Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)

Mystic Mondays | Common

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the tenth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Mystic Mondays | God is Present

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the ninth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) was a Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar who made a major contribution to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward her fellow African Americans. She became an evangelist among her people, assisted in the production of an African American Catholic hymnal, and was a popular speaker on faith and spirituality in her final years. She helped found the National Black Sisters Conference to provide support for African-American women in Catholic religious institutes. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Mystic Mondays | The Mad Farmer

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the eight Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Wendell Berry, an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. The selections for this episode comes from a his poem Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front..Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Mystic Mondays | When I Was The Forest

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the seventh Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Meister Eckhart (c. 1260 – c. 1328) who was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic. The selection for this episode comes from a his poem when I was the forest.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)

Mystic Mondays | The Soul is Preciously Knitted to God

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the sixth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Middle Ages anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich. The selection(s) for this episode comes from a her work Revelations of Divine Love. “The soul is preciously knitted to him in its making, by a knot so subtle and so mighty that it is oned into God. In this oneing, it is made endlessly holy. Furthermore, he wants us to know that all the souls which are one day to be saved in heaven without end are knit in this same knot and oned in this oneing, and made holy in this one identical holiness.”“The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person” “By myself I am nothing at all, but in general, I am in the oneing of love. For it is in this oneing that the life of all people exists.” and “In the sight of God all humans are oned, and one person is all people.” -Julien of Norwich Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)