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Spark My Muse

Lisa Colón DeLay

150 episodes

6 days ago

Listen in as your host, Lisa Colón DeLay, engages in meaningful conversation with a diverse selection of best-selling authors, influencers, luminaries, leaders, unique thinkers, spiritual teachers, and ordinary people who lead interesting lives and do good in their part of the world. Soul School episodes are short reflections from the host.

Check the audio weekly archives (at sparkmymuse.com) going back to April 2015 to enjoy a range of fascinating themes and distinguished guests like Seth Godin, Mark Nepo, Krista Tippett, Parker J. Palmer, Dr Daniel J. Siegel MD, Fr. James Martin, Omid Safi, Dr Ibram Kendi, AJ Levine, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Dr. Steven Porter, Dr Lerita Coleman Brown, Dr Vinod Goel, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, and many others to engage your intellect, spark your inner life, and add fuel to feed your relationships and sustain you for the long term.

Supporters keep the program going. Pay-what-you-can and find extras and much more at patreon.com/sparkmymuse

Visit the official Spark My Muse website [sparkmymuse.com] to access hundreds of episodes, to visit the Spark Store, to find Courses for deeper insights, or contact the host, teacher, creative director, and spiritual companion Lisa Colón DeLay who is also the author of the celebrated spiritual formation book "The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice".

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Listen in as your host, Lisa Colón DeLay, engages in meaningful conversation with a diverse selection of best-selling authors, influencers, luminaries, leaders, unique thinkers, spiritual teachers, and ordinary people who lead interesting lives and do good in their part of the world. Soul School episodes are short reflections from the host.

Check the audio weekly archives (at sparkmymuse.com) going back to April 2015 to enjoy a range of fascinating themes and distinguished guests like Seth Godin, Mark Nepo, Krista Tippett, Parker J. Palmer, Dr Daniel J. Siegel MD, Fr. James Martin, Omid Safi, Dr Ibram Kendi, AJ Levine, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Dr. Steven Porter, Dr Lerita Coleman Brown, Dr Vinod Goel, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, and many others to engage your intellect, spark your inner life, and add fuel to feed your relationships and sustain you for the long term.

Supporters keep the program going. Pay-what-you-can and find extras and much more at patreon.com/sparkmymuse

Visit the official Spark My Muse website [sparkmymuse.com] to access hundreds of episodes, to visit the Spark Store, to find Courses for deeper insights, or contact the host, teacher, creative director, and spiritual companion Lisa Colón DeLay who is also the author of the celebrated spiritual formation book "The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice".

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Spark My Muse

Eps. 237: Hedgehogs, Basilisks, Unicorns, and learning from Medieval teachings

Today is a conversation with Grace Hamman, PhD about her wonderful new book "Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life"

Find photos, video, book link, and more at the substack

Get my new book pairs well with Grace's (The Way of the Desert Elders) here

3 weeks ago

38 minutes

Spark My Muse

ARRIVED: Advanced Reader Copies [SSL 344]

Hello friends,

Today's audio includes a reading from the NEW BOOK - I got five Advanced Readers Copies sent to me by Broadleaf Books and I'm excited to share a bit with you.

To watch the video version go to youtube.com/@sparkmymusePLEASE SUBSCRIBE!

1 month ago

20 minutes 37 seconds

Spark My Muse

Finding a Buried (emotional) Corpse [SSL 343]

Nearly healed from nasal surgery, I'm back to talk about emotions I didn't know I had buried and how they pop up (in all of us).

Don't forget to get your copy of The Way of the Desert Elders

VIDEO of this podcast can be found on the YouTube Channel here

2 months ago

12 minutes 22 seconds

Spark My Muse

411 on gluttony and lust

I'm starting a series on the main chapters of my book. We begin with gluttony and lust and learn how the desert elders dealt with these two issues that reared their heads in the desert setting. By understanding their perspective, we can fortify ourselves against the very same obstacles that sometimes foiled them.

You can watch a video version of this at the YouTube Channel

3 months ago

8 minutes 36 seconds

Spark My Muse

Why do the Wicked Prosper?

Friends, I'm not okay. I've been struggling with the question: Why do the Wicked prosper?

I have been feeling terrible sorrow and today I'll be reading the chapter in Psalms that has been keeping me afloat.

3 months ago

Spark My Muse

The Comfort of Endorsement

Today is a bit different, I'm bringing you word from others. Kind folks who've come alongside me to help others understand the new work. You hear from them today. It is a great comfort to me to have this outpouring of care. Thank you, dear ones!

Please make sure to check out the new desert elders devotional I just created and other offering here: https://patreon.com/sparkmymuse/shop

3 months ago

11 minutes 58 seconds

Spark My Muse

Journey to Joy – An enchanting (midlife) tale

Enjoy this conversation about a fairy tale literary work with Christine Valters Paintner

View a VIDEO clip of our conversation at the youtube channel and subscribe for more to come. https://www.youtube.com/@sparkmymuse

4 months ago

Spark My Muse

Book Announcement

My newest book "The Way of the Desert Elders" is now listed on Amazon here tiny.cc/elders

PLEASE PRE-ORDER!

Today, I give you a brief into to the book details and read and explain the table of contents.

4 months ago

11 minutes 8 seconds

Spark My Muse

Eps 236 : Community Witnessing and Care; Cindy S. Lee

My conversation with author, Cindy S. Lee involves topics of great importance and interest to me. Cindy is thoughtful and spacious and one of just a few contemporary authors I cite in my new book on topics of spiritual formation.We discuss themes of her book: Contemplative Witnessing: BIPOC Centered Spiritual Direction

Find it here (amazon affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4kyFPqb

Some of what we cover:Avoiding the loss of the sacred self.Embodied spiritual practicesSpaciousness as a presence we carryThe power of silence in community and what comes after that.

Watch the unedited conversation on Youtube here

4 months ago

36 minutes 16 seconds

Spark My Muse

Eps. 235 | Saving Face: Guest, Aimee Byrd

My conversation with author, Aimee Byrd covers a bunch of territory and involves how the image of God is reflected to us in each other. We also speak of Aimee's ordeal as a target of vicious men that assailing and attempt to discredit her and shut her up—eventually inspired her current works, including the book we discuss: Saving Face: Finding Myself, God, and One Another, Outside a Defaced Church.

DON'T MISS the VIDEOS!Subscribe and watch them on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@Sparkmymusepodcast

The Substack article, with my personal reflections, is here: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/163730159

And! You can get you can get her book here: https://amzn.to/4k3HOSY(Amazon Affiliate link)

If you'd like to support my work, go here and unlock the post with your contribution: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129131331

5 months ago

31 minutes 20 seconds

Spark My Muse

The Inner Terrain of Love [SSL 342]

I was delighted to be a return guest to Jasmine Bellamy's monthly occasion called "The Call to Love Experience"—a live online gathering that provides spiritual grounding, learning, deep listening and where we discussed themes in my first book (The Wild Land Within) and my upcoming book (The Way of the Desert Elders).

The audio episode this week is a slightly edited and curtailed edited of the experience offered to you in hopes you connect with Jasmine, her work, and the recording of the full event.I give you the embed of it here below. Dig deeper into Jasmine's work here: https://love101ministries.com

Bio:Jasmine is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Love 101 Ministries, and dedicated to helping individuals foster more loving relationships with themselves, God, and others. Through examining the theology and cultivating the daily practice of love, she serves as a spiritual companion, guiding you on a path to a life filled with deep and abiding love, peace, and joy. She views life through this lens, believing that the spiritual journey shapes us to become more like Love and to discover our truest selves.

5 months ago

26 minutes 22 seconds

Spark My Muse

Eps: 234 Purposeful Pruning in Evangelicalism; Michelle Van Loon

A return guest Michelle Van Loon speaks to me about her 50 years involved in many versions of Christian Evangelism and getting rid of what is non essential from her book Downsizing.

Get over to the YouTube Channel here to see some videos and PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! Get her book here (Amazon affiliate link)

6 months ago

38 minutes 13 seconds

Spark My Muse

Celebrating 10 years

Hello!

Today I celebrating ten years of bringing you Spark My Muse podcast episodes. 606 releases!

Even better? See my video message about it and go here

6 months ago

Spark My Muse

The highest compliment: Sarah “the female man of God” [SSL341]

Today is an introduction to wise Amma Sarah of the Christian Desert Era.

A shorter version of this can be found as a semi-polished VIDEO at my youtube channel. There will be a whole desert elder series there. Check it out here

6 months ago

Spark My Muse

Why Religion began with Blood Sacrifices? [SSL 340]

Hi friends,

In preparation for an adult-level Sunday School class, I came across an article that I wanted to share with you. It features the three momentous conceptions from Réne Girard and his keen insights on human behavior, violence, and how the work of Jesus the Christ deals a final blow to human violence and retribution.

ALSO! I could use your help. Please share this episode with someone else today.

To join me as a supporter go to https://patreon.com/sparkmymuse and to subscribe to my post that include videos and other posts and companion portions to my audio broadcasts go to https://sparkmymuse.substack.com (Find the article I read here: http://www.imitatio.org/ren-girards-legacy)

7 months ago

19 minutes 35 seconds

Spark My Muse

Eps 233: Beth Allison Barr; Women in Church Leadership

Beth is back and we have a great conversation about her newest book Becoming The Pastor's Wife: How Marriage replaced Ordination as a Path to Ministry.

Don't miss the extras and links here: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/159866213

To hear the bonus material go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125168475

7 months ago

40 minutes 48 seconds

Spark My Muse

The Three Woes [SSL 340]

Hello,

I’m simulcasting today.A video is at Little Spark Stack on Substack while an audio version is part of the Spark My Muse RSS podcast feed.

I’m reading about the core wounds we each carry with us from my book The Wild Land Within.

These three woes are something unseen within us, but I’ve been hard at work to bring such places into a visual reality so we can get to know them better.

Get a map and see how the three core wounds appear on your inner landscape.

Thanks for listening and please share this with others!

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I’d love to come along side of you and create a representation of that world. Reach out and begin the process of creating your own map. I’m here if you need me.

-Lisa

7 months ago

15 minutes

Spark My Muse

Guest Esp. 232: Storyteller, Max Stossel

Max Stossel is an award winning poet & filmmaker named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year. His work has spanned across five continents, been translated into fifteen languages, and described as profound, mind-expanding, and hilarious all at once. Max's films have been viewed and loved by millions of people and I was happy to have a conversation with him.

Don't miss his New York show: "It's a miracle"

Show info and tickets are here: https://vineyardtheatre.org/shows/its-a-miracle/

8 months ago

30 minutes 20 seconds

Spark My Muse

Eps 231: Mark S. Burrows on Rilke and the invitation to joy

Mark is back and we spend some time on his two new books—what a delight!

Find his work here: https://amzn.to/3QyQeVm

Extras can be found here: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/157856001

The video of the conversation is available to patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123040681

8 months ago

59 minutes 30 seconds

Spark My Muse

[Howard Thurman] Limited Series: Part 11 – FINAL episode!

Imagination, the Angelos of God is how we finish off our wisdom series with Dr Howard Thurman.

Do'n miss these updates and extras are here: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/157438292

8 months ago

25 minutes 30 seconds