Episodes
Wednesday Sep 27, 2017
A Bad Eye - Mythic Imagination Part 1
Wednesday Sep 27, 2017
Wednesday Sep 27, 2017
In this episode I provide a little background on what has influenced my own approach to reading stories, particularly sacred texts, using other windows of knowing and thinking that we often forget about. I'm curious about ways to descend from a surface reading into the deep well. Using the work of Bill Plotkin, Michael Meade and Walter Brueggemann. I try to highlight useful patterns or frameworks for how to begin reading more mytho-poetically. Behind all this, I'm also wondering about the question of how we see and am drawn to rather cryptic saying of Jesus about the Bad Eye.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
Defeated by Greater Beings, a Mytho-Poetic Reading of Jacob
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
What is meant by the mytho-poetic power of story? What about the Bible? In this episode I discuss different levels or ways of reading the stories of the Bible, including the mythic, where the real power resides. I turn over the Jacob story in an attempt to dive into the mytho-poetic realm. This kind of approach to this story works on the level of transformation, which is what all great stories take us to the edge of. What is true both within and without about being human? Let me know what you think and if there is a story you’d like me to dive into next.
Friday Jun 16, 2017
Christianity 21 - The Camel Story
Friday Jun 16, 2017
Friday Jun 16, 2017
This is from a few years ago, but this talk at Christianity 21 inspired my book which comes out Aug 1, 2017. This was also the first time I ever talked about what happen to me on Mt Sinai. Enjoy
Friday Feb 19, 2016
Hints and Guesses: Paul and Kent
Friday Feb 19, 2016
Friday Feb 19, 2016
A conversation between friends about life, God, religion, leaving home and more.