Pioneering Old Paths
You need somewhere to ponder, wonder, wrestle.
You're curious - perplexed - even listless - about the paradoxes of life in Christ: the pains, promises, people, and practices.
You're in the right place.
Join Amy Leigh Bamberg, a spiritual director who deeply values the sacred work of holy listening with individuals, couples, and groups in exploration of the intricate ways God meets each person. Tune in for in-depth discussions with insightful guests and find companionship for your spiritual transformation journey.
Episodes
8 episodes
Reading the Bible the Ancient Way
Reading the Bible is challenging. Not only are we engaging multiple genres - from poetry to prose to apocolyptic - but also there's that whole language issue. I don't speak ancient Hebrew or Greek. Do you?And there's a tenden...
The Interior Life: A Meditative Reflection
Is it psycho-babble? Selfishness? Escapism? Or is the interior journey absolutely essential for a Christ-formed life?Answer: the latter. Make no mistake: in a society of weaponized individuality and normalized pathological na...
Contemplating the Interior Castle
Long before John Mark Comer and Ruth Haley Barton; even preceding the greats like Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Henri J.M. Nouwen, an insightful nun living in 16th century Spain megaphoned the necessity of spiritual formation--that is, th...
The Mystics: Reformation & Transformation
You sign up for it. Find a supervisor with exceptional expertise. Then spend the next four years following them, failing, learning, fumbling around with the fret saw, feeling mortified on jobsites. You watch. Ask. Listen. Obey. Chan...
Contemplative Prayer: A Striking Metaphor
Sporting Rainbow Brite pj's, as a child I curled underneath the covers and dutifully repeated: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."Bowing my head b...
Desire: A Meditative Reflection
How do you deal with desire?Most of us vacillate between two poles; we either duck and dodge or mindlessly indulge. But what if there's a third option? A more arduous, stretching, liberating third option?In this episode Amy Leigh ...
Desire & Spirituality: An Integrative Approach
Desire. An innate, unquenchable fire within us sparks our thoughts and fuels our beliefs. It ignites our actions.As a flaming fire within the human soul, desire has the potential both to unite and divide, to illumine and darken, heal and...