by Lily Forester | Jul 2, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 267 Electromagnetic Man with Steve Lopez Steve Lopez is a man determined to live life on his own terms. While he is humble about his knowledge and his ambitions, he is well-read and has a clear vision for his life – living far from civilization, and...
by Lily Forester | Jul 1, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 266 The Law of the Instrument The law of the instrument is a bias towards the tools which are available, or the ones we are trained in. In Maslow’s famous formulation, he states “if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”...
by Lily Forester | Jun 30, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 265 Seek and Ye Shall Find In the famous Bible verse, we are encouraged to ask, seek and knock, to have our prayers answered. Sometimes it is enough to ask, and sometimes we need to seek and knock. In another now obsolete expression, it was said that “An ounce...
by Lily Forester | Jun 29, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 264 Inbetween Spaces Once Kurt found himself in a Thai immigration office, about 30km outside of Saraburi, looking for a place to get a passport photo, with no taxis or tuk tuks around. It wasn’t clear which way would get to a photoshop quicker, but there were...
by Lily Forester | Jun 28, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 263 Surrender to Faith Before beginning a journey, we might pray that we stay safe throughout, and that the purpose of the trip is fulfilled. Then we can go one step beyond, and pray that we will learn a great spiritual lesson in the process. In that initial...
by Lily Forester | Jun 24, 2021 | short episodes
Episode 261 Greater Spiritual Development In the Catholic tradition, there are three types of prayer: praise, gratitude and petition. When we put ourselves to prayer for petition, we might ask for something specific, or something a little more vague. The truth is, we...