This conversation with Stephen W. Smith is core and foundational to working through our thoughts, feelings, reactions and strongholds about racism. Steve believes this conversation is the way to begin. We can’t talk about forgiveness or really anything else until we understand that dignity matters. This Conversation helps us to begin a conversation below the water line where we can find one another and understand how valuable every life is in God’s heart.
A pandemic, protests, riots, racial unrest… the world is in conflict. How do we fight the urge to give in to the underlying sense of inertia? How do we go thru each day as if nothing is happening? How do we live a resilient life in the midst of chaos and heartache?
Today’s podcast is from Steve’s book “An Inside Job” about living and leading a resilient life.
Today begins a three-part series on resilience; how we can begin to understand how to navigate our inner world with the outer world of the pandemic.
Part one is a personal message from Steve, using the metaphor of spiritual wilderness; the best and most apt description of what is happening in our inner world. He talks from his heart of his own struggles during the pandemic and how we can each understand the reality of coping in a time of wilderness.
For many of us, the Pandemic has served as a mirror, forcing us to take a hard, long look at ourselves. And it might have revealed somethings you do not like very much, as well as the best in each of us. It is a back and forth that is known in spiritual terms as the True and False Self and is the topic of today’s podcast.
The pandemic has changed many things for each of our lives, yet our “real life” is still happening - children are graduating from HS, weddings continue to take place, and so on. How do we balance “Real Life” with everything happening around us?
Jeremy talks to Joel Roberts about how the pandemic is affecting us and how to stay sane amidst the chaos and the “real life.” They discuss some practices to engage in and put in place to stay grounded and centered during these times.
Kaylene chats with Nathan and Kate Grieser about the loss of Nathan’s sister Hannah in a tragic car accident. They share their emotional and timely story and grief journey – a journey they are still on.
This conversation was recorded a few weeks before the Pandemic broke out. We didn’t know what was coming then, yet somehow it seems fitting to share this now at a time when many are dealing with the loss of loved ones while being isolated and in quarantine.
In today’s world of accusations of “fake news” and the erosion of “who can you trust?”—this podcast is important. Steve sits down with author, counselor, and teacher Sharon Hersh to have a truthful and personal conversation about what is like to be diagnosed, live with, and recover from Covid-19. Sharon’s voice and work is important in the world of soul care. Her books have impacted us in Potter’s Inn work because of her honest, Scriptural, and insightful way she talks about addiction, recovery, our true identity, and being the Beloved.
Easter feels different this year, doesn’t it? The loss of a tangible place to come together in community feels like a loss. Is this how the disciples felt when Jesus died on the cross? Did they feel alone, scared, and helpless?
Join us as we discuss Easter and the struggles we all face during this time of isolation. This is a beautiful, vulnerable, and honest conversation with all our hosts. They share what Easter means to each of them in 2020 and how Easter can offer us a sense of hope, as God is saying “I am here, trust me.”
“Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, just as Christ was.” Colossians 3:4 (MSG)
Isolation - something most of us are experiencing right now.
Today's podcast is about unwanted isolation - the type God uses to accomplish what only living in obscurity can do and how God uses obscurity to shape and mold us for greater things; things that we are not always aware of.
Welcome to part 2 of this lively, honest discussion with Steve and the Father Albert Haase, whose new book is “Becoming an Ordinary Mystic.”
Father Albert discusses the 7 Deadly Sins and how they can be great teachers in spiritual formation, showing each of us where our weaknesses, the cracks in our soul are. By becoming aware of why we do what we do and why we keep committing this sin – we can replace our thinking and let Jesus rewire our thinking.
This is a podcast you won’t want to miss! Steve interviews Father Albert Haase - a friar, priest, and author and a man who has a wonderful accent and laugh. His book “Becoming an Ordinary Mystic” is the focus of the podcast, which is all about learning to cultivate a life with God where we draw close, listen, and respond moment to moment. It was such a great conversation that it went way over our usual time, so we made it into 2 parts!
At 88 years old, Leighton Ford is a man whose faith is an intimate part of himself; a part of his very being. As an evangelist, first with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and now on his own, Leighton has traveled to over 40 countries to preach and teach.
Leighton sat down with Steve recently and had a conversation that explored many important and pertinent topics…
