Soul School Sojourn

Human beings are sentimental, emotional creatures who most grieve our loved ones lost during the  holidays. The empty seat at the table is a stark reminder of a glaring absence. Acknowledge them. Include them. Welcome them home to their own family gathering. We shed tears for a reason. Let them flow. The pain comes in choking them back so let them flow like the river of life. Don't drown in quiet...

A follow-up to last week's show,  "I Heard You the First Time!", Jeff Turner will join me to discuss the premise of that presentation. The subject being the redundancy of prayer (and meditation or other forms of Universal connection), we will explore the process and the reason why we feel compelled to ask (or beg) the same question over and over again. Is it an act of desperation or indicative of...

If our faith is strong, why would we assume the existence of a benevolent deity who doesn't even listen to us? Human beings learn through repetition, so perhaps the practice of prayer is merely an  acknowledgement, a connection with the Universal One for our own benefit, regardless of the request already made. Maybe a prayer whispered reverberates throughout the Cosmos like a symphony, lighting th...

There are moments in life that force us to reconsider life as we know it, moments that teach us to look deeper, feel more and trust in something out there on our side, if only we acknowledge existence is more than meets the eye. Watch for the messages, omens and even the occasional miracle to manifest when we least expect it. Life is a magical journey. Buckle up and enjoy the ride, especially when...

Mastering our own mind is no easy feat but we can each craft an individual masterpiece once we realize we are the artist who controls & shapes the clay every day. We are creative, malleable beings who too often relinquish our power to external forces and circumstances far beyond our control. Be the artist in residence. 

'Tis the season of the witch, the time to cast spells & acknowledge the spirits who surround us. There is no veil, at least for us! Tonight I welcome Shawn and Amy Moore to the broadcast, seasoned (and thoroughly delightful) paranormal investigators. Together we shall stir the cauldron! Join us on The Day of the Dead.

Tonight we will examine our own duality. We are essentially spirit having a human experience here in Soul School, bound temporarily to this state of being. Regarding our perishable vessel, none of us will live in it forever. It will pass away with the rising tide as our initials are erased from the sand on a beach. However, there is something permanent about us, something carved in the cosmos like...

There is a multitude of pathways to peace, hope and healing. We must each find our own way on this sacred journey called life. If we believe in a higher power, an omnipresent, omnipotent entity from where we come, then we can logically conclude we are each a part of it, not separate from it. We will discuss universal connection we share and remind everyone to remain mindful of our personal respons...

Tonight's episode of Soul School will address a recent incident which occurred. It qualifies as phenomenal, a manifestation that can only be described as divine in nature, prompting a quantum leap of faith. Jeff will speak to it as he learns about it in real time and he will be equally inspired. Join us as we acknowledge cosmic forces that not only exist but work on our behalf when we humbly engag...

The Divine is a multiplicity summed up in simplicity. A community manifest as a unity. We, too, are a mass of complications and complexities, and it is for this reason that we, like the Divine itself, must find a unity and simplicity of being though we be individual communities of complexity.

The philosopher Paul Ricoeur wrote that, "An idol must die so that a symbol of being may begin to speak." We live in a world where the idols of religion, culture, politics, and the like, are dying at a rapidly increasing rate, leaving many adrift in a sea of hopelessness and instability. It is the symbolic that has the power to turn these trouble and unstable waters into solid ground on which we c...

In Soul School this week, Rupert will consider the subject of moral consideration. Are criminals worthy of our moral consideration? Should we be nice to animals? Is it possible to be inconsiderate to a tree? Is it wrong to damage a rock?

After a necessary hiatus, we are back on track and on the air. Tonight we will discuss the imperative need to rest and heal, to take time off to relax and recharge. Spiritual growth is quite exhausting. It requires space and a certain attitude to go along with it. There's a method worthy of an intense discussion about an inmate self-loathing which often surfaces when we take time for ourselves. Is...

In this episode I speak with former pastor and spiritual teacher, Aaron Tomlinson, as well as musician, singer and writer, Wendy Francisco, about the convergence of religion, spirituality, and anomalous phenomenon.  

Coming to grips with the reality of our physical and the metaphysical world, we search for meaningful clues to existence. If we rely upon sensory perception and extra sensory perceptions to define our existence, it originates with consciousness. Therefore, thoughts are things. Abstraction is universal. 

A solar eclipse, thunderstorms, tornadoes, windswept hair, Mercury retrograde, total upheaval...it must be spring! Idioms abound. The metaphor is obvious. Change does not always equate with friction. A change in perspective, a change of venue can actually be comforting  and very beneficial to a troubled soul. An abrupt, rather whirlwind trip to Michigan and Ohio has altered a point of view that de...

What is the "Christ?" Who is the "Christ?" Who is in this "Christ?" And what are the implications of our answers to these questions? In this episode of Soul School Sojourn, prolific author, speaker, podcaster and former pastor, Keith Giles and I discuss all of these things, and much, much more.  Keith Giles is a former pastor who left the pulpit over a decade ago to follow Jesus. He's been intervi...

Has humanity transcended the concept of naturalism? Tonight we will explore this theory. Is it antiquated? Incomplete? As the merging of science and spirituality occurs, curious scientists are beginning to delve in utilizing the tools at their disposal to reveal and even reverse previous predispositions on the subject. How to develop empirical evidence to the contrary? Quantum physics -- just the...

Even the most devout people do, at times, question their own faith. Essentially, they make a decision to either believe anyway, in spite of the doubtfulness, in defiance of doubt, or choose to abandon their belief system altogether when the doubt becomes pervasive. It is a cerebral exercise rather than the leap of faith based on emotions. It's logical. It makes good sense. The question is, do we w...

Jeff Turner and I will enter Eden through the back gate as we navigate a message in the music. "We are stardust. We are golden... and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." (Joni Mitchell) Tonight we will rock the Universe.

The great Christian mystic, Julian of Norwich, wrote: "First there is the fall, and then the recovery from the fall. Both are the mercy of God." As a species, we praise the rebound of the fallen, but rarely, if ever, the fall that necessitated the rebound. But what if both are manifestations of divine mercy? Without the fall there is no rising, and without a death there can be no resurrection. In...

To everything there is a season. So begins the first hint of spring as we prepare to kiss winter farewell. What is it about the cyclical nature of life that causes us to hibernate during the cold, dark season as spring yanks us out of our den to celebrate the new growth of spring? It lifts our spirits as the frozen tundra thaws and the promise of a single sprig from a daffodil gladens our heart.

As we grow and learn, some lessons come easily, through experience. Don't touch an open flame. Don't cross a road without looking both ways. Most often, our parents teach us the rules of the road, so to speak. However, the hardest lessons come at the end of a life of a parent and we often become the parent to the ones who gave us life, coming full circle. The test precedes the lesson.

We often find ourselves feeling stuck between two realities: one which we desperately long to leave, and another we yearn to arrive at. In this experiential “hallway,” we face the phenomenon of liminality, or, the space in-between. We tend to want to evacuate this space as quickly as possible, and move on to bigger and better things, but this space represents the joining and harmonizing of things...

We are the scattered children of the singularity, adrift in exile, longing for unity of being. In this episode we speak of uniting the aspects of our individual beings, as well as those of the larger collective, that seem, on the surface, opposed to, and at odds with one another. The closer we look, the more we realize that these separate things, are one thing, and that our task in Soul School is...