Episode 5 - Soul-nourishing conversation with Spiritual Director, Lucy Malone

In Episode 4, I invited you to experience how to listen to yourself and God first. Now, in this 24-minute episode, join a soul-nourishing chat with Lucy Malone, my spiritual director, as we continue the conversation about listening, spiritual direction, and how every moment is a miracle. 

Lucy shares about how she was drawn into spiritual formation and then spiritual direction, defines "hospitality of the heart," and exhorts us to the value of listening.

"Spiritual Direction is not a guru or even a life coach. Spiritual Direction isn't counseling or therapy. It is a companion, and we're on the journey together and listening to each other, listening to God, listening to the Holy Spirit. And you need help sometimes. People need help seeing what's going on. That listening process, that discerning process is really better when you go to someone and they help you along. They guide you, and that's what a Director does."  - Lucy Malone

"Listening to a heart is one of the most important things you can do. It is a hospitality, a welcoming, a warmth... people need to be heard." - Lucy Malone

Show Notes

Watch Episode 5's conversation on YouTube

If you are longing for spiritual direction and/or a retreat at Poustinia (Russian for "desert place"), email Lucy Malone (Columbia, TN): [email protected]

Daily Examen, a spiritual discipline, invites questions to reflect on at the end of the day:
1. How, today, was I drawn toward faith, hope and love?
2. What gave me life today, God?
3. What was draining today, God?

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein

Recommended books on spiritual direction & listening:
Holy Listening by Margaret Guenther
Sacred Companions by David Benner
Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton
The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh
Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson

Interested in a listening retreat? Attend a Pasture Experience Retreat in Spring Hill, TN:  PastureExperience.com
Interested in having me facilitate a Pasture Experience Retreat at your home, camp, or church? Email me: [email protected]
Instagram: @BekahJanePogue

Humble thanks to:

Bema Meda Production Team
Andrew Cache, Editing
Sel Thomson, Graphic Designer
Jeniece Harris, Original Art