How do you tell the differences between authentic faith and cultural expression of it (fads)? Why does my faith look different than my parents? Are my parents correct? What is the future of faith? In this episode Jer leads a subject centered conversation about the nature of fads within faith communities.
Jer and Kirk are joined by Justin Byrne (from episode 6) and Jack Burgess (from episode 12) to explore their experiences with non-dualistic thinking. They work through what it is, how they began to be impacted by it and why it matters. The conversation hits spiritual, relationship and political subjects and they try to understand the nature and value of either/or (dualistic) with both/and (non-dualistic) thinking.
If you want to explore this subject further check out these links to some of the resources they talk about in this episode.
Robcast: Episode 86: Richard Rohr and the Alternative Orthodoxy
The Liturgist Podcast: The Cosmic Christ with Richard Rohr.
On Being: Living in Deep Time with Richard Rohr
Center for Action and Contemplation Daily Meditation on Non-Dualistic Thinking
You can also go to our resource page to find other books you may find helpful at showinguppodcast.com
Jer and Kirk respond to questions from the audience. Listen along as our two courageous host figure out what to do with questions like:
- How is showing up an expression of being versus doing?
- Can you define the fruit of showing up?
- How do you ask good questions?
- Are all the listeners invited to Jer and Britts Wedding?
Feel free to engage with your own questions at https://www.facebook.com/showinguppodcast/.
Joshua and Rebekah Johnson would like you to be their neighbor. So they created a neighborhood "with the aim to reintroduce human connections at the center of its design and culture. Whether it's the large front porches, common house for periodic shared dinners and gatherings, the community pool for hot summer days, or small agriculture and trails for enjoying the land, Shiloh Park is an ideal place to live among friends, raise your children, or retire in place."* Jer and Kirk catch up with them just as their breaking ground for a rich conversation on physical and virtual neighboring and how to show up in your community.
Jer and Kirk are joined by Barry and Lori Byrne (yep Jer’s parents) co-founders of Nothing Hidden Ministries where they help individuals and couples build better relationships. Today we are talking about marriage. Barry and Lori travel world wide presenting the Love After Marriage workshop creating a powerful space for couples to show up in their marriages.
Relationship are one of the most important places to learn to show up as the best version of yourself. Connection is key to this process. We are excited to have connection experts for this episode share their journey and tools to help you show up in your marriages.
For a bit of context Kirk has been married for 22 years and Jer is recently engaged.
Jer and Kirk are joined by Gabe Watkins, Co-founder of Kingdom Industry where human identity is expressed through architecture + digital design. Game and his co-founder Eric believe identity is the natural glue that allows them to combine digital and physical design to create extraordinary outcomes for clients.
Jer and Kirk are joined by Nate Brown, CTO of Escape Velocity Systems, a Boulder Colorado based tech company. Nate shares his journey finding his voice as an entrepreneur and how he is leveraging that experience in his new endeavor Start Here TV. Nate and his partners have been inviting entrepreneurs to their Monday Morning Meeting where startups are given a chance to pitch their ideas and receive advise, encouragement or funding. After 8 years they are working with film maker Jonny Clark to capture the entrepreneurial journey in a new web based TV show called Start Here.
In this episode Jer and Kirk are joined by artist, creator, thinker and visual facilitator Jack Burgess. They discuss Jack's journey from art school to the Earnst & Young's Accelerated Solution Environment in Cambridge, MA. Here Jack was paid to "draw on the walls." He also developed the business acumen to become a graphic and visual facilitator for business' looking for simple solutions to complex problems. Listen as Jack learns to cut through the noise of conversation to find the high value nuggets with clients and in his own life.
In this episode Jer and Kirk reflect on the stories told during the spiritual journey series. They share how listening to the diversity found in these experiences effected them. They ponder questions like: What does it mean to experience conversion? Are their good journeys and bad journeys? How do you hold other people's experiences? Are there benefit or possible harm in sharing journeys like these?
Jer and I (Kirk) hope you enjoy these reflections and invite you to reflect with us. It would be amazing if you would add your thoughts and comments to ours as we consider what it means to be on spiritual journeys together.
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Wali Razaqi’s spiritual journey has taken him around the world. Born in Afghanistan, raised in Santa Cruz, he completed a pilgrimage to Mecca, played a championship football game… twice, started a film production company and now attends the same church Ronald Regan did (Bel Air Presbyterian).
Join Jer and Kirk as they get a glimpse of the unfolding spiritual journey of Wali Razaqi while they ask the question “Where’s Wali?
In this episode Jer and Kirk are joined by Suzanne Cresswell who shares her unique spiritual journey as a healer. Suzanne primarily expresses her gift of healing as a physical and occupational therapist. Her work is rooted in her education but transcends traditional methods and enters the realm of the healing arts. Her dedication to intellectual and spiritual learning has driven her deeply into this realm and produced an impressive body of work both in her patients and community.
Jer and Kirk are joined by Justine Marcy who shares a riveting and deeply personal story of her spiritual journey. She describes the insufficiency of her spirituality relative to the pain she confronted in India while working at Mother Teressa’s Home for the Dying. Listen as Justine wrestles with the question “Is My God Good?”
Jeremy and Kirk are joined by Linnea Gabriella Spransy in a winding conversation about the joy and pain of creativity, the experience of a shakeup of faith and the results of surrendering to her work.
Linnea is a celebrated artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the Yale University School of Art, M.F.A. Painting (2001) and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, B.F.A., Fine Arts (1998). For a complete list of her showings and installations you can visit here.
During the interview listen for themes related to the cost of certainty, being kidnapped by your calling, the anonymous work of traveling side roads and what happens when you know you are enough.
In this episode Jer and Kirk are joined by Jer’s brother, Justin (aka Jaws) to talk about the journey of showing up in relationships. Jer and Jaws travel the world presenting The Single Life Workshop. Their work is rooted in the belief that… “We were made for connection – at the core of who we are, we have been designed with a desire for relationship – to experience intimacy and connection, and to know others and be known ourselves.”* You can learn more about the workshop and their work at the links below.
Jer and Kirk spend some time with Luke Miner to discuss showing up in business. He is a co-founder of youcarring.com, an angel investor, and an entrepreneur. Luke shares how he found his way in business through failure, success and discovering what he is all about.
In this episode Jer and Kirk explore the second hardest question in the world, "What do you want?" Why is this question so hard to answer? What stops us from answering it well? Jer and Kirk each have their awkward moments which, hopefully, will create permission of you to wrestle with this question in helpful ways.
In this episode Jer and Kirk discuss how resistance functions in our lives and keeps us from expressing ourselves in powerful ways.
To read more on this subject check out The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield. It is a great read!
In this episode Jeremy and Kirk discover that the hardest thing to see is often hidden in plain sight. Like the name of their podcast.
Below is the text conversation described near the end of this episode. Jeremy’s first comment contained everything we needed to know about the name and theme for this podcast. Yet, we still struggled for months to discover the obvious.
