luminous Night of the Soul by Ola Gjeilo. Performed by Central Washington University Chamber Choir.
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I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. We are a motley crew, distinguished not only by our inability to explain ourselves to those who are more certain of their beliefs than we are but in many cases by our distance from the centers of our faith communities as well. Like campers who have bonded over cook fires far from home, we remain grateful for the provisions that we have brought with us from those cupboards, but we also find them more delicious when we share them with one another under the stars.
—Barbara Brown Taylor
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“Bible-believing religious people often miss the gospel. Just because you believe in the Bible doesn't mean you understand it. Over and over the tax collectors, prostitutes, and the amoral come to Jesus, while the religious miss who he is.”
These are the words of well known and lived Tim Keller. Steve and Brandon Cook explore how our view and opinions about the Bible ought to grow and deepen as we grow and deepen!
About Brandon Cook
Brandon is a husband and father and passionate about family and relationships. He is also a writer, trainer, and business/personal coach.
Originally from Alabama, he attended Wheaton College (IL) and studied in Jerusalem, Israel before graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University near Boston. He also received a Master’s degree in ancient Judaism from Oxford University in the UK.
After graduate school, he moved to Long Beach, California and had an incredibly rich and transformative experience for over 14 years working as a pastor, coach, and trainer. Brandon and his wife Rebecca have three amazing children and now live in Brevard, North Carolina.
Brandon's Website
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Native Tongue by David Wilcox (from Into the Mystery, 2003) Lyrics Ancient Words by Michael W. Smith (from Worship Again, 2002) Lyrics SUPPORT THE PODCASTPlease consider a gift to support our ministry. We have a few ways to make it easy for you:
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Note From Steve: We are living in a day and age of distractions. We are bombarded with choices, options and desires. This podcast lays out the way to to cultivate peace and contentment. It's about practicing the daily Examen. This is an ancient practice developed by Ignatius of Loyola. He said this ONE spiritual practice would change your life for the good. It's true. My life has thoroughly changed by learning to incorporate this one spiritual practice. It's my final recommendation for the summer.
SHOW NOTESThe art of reflecting on our day is almost a lost art in our busy and over-committed life. However, in this week’s podcast, Steve explores an ancient spiritual exercise called The Daily Examen. In this podcast, Steve walks us through five easy steps used to reflect back upon our day, to see where God was in our midst that we might have missed because of our busyness, and to foster a heart of gratitude.
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCASTFive Steps to the Daily Examen
Moment to Breathe: Matthew 11: 28-30 (MSG)
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Note From Steve: This conversation for me was like having a trusted friend do the deep excavation of my heart. There is nothing like a good question to allow one to feel safe and begin to open up. Steve Macchia and I had a lovely conversation which I commend to you this summer. There's a lot in this wide ranging conversation. I hope you'll enjoy!
SHOW NOTESI (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 (Season 15, Episode 3).
The Discerning Leader Podcast
MENTIONED IN PODCASTThe Jesus Life by Stephen W. Smith
SOLO: Creating Space with God by Stephen W. Smith and Peter Ivey
Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
The State of my Soul
Psalm 103
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTFirst Music Break at 17:24: Till That Blessed Day by JOYSPRING. From the Album Quiet My Soul. With Permission from Epidemic Sound.
Second Music Break at 49:31: Abide with Me (Arr. Cleobury) - Performed by Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
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NOTE FROM STEVE: I love this particular podcast because it is foundational to understanding the care of the soul. In this podcast, I explain what the soul is and how we can participate in the caring for our soul. As I’ve said , this message is needed because the message of soul care gets lost in our busyness and all the issues of life hitting us day by day!
I hope you’ll listen and pass this along to a few friends you think could really benefit by listening to it!
Summer blessings!
Steve
SHOW NOTESJoin co-hosts Steve Smith and Joe Chambers as they give more definition to what soul care is and how it relates to icebergs and the Brooklyn Bridge! Steve Smith shows us the stress of living divided lives and lays out the importance of caring for all aspects of the human experience: physical, emotional, relational, vocational, and spiritual. Plus enjoy an interview with Joe Walters, head of the Soul Care Institute and learn how you can take part in a 2 year journey to better soul health.
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Understanding the Soul with Icebergs: View and Download Article: Five Reasons Soul Care Matters by Stephen W. Smith: View and Download Poem: For One Who Is Exhausted by John O’Donohue. This poem is available in his book To Bless The Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings. Learn more about John O’Donohue at www.johnodonohue.com BOOKS RECOMMENDED The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas Merton Building Below the Waterline: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership by Gordon MacDonald SUPPORT THE PODCASTDonate Here for an individual contribution.
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FROM STEVE: Until we answer life’s deepest questions, we will remain stuck— unable to live with freedom and vitality. This podcast is one where Gwen and I explore three core questions. Remember this: we can never hear this message too much because living with soul and by soul is counter cultural and for many, counter intuitive!
SHOW NOTESIn this episode we join Steve and Gwen for two sessions of their Soul Care 101 course recorded at the retreat center known as Potter’s Inn at Aspen Ridge. Enjoy this fireside conversation with pops and crackles from the fireplace, as they examine the three core questions of every soul. In the first session they talk about:
Question 1 - Am I Loved?
Every person everywhere wants to know if they are loved. Some (or all) of us may have love wounds where we either didn’t get the love we needed or we looked for love in all the wrong places. Learn what it means to be beloved and how to rest in the truth of God’s love for us.
Question 2 - Am I Safe?
What fears do we carry with us that shape us? How do these fears affect our image of God? If we don’t feel safe how does that affect how we relate to others? Also it’s good to ask, am I a safe person? Do I listen to others or am I quick to judge?
Question 3 - Do I Belong?It is evident from an early age that we all want to belong to a group, a community. Where are we finding our safe community? Is it the right place? Are we able to be our true selves there or do we feel that we have to act or look a certain way? Do we change our behavior depending on where we are or who we are with?
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCASTDownload a Study Guide for Question 1 and Questions 2 and 3
Soul Care 101 Course
Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 7:7-9
Moment to Breathe: The Inner Voice by Henri Nouwen. Read the excerpt here.
Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? by John Powell
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This is a way of praying that just helps! And help is what most of us seem to need these days. How do we find words to form in prayer when we are knotted up inside; when we are speechless? The Welcome Prayer is a prayer of letting go and holding palms up in sweet surrender. I use this prayer often and this podcast is about learning to mouth the words and find meaning each time we pray it! Enjoy!
MENTIONED IN PODCASTThe Welcome Prayer by Father Thomas Keating
Matthew 6:5-13 (The Message)
Lectio Divina
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FROM STEVE: I consider Belden Lane to Be among the most important voices in the 21st century. For the next two weeks listen deeply to his wisdom and insight. I relish in his books and find him to be among the most authentic voices I've ever heard!
SPECIAL GUEST BELDEN C. LANEBelden and his dog Joey
Belden C. Lane is a Presbyterian theologian who teaches on a Jesuit faculty at Saint Louis University. His interests include the relationship between geography and faith, wilderness backpacking in the Ozarks, the magic of storytelling, desert spirituality, exposing students to urban poverty through the Catholic Worker community, and the poetry of Rumi. He also works with men, helping to lead initiation rites through Richard Rohr's program for Men as Learners and Elders in Albuquerque.
He lives with his wife Patricia, a spiritual director and retired school teacher, in Saint Louis. Drawn to sacred places around the world, his travels have involved camping in Egypt, Ireland and the Virgin Islands; hiking in Greece, Hawaii, and Australia; and study in England, Israel and Mexico. For six years I served in the pastorate, from a village parish in western New York State to the historic First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Some time ago he found himself delightfully introduced as a Presbyterian minister teaching at a Roman Catholic university telling Jewish stories at the Vedanta Society.
More about Belden
Belden’s Books:
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice
The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul
MENTIONED IN PODCASTApophatic and Cataphatic Tradition
Walter Brueggemann on Psalms of Disorientation
Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation
Illuman - Richard Rohr Ministry for Men
Paula D’Arcy - Red Bird Foundation
Paula D’Arcy’s book The Gift of the Red Bird
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FROM STEVE: I consider Belden Lane to Be among the most important voices in the 21st century. For the next two weeks listen deeply to his wisdom and insight. I relish in his books and find him to be among the most authentic voices I've ever heard!
SPECIAL GUEST BELDEN C. LANEBelden and his dog Joey
Belden C. Lane is a Presbyterian theologian who teaches on a Jesuit faculty at Saint Louis University. His interests include the relationship between geography and faith, wilderness backpacking in the Ozarks, the magic of storytelling, desert spirituality, exposing students to urban poverty through the Catholic Worker community, and the poetry of Rumi. He also works with men, helping to lead initiation rites through Richard Rohr's program for Men as Learners and Elders in Albuquerque.
He lives with his wife Patricia, a spiritual director and retired school teacher, in Saint Louis. Drawn to sacred places around the world, his travels have involved camping in Egypt, Ireland and the Virgin Islands; hiking in Greece, Hawaii, and Australia; and study in England, Israel and Mexico. For six years I served in the pastorate, from a village parish in western New York State to the historic First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Some time ago he found himself delightfully introduced as a Presbyterian minister teaching at a Roman Catholic university telling Jewish stories at the Vedanta Society.
More about Belden
Belden’s Books:
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice
The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul
MENTIONED IN PODCASTRichard Rohr quote “from disorder to reorder to new order” - from his book The Wisdom Pattern: Order, Disorder, Reorder.
Thomas Berry book on the Great Conversation - Befriending the Earth: A Theology of Reconciliation Between Humans and the Earth
SNEAK PEAK: 30 Days with the Potter Devotional reading - Foundational Love of God (Text)
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NOTE FROM STEVE:
We all need spiritual diodes to help us find the way. I consider Trevor to be a Spiritual Master. In todays world, I am suspicious of people who are not credible-- who are too young, too inexperienced and too unbroken. The voices I trust and listen to are seasoned women and men who know the landscape of the inner journey. Trevor Hudson is one voice I trust and respect. His two podcasts are stellar and should be listened to many times. Repetition is the mother of all learning!
Steve
ABOUT OUR GUESTTrevor Hudson has been part of the Methodist movement for over 40 years. Serving primarily around Johannesburg, he is deeply committed to the work of spiritual formation within local congregational contexts. A significant part of his weekly work presently consists of leading people through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and offering spiritual direction. Besides his local commitments, Trevor travels widely, preaching and teaching. He lectures at Fuller Seminary, the Renovaré Institute, the Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation, and the Jesuit Institute in South Africa. He is the author of 22 books including Discovering Your Spiritual Identity (IVP) and Beyond Loneliness (Upper Room). His most recent book is Seeking God-Finding Another Kind of Life with St. Ignatius and Dallas Willard.
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN PODCASTSEpisode 10: Discernment: The Journey to Discover God’s Will
Episode 12: Cultivating Daily Shalom: Using the Daily Examen
Dallas Willard
MUSIC USED IN PODCAST PART 1Music Break at 22:50: Mellow Celtic Style Acoustic Duet - Envato Elements
Music Break at 37:49: Beautiful Choir Requiem – Blue Sky Audio PART 2Music Break at 16:27: Gregorian Chant - Artist unknown
Music Break at 32:08: Beautiful Choir Requiem – Blue Sky Audio
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Steve's Podcast List for Summer 2023
If there is one podcast that defines my life message and legacy, surely it is this one. This has the key to unlock all the years of trying and performance to get it right. I explore why reading the “red letters of Jesus “ is so important and some thoughts to inspire us upward and onward!
Could you PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW AND THEN SHARE THIS WITH FIVE OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO NEED IT? We would appreciate it!
MENTIONED IN PODCASTSOLO: Creating Space with God by Stephen W. Smith and Peter M. Ivey
The Jesus Life by Stephen W. Smith
Pray as you Go - APP for Lectio Divina
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 33:36 My Yoke Is Easy by John Michael Talbot
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The trapeze artist free falls into the hands of trust and love. Jesus let go, while on the cross and surrendered his life into good hands of his Father. — Henri Nouwen SHOW NOTES
It’s hard work to let go. Ask Moses, Peter, Paul, Mary the mother of Jesus, or really—any character in the Scriptures. Like it or not, letting go is one of the big scholastic courses you sign up for in being born.
Today we explore Letting Go—it all comes together in our May Issue of our new resource, the Soul Care Ezine. Steve talks about how the whole process of Letting Go is such an important part of your own soul journey.
This episode is the final one for this season. We will be taking a break this summer, but will be back in the Fall with more podcasts!
MENTIONED IN PODCASTRead Issue 2 of the Soul Care Ezine on Letting Go
Poem read by Steve - The Welcome Prayer by Father Thomas Keating
Subscribe to the Soul Care Ezine
Pay it Forward - Donate to the Soul Care Ezine
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 38:46 - Cathedral of the Pines by Tim Janis · from Flowers in October
Music Break at 45:25 - I Won’t Break by Elyssa Smith
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We carry these desires, our deepest longings, with us. It’s part of what it means to be human, and they are drivers in our lives whether or not we acknowledge them. — Jeff Crosby SHOW NOTES
Today’s guest is Jeff Crosby, the author of the new book (releases May 23, 2023) Language of the Soul. For over fifteen years, Jeff has been searching for a language of the soul--a way to articulate our deepest longings. Through the years he gathered clues from within global music styles, from different cultures, from his own Christian tradition and its sacred texts--and from deep within himself.
Jeff explores the ways in which God meets us in our deepest longings of the heart – our longing for home, friendship, forgiveness, spiritual transformation, and more – not by satisfying our every desire but by granting us what we genuinely need.
SPECIAL GUEST JEFF CROSBYJeff Crosby is the president and CEO of ECPA, the trade association of Christian publishing, and has spent nearly four decades working in the world of words as a bookseller, publisher, and author. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines and journals including CRUX, Conversations Journal, Books & Culture, Urban Faith, and Living Lutheran. He is the editor and compiler of "Days of Grace Through the Year" (a collection of writings by Lewis B. Smedes) and the author of The Language of the Soul, which is released May 23, 2023.
Crosby earned an undergraduate degree in journalism and a master's degree in leadership development, where his area of special emphasis was creating mentoring cultures in organizations. He has been married to Cindy Crosby, a writer, educator, and naturalist, for more than 40 years, and has two grown children and six grandchildren.
You can find more at JeffreyCrosby.net.
MENTIONED IN PODCASTThe Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of our Heart by Jeff Crosby
Jeff’s Website
MUSIC USED IN PODCASTMusic Break at 52:25 - Always With Me (Song for Anxiety) - IAMSON
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