Becoming Love Podcast - IamSignificant.ca

Michael Rose

A podcast for the outsiders & outcasts, doubters & disillusioned, the heartsick & heretics. For the nones, dones, & the spiritually independent. For those who know there has to be more.

A fresh(er) take on take on Christian spirituality and living into the abiding, loving presence of the God-who-loves. Supporting you as you untangle from toxic religious beliefs and experience, and cultivate a deeper experience of the sacred within all of life, responding to the invitations of Spirit to co-create a life chock-full of meaning, joy, and peace. read less
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Love Is …. - Becoming Love Podcast
25-01-2023
Love Is …. - Becoming Love Podcast
Ask folks about love and most often you will get a description of what love does. As awesome as this is, taking a few minutes to think about what love IS will go a long way to help us live lives of love in our day to day lives.

Episodes

Love Is …. - Becoming Love Podcast
25-01-2023
Love Is …. - Becoming Love Podcast
Ask folks about love and most often you will get a description of what love does. As awesome as this is, taking a few minutes to think about what love IS will go a long way to help us live lives of love in our day to day lives.
Psalm 109 - Becoming Love Podcast
16-01-2023
Psalm 109 - Becoming Love Podcast
Today Michael shares a fresh take on Palm 109 as rendered by Nan C. Merrill in her book: Praying the Psalms. Merrills take is especially intimate and speaks with tenderness through a lens of love.
The Ears of the Heart -Mary&Martha
09-05-2022
The Ears of the Heart -Mary&Martha
Micheal introduces Lectio Divina and the practice of listening with the ears of our hearts.Today's text tells the story of an encounter that Jesus had with two sisters. Settle in and see what bubbles to the top of your heart, and what invitations of the Spirit are presented to you.
The SLAP heard around the World - Can we see our Problem?
30-03-2022
The SLAP heard around the World - Can we see our Problem?
What a Show! - Last Sundays Oscars were one for the history books. Cruel Jokes and Slaps stole the show and electrified Social Media as everyone chimed in with their opinion with plenty of finger-wagging to go around. In this episode, Michael shares a perspective that seems to be missing - and it might make you squirm!
Friendly Fire - They mean well but Wow!
10-03-2022
Friendly Fire - They mean well but Wow!
Do you have well-meaning folks in your life that just HAVE to tell you 'what they think your problem is? Or "if you just did __________" You'd do well. How many times are these folks so off the mark and you are left feeling bruised, misunderstood and a little pissed? This is friendly fire.
Triggers- The Gift Nobody Wants
12-01-2022
Triggers- The Gift Nobody Wants
Pain (and our Triggers) get our attention to areas in our life that need some loving attention. Michael shares his experience with emotional triggers and the transforming gifts that can often be discovered when we lovingly and thoughtfully accept their invitation to look deeper.
I'd become one of them
13-12-2021
I'd become one of them
Winter has settled in - in the CornCob City. And I was reminded of a little story, and it stirs me everytime I reflect on it. So I thought I would share it on the podcast in my own words.
I think we need New Stories
26-10-2021
I think we need New Stories
In the first episode of Season 2, Michael set some of the ground work for the upcoming season. He dreams a little bit about the importance of story, how they help us, how they can hurt us and how our most significant stories need to be refreshed in light of new information - all while being faith to the constitutive story of Jesus.
The One about Cosmic Love & Teilhard
13-10-2021
The One about Cosmic Love & Teilhard
Michael explores a few ideas of Love at the very foundation of the Cosmos and how we partner with God with acts of self-giving love.
The one about Becoming Love & the Lizard Brain
26-05-2021
The one about Becoming Love & the Lizard Brain
Michael shares just a few thoughts on what he means when he talks about becoming love.
A Deep Dream: A Spiritual Experience
01-02-2021
A Deep Dream: A Spiritual Experience
Michael leads us in a simple spiritual experience exercise launching from a poem by Meg Wheatly. Sit back. Relax and a take a couple deep breaths and open your heart to the Spirit.
Feeling it is just the Beginning: Grief
26-01-2021
Feeling it is just the Beginning: Grief
In this quick episode Michael explores the idea that we experience grief in waves, ebbs and flows, and that it is okay to not be okay AND it is okay to feel okay. He also quickly talks about the relationship between grief and mourning.
The One about Grief & Faith
18-12-2020
The One about Grief & Faith
Michael shares a few thoughts on grief and how sometimes faith can sometimes take us deeper into the weeds of our loss. He pulls the pin on unhelpful beliefs that keep us from comfort and healing of our heart.
The One about Waiting - 1st Sunday of Advent 2020
30-11-2020
The One about Waiting - 1st Sunday of Advent 2020
Michael recorded an Advent message about Waiting for the Amadeo community. Michael shares his own experiences of waiting and the challenges that are often a part of waiting especially through the tough stuff.
The One about Grief at Christmas
24-11-2020
The One about Grief at Christmas
Michael talks about the This Light Lingers - a virtual drop-in for the brokenhearted. Michael gives a bit of a sneak peek of the themes and topics with a taste of some prowerful insights for navigating grief towards healing your heart.Link: https://iamsignificant.ca/grief-support/christmas2020/
The One about Two Kinds of Kingdom
09-11-2020
The One about Two Kinds of Kingdom
Michael reflects on the story from the bible about the stoning of Stephen and the two expressions of Kingdom in this story. Michael leans into love with its radical forgiveness and its refusal of retributive violence. The upsidedown Kingdom of God.
The one about Letting Go - Poem
14-10-2020
The one about Letting Go - Poem
Michael shares a bit of an update of his work lately and a poem/prayer by Ted Loder "Losen My Grip." Let the words of this prayer stir the Spirit in your own life. Listen for the invitation of the Spirit for you to let go and discover you are held safely in the hands of the God-who-loves.
The One about Conspiracy Theories
09-09-2020
The One about Conspiracy Theories
Michael expores some initial thoughts on conspiracy theories - what makes them attractive and why. He also explores why some people of faith might be paricularly suspectable to conspiriacy theories and ways we can navigate life going forward.
The one about Grief. We have to feel it.
18-08-2020
The one about Grief. We have to feel it.
In this installment Michael explores loss in its various forms from the perspective that we are not alone, and there is a present hope rooted in a future promise. Exploring grief and the necessity to engage it and to feel it as a pathway to healing your heart.
The one with Jacob Rose - Hope, Joy, Perseverance & Music
22-07-2020
The one with Jacob Rose - Hope, Joy, Perseverance & Music
Michael sits down with singer, songwriter, and penny-philosopher to explore the themes in his latest album "Can't Hold it All".Jake's info:https://jacobrosemusic.com/homeStreaming on all the popular streaming sites