Spirituality For Ordinary People

Episode 26 of the podcast features an interview with S.D. (Sam) Smith. Sam is the author of The Green Ember books and is a co-founder of Story Warren, a website for parents and others dedicated to helping foster holy imagination in children.Sam and I have a great time on this interview chatting about what it means to anticipate the kingdom of God, why the imagination is important, and some of the resources he uses to remain connected to God.Some of What We Talk About:Anticipation of the Kingdom of GodLiving by an ethic that reflects the Kingdom of GodTeaching and writing books for children that reflect ChristianityWhat "Kindling imagination” and “holy imagination” meanMatthew 13 - Parables about the Kingdom and the importance of storyHow stories are powerful and shape us as people right from childhoodConnections to God that are present in the writing of The Green Ember and in Del Ryder and the Crystal Seed.Hope and light embedded in story is vital as we have enough dark in our livesIncarnational SpiritualityC