246: Personal Reflections on Learning How to Love as God Loves with Steve Young

Series Title: Moving Beyond the Transactional Gospel [Part II of II]

In this follow up episode Valerie and guest Steve Young delve into more specific examples related to the power of moving away from seeing the world through the lens of transaction and towards embodying more purely the teachings of Jesus Christ defined by unconditional love.  

 With personal examples from his own journey, Steve and Val hone in on four concepts that have shaped Steve's own spiritual life and personal work:  gentle persuasion, meekness, long suffering and love unfeigned.  

This discussion exemplifies how one can commit to personal discipleship and practice these principles in their own realms--whether it be in personal relationships, professionally, or in formal spiritual settings.  

Val and Steve's hope in this series is to ignite further interest in first seeing more clearly where transaction exists, articulating how this way of relating is spiritually damning, and inviting each of us and our religious system into a higher, holier way of discipleship.