Spark My Muse
Listen in as your host, Lisa Colón DeLay, engages in meaningful conversation with a diverse selection of best-selling authors, influencers, luminaries, leaders, unique thinkers, spiritual teachers, and ordinary people who lead interesting lives and do good in their part of the world. Soul School epi
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Reason as a Venture of Trust [SSL 306]
I'm back to bringing you some philosophy courtesy o...
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Apr 24 2024 20m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Rethinking Reason and FaithChapter 2 9 mins
Reason, Faith, and PhilosophyChapter 3 43 sec
'Support and Share the Show
Who Were You Before? [SSL 305]
An exploration of the wound inner child and how cer...
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Apr 17 2024 16m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Embracing the Vulnerable Self
Was the Mother of God a Slave? SSL 304
Dr Candida Moss shares the work of Dr Mitzi J. Smit...
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Apr 10 2024 16m
Prophecy: Beauty Will Save the World [SSL 303]
The meaning of Dostoevsky's puzzling words, his bio...
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Apr 3 2024 12m
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Prophecy of Beauty Saving HumanityChapter 2 1 min
Beauty's Prophecy
Spring Lavishly [SSL 302]
On lilies, remembrance, fasting, hope, rebirth and ...
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Mar 27 2024 7m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Springtime Reflections on Easter Poetry
Downright Awestruck
Today we are probing our sense of mystery and wonde...
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Mar 20 2024 19m
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Dark Side of AweChapter 2 10 mins
Exploring the Power of AweChapter 3 1 min
Finding Awe Through Shared Experience
Dancing at the Midnight Hour [SSL 300]
Today, is about dancing in the darkness. Thriving i...
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Mar 13 2024 15m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Consecrating Chaos
Can Righteousness Include Contempt? [SSL 299]
Today, I’ll first bring you up to speed on my catas...
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Mar 6 2024 13m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Discovering the True Meaning of Righteousness
Alternate Ascension Day [SSL 298]
Today, I’ll bring a little something from my own ex...
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Feb 29 2024 12m
Chapter 1 11 mins
The Profound Theology of Ascension
How to Eat Angel’s Bread [SSL 297]
Today, we read from Fr. Gabriel Bunge book on what ...
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Feb 21 2024 9m
Where is God in the Genocide? [SSL 296]
The Doors to the Seas was written by David Bentley ...
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Feb 14 2024 16m
Chapter 1 14 mins
God's Providence and Problem of EvilChapter 2 26 sec
Podcast and Article Sharing and Appreciation
Wild Beasts and Dragon’s Wine [SSL 295]
Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 CE) was an expert of the...
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Feb 7 2024 18m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring Anger and MeeknessChapter 2 13 mins
Evagrius on Anger, Nightmares, and Solitude
The Inner Life of a Leader [SSL 294]
What makes a good leader? It's not what is often me...
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Jan 31 2024 11m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Cultivating Inner Life for Effective LeadershipChapter 2 1 min
Supporting the SparkMyMuse Program
Hidden in Plain Sight [SSL 293]
Today we explore the treasures of deeper mysteries ...
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Jan 24 2024 23m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Christian MysticismChapter 2 14 mins
The Challenges of Christian MysticismChapter 3 4 mins
Christian Mysticism and Contemplative Spirituality
The Wounded Healer [SSL 292]
Learning from Henri Nouwen how "in our own woundedn...
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Jan 19 2024 13m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Wounded Healer and Personal Concern
Eps 225: Guest, Carmen Acevedo on Brother Lawrence
Today is an unveiling of Carmen's scintillating new...
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Jan 10 2024 41m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Brother Lawrence and the PracticeChapter 2 13 mins
Brother Lawrence's Prayer Practice and Self-CompassionChapter 3 12 mins
Comfort in God Amidst PainChapter 4 4 mins
Love's Power in PracticeChapter 5 1 min
Love and Empathy in Email Interactions
Having What is Hoped For in 2024 [SSL 291]
For the first audio post of 2024, I want to speak a...
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Jan 3 2024 9m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Appreciating Our Blessings and Finding ContentmentChapter 2 2 mins
Embrace Blessings, Chumba Casino Promotion
End of 2023—SSL 290: There is no future without this main thing
Closing out 2023, I'm thinking about how we make a ...
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Dec 27 2023 17m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Forgiveness in Moving ForwardChapter 2 3 mins
The Power of Forgiveness and Redemption
Personhood means relationship [SSL 289]
Today, I wanted to bring you just a bit more from B...
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Dec 20 2023 11m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Exploring Personhood and RelationshipsChapter 2 2 mins
Feedback and Cancer Support Resources Sharing
Tracking the new Evangelical interest in Christian Eastern Orthodox [SSL288]
One of the most influential people to bring the gif...
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Dec 13 2023 11m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Exploring the Eastern Orthodox Evangelical Connection
The Curious Life of Benjamin Lay – The Quaker Comet [SSL 287]
Today a true tale. One of intrigue, outrage, and pr...
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Dec 6 2023 20m
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Life of Benjamin LayChapter 2 6 mins
Benjamin LayChapter 3 1 min
Benjamin Lay and Contemplative Summit Intro
Killing My Childhood God [SSL 286]
Today, a reading from Eugene Peterson's potent ...
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Nov 29 2023 15m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Power of Praying the PsalmsChapter 2 57 sec
CD Account and Cox Network
Accompanying Ourselves [SSL 285]
May this post find you well.
But if it finds you...
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Nov 22 2023 10m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Finding Meaning in Accompanying Ourselves
Sit. Feast on Your Life [SSL 284]
Today is an invitation to feast on your life. There...
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Nov 15 2023 12m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Embracing Caribbean Poetry and Self-Identity
A World Without Birdsong [SSL 283]
Discovering the impossible sadness of silent forest...
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Nov 8 2023 14m
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Silent ForestChapter 2 3 mins
Fighting for a Greater Cause