53 episodes
Spiritual Steps: Pray | Listen | Grow Steven Hovater
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- Religion & Spirituality
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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Small spiritual steps that can help you grow in your journey with God. Learn to pray, listen to God, and cultivate a life of spiritual growth by taking one small step after another.
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A Prayer Before Service
Erin Brogdon and Steven Hovater walk through a prayer practice to be used in preparation for a time of service.
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Lectio Divina | A Meditation on Zacchaeus
A Lectio Exercise from Luke 19:1-10
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Breathing the Psalms | A Meditation
33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
46:1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
75:1 We give thanks;
your name is near.
70:1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me.
O LORD, make haste to help me!
103:1 Bless the LORD,
O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.
107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
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Sabbath | A Meditation from Erin Brogdon
A guided meditation revolving around the theme of Sabbath by Erin Brogdon. Part of a series of meditations Erin and I created for the Harding Lectureship in 2023.
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Examen | A Meditation from Erin Brogdon
My friend Erin Brogdon offers an Examen Meditation.
Prepared for the Harding Lectureship in 2023.
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Discerning the News
In this episode I'm joined by my friend Elizabeth Smith (@tweetinginLA) for a conversation about "The News". One of the challenges of our age is engaging the news in a healthy way, and Elizabeth offers wisdom for how reading and engaging the news can be a part of a healthy spiritual life.
You can reach me on twitter at @stevenhovater, and find additional resources for prayer and spirituality at https://Sparks.cards
Customer Reviews
Simple, easy, refreshing
What I love most about this podcast is its ability to pack great value into such a small time commitment. The host offers easy to understand spiritual steps to creating an overall healthier spiritual self. The variety of subjects is also a highlight of the podcast as the listener can choose to apply the steps that are most applicable to himself. Have recommended this to several friends and will continue to do so as there is something of value here for everyone.
Simplicity Is Genius
I came across this podcast by accident and was really glad that I did! Spiritual Steps is very practical and simple in nature but has a heavy impact when what is being said is put in practice. This has helped me organize my prayer life in ways that I've never really been able to. Short episodes and a soothing voice that rivals the great Science Mike himself. Go listen!
Bite-sized useful help - worth the listen!
Steven provides listeners with really useful explanatory short episodes that let people get the goods on topics like specific forms of prayer, community, and other topics that will foster Christian spiritual growth. Other than him being a bit of a fast talker, I find these episodes and his insights to be gems. I highly recommend his podcast.