150 episodes

Listen in as your host, Lisa Colón DeLay, engages in meaningful conversation with a diverse selection of best-selling authors, influencers, luminaries, leaders, unique thinkers, spiritual teachers, and ordinary people who lead interesting lives and do good in their part of the world. Soul School episodes are short reflections from the host.





Check the audio weekly archives (at sparkmymuse.com) going back to April 2015 to enjoy a range of fascinating themes and distinguished guests like Seth Godin, Mark Nepo, Krista Tippett, Parker J. Palmer, Dr Daniel J. Siegel MD, Fr. James Martin, Omid Safi, Dr Ibram Kendi, AJ Levine, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Dr. Steven Porter, Dr Lerita Coleman Brown, Dr Vinod Goel, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, and many others to engage your intellect, spark your inner life, and add fuel to feed your relationships and sustain you for the long term.





Supporters keep the program going. Pay-what-you-can and find extras and much more at patreon.com/sparkmymuse





Visit the official Spark My Muse website [sparkmymuse.com] to access hundreds of episodes, to visit the Spark Store, to find Courses for deeper insights, or contact the host, teacher, creative director, and spiritual companion Lisa Colón DeLay who is also the author of the celebrated spiritual formation book "The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice".

Spark My Muse Lisa Colón DeLay

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.9 • 57 Ratings

Listen in as your host, Lisa Colón DeLay, engages in meaningful conversation with a diverse selection of best-selling authors, influencers, luminaries, leaders, unique thinkers, spiritual teachers, and ordinary people who lead interesting lives and do good in their part of the world. Soul School episodes are short reflections from the host.





Check the audio weekly archives (at sparkmymuse.com) going back to April 2015 to enjoy a range of fascinating themes and distinguished guests like Seth Godin, Mark Nepo, Krista Tippett, Parker J. Palmer, Dr Daniel J. Siegel MD, Fr. James Martin, Omid Safi, Dr Ibram Kendi, AJ Levine, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Dr. Steven Porter, Dr Lerita Coleman Brown, Dr Vinod Goel, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, and many others to engage your intellect, spark your inner life, and add fuel to feed your relationships and sustain you for the long term.





Supporters keep the program going. Pay-what-you-can and find extras and much more at patreon.com/sparkmymuse





Visit the official Spark My Muse website [sparkmymuse.com] to access hundreds of episodes, to visit the Spark Store, to find Courses for deeper insights, or contact the host, teacher, creative director, and spiritual companion Lisa Colón DeLay who is also the author of the celebrated spiritual formation book "The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice".

    Killing My Childhood God [SSL 286]

    Killing My Childhood God [SSL 286]

    Today, a reading from Eugene Peterson's potent book entitled Answering God















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    Accompanying Ourselves [SSL 285]

    Accompanying Ourselves [SSL 285]

    May this post find you well.







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    Sit. Feast on Your Life [SSL 284]

    Sit. Feast on Your Life [SSL 284]

    Today is an invitation to feast on your life. There are reflections from host Lisa Colon DeLay and a reading of a poem by Nobel Prize winner Caribbean luminary, Derek Walcott















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    A World Without Birdsong [SSL 283]

    A World Without Birdsong [SSL 283]

    Discovering the impossible sadness of silent forests and noisy wars







    I've been thinking about the vanishing songbirds and I found a poet, Nicole Brown. Today, I reflect on what's going on.























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    A Healing Presence in a Traumatized World | James Finley [SSL 282]

    A Healing Presence in a Traumatized World | James Finley [SSL 282]

    The answer to suffering is Love















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    What About Good Returns? [SSL 281]

    What About Good Returns? [SSL 281]

    In the end, pilgrimage is about homecoming







    Today I wanted to reflect on good returns and the work of Fiona Koefoed Jaspersen (Ordinary Pilgrim)























    "Many believe a pilgrimage is about going away but it isn’t; it is about coming home." – L.M. Browning







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