Urban Mystic

S05E13 - Preaching ＞＞＞＞＞ Process - Part 1 of 2

Following the episode on the Bible, Tim and Steve tackle one of the next foundation blocks in institutional religion: preaching. It is often seen as a non-negotiable when it comes to church/spiritual community practice, with a huge value placed on it’s ability to transform individuals and groups.

• Why is it seen as the pinnacle of so much community practice?
• Why the high value attributed to it’s transformative ability?
• What are some of our personal experiences of preaching and it’s impact?
• What are some of the possible egos and agendas at play in a church dynamic that keeps preaching at the top of the practice pyramid?

This episode puts down some thinking and possibilities on which a subsequent episode can build and focus on how process and embodied relational spirituality may provide much more than preaching in both it’s transformative efficacy and self & community relational integrity.

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S05E12 - So... the Bible?

In this episode Tim and Steve take their first aim at the question of "What do you have to say about the Bible?"

This is a deeply complex subject, so this is both a stand alone episode within Season 5, but also must be understood as an introductory take on this important and multifaceted conversation. 

We hope you enjoy it, and would love to hear your thoughts in response.

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S05E11 - The after conversation with Steve

We're sharing our own experience of God. This is by way of example of how deep and real these conversations can go.

This episode is the conversation that follows the morning after Steve shared his early experience of God with Tim.

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S05E10 – Steve’s early experience of God

We're sharing our own experience of God. This is by way of example of how deep and real these conversations can go.

In this episode Steve share's the story of his early experience of God. In telling our stories in this way we gain insight into an enriching spirituality connected to God's attentive, active, and relational presence.

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S05E09 - The after conversation with Tim

We're sharing our own experience of God. This is by way of example of how deep and real these conversations can go.

This episode is the conversation that follows the morning after Tim shared his early experience of God with Steve.

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S05E08 – Tim’s early experience of God

We're sharing our own experience of God. This is by way of example of how deep and real these conversations can go.

In this episode Tim share's the story of his early experience of God, covering the early years of 1987 - 1993. Not everyone's journey begins at the same point in their life and the details will vary considerably. It is important to distinguish our experience of God from what we make of it and how we've been schooled into interpreting and presenting it.

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S05E07 - Our own early experiences of God - intro

In this episode we introduce a section of episodes in Season 5 in which we share our own answers to the questions we've posed to all of our previous guests. That is, an exploration of our own early experiences of God. We also share some thoughts on why we're introducing them at this point in the season.

There's also 10 bonus points awarded to Gryffindor for the first listener to spot where Tim's timer goes off in the episode. We wanted a tighter timeframe for this intro and so put ourselves under pressure to be more concise than usual :)

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S05E06 - This conversational pilgrimage

In this episode we explore this season as a conversational pilgrimage shared between the hosts, listeners, and conversation partners. We go on to consider that our human-to-human relationships offer insight into our human-to-divine relationship, and therewith honesty in terms of where our relationship really is at.

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S05E05 - Silence, Mystery, and Relational Presence

In this episode we explore the remarkable difference between the silence and absence of God in the spirituality of the beliver and of the mystic-to-be. This is a very important discussion for anyone wanting to gain a sense of God’s drawing near and withdrawing. And especially important for anyone wrestling with a relational disconnect with God.

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S05E04 - Mystery and Presence

We primarily believe and belong as those raised Christian in a mostly Christian world. In this episode, we explore the shift from presence to mystery and the challenge of trying to engage God relationally in the context of a life and faith defined by silence and absence.

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