Spark My Muse

A conversation with storyteller and performer Max Stossel.

Host, Lisa Colon DeLay and Mark S. Burrows discuss his new books and translation projects of poet Rainer Maria Rilke in a fascinating conversation.

Limited Series: Part 11 (Howard Thurman) final episode on Imagination as the Angelos of God

This and one more installment will bring an end to this series that offers Howard Thurman's wisdom from 1963 to our time. It's a time when violence, hate, and othering are quite apparent and hope for human reconciliation in our nation and world seem scant. Thurman's thoughts on what is needed ring ever true. To see more images related to this episode and support what I do, go here after you listen. https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/153658116

Limited Series – part 9 : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit | How Ma Walker reconciled the axe-wielding barber

From host Lisa Colon DeLay and Spark My Muse podcast as Limited Series – part 8 : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit on PRAYER [2 of 2]

Hello friends, I'm glad to be bringing you more from Howard Thurman and this time on prayer. Check out what is happening where I post my articles and other goodies:https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/p/limited-series-part-7-prayer-1-of

Thurman speaking about the suffering of the innocent and the intertwining of death, life, and suffering (from the Disciples of the Spirit)

PART 2 of the chapter on Suffering in the 1963 work of Dr Howard Thurman called The Disciplines of the Spirit (host Lisa Colon DeLay)

A reading and reflection from the Suffering chapter from Disciples of the Spirit by Dr Howard Thurman (1962)

A reading and reflection from the Wisdom and Stature chapter from Disciples of the Spirit by Dr Howard Thurman (1962)

A reading and reflection today from host Lisa Colon DeLay of a segment from the Commitment chapter in the work called Discipline of the Spirit by Dr Howard Thurman.

Limited Series (part 1) Deep dive into commitment, growth, suffering, prayer, and reconciliation (from Dr Howard Thurman 1962 - Disciplines of the Spirit) brought to you from host Lisa Colon DeLay.

A time for a pause for our high resolve.

Today is a reading and reflection on three short essays of Howard Thurman that I hope find you encouraging. If you want to connect with my blog on substack you can go here: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/151848975 Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️ at the main channel HERE,especially if you already enjoy YouTube. What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?It’s not strenuous, it's free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board! ❇️ The November Challenge Patreon post ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

A deep-dive on discernment with Lisa Colon DeLay and Adam Shields.

A reflection on Psalm 145 in light of our times from host Lisa Colon DeLay

From host Lisa Colon DeLay, a powerful reading and short reflection on the incarnational aspects of pain from the fantastic book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor.

A reading about expectation as patience and joy from "Out of Solitude" a 1974 work by Henri Nouwen (1932-1996)

Today a portion of a lesson I presented this past Sunday at my church on Psalm 51 a lamenting and remorseful poem/song and the background and story of King David’s epic treacheries. It might surprise you. FIND related slides, images/art including a schematic of an Iron Age home that Bathsheba would have had and the interior courtyard area where she would have bathed or washed anything, plus other extras you will like at the PART II page: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/149978108 Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️go here or subscribe at the main channel HERE,especially if you already find yourself poking around YoutTube. What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability?It’s not very strenuous, it's free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Go here for that ❇️ The October Challenge Patreon post ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968