I’ve spent the last 15 years in a fluid combination of pastoral ministry, seminary teaching, and clinical counseling. I write mostly about the intersections of psychology, theology, and Christian spirituality.
Most recently, I was a teaching pastor at City Church San Francisco, where I co-founded Newbigin House of Studies, an urban and missional training center with M.Div. and M.A. offerings through Western Theological Seminary, MI. I’ve started two church counseling centers, a Lay Counseling Program further developed by my City Church colleagues, and a Fellows program. All of this represents my commitment to formation for mission.”
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Show Notes:
- (4:05) Why have you given so much of your life to spiritual formation work?
- (8:20) Discovering a disconnect
- (10:42) Getting fired and a “Dark Night of the Soul” period
- (13:20) Relationships, Therapy, & Contemplative Prayer
- (18:40) How do people develop into a more loving way of being?
- (22:30) The power and importance of vulnerability, space, and presence
- (27:37) Sharing recent thinking around wholeheartedness
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Richard Rohr
- Paula D’Arcy
- James Finley
- “The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest,” I repeated woodenly, as if I might exhaust myself completely before I reached the end of the sentence. “What is it, then?” “The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness.” Crossing the Unknown Sea (excerpt) by David Whyte
- Brené Brown – The power of vulnerability
- Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion, and Healing the Divided Self
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