Listen "Solve Your Hard Problems"
Episode Synopsis
We all hit problems in our lives that don't have easy answers and so, in the absence of obvious ways to solve them, we obsess over them. Many great spiritual teachers talk about what this is like and they have both a surprising way through these problems and a surprising upshot that will lead us to a solution we couldn't have seen coming. Join Dave Schmelzer for a look at this powerful advice with wisdom from theologians and Zen teachers and C.S. Lewis and the Bible and a classic movie or two.Mentioned in this podcast It's a Wonderful LifeIsaiah 30:15-16, Proverbs 3:5-6; 28:26, 23:4, Psalm 125:1, John 12:24The Unity of the Bible, by Daniel P. FullerTill We Have Faces, by C.S. LewisEveryday Zen, by Charlotte Joko Beck A weekly online group. Contact [email protected].
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