Spiritual Insights for Challenging Times

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Spiritual Insights for Challenging Times is a podcast hosted by Reverend Ellen Barron, offering spiritual wisdom, meaningful conversations, and practical insights to help you navigate life’s challenges with greater peace, courage, and hope. Through reflections, guest conversations, and spiritual practices, Ellen invites listeners to reconnect with the strength, guidance, and light within.

  1. Oct 19

    What If Your Good Is Already Here?

    What if the good you’ve been searching for is already here—but you’re simply not seeing it? Join Rev. Ellen Barron and Rev. Ana Quintana as they explore gratitude as more than being thankful—it’s a spiritual way of seeing that can change how you experience your life. Discover how turning your attention toward the good and awakening to God as your Source can move you from focusing on what’s missing to recognizing the possibilities already present. How do we actually make that shift and step into our power, especially when life is challenging? Tune in and discover how the practice of gratitude can change not only what you see, but how you live.

  2. Oct 12

    When Worry Takes Over

    Do you ever find yourself worrying about something that hasn’t even happened yet—your mind racing ahead to everything that could go wrong? What if you could pause in those moments and tap into something within you that is stronger than the fear? In this episode, we’ll explore a simple spiritual practice for noticing worry without being consumed by it, quieting the mind, and turning toward the strength, wisdom, and peace of God already within you. You’ll leave with a meditation practice you can use whenever worry or anxiety begins to take over.

  3. Oct 5

    Coming Home to Your True Self

    What if becoming more fully yourself isn’t about fixing or improving anything, but remembering who you truly are? In this episode, Rev. Ellen Barron and Rev. Teresa Curry explore self-awareness as a path to spiritual awakening—learning to recognize the fears, old patterns, and conditioning that can disconnect us from our authentic, divine nature. Through compassion, self-realization, and a deeper awareness of what’s happening within us, we discover how to move from reacting to life to responding from the wisdom we already hold within. Join us for an inspiring conversation about letting go of who you think you should be and coming home to who you already are.

  4. Sep 28

    How Do We Really Pray for Someone?

    How easy is it, when someone we care about is in distress, to become absorbed in the problem and start praying for precisely what we believe they need? Yet if prayer isn't really about our needs—since, as Jesus taught, God already knows what we need—then what does it mean to pray genuinely for another person? To find out, join Rev. Ellen Barron and Rev. Maggie Alderman as they explore how we can move our focus from the difficulty to the Divine Idea of wholeness, abundance, peace, wisdom, and harmony, thereby helping both ourselves and the person we are praying for attain a greater awareness of God's Presence and what is possible. What if praying for someone isn't about asking God to alter their circumstances, but about holding them in the highest truth of who they are?

  5. Sep 21

    When Prayer Changes You

    When life feels uncertain or overwhelming, where do you turn? What if prayer isn’t about asking God to change what’s happening, but about changing us? What if the peace, strength, and guidance you’ve been praying for are already within you? Join Rev. Ellen Barron and Rev. Maggie Alderman as they explore a powerful way to pray—not from fear or the need to change what’s happening, but by awakening to the Divine Presence within. Discover how affirmative prayer can shift your perspective, open you to new possibilities, and help you meet life’s challenges with greater faith, peace, and trust.

  6. Sep 8

    The Freedom of Allowing

    Acceptance is more than understanding - it's a way of living. In Part 2, Rev. Dr. Martha Creek returns to continue a deeper dive with Rev. Ellen Barron into the practice of allowing life to be as it is, without immediately trying to fix it, avoid it, or push it away. Discover how staying present with difficult emotions can become a doorway to wisdom, resilience, and inner peace. Through practical spiritual tools and compassionate insights, you'll learn how allowing creates the freedom to respond to life with greater love, courage, and possibility.

  7. Aug 31

    What Are You Resisting?

    What if the path to greater peace isn't resisting life, but meeting it with compassion? In Part 1, Rev. Ellen Barron and guest Rev. Dr. Martha Creek explore the meaning of radical acceptance and why so much of our suffering comes from fighting what is already here. Together we'll look at how accepting the present moment isn't giving up - it's creating the space for healing, clarity, and transformation. You'll also discover simple practices you can begin using right away when life feels overwhelming.

  8. Aug 24

    Are You Really Listening?

    What if one of the most powerful ways to bring more peace into your life wasn't talking - but truly listening? In this episode, Rev. Ellen Barron and guest Bettie Spurill explore the spiritual practice of active listening, sometimes called compassionate conversation. Discover why listening without judgment, criticism, or the need to fix someone can deepen understanding, heal relationships, and perhaps even change everything. If you have ever longed for more meaningful conversations in these challenging times, this episode offers practical wisdom that can truly transform the way you relate to others.

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Spiritual Insights for Challenging Times is a podcast hosted by Reverend Ellen Barron, offering spiritual wisdom, meaningful conversations, and practical insights to help you navigate life’s challenges with greater peace, courage, and hope. Through reflections, guest conversations, and spiritual practices, Ellen invites listeners to reconnect with the strength, guidance, and light within.

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