Want to learn to swear like St. Paul? That’s right, first century greek cuss words. Skubalon – as in Bull-Skubalon – was the most vulgar word we know of for crap/dung/poop. And St. Paul uses it to describe all the noise and other stuff competing with The Way of Jesus. Because sometimes all the competing […]

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Episode 509 – Sound Bites – Cut The Skubalon

There is a HUGE difference between going through the motions, and fully engaging in the art of a thing. Whether riding a motorcycle, practicing martial arts, or exploring our connection to God, just because we can talk about it, invoke catch phrases, know data, and do actions… does NOT mean we are Seeing, or that […]

Episode 508 – Sound Bites – Face Value

Desire – most of our lives are influenced (run? dictated?) by what we want, how we want it, when we want it, and what we feel about all of that. And yet, we spend so little time examining the details of what we want and why we want it. True peace, contentment, and freedom come […]

Episode 507 – Sound Bites – DZire

We continue in Sound Bites: 21st Century Proverbs at The Ridge (first podcast in the series!) with “Bandages and Beauty Marks”. We will be talking about something OLD: Order/Disorder/Reorder; something NEW: “Resurrection- I woke up like this”; something BORROWED: Can I borrow a cup of Hope?; and something BLUE: Bruises are blue, right?

Episode 506 – Sound Bites – Bandages and Beauty Marks

Happy Easter my friends! This is the most unique Easter I have experienced in many ways. And for MANY people I deal with day in and day out Easter appears to have zero import/impact on life, even if they pay it lip service. So we are going to talk about the Congruence and Confluence (the […]

Episode 505 – Stories in Ink – Congruence and Confluence (Happy Easter)

Palm Sunday – palm fronds in church or the day to celebrate all heretics??? It’s also the day Ive been planning since this series started to talk about my “Heretic” ink. Weird? Not by a long shot. Anti-Power protests, Anti-corruption parades. Lets dive into the Heretical/Political Street Theater that we now call Palm Sunday. The […]

Episode 504 – Stories In Ink – Calling All Heretics (or Palm Sunday: Political Street Theater)

Have you ever gotten motivated to start a new habit, or put down a bad one, come out of the gate hot with new actions and motivation, only to eventually sputter, get frustrated, and end up back at square one (or worse)? Wash. Rinse. Repeat. That frustrating cycle can seem even worse after a year locked inside our houses and heads staring at the mirror. Let’s try something else: The Jesus Way.

Episode 503 – Stories In Ink – Small Change

A lot of people wonder if spirituality, faith traditions, or religious beliefs matter at all anymore. Especially during a pandemic. And while a lot of faith traditions stumble by focusing on the HOW of life (doctrines, dogmas, traditions, etc) instead of the WHAT (being better humans and living lives of love, peace, grace, joy, etc) there remains GREAT VALUE in seeking out the ancient wisdom found in faith community. Wisdom. Equanimity. Living a Centered, NonReactive Life. Responding from Wisdom, instead of Reacting in Fear or Anger. Beauty. Love. Joy. Peace.

Episode 502 – Stories In Ink – It Is What It Is, Equanimity, and Finding Your Balance

There is a hidden killer that is stealing people’s joy, purpose, and contentment. It is wiping out careers, finances, and even lives. I am not talking about CoVid-19... I am talking about loneliness. It makes us sick, robs us of many good things, and affects most of us. But it doesn’t have to. I want us to talk about what this loneliness epidemic looks like in the middle of a viral pandemic.

Episode 501 – Stories In Ink – Hearts, Helmets, and Hangarounds: Fighting Loneliness in a Pandemic

Spiderwebs worn as tattoos on the elbow, back, or knees often tell a story of feeling "Caught in the Web" of the U.S. Criminal Justice System. How do people who seek to live good, spiritual lives - lives modeled after Jesus or the Kingdom of God, for example - interact with that system? Because as good as intentions may be, there are cracks, fissures, and in some cases, total collapse.

Episode 500 – Stories In Ink – Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System

Some stories are "true", "wise", or "good", because we read them on the internet. Posted one minute ago, and then taken down just as fast. Other stories have been tried, tested, and reviewed by people, in a process, over a period of time. These "Stories in Ink" prove true and deserve to be more indelible.

Episode 499 – Stories In Ink – The Tell-Tale Heart

How can THEY think THAT!?!? Have you found yourself thinking anything along those lines during this pandemic/election/time of upheaval? Well, when we step back and look at how we grow, our own story to this point, and where we are headed as a people, and as individuals, we begin to see places where empathy and understanding can take the lead over rancor and division.

Episode 498 – It’s All About ME (Audio from Zoom Gathering)

When we lose our sense of Center, and everything becomes about me, we abandon our common humanity, and begin to blame and accuse.  In this podcast, we explore what it looks like to hold our common Humanity high and work at Absorbing and Transforming our pain, until we are able to say as a community of humanity - "This is US".

Episode 497 – The Loss of Center (Audio from Zoom Gathering)

The Path to Wisdom has always been one of Order, Disorder, Reorder. A way we know, a disruptor, and a new normal. Life, Death, Rebirth.

Episode 496 – The Wisdom Path (Audio from Zoom Gathering)

When the world changes so much that we don't know how it works anymore, we often can become embittered, distrustful, defensive, and reactionary.  We can start fighting each other instead of coming together to work the problem. No more Me and mine (or You vs Me!).  We need Us versus the Problem!

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