Potter's Inn Soul Care Conversations

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Potter's Inn Soul Care Conversations is a place where our souls meet the world. We invite you into a relevant, vulnerable, and courageous conversation with us. We'll explore key Soul Care issues facing us in work, health, relationships, and God. In our busy lives we all need a space to reflect, be inspired, and get some needed resources to help us navigate the white water of life. This podcast is provided by Potter's Inn, a ministry dedicated to the care of the soul for leaders in the ministry and the marketplace. Stephen W. Smith is the host and the author of 12 books and guides. The Soul Care Conversation podcast is listened to in over 80 countries and has over 275,000 downloads. Approximately 6,000+ people listen to the podcast monthly. The podcast has interviewed such guests as Ruth Haley Barton, Roger Housden, Brian McLaren, Sarah Bessy and others.

  1. 12/31/2024

    The Great Annual Examen

    SHOW NOTES Each year we hear about New Year's Resolutions – we make plans to lose weight, become more organized, be on time more. All great goals, but how many times have those goals been forgotten in February?  (I raised my hand too!) In today's podcast we discuss "The Great Annual Examen," a simple question and answer exercise to help you reflect on the past year and anticipate the year to come. There are several different categories given for you to reflect on:   My Physical Health. My Emotional Health. My Relational Health. My Vocational Health. My Spiritual Health. As you reflect upon this past year, it's our hope that it will give you a clearer GPS—a sort of marker that will help you discern where you are and how you are and where you want to go this next year.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN PODCAST The Great Annual Examen - DOWNLOAD this PDF with more details on the exercise. The Space Between Us by John O'Donahue     Moment to Breathe For a New Beginning by Stephen W. Smith Text Audio   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support.   CONTACT US podcast@pottersinn.com   INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES? Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats.  SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Leave a comment below or send our co-host team a message at podcast@pottersinn.com

    27 min

  2. 12/31/2024

    God's Design for our Dilemma

    SHOW NOTES In this episode we are treated to a special preview of the Potter's Inn Soul Care Institute where Gwen Smith teaches on Sabbath Keeping: God's Design For Our Dilemma. The discussion includes the origin of Sabbath, why we feel so much guilt concerning Sabbath, and why God gave us Sabbath in the first place. Gwen also introduces her 4 Pillars of Sabbath: Rhythm - Sabbath is God's built-in way of giving us rhythm in our lives instead of just running full-steam continuously. Protection - In a sense, Sabbath protects us from ourselves and the violence that we inflict on ourselves, driving ourselves to work harder and harder. Sabbath gives us rest. Joy, Delight, and Celebration - Sabbath is a blessed and holy day, when God rests in His creation and He delights and celebrates in you. Belovedness - Taken altogether, Sabbath is a reminder that we are beloved by a good and gracious God who truly cares for us and our well-being.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Soul Care Institute program information The 4 Pillars of Sabbath Drawing "Trough" poem by Judy Sorum Brown View here. The Sea Accepts All Rivers and Other Poems by Judy Sorum Brown For more on Judy Sorum Brown, her poems, books and other work, please see https://www.judysorumbrown.com/books Article by Parker Palmer, The Self inflicted Violence of Over-Work Free Resource for Download: The Sabbath Reader Support the Podcast: Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support. Sign up to receive email notifications as future episodes are available: Sign Up Here

    1h 4m

  3. 12/31/2024

    Becoming the Beloved

    SHOW NOTES In our heads, we know that being is more important than doing. But the reality of our day-to-day life is that we easily drift into a performance-based relationship with God and others. Jesus modeled a different way to live. In today's episode, we learn how Jesus lived a life that began with acceptance by his Heavenly Father and ended by achieving more than any human being ever has. He has shown us the way---living as the beloved of God.   RESOURCE The Sacred Cycle Summary – Free Download   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Moment to Breathe:  Belovedness Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri J.M. Nouwen Clinical Theology, a Theological And Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care by Frank Lake The Cycle of Grace: Living In Sacred Balance by Trevor Hudson and Jerry P Haas   Support the Podcast: Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support. Sign up to receive email notifications as future episodes are available: Sign Up Here

    38 min

  4. 02/14/2024 · BONUS

    Allison's Story

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    4 min

  5. 02/14/2024 · BONUS

    Blessing for the Brokenhearted

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    1 min

  6. 02/14/2024 · BONUS

    I Think I Need 100 Days Like This

    This cool breeze by the river bank. A great blue heron feeding in the shallows. The pilated woodpecker serenading the forest with its haunting song. I think I need one hundred days like this!   Slowly, ever so slowly. Here. Now. This! Bit by bit and little by little, I feel a twinge of what may be life. A steady erosion has happened in me. It's taken time to do this damage. It will take more time to regain what's been lost.     The locust have ravaged much I feel now. Sad stories, and far too many of them, have layered my heart with deep grief. I think I need one hundred days like this. But today, I just may have felt my heart again.   As I let this breeze wash over me, is this a baptism of love? And as silence does what only the deep quiet does, I sit here and stay here for a while this beautiful morn. Soaking. Marinating. Feasting . Healing.

    3 min

  7. 02/14/2024

    The River of no Agenda

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    2 min

  8. 10/10/2023

    Discernment: Finding Our Way, Part 2

    Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey.   SHOW NOTES Today's podcast is part two of a discussion between Steve and Spiritual Director Martie McMane. Martie is a retired minister, artist, and spiritual director who used a collage process with Steve & Gwen to help them make some crucial life decisions during a period of repositioning. They continue the conversation today about how the collage process can work in each of our own lives Thank you for joining us in today's conversation!   ABOUT MARTIE MCMANE Rev. Martie McMane, MA, M.Div, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Boulder from 2000-2016.  As a certified Enneagram teacher for 25 years, Martie has reached well over 1,000 people with her in-depth knowledge of the Enneagram and how its understanding can be transformative for our lives. In retirement, she enjoys creating pastels and mixed media, using it as a way to express the connection with the Divine as witnessed in nature and what it means to be human. Martie's Website   Mentioned in the Podcast SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community by Seena B. Frost Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life by Henri Nouwen Merton's Prayer: Finding God's Will This is the Soul Collage that Steve did in the retreat with Marty.   MUSIC USED IN PODCAST Music Break at 23:13 - A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation by John Rutter Music Break at 39:50 - There will be Rest by Frank Ticheli - performed by Kantorei   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Please consider a gift to support our ministry. We have a few ways to make it easy for you: Use our Donation Page on our Website Donate using our new App Send by mail (Potter's Inn, PO Box 35, Divide, Colorado 80814 - make sure you make note that your gift is for the podcast)   FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM Facebook Soul Care Conversations Group Page Potter's Inn Main FB Page Instagram CONTACT US podcast@pottersinn.com INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES? Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats.

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Potter's Inn Soul Care Conversations is a place where our souls meet the world. We invite you into a relevant, vulnerable, and courageous conversation with us. We'll explore key Soul Care issues facing us in work, health, relationships, and God. In our busy lives we all need a space to reflect, be inspired, and get some needed resources to help us navigate the white water of life. This podcast is provided by Potter's Inn, a ministry dedicated to the care of the soul for leaders in the ministry and the marketplace. Stephen W. Smith is the host and the author of 12 books and guides. The Soul Care Conversation podcast is listened to in over 80 countries and has over 275,000 downloads. Approximately 6,000+ people listen to the podcast monthly. The podcast has interviewed such guests as Ruth Haley Barton, Roger Housden, Brian McLaren, Sarah Bessy and others.

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