Spark My Muse

Spark My Muse


Latest Episodes

Insights from the Launch Team
January 13, 2026

"Lisa, what do you hope for with the release of this book?"

How Life on Screens leaves out the Right Brain Chemicals We Need
January 06, 2026

Research and Tactics for more meaning

2025 Review and Connection in 2026
December 30, 2025

How I defeated the threats of loneliness

Eps 239: Lee and Simon from a Presby Podcast
December 09, 2025

Lee Coate and Simon Doong from A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast conversed with me on the themes of the Sermon on the Mount and on Christianity in the time of Empire (and conservative Christians cult mentalities) To watch the (unedited) conversation g

Eps 238 Jenn Layte, Follower and hearing the voice of God
November 05, 2025

Today I feature a friend of the pod, Rev Jenn Layte to converse about her newest book Follower: How Getting Close to Jesus Brings You to Yourself Please check out my YouTube Channel and subscri

Eps. 237: Hedgehogs, Basilisks, Unicorns, and learning from Medieval teachings
October 08, 2025

Today is a conversation with Grace Hamman, PhD about her wonderful new book "Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life" Find photos, video, book link, and more at the s

ARRIVED: Advanced Reader Copies [SSL 344]
September 10, 2025

A special reading from Way of the Desert Elders

Finding a Buried (emotional) Corpse [SSL 343]
August 20, 2025

Nearly healed from nasal surgery, I'm back to talk about emotions I didn't know I had buried and how they pop up (in all of us). Don't forget to get your copy of The Way of the Desert Elders VID

411 on gluttony and lust
July 23, 2025

I'm starting a series on the main chapters of my book. We begin with gluttony and lust and learn how the desert elders dealt with these two issues that reared their heads in the desert setting. By und

Why do the Wicked Prosper?
July 16, 2025

Friends, I'm not okay. I've been struggling with the question: Why do the Wicked prosper? I have been feeling terrible sorrow and today I'll be reading the chapter in Psalms that has been keeping m