Bob & Stephen are back after a long hiatus!  They talk together about some of the changes that have been happening in their lives and how those changes are revealing an interesting dance between seeing the big picture and the minutia of life.  Welcome back to exploring wisdom with the Village Elder!

Bob & Stephen discuss some thoughts on facing change as individuals and organizations using a framework called the Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change Model as a guide for their conversation.  Please share your thoughts and reflections with them at [email protected]!

After a year-long hiatus, Stephen & Bob are back at it!  Join them as they catch up with each other on the wisdom they have encountered and what they have learned from it this past year.  If you are interested in being a guest on the show, or you have topic ideas for Season 2, feel free to send a message to info at findmycenter dot net! 

Bob & Stephen continue their discussion on the sacredness of everything and move into the practical.  Join them as they talk about how this idea turns into choices and perspectives in our everyday lives.  And since this will probably be the final episode of the year, both Bob & Stephen wish you a wonderful holiday season!

Bob has had an idea rolling around for a bit that he wants to process with Stephen.  Join them as they discuss The Sacredness of Everything!

Bob & Stephen are back!  In this episode they talk about a concept Stephen has been working on for a while, but recently developed some more concrete ideas about it.  It's all about The Journey of Forgiveness and the freedom that can be a part of traveling this journey.To view the illustration of the Journey of Forgiveness and to read Stephen's blog about it, click here!

Join Bob and Stephen as they discuss the following quote from Brian McLaren:"God’s message of love is sent into the world in human envelopes. If you want to see a great spiritual migration begin, then let it start right in your body. Let your life be a foothold of liberation."This is from a section of Brian's book, The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World’s Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian (Convergent: 2016), and was quoted in the August 19, 2020 Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation, which can be found at this link:https://cac.org/a-disruption-of-the-spirit-2020-08-19/

In this episode, Bob and Stephen continue their journey of trying to understand racism, anti-racism, and white privilege through a conversation with Tom & Janelle Galbraith.  Stephen first became acquainted with their family several years ago when they moved to Redding and started attending the church he was pastoring.  As an interracial couple with three daughters, they share their unique perspective from their lives, as well as some great ideas for how we can all keep moving forward together as community.  Enjoy the chat! 

In this episode, Bob & Stephen talk through a pattern for understanding and framing the ongoing process of transformation in our lives.  Built on the simple idea of Order-Disorder-Reorder they first became familiar with through the writings of Fr. Richard Rohr, they guide you through the diagram they have developed for this pattern.  Unfortunately, the diagram couldn't be uploaded to the show notes here, but check it out on findmycenter.net, and don't forget to email your reflections and comments to [email protected].

In response to the ongoing global dialogue around race and equality, Bob & Stephen have both encountered pushback that has caused them to ask some deeper questions.  In this episode they discuss a possible framework based on the Wesleyan Quadrilateral that may help people think and respond to those questions in ways that help us all move forward in our lives.