Spark My Muse

Spark My Muse


Latest Episodes

Prophecy: Beauty Will Save the World [SSL 303]
April 03, 2024

The meaning of Dostoevsky's puzzling words, his biography steeped in suffering, and interacting with the transcendent are featured today.

Spring Lavishly [SSL 302]
March 27, 2024

On Eater lilies, remembrance, fasting, hope, rebirth and two poems to help us as we settle into this holiday week 2024.

Downright Awestruck [SSL 301]
March 20, 2024

Today we are probing our sense of mystery and wonder: Experiencing awe is vital for human flourishing.

Dancing at the Midnight Hour [SSL 300]
March 13, 2024

How to thrive in the middle of chaos. Otis Moss III

Can Righteousness Include Contempt? [SSL 299]
March 06, 2024

Host, Lisa Colon DeLay offers a reflection on the relationship between righteousness and contempt.

Alternate Ascension Day [SSL 298]
February 29, 2024

A little-known top theologian of the last century, Sergius N. Bulgakov regarding the coming of the Kingdom on Ascension Day.

How to Eat Angel’s Bread [SSL 297]
February 21, 2024

Host Lisa Colon DeLay reflects on what is meant by Angel's Bread (the virtue) that combat the vice Dragon's Wine according to Evagrius Ponticus, via Fr. Gabriel Bunge

Where is God in the Genocide? [SSL 296]
February 14, 2024

Unpacking part of a book review (by Michael O'Neil) on "The Doors of the Seas" by David Bentley Hart on issues of God's Providence, Sovereignty, Free Will, suffering, evil and more.

Wild Beasts and Dragon’s Wine [SSL 295]
February 07, 2024

Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 CE) was an expert of the inner life and today host Lisa Colon DeLay reads from Fr. Gabriel Bunge's book to learn what Evagrius meant by "Dragon's Wine and Angel's Bread".

The Inner Life of a Leader [SSL 294]
January 31, 2024

Host Lisa Colon DeLay reads Jasmine Bellamy's guidance for doing inner work to be a compassionate and competent leader.