Desert Rain Community Radio

Welcome back to the show! New host Danny West sits down with David Morrison and David West to catch up since our time away from the podcast. We discuss changes that have occurred in life, dealing with loss, and other topics centered around the impact of community.

David and Dorian sit down to discuss Saint Brigid and transition to a conversation about Indra's Net, and how the Universe is connected.

David and Dorian sit down to continue their conversation about death. This is basically a continuation of Episode 13 "A Reconnaissance of Death."

David and Dorian are joined by Danny, Paul West’s son, to honor his memory after he suddenly passed in December 2023. The second half of the episode are some stories in Paul’s own words and voice.

David and Dorian discuss the idea of integrating different things around prayer into our current prayer life. We also visit how controversial the Sermon on the Mount is in some modern day churches.

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David and Dorian discuss how fire is a representation of transformation in the 3 Abrahamic religions. The conversation evolves and looks at how the 3 religions also use light to represent the Divine.

David and Dorian use a Thomas Merton quote from the book Zen and the Birds of Appetite to dive into a deeper conversation about the importance of spiritual practices, and why they are important.

David and Dorian are back! They sit down and discuss the tension that exists between mourning/sadness and beauty/love. Part of their conversation is based on lyrics from the song Lovers in a Dangerous Time.

David and Dorian have a conversation around the miraculous and strange things that happen in the world, and how that can be interpreted in life. We end with St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer, and how that points toward the chaos that exists in the world.

David and Dorian is joined by Jacob Neria to discuss the idea of rest. Not only a general sense of rest, but how rest is part of the contemplative life style.

David and Dorian revisit the topic of Centering/Listening prayer, similar to the Pathways to Presence series, but they are not referencing the book Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating in this episode. 

Update on our programming schedule for the next several months.

David and Dorian sit town to discuss how busyness cultural and revival have infiltrated the church, as a direct result of Western culture. These two paradigms are not always sustainable, so how do we find our Center, hold it, in able to hear God's Whisper?

David and Dorian talk about the idea of being alone with God in nature, and other contexts, and how that opens up the ability to experience a Liminal Space.

David and Dorian sit down to discuss a quote from Ladislaus Boros regarding silence and the importance, and fading use, in today's Christianity.

David and Dorian are joined by Danny West. Danny tells us about his recent trip to Fort Worth, TX to see Greta Van Fleet. We explore how his fandom of the band has come to be and how it has informed his life. The back end of the conversation the three of us explore how live music and live events shape our life.

David & Dorian explore the idea of Shekhina and the etymology in regards to the word 'understanding'. They discuss how this plays into their spiritual evolution.

David and Dorian discuss the idea of modern isolation, and community in 2023. They also explore the idea of contemplative living to navigate the idea of isolation.