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Understanding how Howard Thurman made meaning and Dr Smith's journey of interpretation

Today is a special double header. Part one is here (edited a little for the audio podcast) and you can also enjoy it on my Substack and my youtube. But remember there's more! I'm the FIRST guest on Radical Mystics! Part 2 is here: (click the image below!) https://open.substack.com/pub/radicalmystics/p/when-radical-mystics-spark-the-muse?r=1x1l9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

We need to build the muscles to create inner solitude.

Today, I share a bit about something we need so urgently. Howard Thurman is a spiritual mentor I most cherish. You can do a search on this website and find much more work I've down related to him. Please check it out. ONE MORE THINGA related article I just wrote is a great companion to my audio here. https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/p/where-is-the-treasure-in-the-field?r=388bh I go into the two most important things to root out to grow in maturity and transformation.

There's a dynamic connection between flexibility and healthy personalities. It took me many years of healing to not be swept into self-hate when I messed up. Here's what helped.

finding a new despair in the future from the elderly

Here is a excerpt as part of the series I've created for my Spark My Muse YouTube Channel (Here's the link to find the rest: youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse) This part 4 in the series of 7 explores how the nature of desire is a signpost to the infinite. Longing, bliss, desire are more than they appear to be. This series distills the too-often obtuse work of David Bentley Hart from his book The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss I think this book has many brilliant point, but most people find reading his work exhausting and don't get to the gems. (If you'd like, you can find that book here: https://amzn.to/3QRFzIW)

What you are about to hear is part two of seven in a series explaining a foundational book by David Bentley Hart. My interest in high theism is strengthened by the fact that you can have a deep faith, be a skeptic, or a confused doubter and still embrace these first principles and ideas about existence. Please enjoy all seven in the series as they roll out this summer at my youtube channel: youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse

Today, I give you some excerpts from my live chat conversation with scholar Robert J. Monson. We speak together some about the desert elders, but also about Robert's work at the intersection of Blackness, disability, and softness (among other things) and we get into the topics of lust, sexuality, desire which the church has notoriously gotten wrong. Please find the full replay of our time here (the Spark My Muse youtube channel), if you'd like. Becoming a subscriber costs nothing but is helpful to get the word out. ❤️ You'll find more from me at my Substack and there you can contribute your support, starting under $2, GET THE BOOK HERE

Recording of live event with Cindy S Lee on the desert elders

Vainglory, Envy, Pride and Creating a Rule of Life

Hello friends, I'm back to share something from the lesson I did at Bethesda EC Church in Reedsville, PA on 4/12/26 and it is the 2nd of four. Some of you may enjoy WATCHING this, and you can try this link: https://youtu.be/YzQE-rGNNpo?si=BsjvHxs1-HoaTjYl At that channel you will also find the 1st lesson from March 29.---UPDATE:Here is the 3rd one from April 19https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlIKZUWSAC8

The finale of a four part series on consciousness

Coptic Christian Phoebe Farag Mikhail on the first theme of Lent and the Desert Elders

Hi friends,This episode was first created for my youtube channel and I hope you enjoy it here. There are two more in this series at the channel, so please check them out if it interests you. When you Subscribe you can be notified of new material, be able to leave comments, and get alerts for my upcoming live events FEB- MAY. I'm excited to meet up with you then.