Spiritual Journey into Worldliness: Recent Episodes
Mavarine Du-Marie
Spiritual direction is the practice of an attempt to deepen our relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in one’s own personal spirituality. Therefore its about a person seeking direction who shares stories of his or her encounters of the divine, or how he or she is experiencing spiritual issues, or how they are being directed by the Spirit of God in their life, such as I am undertaking and doing. And this charts my journey that I’d like to share in this podcast.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/the-virgoan-vitulari/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/i-swore-and-swear-again/
This podcast episode explains why I chose this name for my blog.
As Bat Kol is Hebrew בּת קול: literally meaning ‘daughter of a voice’ or a ‘small voice’ an echo, the term given in the Talmudic literature and Jewish mystical thought to a communication from heaven, the lowest form of direct divine inspiration but yet most vital to everyday living in the world.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/bat-kol-daughter-of-a-voice/
The Brethren of the Free Spirit, a lay Christian movement, flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Antinomian and individualist in their outlook.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/brethren-of-the-free-spirit/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/the-good-news-of-self-importance/
So at the center of all reality is a being who feels and thinks even though it lacks sophistication in expressions. But in ‘spiritual emotions’ we are a reflection of a deeper and more wondrous reality that would connect to God in Spirit emotionally within us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/spiritual-emotions/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/446/
Practical divinity requires fostering in each individual what has been called ‘a conscience made of obedience’ that is to listen to God’s Spirit.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2021/04/11/practical-divinity/
The Church has to be able to formulate and teach its faith in verbal doctrines; but this is not its only or even its primary task. It also transmits its faith through worship and through example.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2021/04/11/sacrosanct-word-of-life/
How do we come to God? How are we meant to worship Him? This podcast helps to clarify of doing this in the Spirit of God
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2021/04/11/worshiping-god-in-spirit/
The will of God or divine will is the concept of a God having a will (i.e. particular desire) for humanity.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mdmbatkol.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/the-divine-plan/