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Skynet AI 2029: James Cameron's The Terminator If you grew up in the 1980s, you were living in a decade that would be controlled by raunchy teen sex comedies (Porky's, My Tutor, Private Lessons), John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off), and the emergence of straight to video. However there was one genre that stood above all others and would forever alter the output of Hollywood. Action films had always been a part of Hollywood, however the 1980s would unleash the talents of Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis, as well as lesser box office talents such as Steven Seagal, Jean Claude Van Damme, and the continuing presence of 70s holdover, Chuck Norris. One name would stand above all others, however. Inhabiting the title role of the 1984 B-Movie, Low-Budget Classic, The Terminator, Director James Cameron would establish Austrian-born, seven-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger, as - possibly - the greatest Action-Star to ever grace the Big Screen. The Terminator would change cinema and introduce both actor and director as formidable and genre defining talents. This week Mr. Chavez & I dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence and discuss one of the greatest Science Fiction films ever made. What are the lessons we should have learned from Cameron's film? What did we miss? How far away are we from Skynet becoming self-aware? There's a whole lot to unpack and we're diving right into all of it. This was an exciting and wonderfully joyous trip back to the 80s and a film that greatly defined both our youths, the decade, and the evolving world of Cinema. Take a listen and let us know what you think - gondoramos@yahoo.com - Many Thanks. For those of you who would like to donate to this undying labor of love, you can do so with a contribution at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/watchrickramos - Anything and Everything is appreciated, You Cheap Bastards.
I am delighted to share another episode in the series of conversations I am having with Aware Parenting instructors about embracing Imperfection. This is a powerful conversation with Belynda Smith, who was on episode 75 of my podcast. Belynda has been a hand in hand instructor since 2017 and an Aware Parenting instructor since 2023. She lives in WA with her 2 boys. In this conversation Belynda shares her painful experiences of starting parenthood wanting to be perfect and the shame, judgement and hurt that she experienced when she realised that was not possible. We talk about the power of listening partnerships to receive validation, safety and unconditional acceptance to enable us to offer compassion to ourselves and our children. She shares some of her favourite phrases to increasing self-compassion and shares some examples of difficult and painful moments in her family and how she has found her way back to connection and love. To learn more about Belynda, please visit her website https://belyndasmith.com.au and follow her on social media at belyndasmithparenting. To learn more about The Aware Parenting Retreat with Danni Willow and Joss Goulden, please visit https://awareparenting.com.au/aware-parenting-retreat/ To learn more about my Aware Parenting Teenagers Course that Belynda mentions, please visit https://awareparenting.com.au/my-courses/aware-parenting-teenagers/ If you would like support with this or any other aspect of Aware Parenting, I am here for you.
This Spotlight was scheduled to be uploaded in February 2025, but due to illness and scheduling issues, it was postponed.Conjuring Creativity: Art & the Esoteric #3 ‘Inhabiting Esoteric Ecologies'MKII, 71 - 75 Powerscroft rd., Lower Clapton, London, E5 0PT 15-16/3/2025In this month's Spotlight, I'm joined by guests Geraldine Hudson and Ben Jeans Houghton from the Conjuring Creativity Conference.Geraldine is an interdisciplinary artist, art educator and curator. Participating specifically at the intersections of site, ecological communion and otherness regarding the relationships between magic/folklore/myth, the female body and our more than human world.This manifests as performance, sculptural installation, short film, text, soundscapes and participatory workshops. Working alchemically with materials which are often site/time dependent such as earth/clay, ash, human hair and plant matter.She has exhibited and curated widely in Europe and beyond, whilst speaking on the relationship between magic and art at conferences such as ESSWE, Trans - States and Occulture. She is a previous board member of Fylkingen in Stockholm, founder of project space Konstapoteket and a founding member of the Magickal Aktivist Artist group NKK in Sweden. She is currently studying towards her masters in fine art at Goldsmiths, UAL.'I enact rites, actions and pilgrimages which then feed back into an exhibited practice, choosing to engage in an art making which is often cyclical, mystical or site sensitive, engaging in embodied acts of connection whilst attempting to align with cosmological time. I utilise my own esoteric practices and knowledge as a conduit between the public 'spectacle of art and reconciliation with the other, claiming magick as a technology of selfhood' . Ben Jeans Houghton is a multidisciplinary Artist and Astrologer, working in sculpture, installation, film, drawing, poetry, essay and performance. Through these media he explores magic; the art of transformation, its methodologies, technologies, agencies, implications and praxis, from astrological, animistic, gnostic and philosophical perspectives.Ben has exhibited internationally in Africa, Germany, Greece, Japan, South Korea and the USA and in the UK with organisations such as CCA - Glasgow, Workplace Gallery - Gateshead, Gymnasium Gallery - Berwick, Bloc Projects - Sheffield, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art - Gateshead, Generator Projects - Dundee, Whitstable Biennale - Whitstable, BFI - London, Circa Projects - Newcastle, NGCA - Sunderland and Channel Four - UK.Geraldine and Ben talk about the upcoming third edition of the Conjuring Creativity: Art & the Esoteric - ‘Inhabiting Esoteric Ecologies' Conference is taking place this month, in London, on the 15th and 16th of March. They give some background about themselves, and Geradling discusses what led her to organize the conference several years ago in cooperation with Dr. Per Faxneld.They also talk a bit about the lineup this year, and what some of the topics will be, as well as why events like theirs are so important for the larger community of people involved in ‘the esoteric'.It was a pleasure to talk with them about their work. Please see the Notes below for more information about the conference and the artists.PROGRAM NOTESConjuring Creativity: Art & the Esoteric #3 ‘Inhabiting Esoteric Ecologies'MKII, 71 - 75 Powerscroft rd., Lower Clapton, London, E5 0PT 15-16/3/2025This two day interdisciplinary conference brings together practitioners, scholars and artists who all have a shared interest in the fields of occultism and esoteric methodologies.This upcoming edition intentionally focuses on the entangled relationships between magick and the more-than-human, exploring how esoteric, occult and mystical strategies are being utilised within and alongside contemporary art to recognise, repair and re-member our innate relationships, to our earthly ecologies, spirits, pan-species kin and the unseen companions who inform and inhabit our terrestriality. * NOTE about Tickets: there are have a limited amount of weekend tickets and single day tickets available at the door in the morning.TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON A SLIDING SCALE FROM: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/conjuringcreativity https://www.instagram.com/conjuring.creativitywww.conjuringcreativity.orgMusic: Stephanie SheaVideo Production: Stephanie Shea/ Rejected Religion
Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., is Professor of Christian Theology & Theology & Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary/Jessup University, Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins, and author and editor of numerous works, including Evangelical Zen: A Christian's Spiritual Travels with a Buddhist Friend(2nd ed., Cascade, 2024),More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture(IVP Academic, 2023), Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, 2012), and A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-editor, Eerdmans, 2011). PODCAST LINKS:-Evangelical Zen(book):https://wipfandstock.com/9781666768411/evangelical-zen-second-edition/- Paul's Patheos Blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/uncommongodcommongood/- Paul's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.l.metzger/- Paul's website:https://paullouismetzger.com/- New Wine, New Wineskins: https://www.new-wineskins.org/CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/OUTLINE:(00:00) – Introduction(03:44) – Roundtable: Kyogen Carlson, Augustine, Dogen, MLK, Steinbeck(06:12) – Initial interest in Buddhism and Japanese culture(10:35) – Where evangelical and Zen meet(15:35) – Permanence vs. impermanence(19:47) – Living with ambiguity(23:22) – Holy envy(26:55) – Buddhism and the culture wars(35:40) – The life and poetry of Kobayashi Issa(40:55) – Nirvana in Kanazawa(44:54) – Inhabiting a tradition(49:10) – The object of (this) multi-faith friendship(51:25) – Book projects in the works*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast's transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.
Phil. 2:6-11 is and deserves to be one of the most studied passages on Christ in the biblical writings. One grammatical question concerns a participle in v. 6, which is usually understood as concessive (“although”). But might Paul intend a causal sense (“because”)? The implications are profound. Dr. Michael Gorman is Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary & University. He has published numerous works, including Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul's Narrative Soteriology and (March, 2025) 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary. Among his current projects, he is writing Philippians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary (Eerdmans). Music credit for this episode: https://youtu.be/YII4o33rJdA?si=Azg_r4FuTkJ97B3K. Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4aRQAjd M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/3CKZoL5
Basudhara and I finished our conversation at 10 pm. One hour forty-three minutes. And my heart was full. We'd started off thinking we should aim for a thirty to forty five minutes talk. I'm just glad it wasn't to be.There is something reassuring about Basudhara. Because she speaks with conviction, of being completely honest to the moment. Thoughts, images, opinions, all, take shape like a building which is linear, with stark lines, but a place you know is warm and welcoming. Her latest book 'A Blur of a Woman' is the one I will be gifting the most this year, and possibly beyond. The poems are tender and hard, heartbreaking and life-affirming, as she bleeds her heart to open our souls.In this fabulous conversation, which I wished hadn't ended, she talks, amongst a million other things, of her provincial life, of how poetry improves on marination, how a poem can be obstinate to change, how illnesses define trajectories, and how Keki Daruwalla showed her why greatness is nothing but grace in ordinary things. Basudhara says writing is "a struggle to keep affirming life's movement, its open-endedness, its journey of becoming as well as its right and necessity to become". Basudhara teaches English at Karim City College in Jamshedpur. Creatively and academically drawn to themes of gender, mythology and ecology, her five published books include a monograph and three collections of poems - Moon in My Teacup, Stitching a Home and Inhabiting. Her work has featured widely in anthologies and magazines, including Chandrabhaga, The Punch MAgazine, Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English, Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing, The Dhaka Tribune, EPW, and Madras Courier, among others. Co-editor of two poetry anthologies and a firm believer in the therapeutic power of verse, she writes, reviews, and sporadically curates adn translates poetry from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.Catch her muse, reflect, recite in this first episode of the second season of 'Uncut Poetry presents Red River Sessions'.In Red River Sessions, we talk to published poets about their poetry, their craft, and what haunts them. It is brought to you by Red River, which is the premier independent publisher of poetry and curated prose, and Uncut Poetry, which is a much-loved weekly podcast of original poetry. Buy Basudhara's books and those of other fabulous poets at redriverpress.in
Inhabiting the delicate space between immersive ambient soundscapes and experimental fieldwork. For this week's Monday Is OK mixtape we welcome Zurich-based artist Philipp Stolberg, whose new album “The Dog Under the Lantern” (released his month), us a multimedia project exploring ambient, liminal spaces with cyanotype prints. The album focuses on themes of light and darkness, solitude and movement, wilderness and domestication through minimal, textured compositions. While Stolberg's roots lie in house music, this work concentrates on recycled church music and field recordings, influenced by artists like Nicolas Jaar, Fennesz, and Tim Hecker. The project represents “a deliberate exercise in minimalism, where each element serves a specific purpose.” Full interview: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/philipp-stolberg-the-monday-is-ok-mix/
In this episode I'll try to convince you that using language to express the self is like a dog chasing its own tail… or a snake eating its tail, if you prefer ouroboros imagery. My perspective is that human language is the one-dimensional structure that shapes the self and thus limits access to the vast … Continue reading Episode 103 Inhabiting language
Join us for an interview of upcoming author, publishing on men's healing, Morgan Rich. Losing his father as a young man taught him to ask, “Why does it have to be some gigantic, dramatic illness to make changes?” He knows that with the right communication and connection to that part that wants to come alive and keep creating pathways we can be together coming alive, rather than the breaking point. In this King Hero interview we will talk about the huge social capital of being in the victim mode, and why Morgan is excited about being extraordinary together; to shine the light, and ultimately illuminate the path for others. Morgan's bio: Morgan Rich stands passionately for heart-centered men to inhabit wholeness. On global adventures or deeply personal explorations, he guides clients into instinctual knowing of how to handle life's intimate, intense, and essential experiences. Morgan's devotion to authentic connection, along with embracing discomfort as the journey forward led to his writing debut: Launch Your Life, and now comes The Invitation Beyond. He ventures across the globe and listens with deep instinctual awareness seeking meaning and living on the edge. This special listening allows him to see the biggest potential in people and open pathways for the embodiment of their essence. He stays physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy by chasing pick-up hockey games, dancing ecstatic dances, and embracing the unknown. He has a committed daily practice that includes meditation, breathing, and creative, spontaneous movement. He is a loving father, a challenging son, and a deeply caring friend. Find all his content at http://www.morganrich.com Find expanded invitations and insights at http://www.morganrich.com/theinvitationbeyond Bumper music by Liam Martens, aka ツSaiko, sub to him here on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@SA1KO0O1 *** MORE FROM BETH Sign up to learn the archetypes of controlled op, the 31 signs of controlled op, and hear a stage recording of my Anarchapulco workshop Sign up to take a 5-minute King Hero's Journey archetype quiz Apply to become a member of the House of Free Will Ministry Find the other 290+ King Hero's Journey interviews and Personal Rants Rumble Join me on the uncensored Rokfin Odyssey King Hero Telegram Channel King Hero Telegram Chat Twitter (X) Instagram Apply for archetype, de-programming or business coaching and trainingor email beth at bethmartens.com Sign up to do a King Hero's Journey archetype quiz Order a copy of my book, ‘Journey: A Map of Archetypes to Find Lost Purpose in a Sea of Meaninglessness' Donate by PayPal if you're inspired Canadian Court Procedure Study Group sign-up Follow the King Hero's Journey PodcastAnchorBreakerGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsOvercastPocket CastsRadio PublicSpotifyRSS Affiliates: Take Dr. Frederick Graves' Jurisdictionary online course (with my link)Get a Brown's gas AquaCure with $125 US savings by using the code: FREEWILL at www.eagle-research.life Being free is not a spectator sport - Hal Anthony, “Behind the Woodshed”
In this episode, I share my experience of recovering from an accident this summer (hence the podcast break!) and lessons I learned from the experience. I also share strategies for getting on a new frequency so you can have new and elevated experiences within your art career. Join the Creative Heroine Patreon for $10/month for access to our vibrant interactive community, articles, events calendar and a 30 minute private coaching call with Jessica: https://www.patreon.com/jessicalibor FREE 8 Day Visioncasting Course: https://mailchi.mp/896c1b941a67/visioncasting The Luminary Artist Academy, my signature course: https://www.thecreativeheroines.com/luminary-artist-academy REINVENTION Masterclass: https://www.thecreativeheroines.com/reinvention-masterclass The NEW website for The Creative Heroine is at www.thecreativeheroines.com . Explore the site for courses, coaching, community and more! Creative Heroine Instagram: @thecreativeheroines Follow me on Instagram at @jessicaliborstudio for my art and @thecreativeheroines for creative community and coaching. See my artwork and collect at www.jessicalibor.com. Reach out to me for inquiries to collect my art or work with me in a creative coaching capacity at jlibor@jessicalibor.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecreativeheroine/support
Receive bonus content and extended episodes for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceDee Mulrooney is a multi-disciplinary Irish artist. Inhabiting a female body and all that it entails is the main preoccupation of her work. Exile, class, displacement, social history, longing and belonging are some of the themes explored by Dee, through various media, including painting, drawing, film, storytelling, and performance. Her art is fiercely authentic, and she leaves no stone of her own personal healing journey unturned. Dee works with the alchemical aspect of transmutation in her art, using this process to deal with difficult topics, including, abuse, death and loss. Dee's performance art is provocative and has a political point to make, highly social, collaborative and community building. She is driven by story and symbolism, how we remember and interpret history and women's role and their bodies within that. She exhibits and performs regularly and had an award-winning show at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.https://deirdre-mulrooney.com/www.Instagram.com/deemulrooney***Trigger warning re abuse and baby death, and Irish Mother and Baby homes – to skip this section 13:40-19:00 mins***We talked about:The central theme of womanhood in her work and contemporary vulva-tastic culture!Her alter ego Growler – an 84 year old vulva and mother of God and creating ritual theatreHow one of the most traumatic events in recent Irish history emboldened her to drawThe colonisation of the creative space by patriarchy and capitalismArt and activismWomen's creativity, high art and the EstablishmentArt as alchemy and transmuter of painIn the extended episode we discussed:The impact of empire…and how quickly things can changeHer experience of childhood hallucinations and being exorcisedImbas – the Irish insightHer advice on overcoming fear in order to make or share the work you are called toWe mentioned:Empire podcastBurning WomanTuam Mother and Baby HomeThe Babog projectMeggan Watterson – Magdalene RevealedImbasSile na gigsAbout your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Son Unveiled in Me Galatians 1:10-17 by William Klock As I was digging around in our crawlspace this week, I found my 1970s Tupperware lunchbox full of my old Star Wars action figures. Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan and Darth Vader have these neat little light sabres hidden in their arms that slide out when it's time for them to duel. At one point I had Luke's X-wing fighter and I was remembering putting him in the cockpit and flying around the house, looking for the Death Star's thermal exhaust port. Luke might have been in the cockpit, but I was going to destroy the Death Star and save the galaxy. As the week went on I was thinking about our text from Galatians 1and particularly Paul's background. I started wondering what sort of games and role-playing young Paul would have engaged in? Who were his heroes? Based on what he tells us about himself and from what we know of First Century Judaism and of the Pharisees, it isn't too hard to imagine Paul playing with his brothers or his neighbourhood friends and taking on the part of, say, Phinehas, Aaron's grandson. When the men of Israel were enticed into sexual sin and idolatry by the pagan women of Peor, Phinehas, in an act of holy zeal, ran the ringleader through with a spear, pinning him to the ground along with his Midianite paramour. Or maybe Elijah. Even though it seemed that everyone in Israel had turned to pagan idols, Elijah dared to confront the prophets of Baal. On them mountain top, Elijah taunted them and made fun of their god, then—again with holy zeal—called down fire from heaven. Or Mattathias, the zealous priest who sparked the Maccabean Revolt. Antiochus Epiphanes offered him the title “Friend of the King” if he would offer a sacrifice to the Greek gods. Matthias refuse, but another priest offered to make the sacrifice in his place. Matthias slaughtered that people-pleasing priest on the altar and called on everyone who was zealous for torah and the covenant to join him. These were the heroes of the Pharisees and all the other faithful in Israel in the days of Paul. In light of that, it's ironic that the people in Galatia have accused him of being a “people pleaser”, because that's exactly what Paul—in his old days—would have called any Jews who weren't as zealous as him in keeping torah. Of course, it's the false teachers in Galatia who are being the real people pleasers, but Paul won't say that until the end of the letter. So let's start where we left off last Sunday, with verse 10 of Galatians 1. Paul has written some pretty scathing words to the Galatians. He's outlined the essentials of his gospel and he's pronounced a curse on anyone who teaches anything else. And now he writes: Well now, does that sound as though I'm trying to make up to people—or to God? Or that I'm trying to curry favour with people? If I were still pleasing people, I wouldn't be a slave of the Messiah. It's a safe bet that when you hear someone warning about false gospels and pronouncing curses on those who teach such things, you're not dealing with a people pleaser. Paul makes that clear. And then he turns the accusation back on them. “If I were still pleasing people,” he writes. As much as Paul the Pharisee had devoted his life to going after the people pleasers who compromised torah in order to curry the favour of the gentiles, well now, from the perspective of life in Jesus and the Spirit, that old life of his turns out—ironically—to have been a life of people pleasing. He was a slave to them even though it didn't seem that way at the time, but now he's a slave to the Messiah and his only interest is in faithfully proclaiming his message and pleasing the God who sent him. But Paul needs to explain himself a good bit more, so he does something that he doesn't do very often: he tells them—and us—about himself. Whenever Paul does tell one of these before and after stories, it's always to end with Jesus. He does this in Philippians 3 to make the point that for the sake of Jesus and the gospel he's given up his privileges. What he says here comes to a climax later in Chapter 2 as he passionately declares that “I am crucified with the Messiah” so that “I through the law died to the law” because “the Son of God loved me and gave himself for me.” In the end, none of this is about Paul. It's about Jesus and the only reason Paul writes any of this is to defend against the charge that his gospel is of human origin and, therefore, in some way deficient. So he begins in verses 11 and 12: You see, Brothers, let me make it clear to you: the gospel announced by me is not a mere human invention. I did not receive it from a human being, not was I taught it; it came through an unveiling of Jesus the Messiah. Literally, “I would have you know, Brothers”. This is important. Paul first defended his apostleship. He was commissioned directly by Jesus himself and he speaks for Jesus and no one else. Now he defends his gospel. It's not something he cooked up himself, nor is it something he got second-hand from others. This is worth spending a little time parsing out. The gospel that you and I know and preach came to us from others. It was passed down from our parents and grandparents, from our Sunday school teachers and pastors, maybe from a preacher we watched on TV or a book we read. But somehow all of us here are believers in Jesus the Messiah because someone else proclaimed the good news about him to us and now we—I hope—proclaim it to others. Even if we first encountered the gospel through the pages of scripture, it came from some other person. Maybe from Matthew or John or even Paul, but from someone. Part of the work of the Spirit has been to see that this gospel has been preserved and passed down from one person to the next faithfully. Even if you or I get it wrong, the Spirit-inspired scriptures are there to set it right again. But Paul's point is that he didn't get the gospel from another human being. If he'd got his gospel from someone else—even from Peter or James—it's always possible he got something confused or wrong in the transmission. If he'd got it from another human, then it's possible their accusation could stick. So Paul stresses: “I didn't get it from anyone else. It wasn't taught to me by anyone else. The gospel came to me directly through an unveiling—he uses that word apocalypse, the same one John uses to describe his “revelation” of Jesus—the gospel came to Paul through an unveiling of Jesus the Messiah. In other words, Jesus, who was raised from the dead and now enthroned in heaven, suddenly and unexpectedly became visible to Paul. God's future was revealed to Paul in the present and it changed everything, because Paul now can't help but see everything in light of this Jesus whom he knew to be crucified and now knows with absolute certainty, has risen from the dead. Brothers and Sisters, the reality that Jesus rose from the dead changes everything. It changed everything for Paul. It should change everything for us. It's the lens through which we should see everything. Paul surely must have told the Galatians the story of his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. They already knew the details so he doesn't recount them all here. It's that they've forgotten why that day was so important to Paul, so in the next five verses he explains why that event was so important. He writes in verse 13: You've heard the way I behaved when I was still within “Judaism”. I persecuted the church of God violently and ravaged it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age and people. I was extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions. Paul's giving them a before and after portrait of himself. This is the “before”. Think of Paul when Stephen was stoned to death for proclaiming the good news about Jesus. He held people's coats so they could throw stones. A few years later he sought out authorisation from the Jewish officials so that he could actually hunt down these Christians and bring them in for “justice”. Paul wasn't fooling around. It helps us understand why and it helps us understand what Saul of Tarsus was all about if we understand what he means here by “Judaism”. To us “Judaism” means a religion the same way we think of “Christianity” or “Islam” or Buddhism” as religions. But in the First Century no one thought that way. Paul certainly didn't think of “Judaism” over against “Christianity”. Paul uses this uncommon word Judaismos that seems to have been coined by the author of 2 Maccabees. It doesn't just refer to a set of beliefs and practises in the sense that modern people think about a “religion”. Instead, it describes the Judeans who were loyal to Jewish faith and practise, who actively promoted and advocated these traditional ways of Jewish life, and who actively defended it against the Pagans and, especially, defended it against those Jews who would compromise it for the sake of the pagans—people pleasers. As he says, he was “zealous” for those ancestral traditions. He was out to purify the Jewish people: to fend off pagan influences, to get his fellow Jews to take a stand for the covenant, and to bring compromisers and people-pleasers to heel. Paul had grown up with these values. His heroes were the men of the past who were also zealous for the Lord and for his law. There are various writings from that time period that give us a sense of how Paul would have thought. One of the best is the opening chapters of 1 Maccabees, where we read about Mattathias and his rebellion against the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes. As I said before, Mattathias was a priest, and when the Greeks tried to entice him to offer a sacrifice to their gods, he refused. When another of his fellow priests agreed to offer the sacrifice, Mattathias had had enough. He killed that priest right there on the altar, along with the Greek official. His rebellion went up not just against their pagan Greek rulers, but against any of their fellow Jews who were compromising the ancestral traditions in order to get along with the pagans. Mattathias' speech meant to rouse his fellow Jews to action, focuses on the long line of Jewish heroes who were loyal to the Lord's covenant, from Abraham right down to what was the present day. Mattathias emphasised especially Phinehas and Elijah. The later rabbis did the same. Phinehas had run a spear right through the compromising Zimri and his pagan paramour. Elijah taunted the prophets of Baal before he slaughtered them and called on the people of Israel to purge pagan influence from the land. The Maccabees called on that same tradition about two centuries before Jesus, when they went up against the Greeks and against their own people who would compromise with the pagans. This is what Paul is talking about when he says he was zealous for the ancestral traditions. I ran around the backyard with Luke Skywalker in his X-wing to destroy the Death Star. If Paul had grown up with action figures, he'd have had a Phinehas with “real spear action” and an Elijah playset where he could build an altar and call down fire from heaven on the prophets of Baal. He might have had a little Mattathias, a sword in one hand to take on the Greeks and a knife in the other to circumcise the Jewish people pleasers. This is the zealous background that drove him to persecute the church. Paul knew that Jesus had claimed to be the Messiah. He knew that Jesus had been crucified. And he didn't believe the tales for one second that Jesus had been raised from the dead. As far as he was concerned, Jesus was dead and that meant he couldn't be the Messiah and all these Jews claiming to follow a dead Messiah, well, they were going to undermine the faith and practise of God's people. It's also worth noting how Paul refers to the “church of God”. It's literally “assembly of God”. Paul likes to use this phrase to distinguish the church from the Jews and from the Greeks. He borrows it from the Greek version of the Old Testament, which talks about Israel as the “assembly of Israel”, “assembly of the Lord”, or “assembly of God”. And Paul's point in using it to refer to the church is that now this multiethnic body of Jews and gentiles—now it is the assembly of God. And not just the local assemblies, but it makes the point that they're all part of this bigger thing, this bigger assembly. So Paul looks back to his past life and reminds the Galatians who he was. He was zealous for the traditions of his ancestors. Not just that, but he was no novice. He was a diaspora Jew, but he wasn't like some others who knew just enough of the ancestral customs to get by. He was steeped in it all and he was utterly devoted to it—again, to the point that he actually sought out permission from the Jewish officials to hunt down Christians in Damascus. And, of course, that's when everything changed for Paul. He goes on in verses 15-17: But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased to unveil his son in me, so that I might announce the good news about him among the nations—immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood. Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me. No, I went away to Arabia, and afterward returned to Damascus. This is another point in Paul's story where we have to be careful. As modern people we read this and we think about it in terms of Paul “converting” from Judaism to Christianity. Again, that's a very modern understanding of “religion” that didn't exist in Paul's day. Paul never stopped being zealous for the God of Abraham, for the law and the prophets, and the promises of God. He was a faithful Jew and as a faithful Jew he longed for the coming of the Messiah. He prayed for the coming of the Messiah, for the Lord to come and rescue his people and set the world to rights. It's just that when it came to Jesus—well—the idea of a crucified Messiah was blasphemous. That's why he hated Christians and persecuted them. But then the risen Jesus met him on the road to Damascus and it changed everything. Because suddenly Paul knew that all the stories about Jesus having been raised from the dead were true. He'd been wrong. The impossible had happened. The Jews and the Romans had killed Jesus, they—just as Paul had been doing—ruled him a false Messiah, but then God raised him from the dead and, in doing that, God vindicated his son. That meant that Jesus really was the Messiah. The God of Israel proved it. And for Paul this meant that all the stories he'd grown up with, all the promises of God he'd longed to see fulfilled, all of it, all of them were fulfilled in Jesus. Again, Paul uses that word “unveiled” again. This same God who had set him apart in his mother's womb, this same God who had called Paul by his grace—think of that as Paul personalizing what Jews thought of themselves as a people chosen and called by God's grace to be his people—this same God of Israel had now unveiled his son. And as Paul writes this, if you know the Hebrew scriptures, it's really obvious that he's telling his story in a way that will make people think of the old prophets, especially Jeremiah and Isaiah. Jeremiah wrote about the Lord knowing him and calling him before he was even formed in his mother's womb. And when Isaiah writes about the servant—the one who in some places embodies Israel and in other places stands over against the people of Israel—Isaiah writes about the Lord forming him in the womb—calling him and naming him, giving him his prophetic vocation—before he's even born. I think Paul calls back to the calling of Jeremiah and to Isaiah's servant, because when Jesus met him on the road to Damascus he gave him just this sort of divine calling…like the servant, the Lord “formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him”. And as the Lord said to Jeremiah, “I appoint you a prophet to the nations” and to Isaiah, “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” So these people in Galatia are claiming that Paul has forsaken the faith and traditions of his people, but what Paul is saying in response is that, one, it was Jesus himself who called him to this work and, two, that he has in no way forsaken the faith and traditions of his people. To the contrary, he knows those traditions well and in light of this revelation that Jesus really is Israel's Messiah, then this good news isn't just for Israel…it's for everyone. They think that Paul, in going to the gentiles—or maybe better in the way he's going to the gentiles—they see him as a people pleaser who is disloyal to the faith and Paul's saying that, no, it's just the opposite. His message to the gentiles is the fulfilment of that faith—the fulfilment of Israel's calling and of the law and the prophets. Paul had thought that being zealous for the law meant opposing Jesus, when in fact, in light of Jesus having risen from the dead, being zealous for the law means being zealous for Jesus and even taking this good news to the gentiles. This transformation in Paul and in his thinking points to another thing we might miss—or, in some cases, that's obscured by some translations—but Paul says that God unveiled his son in me. We might expect him to say to me, but that's not how he puts it. It's in me and I think Paul chose his words—as always—very carefully. It's not just that God commissioned Paul to proclaim the good news about Jesus to the nations, as if it was just about what he said. It is that, but I think Paul's key point here is that Paul himself has become a sort of embodiment of the gospel. This Pharisee who was zealous for God, but in such a way that it made him zealous in his hatred for the gentiles and any Jews who might compromise with them, this Pharisee has been so transformed by the unveiling of God's son in Jesus, that his zeal for God has been turned upside-down—or maybe we should say, right-side-up—and now that zeal is taking him to the nations with that good news. Now, it took Paul a good while to work this out. Meeting the risen Jesus forced him into a massive paradigm shift in his thinking and even his identity. He had questions. Big questions. But he stresses he didn't go to “flesh and blood” to ask his questions or to get help sorting it all out. Again, people were accusing him of having a human-made gospel and Paul reiterates that it not only came directly from Jesus, but even in sorting it all out for himself, he went to the Lord, not to other people. Specifically, he says, he didn't go up to Jerusalem. That's what most people probably would have expected him to do. That's what I would have done, if I were in Paul's shoes. That's where Peter and James were. They were the chief apostles and the leaders of the church. They'd been wrestling with all this good news stuff for a while already. They were the ones who had spent years with Jesus himself. They had the answers. But instead, Paul says he went to Arabia—in First Century geography, that meant Mount Sinai. Why did Paul do that? Because, again, he knew the prophets. This time Paul echoes the story of Elijah. If you're a First Century man of zeal, it makes sense to follow in the footsteps of Elijah—one of the greatest heroes of zeal. Think of the story of Elijah. After the events on Mount Carmel and Elijah's slaughter of the prophets of Baal, King Ahab was angry. Elijah was forced to run and hide, so he ran to Mount Sinai. It made sense. That was the place where the Lord had made his promises to Israel. So Elijah went there. He was tired. He was depressed. Despite all the Lord had done through him, Elijah was done. He'd lost hope. He went there to tell God as much. He'd done everything he was supposed to do and—he thought—he'd failed. He declares to the Lord, “I have been very zealous for the Lord of Hosts.” (Notice how much that sounds like Paul.) But the Lord wouldn't let go of Elijah. He wouldn't accept his resignation. Instead, he sent him to the wilderness of Damascus (again, sound familiar?) and there Elijah would be given the task to anoint a new king and a new prophet. So Saul of Tarsus, zealous for the Lord, on his way to Damascus, is met by the risen Jesus. It was the most natural thing in the world, for Paul, to go from there to Mount Sinai, to take his zeal to the Lord, and to wrestle with the God of Abraham—to work it out until it all made sense again in light of Jesus the Messiah. And from Mount Sinai, Paul says, the Lord sent him back to Damascus (just like Elijah) to announce the new king: Jesus the Messiah. So Paul's point is that after he met Jesus, he didn't go to Jerusalem—as his enemies seem to think he did. He didn't go to work this all out with the original apostles. He went, as Bishop Wright puts it so well, “he went off to do business with God, and he came to do business for God.” And this business was to announce to the whole world that this Jesus, who was crucified and risen, Israel's Messiah, is the world's true Lord. Paul includes these echoes of the old prophets to show how rather than being a betrayer of Israel, he's actually smack in the middle of God's Israel-shaped promises. In calling back to Elijah, Jeremiah, and Isaiah, he's making the point that if anyone is being disloyal to the God of Israel or to the covenant—well—it's definitely not him. The real betrayers are those who reject God's calling of Paul and his commission to take the good news of Jesus to the nations. That's as far as I'll go today. There's a bit more to Paul's introduction and his telling of his own story, but we'll look at that next week. So what does this mean for us? Brothers and Sisters, notice again how everything for Paul is about Jesus the Messiah and how Jesus's resurrection from the dead is the lens through which he sees everything. It ought to be the same way for us. We need to be clear about what the gospel is and then we need to live in that gospel, live in this story with Jesus as its centre. The gospel is the good news that this Jesus who was crucified has been raised from the dead and that he's the world's true Lord. His death for sins has won the victory over sin and death and inaugurated God's new creation. Brothers and Sisters, that's the story, that's the reality we need to live with and to live in. Consider how it reshaped Paul. He was zealous for the Lord, he was zealous for the covenant, he was zealous for the scriptures—for all the right things, but in the wrong way. Meeting the risen Messiah didn't mean throwing it all away; it meant refocusing that zeal through a different lens—through Jesus. For others—I'm thinking of those who came from a zealously pagan background—inhabiting the gospel was different in that it meant throwing everything away. Or maybe it meant seeing the world, seeing life, seeing others through the new lens of Jesus rather than the lens of the old pagan gods or their old sinful ways of life or through the corrupt systems of the present evil age. Inhabiting the gospel and reorienting ourselves and our lives around Jesus isn't an easy thing to do. Even Paul had to go to Sinai for three years to wrestle with the reality of the risen Jesus. But however hard it is and however long it may take, Brothers and Sisters, it's essential that we do this—we personally and we the church. Part of being gospel people—of being slaves of the Messiah, as Paul puts it—means taking every thought captive to Jesus the Messiah and filtering it through this gospel lens. Every thought, every value, every priority, every act, every bit of our zeal and turning it over and turning it inside-out, deciding whether we keep it or throw it away or rethink it in light of the good news about Jesus the Messiah. Let's pray: Heavenly Father, as you've unveiled your Son in Paul, you have also unveiled him in each of us. We pray now for the grace to be faithful to this gospel calling and this gospel life—that your Son, Jesus, would truly be unveiled to everyone around us by the gospel work you are working in us by the power of your Spirit. Keep Jesus, his cross, and his resurrection always before us, keep our eyes focused on him, and by your Spirit, help us to truly live in your good news. Through Jesus we pray. Amen.
In the 38th episode of the ECM podcast, we're joined by the trio of Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas and Misha Mullov-Abbado, who present a rare alchemy on their trio debut "Za Górami", fusing folk idioms from a multitude of sources with free flowing interplay and fluid structures. Inhabiting their own stylistic realm, the trio encompasses folk song, chamber music, improvisation and acoustic jazz, and presents the full span of their reach in a mesmerizing whole. Alice, Fred and Misha talk about the meaning behind the Polish term "Za Górami", the emotional impact of Ladino songs, how the three came together and where they meet in music as well as aobut the recording session at the Auditorio in Lugano, and more.
This week, we feature Justin Fincher (Chief Deputy to the President of Stony Brook University and Senior Vice President for Government and Community Relations and Executive Director of the Stony Brook Foundation) for the second time. The first time he was featured was episode 55 where he spoke with Mike Eicher in his former role at The Ohio State University. Justin's view on leadership inspires me. We talk about how he has navigated his career path, ways he has created growth for himself, and how he has guided his team to step up in times of change. Justin encourages us to find the signal in the noise and inhabit the gap! We get to hear a bit about what Stony Brook's “secret sauce” is and I encourage you to think about what it is at your home institution. Let's get started. Please reach out and follow on @devebrief. Let me know if you decide to explore your secret sauce and if you found this episode helpful. I'd love to hear your thoughts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devdebrief/support
THE CLASS: HOW MOVE TO HEAL YOUR BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT with SOEURAYA WILSON Back in 2020 I needed a refuge. There was nowhere to go with the despair I was feeling amidst what felt like my world crumbling around me and I was feeling weaker in mind, body and spirit by the day. Everything was quite existential and I was desperate for some sense of routine, a practice or any new suggestion to help stop the awful feeling of coming out of my own skin. The Class found me or I found it. Who knows. Either way. This movement practice, somatic journey, spiritual experience, therapy session and butt kicking workout rolled into one that Taryn Toomey created provides a sanctuary for your soul and a bikini ready body. Today's conversation is with one of my all time favorite teachers of “The Class” and personal weekly go to for inspiration and motivation, Soeuraya Wilson. She is here to talk about the power of movement to heal, how to become a witness to yourself to better cope with fears and negative thought patterns. We touch on the complexities of mother-daughter relationships and stress the importance of showing up authentically in today's society and having the courage to embrace vulnerability Your Main Takeaways: 1. Finding Inner Strength: Discover the significance of movement, mindfulness, and embracing one's true self in overcoming past experiences and navigating through challenging moments. 2 Embracing Emotional Well-being: Explore the importance of allowing oneself to feel and express emotions, rather than suppressing them, as we reflect on the significance of emotional expression and the impact on personal growth. 3.The Importance of Inhabiting the Body: The Class offers a space and place to acknowledge the body as a wisdom center and emphasizes the profound impact physical practices have on spirit and mind. Packed with practical tools and suggestions to deepen your relationship to your body's wisdom, reset your nervous system and befriend yourself. Movement is medicine. Connect with Soeuraya Wilson here: Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/rawbabysugarTry the Class Free for 30 days herewith our Special Offer! Learn more about the Class: www.theclass.com Episode #88: Victoria Albina: How to Calm Down Episode #97: Grandmother Esperanza: Embracing the Spiritual Journey Episode #106: "MOONS" Madison Farrish: Surrendering to Creative Unknowns MORE ABOUT SOEURAYA WILSON As you join Soeuraya in Class, her intention is that you leave feeling grounded in your power. You will move through resistance, create contraction, and feel the release in expression as you experience The Class with Soeuraya. Prepare to sweat, shake, and let it be a returning to self. She hopes you leave feeling powerful, grounded, and tied to your purpose with strength in your body and discernment in your heart.
What's the story with free birthing, wild birthing, orgasmic births and births that don't go to plan?Here to deliver answers to all our laborious questions is the wise and erudite Eleanor Young, researcher, permaculturalist, writer and midwife.Even if you're not some born-again birthing evangelist, you'll find lots to love in this gentle and soulful exploration of human propagation. Because there is so much overlap between how we treat birth and how we treat the earth; between reclaiming our mammalian birthing blueprint and remembering how to live within nature's lore and loamy bosom. I love that Eleanor integrates permaculture principles and midwifery. I love that she walks between worlds, the clinical and the feral. And you'll love this episode if you're yearning to learn about undisturbed birth, the current state of midwifery, polyvagal theory, healing birth trauma and why permaculture principles and birthing are natural bedfellows. LINKY POOS
Inhabiting a Tongue Together is the twenty-second episode of The Tale and the Tongue podcast series. It is a conversation with artist Iz Öztat, driven by the curiosity to learn more about Iz and Zişan, Iz's close collaborator and her alter ego, a ghost she encounters from time to time. As I got to know Zişan better, a sense of time travel came over me. Every episode of her life is a place of struggle, yet also confidence and desire. To follow Zişan brings you to places and times that we have not lived: the Ottoman Empire, the European avant-garde, the memory of the waters of the Danube, the love between women writers in the 1920s... Thanks to Iz Öztat, Zişan makes the past happen differently. The present is a slippery time. It can move us backward and forwards at the same time. The spirit of the Avant-garde of the last century, promoting European modernity, is not so far removed from our present. The relevance of artistic practices is still decided from the same places, even if their actors come from different locations. And it is here that Zişan appears to challenge and be part of an avant-garde that made Europe the centre of attention. When asking Iz for a different way to introduce Zişan, she would go back to the title of this series. They tell a story inhabiting a tongue together. But this tongue speaks different languages.
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L.A. based pop artist, Danny Suede, aka “Bongo Dan,” came on today to share about being curious about the world, being curious about ourselves, and how art and music emerge through the engine of it all. Look for all things Danny at https://dannysuede.com/ Watch the video for Ask Her Out here! Join and read Danny's Wonderneath Blog here! Share you thoughts on this episode in the Write Songs You Love Facebook Community group. For more songwriting prompts, challenges, good thoughtful fun, and to become a paid subscriber with awesome bonuses, check out the Write Songs You Love Newsletter at https://writesongsyoulove.substack.com.
25 Sivan | Day 214 | Leap Year Grasps All, But Ungraspable By All: G-d's presence in creation vs. the soul's inhabiting a body -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let's Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner's manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G-d and live a life suffused with holiness, purpose, and joy. Let's Talk Tanya is a daily series that attempts to translate the Tanya into resonant and relevant language Tanya is divided into daily portions. Following this regimen, one concludes the Tanya every year. Let's Talk Tanya, in 4 minutes on average, briefly reviews the day's segment, conveys its basic ideas, and zooms in on one large idea. To watch, listen, or subscribe to Let's Talk Tanya: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LetsTalkTanya Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uFNrie Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BqG9Tm Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3FMnvrs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letstalktanya/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LetsTalkTanya www.letstalktanya.com To donate or for dedication opportunities, please visit letstalktanya.com/donate or reach us at contact@letstalktanya.com Have Tanya questions? Submit questions for possible inclusion in a future Tanya Q&A Segment: letstalktanya@gmail.com __ The full text of the daily Tanya is available at: www.Chabad.org/DailyTanya
In this episode of the Infernal Schoolhouse Podcast, hosts Brian and Aaron chat with renowned horror character actor Kevin Keppy, exploring his journey from a shy gamer to a celebrated Hollywood figure. Kevin shares captivating stories from his career, including his transformative role in Bram Stoker's Dracula and his experiences on projects like "Cabinet of Curiosities" and "Smile." He delves into the challenges and rewards of working with heavy makeup and prosthetics, the psychological aspects of horror, and the therapeutic benefits of acting. Whether you're a horror enthusiast, an aspiring actor, or a tabletop role-playing fan, this episode offers valuable insights and inspiration. Tune in for an engaging conversation that explores the intersection of horror, performance, and personal growth.
238: This is Part 1 of one of the most philosophical conversations ever recorded on In My Non-Expert Opinion with Chelsea's vision board guest, Derek Sivers. In this episode, Chelsea and Derek discuss: Derek's nomadic heart and values, and how his decision to be a good dad led him to halt his travels and settle in New Zealand Derek's goal to make the whole world feel like home Inhabiting philosophies from around the world Useful, not true, thinking Constantly pivoting to find your own success How to make decisions that actually align with your goals Creating just for the sake of it vs. monetizing The power of constraints and WAY more eye-popping, quotable gems from Derek Resources Mentioned: "Personal Development for Smart People" by Steve Pavlina Derek's books Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Midnight Library by Matt Haig Connect with Derek: Website Connect with Chelsea: Website 1:1 Podcast Coaching Instagram Slight Turbulence Substack - the travel magazine you wish existed on the back of airplane seats Pitch Perfect Bootcamp - Round 2 Waitlist Ready to launch your very own podcast? Grab my FREE cheat sheet right HERE. Want to send a voice note to the podcast and have Chelsea answer you on air? Do so HERE. Don't forget to rate, review, and share in the group text. This podcast is free and ratings/reviews and shares are our currency! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/in-my-non-expert-opinion/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/in-my-non-expert-opinion/support
On the 74th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Dee Mulrooney. Dee is a multi-disciplinary Irish artist. Inhabiting a female body, mythical imagination and story as medicine are the main preoccupations of her work. Exile, class, displacement, social history, longing, and belonging are some of the themes explored by Dee through painting, drawing, film, storytelling, and performance. Her art is fiercely authentic, and she leaves no stone of her own personal healing journey unturned. Dee works with the alchemical aspect of transmutation in her art, using this process to deal with difficult topics including abuse, death, and loss.In this glorious conversation, Dee shares with us her journey towards greater purpose, self-acceptance, and more wholeness in her being. A path that included joining and leaving a cult, moving her family from Dublin to Berlin, giving birth to herself once more through her experience of menopause, accepting her own nature, and the process of transmuting her pain and torment into art and expression. Throughout this conversation, she never looks away from the pain humans create nor lets go of hope or appreciation for life.Dee is someone who I see as fiercely engaged with both the great joys and depths of sorrow in life. If you are too attached to the light, perhaps this conversation invites you more into the shadow, and vice versa, ultimately giving you a sense of a greater wholeness that is possible within us.Subscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for clips and shorts.For further content and information check out the following:Dee's Website: https://deirdre-mulrooney.com/Socials, FB, Insta, TikTok: @deemulrooney- For the podcast's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife/videos- My newsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/- My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/Contact me at mark@whatisagood.life if you'd like to further explore your own lines of self-inquiry or create experiences that lead to more connecting and genuine conversations amongst groups of people.Running Order:03:30 It's about purpose07:50 The realisation of being in a cult10:00 The sense of seeking and God13:30 Giving birth to myself17:45 The changes with empathy and compassion22:00 Exploring shadow28:10 Our ability to transmute 32:30 The denial of the feminine archetype 41:30 The power of art to transmute torment48:00 Making art for herself and sharing it50:20 Coming into acceptance of her anxious nature56:50 What is a good life for Dee?
There are many stories out there from those who have experienced a near-death experience, who tell us that life goes on after death as peace and joy. Many mediums who also inform us that life goes on after death as peace and joy. Some who even inform us that we can have, in the here and now, some of that same peace and joy. But is it possible to inhabit heaven even as we live here on planet earth? If so, what would that look and feel like? We live in a dual mindset, an either/or, good/evil, peace/war mindset. But is that really the truth of our life here on earth? Tune in today. Maybe YOU can learn to inhabit heaven NOW.
Help us improve the podcast! Click here to take our listener survey—5 respondents will be randomly selected to receive a signed and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most."There were a lot of people with moral courage to resist, to protest the communist revolutions, but few of them had the spiritual resource to question the system as a whole. Many intellectuals really protested the policies of Mao himself, but not the deprivation of freedom, the systematic persecution, the systematic suppression of religion and freedom as a whole—the entire communist system. So I think that's due to Lin Zhao's religious education. It's very helpful to have both moral courage and spiritual theological resource to make certain social diagnosis, which, I think, was available for Lin Zhao. So I would think of her as this exceptional instance of what Christianity can do—both the moral courage and the spiritual resource to resist totalitarianism." (Peng Yin on politically dissident Lin Zhao)What are the theological assumptions that charge foreign policy? How does theology impact public life abroad? In this episode, theologian Peng Yin (Boston University School of Theology) joins Ryan McAnnally-Linz to discuss the role of theology and religion in Chinese public life—looking at contemporary foreign policy pitting Atheistic Communist China against Democratic Christian America; the moving story of Christian communist political dissident Lin Zhao; and the broader religious, philosophical, and theological influences on Chinese politics.Show NotesReligion's role in Chinese political thought.Thinking beyond Communist Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism.American foreign policy framed as “good, democratic” US versus “authoritarian, atheistic” China.Chinese Communist party borrowing from Christian UtopianismSole-salvific figure: Not Christ, but the PartyChinese Communism is a belief, not something that is open to verification. It's not falsifiable.Did the communist party borrow from Christian missionaries?Communist party claiming collective cultivation over Confucianism's self cultivation.History of religious influence in Chinese political thoughtReligion's contemporary influence in Chinese public lifeLin Zhao, Christian protestor.Lin Zhao as “exceptional instance of what Christianity can do: both the moral courage and the spiritual resource to resist totalitarianism.”“New Cold War Discourse”Chinese immigration influx after 1989 Tiananmen Movement.Inhabiting a space between two empires.“God's desire for human happiness is not simply embodied in one particular nation in an ambiguous term.”The nexus of democracy, equality, and theological principlesHistorical impacts of religion in Chinese public life—particularly in Confucianism and Buddhism and eventually ChristianityPeng reflects on his own moral sources of hope and inspiration—which arise not from the State, but from a communion of saints.About Peng YinPeng Yin is a scholar of comparative ethics, Chinese theology, and religion and sexuality. He Assistant Professor of Ethics at Boston University's School of Theology. He is completing a manuscript tentatively entitled Persisting in the Good: Thomas Aquinas and Early Chinese Ethics. The volume explores the intelligibility of moral language across religious traditions and rethinks Christian teaching on human nature, sacrament, and eschatology. Yin's research has been supported by the Louisville Institute, Political Theology Network, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, and Yale's Fund for Gay and Lesbian Studies.A recipient of Harvard's Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Yin teaches “Comparative Religious Ethics,” “Social Justice,” “Mysticism and Ethical Formation,” “Christian Ethics,” “Queer Theology,” and “Sexual Ethics” at STH. At the University, Yin serves as a Core Faculty in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and as an Affiliated Faculty in Department of Classical Studies and Center for the Study of Asia. In 2023, Yin will deliver the Bartlett Lecture at Yale Divinity School and the McDonald Agape Lecture at the University of Hong Kong.Production NotesThis podcast featured Peng Yin & Ryan McAnnally-LinzEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, & Tim BergelandA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
A cliff edge walk at St. David's in Pembrokeshire with artists Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott who are creating a book of illuminated folk stories. Jackie is writing the words and Tamsin is creating original pieces of stained glass for the book's artwork. Jackie is an artist and writer possibly best known for her illustrations in The Lost Words, a large and beautiful book about language and nature. Tamsin is an established stained glass artist and illustrator inspired by the natural world.As they ramble along the coast, Clare hears about their new project - Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones - seven ‘fables of transformation and power summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet'. Inhabiting the pages are selkies and salmon, a great white raven, a huge black fox and a woman who lives as an owl.Wild Folk doesn't exist quite yet… It's being crowd-funded and will be available in 2025.They began their walk at Whitesands carpark and walked cliff-side towards the Coetan Arthur burial chamber on St. David's Head. Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor
When we are younger, we are totally can be anything followed very quickly with a list of things we should be. Doctor, lawyer, etc. etc. Really the goal of finding meaning in life is to be authentically who we are regardless of what that means in the world.
As Blissful heals from a bilateral mastectomy due to breast cancer, she reflects on the person she wants to be going forward. Blissful is incredibly lucky in only having to undergo a radical surgery to rid her body of cancer. Step by step walking through her neighborhood, she slowly recovers back to her hiker self. The American writer Joyce Carol Oates speaks of the moment we realize that loss is part of our experience. “When that starts to happen to you, it is quite stunning.”Being out of control with illness is falling-to-the-knees humbling for Blissful and it's a challenge to stay positive and "bad ass."But she's inspired by the late actor Julian Sands who spoke of climbing summits as "not so much a celebration of oneself, but the eradication of one's self-consciousness. And so on these walks you lose yourself, you become a vessel of energy in harmony, hopefully with your environment.” What a way to live!MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano. Support the show
Ben and Justin share Part 2 of their reflections from Philosopher James K A Smith from Calvin University. His recent book, How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now, is available on Amazon or wherever books are sold.
Ben and Justin share reflections from their time learning from Philosopher James K A Smith from Calvin University. His recent book, How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now, is available on Amazon or wherever books are sold.
In this episode, I speak with Mariella Franzoni, a Contemporary Art Specialist, Curator, and Consultant with over 15 years of international experience across Spain, Italy, and South Africa. Her diverse career spans academic research, teaching, and various pivotal roles in art organizations and events. Mariella dedicates herself to guiding art collectors, buyers, and brands, helping them navigate the complexities of the contemporary art scene.Celebrating the 11th edition of the fair, she shares the theme for 2024 "Inhabiting the Wild," drawing from Jack Halberstam's intriguing perspectives on human interaction with nature.
Message from Senior Minister, Brady Bryce Scripture: Jeremiah 29: 4-7 For more resources and access to everything we have going on at First, visit https://www.firstabq.org
Dr. Laura Jurgens, certified Sex & Intimacy Coach & Somatica Practitioner, shares her journey of re-inhabiting and reclaiming her body, her sexual pleasure, and re-writing the sexual intimacy in her marriage after years of dissociation as a survivor of childhood physical and sexual abuse.
Scripture Text: Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37 The Rev. Dan Marotta
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Inhabiting the Balkans in antiquity, the Illyrians played a vital role in Ancient History. From their renowned reputation as skilled craftsmen, through to their seafaring ways - the Illyrians left their mark on the archaeological record. But what do we actually know about the Illyrians, and were they actually traders - or did they have a more sinister reputation on the high seas?In this episode Tristan welcomes Dr Danijel Dzino to the podcast, to delve into the mysterious world of the Illyrians. Looking at what the archaeology tells us about their tribal societies, how their civilisation flourished, and whether it's fair to call them Pirates - is it possible to define who the Illyrians were? And what can we learn about them from the Balkan Peninsula today?Discover the past with exclusive history documentaries and ad-free podcasts presented by world-renowned historians from History Hit. Watch them on your smart TV or on the go with your mobile device. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code ANCIENTS sign up now for your 14-day free trial HERE. You can take part in our listener survey here.
Fortean verifications and odd news. Vanishing Bigfoot Hunters in the Outlands. Being energized through the counterintuitive. The Sick Passenger Dilemma. Yellow Bird Bait. The Stage vs. The Class (social bandwidth). Praising good intellect and having an assertive teaching ethic. After that The Raunchettes shock the Woke Nation in an inverted field of diluted spectra. Wading in the Swamp of the Unknown. Acres of Uncontrolled Psychic Ant Territory. Dynamic Memory Neighborhoods. Inhabiting archetypal holism. Preserving exploration, celebrating interrogation. Jungle Badlang fence hopping during a foggy night. Pursuing mysteries in Forbidden Zones. Sustained Curiosity. Retrieving a fly from the Frog Man. Developing foresight. Providing evidence without resources. Defensive Experts (Bruno's BBQ). Making things from scratch. Controversial pluralisms and infinite ignorance. The velocity of "slowing down". The Poetry of the Bog. Familiar Oddities. The musical scales of Language. JDO goes off for the challenge with "Malibu Dick", a surfer revenge style noir with a cult that controls the weather, drag queens performing the rites of Osiris, and a hollow moon. Moving on to Accessing the Big River through explicit experimentation and learning to drive "offtrack". The Gradual vs. Sudden emergence of homosapians and identifying major structural binaries. Scrutinizing "The Random" and "Spontaneous". Single Image Focus vs. Chaotic Noise Ceremonies. A premonition about Jimmy Buffett, and JDO builds a time machine in his garage. Thanks to Nick Searfoss for the synopsis!
A Bigger Life Prayer and Bible Devotionals with Pastor Dave Cover
In Christian meditation, we are re-aligning ourselves vertically. We're remapping our horizontal realities with a vertical view/perspective. Enabling us to embody that vertical perspective replaces anxiety and tension with a calm confidence. If your podcast app is set to skip the silent sections, disable that in your podcast app for this podcast. Isaiah 40:25-28 NIV 25 “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. 27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on Twitter @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover
In Christian meditation, we are re-aligning ourselves vertically. We're remapping our horizontal realities with a vertical view/perspective. Enabling us to embody that vertical perspective replaces anxiety and tension with a calm confidence. If your podcast app is set to skip the silent sections, disable that in your podcast app for this podcast. Isaiah 40:25-28 NIV 25 “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. 27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on Twitter @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.
We continue our series in Joshua, which details God's faithfulness to his promises, as he brings Israel into their inheritance in the land of Canaan. The conquest is complete and the land lays subdued before the people. Now they must do the work of possessing this their new home. We will ask how the people then and we today can faithfully live into the astounding promises of God.
Speaker: Minoru Chen
Join Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People, the podcast that brings real talk and real change to the forefront. In a society where race, culture, and identity are often sources of division, bridging the conversation on race and equity is imperative. By fostering open and honest dialogues, organizations can create safe spaces for employees to share their experiences and perspectives, ultimately leading to a more inclusive and equitable workplace. Simma Lieberman, Sally Helgesen, and Mercedes Martin explored the importance of bridging the conversation on race and equity during their discussion. They acknowledged the challenges of fostering these dialogues and shared their experiences in navigating the complexities of identity, race, and belonging. Sally reflected on her close relationships with African Americans throughout her life and the impact of their struggles on shaping her understanding of race and equity. Mercedes, an Afro-Latina woman from Cuba, spoke about her purpose in helping organizations tackle diversity and inclusion by shifting mindsets and embracing collaboration. In this episode, you will be able to: ● Discover the significance of uniting as a team to create an all-embracing workplace environment. •Embrace the benefits of acknowledging various personal histories and experiences. • Acquire tools for seeking common ground and defusing challenging situations to resolve conflicts and misunderstandings ● Explore the expansion of diversity beyond gender, focusing on race and values. ● Recognize the importance of appreciating different backgrounds and experiences. ● Understand the role of individual change in sustaining diversity and inclusion among leaders. ● Learn how to identify commonalities and navigate through difficult situations to overcome division and polarization. During the episode, Sally Helgesen and Mercedes Martin shared their personal experiences and emphasized the importance of fostering a sense of belonging within the workplace. They discussed the power of embracing people's diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in order to build stronger connections and more effective workforces. Simma Lieberman highlighted the need to support one another and rise together in the pursuit of inclusion and equity, sharing insights from both Sally's and Mercedes's experiences in the field. Sally, Mercedes and Simma discuss the urgency of sustainable change and emphasize that in order to sustain change, it is necessary to start from within. They talk about the importance of transforming oneself along with the organization and how change management needs to involve everyone in the organization. They also talk about the fear of leadership in addressing diversity and inclusion, especially pertaining to race, and how it needs to start with a clear why and work with the leadership in understanding the need for change. The key moments in this episode are: 00:01:13 - Introduction of Sally Helgesen 00:02:26 - Introduction of Mercedes Martin 00:06:49 - Sally Helgesen's motivation for writing "Rising Together" 00:09:53 - Introduction of Mercedes Martin's background and cultural identity 00:19:07 - Creating a Culture of Inclusion 00:22:23 - The Importance of Inclusive Leadership 00:24:10 - Bridging the Conversation on Race and Equity 00:27:20 - Multiple Identities and Belonging 00:35:33 - The Importance of Self-reflection 00:37:24 - Importance of Authentic Leadership for Inclusion 00:39:05 - Characteristics of Inclusive Leadership 00:42:43 - Sustainable Change: Individual and Systemic Change 00:48:00 - Inhabiting the Middle Amidst Polarization Guest Bio Sally Helgesen is a renowned expert on women's leadership and an internationally bestselling author, speaker, and leadership coach. Honored in Forbes as the world's premier expert on women's leadership, she has been inducted into the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, which recognizes influential leaders in the field of leadership worldwide. Ranked number three among the world's thought leaders by Global Gurus, Sally has recently released her book, Rising Together, which offers practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. Mercedes Martin is a native Spanish-speaking international executive coach and consultant from Cuba with a wealth of experience in global leadership, diversity, and sustainability development. Working with Fortune 50 companies such as PepsiCo, Proctor and Gamble, Shell Oil, and Kellogg's, Mercedes has helped senior leaders, women, and people of color rise in their careers. As the founder of Mercedes Martin and Company, she continues to focus on supporting leadership in rewiring their mindset and embracing conversations on diversity, equity, and belonging. Host Bio Simma Lieberman, The Inclusionist helps leaders create inclusive cultures. She is a consultant, speaker and facilitator and the host of the podcast, “Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People.” Contact Simma@SimmaLieberman.com Go to www.simmalieberman.com and www.raceconvo.com for more information Simma is a member of and inspired by the global organization IAC (Inclusion Allies Coalition) Connect with me: Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn TiktokWebsite Previous Episodes Rising Above Racism: Dr. Randal Pinkett's Journey to DEI Expertise Cops Against Systemic Racism: Ed Cronin & Mike Alexander's Journey [Part 2] Cops Against Systemic Racism: Ed Cronin & Mike Alexander's Journey [Part 1] Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating
We have a very special show tonight as Team Player Alumnus Michael Vitek (ep37) dreamt up the idea of interviewing Coach Kovo for an episode! So for the 1st time Coach Kovo will relinquish the controls to hand hosting duties over to Coach Vitek and fellow TPP alum Chris Fisher (ep27). Former Ridge Point Defensive Coordinator, Aldine HS Head Football Coach/Campus Athletic Coordinator, and current Daktronics Sports Marketing Specialist Coach Kovo (James Kowalewski) steps into the hot seat at Team Player Studios! - Being born abroad in Tokyo, Japan before spending his formative years in Sugar Land, TX. - The fortuitous break of briefly living right across the street from historic Mercer Stadium before settling in for a great 4 years as a Fort Bend Austin Bulldog. - Continuing his love of the game by becoming an Austin College Kangaroo in the North Texas town of Sherman. - Overcoming a disastrous 1st semester as a teacher at Clear Brook HS before finding new life at Fort Bend Clements HS. Inhabiting a t-shack next door to a future prominent coach led to the opportunity of a lifetime at Fort Bend Ridge Point, and then a childhood dream was realized becoming the Head Football Coach at legendary Aldine Senior High! - Finally Kovo is posed with the monumental task of picking his 5 most memorable episodes as host of the Team Player Podcast! Join the Team Player Revolution! The biggest help is to leave a 5-star rating. This is what moves us up the rankings so more people can hear the stories of coaches changing lives Follow on Twitter @coach_kovo Hit us up at teamplayerpodcast@gmail.com - we lift up our own inside Team Player Nation, all guest suggestions/feedback is welcome! Art for the Team Player Podcast was created by Kaiser St. Cyr Music for the Team Player Podcast is from the single One More/Good Enough by Avrion - available on all platforms
Differentiating between our false self and true self can be challenging, but recognizing that we are inherently worthy of love and belonging is a way to distinguish the two. Our false self is built on walls and a desire for power and control to protect ourselves from shame and insecurity, while our true self is rooted in vulnerability and authenticity. When we become aware of our false self and its judgments, we can step back and observe it from a place of true self-awareness and return to a state of worthiness. This return to the true self is a place of strength and authenticity, where we can see the worthiness in ourselves and others without the protection of our ego walls. Topics Covered: 00:01:23 - Understanding our two selves: the original self and the false self created by shame 00:02:56 - The ego as a castle: components like the drawbridge and moat 00:05:22 - The ego castle's purpose of protection can also limit us 00:06:35 - The true self knows its worthiness beyond comparison and judgment 00:08:12 - Inhabiting our true self by recognizing and understanding the ego's actions 00:09:20 - Shame as a catalyst for personal growth and understanding worthiness in ourselves and others 00:11:00 - Embracing our true selves and worthiness can lead to leaving the world better than we found it Listen to the full episode with Dr. Kelly Flanagan here Connect with The Better Than Rich: BTR Mini-Course Website Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok YouTube Linkedin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betterthanrichshow/message
Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness - This meditation begins with collecting attention with the breath, and awakens us to the experience of aliveness and inner space by scanning the body. We then open to receive all the senses in awake awareness, and to inhabiting that boundless receptive awareness that is our home.
This dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on September 25, 2022. Rinsen Roshi discusses how, from the perspective of the not-knowing mind, there is no conflict between cultivating present moment awareness and envisioning and planning for the future. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.
This Meditation is brought to you by Neil McKinlay titled 'Inhabiting the Body' I interviewed Neil on the previous episode where we discussed Embodied Meditation as well as plenty of other interesting topics. About my Guest: Neil McKinlay is an embodied meditation teacher who has been practicing his entire adult life. Reflecting a longstanding interest in how this work enriches and is enriched by our everyday lives, he offers a range of resources that encourage and empower us to consciously link meditation and daily living. These include two online communities (the free to access Living Meditation Network and the subscription-based Online Gatherings) and the ‘Bringing Meditation to Life' podcast. Neil lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife and daughter. How to Contact Neil: www.neilmckinlay.com His Podcast https://neilmckinlay.com/bringing-meditation-to-life-podcast/ ======================== More about the Meditation Podcast All Episodes can be found at www.meditationpodcast.org All Social Media + Donations link linktr.ee/meditationpodcast Our Facebook Group can be found at www.facebook.com/meditationpodcast.org All my 5 Podcast or Podcast Coaching can be found at bio.link/podcaster
Meditation: Inhabiting Our Body, Realizing Wholeness - Awakening awareness in the body is the portal to resting in boundless and dynamic presence. This guided practice scans the body from feet up, and helps us inhabit all parts of our body. As we open to the aliveness and space inside the body, we discover a permeability that allows us to inhabit the universe of aliveness and space, form and formlessness. With this homecoming to whole beingness is an intrinsic experience of freedom.
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