The Urban Mystic Podcast: Conversation about Deconstructing Church, the Problem of Godde, and Cultivating Relational Spirituality
Episodes
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
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.
If you'd like to explore your journey with us, contact us via the form on our website. The link is below.
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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
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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Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
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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Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
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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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
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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Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
In this episode we continue the conversation around relational experience in relation to other people and in relation to God.
Here we distinguish between God’s non-relational relationships and God’s relational relationships. This might sound complex but it really comes together as we talk about our human to human relationships and the relationship we can have to 'the idea of God within us' as opposed to having ideas about God and relating to God as the Person who draws near and withdraws.
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
In this episode we begin establishing what Relational Spirituality is. As people we have diverse relationships – with ideas, values, objects, institutions, and persons – and it's important to shift from relating to God as an idea to relating to God as a Person who draws near and withdraws.
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Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
This is our introductory episode to Season 5 of the podcast of the urban mystic. Here Tim Victor and Steve Carter talk about the season and what's ahead. This is our most ambitious season yet and we'll be establishing Relational Spirituality in concept and in practice.
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Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Here is another bonus episode for you of quality conversation with a wise and humble guest, Wayne Jacobsen. Wayne generously gave us an hour and a half of his time to explore his experience, his thinking and current work and life. Wayne leads us to “new spiritual trailheads” as he works with “hungry people” – hungry people who are interested and yearning for engagement with God. It is a conversation which covers more than 40 years of life history; so a rich and insightful tapestry.
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Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
In This episode we speak to Phil Drysdale from The Deconstruction Network. With deconstructers standing as perhaps the fastest growing spiritual movement in the west, this research is tremendously important. Phil is among those doing research into deconstructers which evidences a different picture to what institutional supporters paint them out to be.
This is a bonus episode that best slots in with Season 2 where we spoke with fellow deconstructers.
The Deconstruction Network
https://thedeconstructionnetwork.com
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