Bethesda refers to a reservoir, an empty container, a “house of mercy”. Likewise I want my words to be like empty containers, seeking healing for our raw and authentic human experience through stories, truth and honesty. May these words be empty, to be filled.

Latest episodes of the podcast Bethesda - by Carmen Platt

• Truth in a technicolor coat
• Bear with yourself
• Mend some fences
• Sun-filled-joy
• Job offer
• Growth spurt time
• Fuller attention than the full moon
• A cat. A human.
• The next translation
• I lay to rest
• Bare hands
• Try your best to rest
• I’m a twig, You be the tree
• You be...
• The Beginner’s Mind
• May I be all there
• A flower crown instead of a frown
• What do you crave?
• Our own Art Gallery
• Taste the taste of a raindrop
• Keep at it
• Little Big One
• Quiet strength
• Winter garments of meaning
• Ice mountains
• Be soil
• Remember
• All the parts of me
• Talking to mountains
• Somebodies
• Restoring sight
• Unravel
• I am known
• Listen. Look. There’s my Love.
• Being brave
• “Love”, the skies whisper.
• Walking stories all around you
• Give your gifts away
• Plant trees
• Be Here, with Me
• Golden stars and high fives
• You know my insides out
• Bethesda
• The Planter of Trees
• Fingerprint
• Wild One
• Beauty’s buzzing
• Breed excitement
• My white garden dress
• Butterfly-eyes
• Breadcrumbs
• Open up your ribcage
• Gut-Trust in the Good-Touch
• Be my Bridegroom
• Have faith
• A world of lego blocks
• It’s the last day of the year
• At year ends
• My finger painted masterpiece
• The Rare creature
• The daily prayer
• Hold on
• Healthy doubt
• Very first Spoken Word
• Part earth, part sky
• Choose life
• Make it a Big IS
• I feel put back together
• Earth-dweller
• The thought of a cloud
• One long response, this thing called life
• The song of belonging
• Thee and Thy load
• Meaning
• “Fitting”
• Stain glass window
• All is not a moosh
• Be glad
• Even though
• How to love the body you are in
• Dancing with the Sun
• This earth is a thriftshop
• The aroma of joy
• What do you want?
• Stretch for the best
• Vrou-lik
• Be a tree
• Be a home
• Align
• Be kind
• Be human
• REST-oration
• Wonder-filled
• Be of one mind
• Happiness in all forms
• If I believe in a God who gives...
• Sincerely, here
• All eye
• Do not cling to me
• Seasoned
• Hey, you there...
• The daily forgiveness prayer
• The Garden
• Geskrewe, geskryf en gegaan
• A big Nothing
• The Storyteller
• Trust
• The bee series
• Love yourself
• Peace and joy and wonder