Potter's Inn Soul Care Conversations

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Potter’s Inn Soul Care Conversations is a place where our souls meet the world. We invite you into a relevant, vulnerable, and courageous conversation with us. We’ll explore key Soul Care issues facing us in work, health, relationships, and God. In our busy lives we all need a space to reflect, be inspired, and get some needed resources to help us navigate the white water of life. This podcast is provided by Potter’s Inn, a ministry dedicated to the care of the soul for leaders in the ministry and the marketplace. Stephen W. Smith is the host and the author of 12 books and guides. The Soul Care Conversation podcast is listened to in over 80 countries and has over 275,000 downloads. Approximately 6,000+ people listen to the podcast monthly. The podcast has interviewed such guests as Ruth Haley Barton, Roger Housden, Brian McLaren, Sarah Bessy and others.

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I Think I Need 100 Days Like This

Feb 14 2024 2 mins

This cool breeze by the river bank. A great blue heron feeding in the shallows. The pilated woodpecker serenading the forest with its haunting song. I think I need one hundred days like this! Slowly, ever so slowly. Here. Now. This! Bit by bit and little by little, I feel a twinge of what may be life. A steady erosion has happened in me. It’s taken time to do this damage. It wi

Blessing for the Brokenhearted

Feb 14 2024 1 mins

Allison's Story

Feb 14 2024 4 mins

The River of no Agenda

Feb 14 2024 1 mins

Discernment: Finding Our Way, Part 2

Oct 10 2023 48 mins

Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey. SHOW NOTES Today’s podcast is part two of a discussion between Steve and Spiritual Director Martie McMane. Martie is a retired minister, artist, and spiritual director who used a collage process with Steve & Gwen to help them make some crucial life decisions during a

Ep 146: Discernment: Finding our Way, Part 1

Oct 03 2023 39 mins

Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey. SHOW NOTES Last year Steve and Gwen went through a period of repositioning: changes were on the horizon but any clarity about what to do next was clouded by the realization that they were not on the same page. They reached out to a trusted Spiritual Director for help and

Ep 145: Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination

Sep 26 2023 51 mins

I am simply humbled at this stage in my career, to have the privilege to tell Walter’s story and to help amplify his amazingly relevant voice. Getting to know Walter has been a healing and restorative experience for me as a former pastor and a professor deeply committed to social justice when so much of the church and society has forgotten what the biblical text says about God

'Kindavangelical' With Guest Pete Briscoe

Sep 19 2023 60 mins

I came to the conclusion that I could not stay in that role and be healthy. So I chose to be a healthy person over a megachurch pastor, and it was an incredibly hard choice. — Pete Briscoe SHOW NOTES In today’s conversation, Steve talks with Pete Briscoe about why Pete no longer calls himself an “evangelical.” You’ll hear Pete’s story, filled with pain and st

Scripture & the Spiritual Journey

Sep 12 2023 65 mins

I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. We are a motley crew, distinguished not only by our inability to explain ourselves to those who are more certain of their beliefs than we are but in many cases by our distance from the centers of our faith communities as well. Like campers who have

Steve's List For Summer 2023: Ep 12 - Cultivating Daily Shalom: Using The Daily Examen

Aug 01 2023 27 mins

Note From Steve: We are living in a day and age of distractions. We are bombarded with choices, options and desires. This podcast lays out the way to to cultivate peace and contentment. It's about practicing the daily Examen. This is an ancient practice developed by Ignatius of Loyola. He said this ONE spiritual practice would change your life for the good. It's true. My life has t