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Happy Tuesday,This week I am chatting about Bearing One Another's Burdens.I learned the you tube video song did not record.Enclosed is it's link. https://youtu.be/NBKT_aTbG6A

***Digging through the vault of episodes... enclosed is a previously recorded episode.. Stuck, Progress and Measuring it in our lives.

Back from hiatus and vacation... This week's new episode talks about Psalms 34:18.  Brokenhearted  means overwhelmed by grief or disappointment.  In this episode I talk about the scripture, its context and what it means for our life. 

New Segment Monday...This episode is about redress/restorative justice...Redress- means to set right/make a remedy.Restorative justice is a philosophy or approach to harm that focuses on repairing relationships.What should redress look like when people have been harmed about theological positioning or framing? ministry?Just questions I've been reflecting on... 

It's the fiction corner sharing interesting books I've read. I also provide podcast announcements about upcoming episodes. Tune in for more. 

Today I am sharing a devotional I read by Mary Luti on the United Church of Christ  website (May 23). I am also sharing my own personal reflections, experiences that I thought about when I was reading it.  

This week's Faith Conversations guest is Liam Michael Hooper.   He is the author of  the book entitled: Trans-Forming Proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence.   His bio is below and I hope you will tune in for this fantastic conversation. Liam M. Hooper, M.Div., is an author, gender theorist, theological activist, trans advocate, educator, podcaster, public-speaker, and freelance content writer. He is a 2020-2022 Cohort Fellow of the William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations and was a community-nominated participant in the Winston-Salem Portrait Project. Liam works widely as a speaker and participant co-creator of learning communities, workshops, and seminars, small and large. On occasion, Liam’s spouse, Diana, and Dodi, the family dog, travel with him—especially, when doing this work involves going to new and interesting places.

This week, I am sharing a devotional I read on Exodus 17. We are talking about uncertainty and how that shows up in scripture and daily life. 

This week, I am chatting about the stories/scripts that we believe about ourselves and our lives. What are the scripts in your life? What stories are you believing about you that could possibly not be true?

Happy Friday.. Enclosed is an episode from the vault... What's is necessary.

Happy Thursday to you. This week's episode was recorded yesterday (i.e., Wednesday). I am discussing how our thoughts create experiences in our life. I am  sharing a personal experience I had a week ago. In essence it is  a mix of storytelling, personal reflection and things to think about.  The empowering question of the day: What are you manifesting in your life with your thoughts?Feel free to share your thoughtsencouragingyourspiritpodcast@gmail.com

Author, Cultural worker, Public Theologian, Cultural worker, Professor, Director of Doctoral Ministry at Seattle University... Dr. Edward Donalson was a guest on this week's show.  We talked about his book :#The Black Lives Matter Movement: Toward Intersectional Theology.  Be sure to check out this fantastic episode. Publishing Credit: JM Triplett Consulting

Good morning,In the ancient world, blindness was used as as a metaphor used to describe lack of understanding.  What lessons can we learn from it today? This week, I am chatting about  how spiritual blindness is connected to the lack of understanding.  We're in Mark 8:22-26, grab a coffee, pen, paper and tune in for more.  

I do not own the rights to this music... The song is Be Praised. In this devotion... I am talking about praying when you don't have words.... Tune in for more 

Today I am talking about the story of Zaccheus, the relationship it has to daily living.Tune in for this fantastic episode.  

This week, I am chatting about the scripture casting your care, how it relates to daily life and the varied representations of Jesus in the bible. ****Source for the description of varied representations are from Unfit Christian and Faith Uncut. **********

Today I am sharing thoughts on Proverbs 13:12.

Today's devotional by Vicki Kemper was a good one. She writes about how it is difficult for many of us to deal with someone else's sadness or emotional distress and lists the following discussion questions. Have you ever felt unheard, or that others failed to acknowledge the validity of your emotions? How did you respond? Have there been times when you failed to respond lovingly to someone else's hurt? How could you do better next time?What can you do to make yourself, your family, your church, or other group a safe place for sharing vulnerable feelings. 

Today's episode is previously recorded.... it is about being hopeful.