The Sacred Everywhere Podcast

In “The Biology of Spiritual Experience,” Dr. Sheri Kling speaks with Rev. Dr. Shaleen Kendrick about neurotheology and how our stories about God and reality shape our brains and our spirits. This is part one of the conversation. Did this resonate with you? Watch the full episode at https://sherikling.substack.com/p/biology-of-spiritual-experience. Download Dr. Sheri’s FREE guide, “Awakening to th...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere features Jim Palmer. Jim and I met a couple of years ago at ORTCON (Open & Relational Theology Conference), and I’ll be speaking there again next week. We covered a lot of ground in part 1, including: * Jim’s journey from megachurch pastor to an expert on religious trauma and deconstruction * Meaning and existential health * What are the core components of exi...

Was Jesus’ Resurrection Real? From Empty Tomb to Living Transformation What if we’re asking the wrong question about Jesus’ resurrection? Maybe the real question isn’t “did it happen?” but “what does resurrection actually mean?” It was watching a video with Paul Wallis about the possibility that Jesus spent time in India before beginning his ministry that led me down today’s recorded rabbit hole....

For those of us who have lived alone for a long time, it’s often hard to ask for help. Asking for help makes us vulnerable. It can feel frightening. But what happens when we listen to what we need, move into how we feel about it, and ask for help from the people we know and love? Sometimes, the results can be surprising. In this video and podcast, Dr. Sheri Kling talks about projection, synchronic...

Isn’t it funny how something so small as a laugh or a gesture can spark a friendship between people on different continents? This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Jane Kennedy. I first encountered Jane through a short film on the YouTube channel Reflections of Life, and immediately felt a kinship that led to this conversation.  Did this resonate with you? Download...

Can science and the sacred be in relationship? This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Philip Clayton discussing his new book, Science and the Sacred: Beyond the Gods in Our Image . He and Dr. Sheri also dig into everything from mystical experience to the differences between panpsychism and cosmopsychism, why theology is important, and how spiritual practices ca...

What if the Bible actually offers us a narrative pointing to universal God identity and transformation? What if the work of Jesus was never about establishing a new religion? This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Doug King discussing the biblical narrative in light of the spiral dynamics model of the evolution of worldviews.  Doug King began his religious life in...

In a relational, evolving world, questions of war and justice cannot be answered by control and domination, but only through the lens of love, relationship, and what makes life possible. This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Sheri Kling discussing the question of whether there is ever really a just war from a process perspective.  Did this resonate with you? D...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Sheri Kling discussing archetypes and the patterns of our lives. Read a condensed version in article form on Substack at https://sherikling.substack.com/p/the-patterns-of-our-lives . The video is available on Substack . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Philip Shepherd,  someone whose work I’ve come to greatly appreciate. The full episode is available for paid subscribers to The Sacred Everywhere. Both Philip and I question the dominant worldview of Western culture. Process thinkers have been doing the same as well for a very long time. What Philip calls “The Story” asserts t...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Bob Hoss, someone I met many years ago due to our mutual interest in and study of dreams and using dream work for wholeness and healing. The full episode is available for paid subscribers to The Sacred Everywhere. You can watch the video of this first half on YouTube at https://youtu.be/538358uLzKU .   Robert Hoss, MS is the f...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features series host, Dr. Sheri Kling. You can watch the video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/AKbyE02wHcM . For more information on the Haden Institute and its spiritual direction and dream work certification programs, or its Summer Dream & Spirituality Conference, visit https://www.hadeninstitute.com/ .  To learn more about Parker J....

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Ilia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, and an American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with interests in evolution, physics, and neuroscience and the import of these for theology. Her most recent book is The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole (Orb...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Tripp Fuller, a theologian, author, and long-time podcaster. Tripp received his PhD in Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Claremont Graduate University. For almost 16 years Tripp has been doing the Homebrewed Christianity podcast where he interviews different scholars about their work so you can get nerdy in traffic, on...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Swami Padmanabha, an Argentinian-born and Catholic-raised Hindu monk who writes and teaches all over the world. This is the first half of our conversation which can also be heard on YouTube at https://youtu.be/OZOPUhbKOwg .    The full conversation is available to paid subscribers on Substack at   https://sherikling.substack.c...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Sheri sharing about her spiritual journey, recent struggles around life disappointments, and an experience in meditation. You can watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/iU4r5BWpaws . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sherikl...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Josh Patterson, a theologian and podcaster who hosts the show (Re)Thinking Faith, a space to talk about life’s biggest questions. This is the first half of our conversation which can also be heard on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ZOWIsds5muQ . The full conversation is available to paid subscribers on Substack at https://open.sub...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Bruce Epperly, a process theologian and one of my professors at Claremont School of Theology. Bruce has spent over forty years in the varied vocations of seminary and university professor, university chaplain, congregational pastor, and seminary administrator. This is the first half of our conversation. The full episode is...

This episode of The Sacred Everywhere podcast and video series features Dr. Jerry Wright, a Jungian psychoanalyst, teacher, and writer based in Flat Rock, North Carolina. This is the first half of our conversation, which you can also watch on YouTube . The full conversation video is available to paid subscribers of The Sacred Everywhere. Jerry is an experienced conference and retreat leader, as we...

This week, I’ll be launching The Sacred Everywhere in podcast and video form. Listen to this introduction to find out what’s coming in this new offering. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sherikling.substack.com/subscribe

Several years ago, when I was in an Eco-Process Theology course at Claremont School of Theology, I composed this hymn as a midterm creative project. It basically summarized our semester to date. We were reading textbooks exploring ideas from process theology, ecofeminist theology, and the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. I thought the ideas expressed were so inspiring that I wanted people t...