Mystic-skeptic Radio Show

In this week’s show our topic is healthy and unhealthy forms of spirituality. In my most personal episode so far I share my experiences as a Chaplain or pastoral care provider. In my work in hospitals and hospices I often come across healthy and unhealthy forms of spirituality. One factor that is often discussed in Pastoral Care Education is hopefulness as a measuring rod for someone’s spiritual and emotional health. The way we manage our emotional responses has a lot to do with our spiritual balance and health.During this show we explore the communal origin of religion which comes from the act of binding together, collecting and solidifying and internalizing a deep inner essence of who we are in relation to tradition and others. Part of spiritual growth is to know which beliefs are unassailable or embedded and which are assailable or we are able to reflect on them. Religion is often described as an organized set of beliefs and reflecting about them is what separates the religious/devout from cult-members and