30th Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time.

We ask ourselves (and you) several questions: What does it mean for me to repent?

What was a moment of conversion in my life?

We wonder about how Paul forgave himself and integrated his own conversion experience after being struck down in Damascus. Here is one possible timeline of events.

We talk about prayer, the "Way of the Pilgrim" and his prayer, and prayer mantras.

We explore the paradoxical nature of parables and compare them to dreams.

The Sunday Readings

Thank you to Josh Mortensen for having Laura on his podcast, The Explorer Poet.

And if you're in Nashville, come to the Tennessee International Film Festival on Nov. 6 and see Laura and her film, Dumpling!

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29th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time.

Question we ask ourselves: "When the Son of Man comes, what faith will he find in me?"

We talk about what posture we take in the world and what is the best "posture" to fight evil or unconsciousness?

Jung's answer to "will the world survive?" "As he did so often, Jung saw the individual as the key to the future: If there are enough individuals who are conscious, who recognize the reality of the opposites, who have done sufficient work on themselves to face and manage the opposites in themselves, then we might avoid this most horrendous of tragedies."

--Sue Mehrtens

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28th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time.

We ask ourselves: "What is my faith around “being healed?”

We talk about the bubbles we travel in - economic, spiritual, or political.

Also, Do I prefer to swim in the shallow water or the deep?

We drift into the deep waters of the Adam and Eve story.

We talk of the Felix culpa -- Latin for “happy fault.” It comes from a line in the Exsultet, an ancient hymn sung during the Easter Vigil.

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We ask ourselves (and you) this question: "What is my unique calling, how am I to serve the world?"

Laura mentions the book, Paradoxical Thinking and

a great article about the prophet Habakkuk and his infrequent appearance in the church calendar. Marci offers a wonderful metaphor of faith and flying a kite and she mentions Father Richard Rohr's book, Everything Belongs.

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Our question today (based on the readings). "What are my attitudes toward wealth?'

We talk about the work of sociologist Brene Brown and the film, MountainHead. We explore the juicy story of Lazarus and the rich man, and much more!

The Sunday Readings -The 26th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time

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25th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. We wrestle with some very tough readings!

A question we ask ourselves and you: What are my attitudes toward authority, wealth, and the systems we live under?

Marci mentions her poem found in this publication. ⁠Unruly Catholic Feminists: Prose, Poetry, and the Future of the Faith ⁠

We mention Brian Swimme and the "Story of the Universe," the evolution of the world and of justice.

Also, Kohlberg's levels of ethics, Ilia Delio's noosphere,

and the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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We start with a juicy question : what "inner" puzzle am I working on these days?

Then we puzzle through a reading about biting snakes, ingratitude, and looking at what scares us.

We talk of Richard Schwartz, - The Founder of Internal Family Systems . (Laura accidentally says Stephen Schwartz -- the creator of Godspell).

We grapple with John 3:16.

Marci tells a bad joke. And much more!

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Laura is starting a new product - practicing symbolic thinking using fairy tale stop motion films in a Monthly Film Club.

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