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Becoming Love Podcast - IamSignificant.ca

A podcast for the outsiders & outcasts, doubters & disillusioned, the heartsick & heretics. For the nones, dones, & the spiritually independent. For those who know there has to be more.

A fresh(er) take on take on Christian spirituality and living into the abiding, loving presence of the God-who-loves. Supporting you as you untangle from toxic religious beliefs and experience, and cultivate a deeper experience of the sacred within all of life, responding to the invitations of Spirit to co-create a life chock-full of meaning, joy, and peace.

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Episodes (36)

Love Is â¦. - Becoming Love Podcast

Ask folks about love and most often you will get a description of what love does. As awesome as this is, taking a few minutes to think about what love IS will go a long way to help us live lives of love in our day to day lives.

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enJanuary 25, 2023

Psalm 109 - Becoming Love Podcast

Today Michael shares a fresh take on Palm 109 as rendered by Nan C. Merrill in her book: Praying the Psalms. Merrills take is especially intimate and speaks with tenderness through a lens of love.

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enJanuary 16, 2023

The Ears of the Heart -Mary&Martha

Micheal introduces Lectio Divina and the practice of listening with the ears of our hearts.
Today's text tells the story of an encounter that Jesus had with two sisters. Settle in and see what bubbles to the top of your heart, and what invitations of the Spirit are presented to you.

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enMay 09, 2022

The SLAP heard around the World - Can we see our Problem?

What a Show! - Last Sundays Oscars were one for the history books. Cruel Jokes and Slaps stole the show and electrified Social Media as everyone chimed in with their opinion with plenty of finger-wagging to go around.

In this episode, Michael shares a perspective that seems to be missing - and it might make you squirm!

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enMarch 30, 2022

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Friendly Fire - They mean well but Wow!

Do you have well-meaning folks in your life that just HAVE to tell you 'what they think your problem is? Or "if you just did __________" You'd do well. How many times are these folks so off the mark and you are left feeling bruised, misunderstood and a little pissed? This is friendly fire.

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enMarch 10, 2022

Triggers- The Gift Nobody Wants

Pain (and our Triggers) get our attention to areas in our life that need some loving attention. Michael shares his experience with emotional triggers and the transforming gifts that can often be discovered when we lovingly and thoughtfully accept their invitation to look deeper.

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enJanuary 12, 2022

I'd become one of them

Winter has settled in - in the CornCob City. And I was reminded of a little story, and it stirs me everytime I reflect on it. So I thought I would share it on the podcast in my own words.

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enDecember 13, 2021

I think we need New Stories

In the first episode of Season 2, Michael set some of the ground work for the upcoming season. He dreams a little bit about the importance of story, how they help us, how they can hurt us and how our most significant stories need to be refreshed in light of new information - all while being faith to the constitutive story of Jesus.

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The One about Cosmic Love & Teilhard

Michael explores a few ideas of Love at the very foundation of the Cosmos and how we partner with God with acts of self-giving love.

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enOctober 13, 2021

The one about Becoming Love & the Lizard Brain

Michael shares just a few thoughts on what he means when he talks about becoming love.

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enMay 26, 2021

A Deep Dream: A Spiritual Experience

Michael leads us in a simple spiritual experience exercise launching from a poem by Meg Wheatly. Sit back. Relax and a take a couple deep breaths and open your heart to the Spirit.

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enFebruary 01, 2021

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Feeling it is just the Beginning: Grief

In this quick episode Michael explores the idea that we experience grief in waves, ebbs and flows, and that it is okay to not be okay AND it is okay to feel okay. He also quickly talks about the relationship between grief and mourning.

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enJanuary 26, 2021

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The One about Grief & Faith

Michael shares a few thoughts on grief and how sometimes faith can sometimes take us deeper into the weeds of our loss. He pulls the pin on unhelpful beliefs that keep us from comfort and healing of our heart.

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enDecember 18, 2020

The One about Waiting - 1st Sunday of Advent 2020

Michael recorded an Advent message about Waiting for the Amadeo community. Michael shares his own experiences of waiting and the challenges that are often a part of waiting especially through the tough stuff.

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The One about Grief at Christmas

Michael talks about the This Light Lingers - a virtual drop-in for the brokenhearted. Michael gives a bit of a sneak peek of the themes and topics with a taste of some prowerful insights for navigating grief towards healing your heart.
Link: https://iamsignificant.ca/grief-support/christmas2020/

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The One about Two Kinds of Kingdom

Michael reflects on the story from the bible about the stoning of Stephen and the two expressions of Kingdom in this story. Michael leans into love with its radical forgiveness and its refusal of retributive violence. The upsidedown Kingdom of God.

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enNovember 09, 2020

The one about Letting Go - Poem

Michael shares a bit of an update of his work lately and a poem/prayer by Ted Loder "Losen My Grip." Let the words of this prayer stir the Spirit in your own life. Listen for the invitation of the Spirit for you to let go and discover you are held safely in the hands of the God-who-loves.

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enOctober 14, 2020

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The One about Conspiracy Theories

Michael expores some initial thoughts on conspiracy theories - what makes them attractive and why. He also explores why some people of faith might be paricularly suspectable to conspiriacy theories and ways we can navigate life going forward.

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enSeptember 09, 2020

The one about Grief. We have to feel it.

In this installment Michael explores loss in its various forms from the perspective that we are not alone, and there is a present hope rooted in a future promise. Exploring grief and the necessity to engage it and to feel it as a pathway to healing your heart.

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enAugust 18, 2020

The one with Jacob Rose - Hope, Joy, Perseverance & Music

Michael sits down with singer, songwriter, and penny-philosopher to explore the themes in his latest album "Can't Hold it All".
Jake's info:
https://jacobrosemusic.com/home
Streaming on all the popular streaming sites

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enJuly 22, 2020

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