Living Compass Spirituality & Wellness

Scott talks about the joy his grandsons experience now that they can swim in the deep end of the pool.  He uses this as a metaphor for learning to enjoy the deeper dimensions of our emotional and spiritual lives.  

Scott talks about his son's recent graduation and the lessons he was reminded of about the power of community and how we are best able "to go far when we go together."

We are all familiar with the usual way the acronym ASAP is used. What if we expanded our understanding of this and thought of it as any of the following: As Slow As Possible As Steady As Possible As Siimple As Possible As Still As Possible As Soft As Possible As Sincere As Possible Allow Space And Pause   Scott shares a funny and meaningful story about a lesson he recently learned driving a 26 ft...

In Part 2 of Introducing the new Living Compass mobile app, Scott addresses the questiion, "What is Contemplative Psychology?" and explains how the new app is grounded in this approach to psychology.   Download the app for Iphones at:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/living-compass/id6738334257   Donwload the app for Google/Android phones at:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.living...

Living Compass has launced a new mobile and web based app that focusees on the integration of contemplative spirituality and wellness.   You can download the app on your Apple phone at: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/living-compass/id6738334257   You can download the app on youor Google/Android phone at:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.livingcompass&hl=en   You can also access al...

This Easter episode explores the image of the earth softening in springtime as a sign of resurrection.  Scott even sings this verse from one of his favorite Easter hymns: When our hearts are saddened, grieving, or in pain,  By Your touch You call us back to life again; Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been: Love is come again, like wheat that springs up green. —John M. C. Crum

In this episode for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, we reflect on this well-known passage: "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant   or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.   Love nev...

As we begin Holy Week, Scott reflects on how it is the actions and choices that Jesus makes this week that teach the most about walking the way of love.  The episode concludes with a three minute guided meditation.  

In this second episode of this week's focus on cultivating patience, Scott shares four passages from Scripture that are helpful guides as we seek to deepen our practice of patience. He concludes with a 3-minute guided meditation.  

The etymology of the word "patience" comes from a Latin word meaning "to bear suffering." This is why we call a person who is being treated by a medical professional a "patient." In this tenth episode for Lent, Scott talks about how cultivating patience is particularly challenging when we or someone we love is suffering. We are called to go deeper in our faith to draw strength. The episode closes...

A European Folk Tale known as The Story of the Stone Soup has much to teach us about generosity. Scott explores this story in this episode, and then closes with a 3-minute guided meditation to help listeners apply the lessons to their lives.

In this fourth week of Lent, we focus on Practicing Generosity. In this episode, Scott shares a story about Ab Nicholas, the primary benefactor of Living Compass, and how he modeled generosity in the way he was present with others. He closes with a 3-minute guided meditation to help listeners hear how God calls them to practice generosity.  

"I've got that joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart....." is the theme of this episode.  Scott not only sings the song but reflects on what that really means when we access that joy, which is a true gift from God.  

Scott starts with a funny story about how sitting around waiting for joy to grow on its own rarely bears much fruit.  We need to do the little things, day by day, that cultivate joy in our lives and the lives of others. 

Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, and often times that means that we will be called to move out of our comforat zones and make peace with people who we find challenging to make peace with. To do this it can be helpful to consider our thoughts, words, and deeds around being peacemakers.  

This fourth episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Peace. Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, not simply people who feel peaceful. To be a peacemaker means to enter into situations where there is conflict--and as Scott shares in this episode, sometimes being a peacemaker means bringing peace to a conflict that we have caused.   A guided meditation is also offered during the last 3 minutes of t...

This third episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Faithfulness. Faithfulness is described as "trusting in the slow work of God" and also as practicing deep listening--to one another and to God.  A guided meditation is also offered during the last 3 minutes of this episode.   If you don't have a booklet can sign up to receive the daily emails for Lent from Living Compass at www.livingcompass....

This second episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Faithfulness. Faithfulness is described as "a long obedience in the same direction," and the journey of faith is compared to running a marathon.  

This first episode for Lent 2025 begins our focus on Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit with All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. In this episode we look at how humility is the soil in which we can cultivate these fruits. The Parable of the Sower is explored as a metaphor for our inner lives.  A guided meditation is also offered during the last 3-4 minutes of this episode.   You can sign up...

This year, our Living Compass daily readings for Lent will focus on Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit. In this episode, we look at the Parable of the Sower and discuss how tending the soil of our inner lives is good preparation for Lent.    

This episode explores the wisdom from Buddhist monk and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who said, "There is no path to peace. Peace is the path."

What flowers are you being called to plant right now?

Scott tells the story about a fish who wanted to see the ocean and discusses how it is a metaphor for living a contemplative life. 

This episode is a 6-minute guided mediation on a quote from Howard Thurman about "listening to the sound of the genuine" within ourselves.  The entire quote is: " There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever need."

This quote from St. Benedict is the focus of this episode as Scott talks about prioritizing our spiritual growth in the new year: "It is for us to train our hearts to live in grace, to sacrifice our self-centered desires, to find the peace without want, without seeking it for ourselves; and even when we fail, always we begin again."