What is your soul dream? How will you greet death at the end of your time here and what purpose will you have created with your life? We’re diving into some big questions this week, with a new friend and special guest, Thomas Atum O’Kane. Atum is the founder of...
The story of the Good Samaritan is one of the best known of Jesus’ parables. It’s become something of a cliché, even. Just the other day, I read in the news that a person who stopped to give a ride to a young family that missed their bus was referred...
Do you have a basic “essentials” list of things you have to have with you when you go out the door? Your phone, of course, a wallet (or at least a debit card or some cash, maybe a driver’s license), keys, maybe a hat or coat, maybe a watch or...
Javan is a permaculture design consultant, life design coach, and first time documentary filmmaker! We discussed his upcoming film, “Facing Fire”, and the fascinating things Javan learned about humans and our relationship with fire and nature, while researching, interviewing and filming his documentary. If you missed the first episode with...
Jesus isn’t easy. I don’t know how many times I’ve said that so I’m just going to say, “ a lot.” Jesus isn’t easy. It can certainly be easy to say “I’m a follower of Jesus” or, even easier, “I’m a Christian,” but living it isn’t easy. It’s both one...
Have you ever seen or met someone possessed by demons? Yeah. You have. “Possessed by demons” or “having an unclean spirit” may be the biblical language, but whatever language you use, we’ve encountered them, even experienced them. Historically, we personified or anthropomorphized anything dark, malevolent or evil as a demon...
For many christian churches, the Trinity is a big deal. It even gets its own Sunday in some churches, the Sunday after Pentecost. That’s unusual because most church festivals or observances commemorate a specific event or person and the Trinity is neither of those. Then there’s all the churches named...
When I was little, one of the things that scared me most about church was the Holy Spirit. I know, you’d think there would be other stuff, and there was: when I was a kid, church was a pretty stern and solemn place where you had to be on your...
“It’s not simply being present in the room that makes somebody alone or not alone, it is the knowledge that they’re held and loved.” – Bill Harder. The act of sitting bedside with someone who is near death, and maybe holding their hand, or just being there to hold their...
It’s Aladdin’s signature tune. A Whole New World won an Oscar and a Grammy award and you probably know the song, whether you saw the 1992 animated classic or are looking forward to seeing the new live-action one. It’s no spoiler to say that the song comes at the moment...