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This week on the podcast we talk with Alden Sproull about contemplative Christianity, spiritual direction, silence and the (often) lost art of spiritual direction. 

Alden Sproull is an experienced retreat leader, and has offered Spiritual Direction for the last 25 years. He has worked for 45 years as a clinical chaplain including serving 24 years on the Chaplaincy Advisory Committee advising the Executive Leadership regarding the Endorsement of Chaplains for all areas of chaplaincy in the US and abroad. Through each of his assignments he has worked with patients, families, staff and physicians dealing with the growing ethical dilemmas in end of life care. He holds an advanced degree in Christian Spirituality with studies in Spiritual Formation, Feminist Spirituality and the Arts. He is also an author and poet having several articles and poems published. 



Connect with Alden: 

https://www.charlottespiritualitycenter.org/spiritual-direction

Email: al.sproull@gmail.com



About What The Faith:

What The Faith is a space to embrace the spiritual misfits. In the time of organized religion's mass exodus and the ever-growing post-religion/deconstruction movement, many are finding themselves somewhere in the middle of all the noise. The misfit might be skeptical of religion but they aren’t anti-spirituality. They’re looking for more and most importantly, they’re yearning for dialogue that will help them enter into that reconstruction process, wherever it may lead them.



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On today's episode of What the Faith, we talk with Wil Carlos about his background in Christianity, the world of energy healing, what even is energy healing and ways to apply it to everyday life.

Wil is an energy healer who practices with Reiki, Access Consciousness, Vortex Healing, and EFT. He is also trained in guiding NLP, hypnotherapy, and guided meditation. We learned a TON of todays episode and really dove into a realm of spirituality neither of us have thought about or experienced. Today's episode is a fun one. 

Connect with Will: 

https://www.myspiritualclarity.com

https://www.facebook.com/myspiritualclarity



About What The Faith: 

What The Faith is a space to embrace the spiritual misfits. In the time of organized religion's mass exodus and the ever-growing post-religion/deconstruction movement, many are finding themselves somewhere in the middle of all the noise. The misfit might be skeptical of religion but they aren’t anti-spirituality. They’re looking for more and most importantly, they’re yearning for dialogue that will help them enter into that reconstruction process, wherever it may lead them. 



You can connect with us further at: 

https://www.whatthefaith.space/

https://www.instagram.com/whatthefaithspace/

https://www.facebook.com/whatthefaithspace/



And liked what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave us a review, or send us an email with your topic/guest suggestions at: whatthefaithspace@gmail.com

On today’s episode of What The Faith, we talk to Jarin Oda about pastoring Generation Z, spiritual growth and the deep importance of inner work along the spiritual journey. 

Jarin is a friend of the podcast, someone who both of us admire and it's an honor to have him on the show today. Currently, Jarin is serving as the Youth Pastor for Bridgetown Church in Portland, OR. He has a real heart for helping youth explore and ask deeper questions about their faith and is truly an example of what it means to live out your values each and every day. 



Connect with Jarin: 

https://bridgetown.church/serve/

https://www.instagram.com/jarin.oda



About What The Faith: 

What The Faith is a space to embrace the spiritual misfits. In the time of organized religion's mass exodus and the ever-growing post-religion/deconstruction movement, many are finding themselves somewhere in the middle of all the noise. The misfit might be skeptical of religion but they aren’t anti-spirituality. They’re looking for more and most importantly, they’re yearning for dialogue that will help them enter into that reconstruction process, wherever it may lead them. 

You can connect with us further at: 

https://whatthefaith.space

https://www.instagram.com/whatthefaithspace

https://www.facebook.com/whatthefaithspace/



And liked what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave us a review, or send us an email with your topic/guest suggestions at: whatthefaithspace@gmail.com

Is there truly a science to spirituality? In today's episode we talk with Chris Niebauer all about mediation, the ego and how neuroscience is catching up to what Buddhists have taught for thousands of years. 

While in grad school in the early 1990s, Chris began to notice striking parallels between the latest discoveries in psychology, neuroscience, and the teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and other schools of Eastern thought. When he presented his findings to a professor, his ideas were quickly dismissed as “pure coincidence, nothing more.” 

Fast-forward 20 years later and Niebauer is a PhD and a tenured professor, and the Buddhist-neuroscience connection he found as a student is practically its own genre in the bookstore. But according to Niebauer, we are just beginning to understand the link between Eastern philosophy and the latest findings in psychology and neuroscience and what these assimilated ideas mean for the human experience.

Chris earned his Ph.D. in cognitive neuropsychology at the University of Toledo, specializing in the differences between the left and right sides of the human brain. He is currently a professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses on consciousness, mindfulness, left- and right-brain differences, and artificial intelligence.



Connect with Chris: 

https://chrisniebauerphd.com/

https://chrisniebauerphd.com/the-book/



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On today's episode we talk with Justin Brierley all about navigating Christianity in a secular leaning UK, embracing spiritual questions and the importance of critical thinking.  

Justin is the host of the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast on Premier Christian Radio, as well as the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast. He is passionate about creating conversations around faith, science, theology and culture and has interviewed some of the greatest minds of our time - including Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins. Through the Unbelievable? show and his book Unbelievable? Why After Ten Years of Talking with Atheists, I'm Still a Christian - Justin promotes healthy religious dialogue, challenging Christians to ask hard questions about their faith. 

On today's episode we talk with Susan Katz Miller, an interfaith child and an interfaith parent. 

Susan is considered the top expert on interfaith families celebrating more than one religion, and has spoken across the country and abroad. In 2013, Beacon Press published her book Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family. In addition, she founded the first blog devoted to interfaith family communities and interfaith identity, onbeingboth.com, and also blogged at Huffington Post Religion. 

Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Time, Slate, Utne Reader, Discover, Science, National Wildlife, Health, Moment, Jewcy.com, interfaithfamily.com, and many other publications. Her work on interfaith families has been featured on The Today Show (NBC), CBS, NPR (All Things Considered, Here & Now, and The Diane Rehm Show), on the PBS program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, on HuffPost Live, and in dozens of other media outlets.