My beloved friend Alexander Shaia returns to the Poema Podcast this week - and today we explore the historic pilgrims journey of the Camino in Spain. We explore the history and true meaning of the Camino - and it's lasting impact on the lives who engage in it.
This leads into a wider discussion of the lost art of rites of passage - using the Camino as an example, Alexander discusses what a true rite of passage really is, the sacrifice involved, and how it's impact is as much if not more seen after the experience itself has finished, rather than just the period actively engaged in it.
Alexander and I explore the idea that true growth can only come through sacrifice, through a willingness to engage with our own pain rather than continue to numb it with the habits, addictions, and busyness of regular life - and how if we do engage in this process, we can discover true, authentic transformation and spiritual formation.
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Poema S6 034 | Holly Oxhandler on Mental Health & Church During & Beyond The Pandemic
Poema S6 033 | Marlena Graves on Why The Way Up Is Down
Poema S6 032 | Heather Thompson Day on Communication, Faith & The Power of Story
Poema S6 031 | Elle Rose on Being Gray Ace, Demisexual & Panromantic
Poema S6 030 | Joe Potosi on Childhood Trauma & Growing Up Between a Rock & A Hard Place
Poema S6 029 | Elle Rose on Living with DPRD, ADHD & Depression
Poema S6 028 | Rev Dr Shannon Polk on Systemic Racism & The Work of Change
Poema S6 027 | Sierra Nichole on Deconstruction & Progressive Fundamentalism
Poema S6 026 | Alexander Shaia on the Holiness of Uncertainty
Poema S6 025 | Jessica Kantrowitz on The Long Night of Depression
Poema S6 024 | KJ Ramsey on This Too Shall Last
Poema S6 023 | Grief Matters: Shelby Forsythia on Permission To Grieve
Poema S6 022 | Grief Matters 6: Aundi Kolber
Poema S6 021 | Mike McHargue on Naming Grief & Why You Are A Miracle
Poema S6 020 | The 200th - Becky Castle Miller Interviews James Prescott
Poema S6 019 | Maria French & Barry Taylor on The Impact of the Pandemic on Church, Spirituality & Society
Poema S6 018 | Felicity Morse on Self-Care During The Pandemic
Poema S6 017 | Grief Matters: Mia Leigh Renna on the Grief of Recovery
Poema S6 016 | Gricel Medina on Our Communal Grief & Showing Our Scars
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