Rebekah Berndt is a writer, spiritual director, RN, and recovering activist currently based in South Carolina. She is rooted in Christianity with an interspiritual orientation and a love of magic, esotericism, and the occult. Her newsletter, The Unfolding, examines history, spirituality, ecology and social change. Find Rebekah online Desert Sanctuary Resources Book: Out Into the Desert…
Kevin Sweeney is co-founder and lead pastor of Imagine Church—an urban church in Honolulu that is welcoming of all people, sees imagination as the key to the future, chooses authenticity over performance, substance over hype, and quality over quantity. He is the host of podcast “The Church Needs Therapy” and is the author of the…
Keith Giles new book releases next week! It’s going to be a game changer! Order Being or the The Being Journey companion guide now!Website: https://karlforehand.com/ Message us at any time if you have questions: karl4hand@gmail.com or Laura at lauraforehand64 Find me on Twitter @karl4handSee our new Facebook Page: The Desert SanctuaryBook, Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s HeartBook: The Tea Shop
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I get the pleasure of being associated with these three authors at Shaia-Sophia House, an imprint of Quoir. We got together primarily to talk about Ben Delong’s new book being released on Tuesday, August 17th. The book is titled, Becoming Home and can be ordered here: SSH Author websites: Ben Delong – https://www.bdelong.com/ Tamara Ramirez…
Kerri is one my most interesting friends. Her focus is on ancient wisdom to heal mother wounds. She helps people access the sacred within and help them create a better world for themselves. She is a writer, speaker and helper for many. See her website https://kerrihummingbird.com/ From her website: “As we awaken the Mother Goddess…
(This is the introduction to my book: Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity. It releases next Monday, May 11th. I hope would give it a chance and pre-order or save it on your wish list to order on opening day.) I learned the value of hard work from my family-of-origin early in life. Doing…
Anita is She is completing her first book “Kamikaze Yogi: and has been sharing her signature-style of Jesus yoga at conferences and festivals for over 8 years now. She lives in South Jersey with her husband of 27 years and her adult children attend Syracuse U. Anita runs retreats for women to experience the freedom…
Dr. Paul is one of my best friends. He is also one of my spiritual directors. Over the years, he has faithfully led me with grace, compassion and wisdom. I can’t remember the specifics of what we talked about in this episode, but it’s always good! Check him out at Heart Connexion or his Facebook…
When I was searching for people to talk about this topic, by far Alana’s name came up the most. This coversation was very grounded and deeply informative. I can’t wait for you to hear it! Visit Alana online at her website and on YouTube and Spotify. Book: The Tea Shop https://ratethispodcast.com/thedesertsanctuary Message us at any…
Matthew is a fellow author at Quoir and a good friend. His approach to Mystical Spriituality is practical and understandable. This was a pretty easy conversation. Matt is the author of about 7 books and is a host on about 4 podcasts including the Heretic Happy Hour. Some of Matt’s Stuff The Heretic Happy Hour…
As we continue on with our series on mystics, I talked with Christina Choy, a mother of 5 and life coach. Her story is about wanting to be a nun, then becoming acquainted with sufferring, and nature and finding the Divine closer than she thought. We talked about neuroplasticity and PTSD and truly learning to…
It’s been about 2 years since I traveled to Taiwan and visted my son. Laura and I were prepared for an adventure, but it turned out to be something differnt than we thought. The highlight was a 2 hour visit with a local shop owner. This adventure had a significant impact on my spiritual journey.…
Have you ever written something and then been tenative about showing it to others. This group of writing scared me even to think about writing it. I knew it woudl be hard work to relive some of the shadow work I did a couple of years ago. In Junuary, while I was away at a…
“In the days ahead, you will either be a mystic or nothing at all.” ― Karl Rahner Recently, I have discovered the music of Van Morrison. It’s one of those things where you say, “Where have you been all my life?” Most people my age that like Morrison probably discovered him decades ago, but I like…
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