Presencing Spirit

Would you be open to a miracle happening to you while listening to this episode? Join Michael on a light-hearted deep dive into the nature of miracles and how to experience more of them in your daily life! 

Welcome to the 500th (!) episode of Caffeine for the Soul! Today, Michael shares how his understanding of the inside-out understanding has evolved over the past 500 episodes, pointing to three shifts that can shift the way you live your life! 

Have you ever driven yourself a little bit nuts trying to figure out why something happened to you or why someone behaves the way that they do? This week's simple metaphor will help you understand why trying to unlock cause and effect with human beings is only of limited value an ... Show More

Tony will speak with Rev. Dr. Keith Cox, Spiritual Leader of the Center for Spiritual Living Los Angeles. The Centers philosophy is best expressed by a truth teaching—one articulated by Jesus in the tradition of the Perennial Philosophy—“It is done unto you as you believe”. That ... Show More

In this week's message on the Upper Room Discourse, we explored the promise of the Holy Spirit given by Jesus to the disciples. The Holy Spirit is an advocate, intercessor, strengthener, and comforter who is not just for the apostles of the Bible, but can transform our lives toda ... Show More

Thinking about the gospel of Jesus Christ leads Paul to pray in a particular way—in a passionate way. Usually people in those days prayed standing. Paul kneels—it’s a sign of great emotion and solemnity. And what does he so passionately pray for? That his readers—and that also me ... Show More

The Catechism demonstrates how Christ’s resurrection is “essentially different” from other cases of resurrection in the Bible and shows us how his rising from the dead is a “work of the Holy Trinity.” Fr. Mike emphasizes that Jesus was not merely “resuscitated” from the dead, as ... Show More

Drawing upon St. Theophan the Recluse's commentary, Fr. Seraphim Rose briefly discusses how souls formed in the "emotional and spiritual wasteland of our times" can become aware of this reality and how to live spiritually profitable lives in the Orthodox Church. Sometimes, as a s ... Show More

Using 1 Corinthians 1:26-27, Luke 4:18, and Matthew 5:3 as the focus, missionary Jackie Pullinger shares many testimonies of the work of God in the lives of people within the Walled City in Hong Kong. In so doing, she reminds us that God loves to use the foolish things of the wor ... Show More

In honor of the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola on July 31, we're taking a green look at his Spiritual Exercises. When today's host, Eric Clayton, was in college, he stumbled upon a book entitled “The Eucharist and Social Justice.” It’s a small volume and was easily tucked into h ... Show More

Friends, happy Easter! Many of you probably know that I’ve spent much of my life reading philosophers and spiritual writers—Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel. What all those figures have in common is a kind of calm, musing detachme ... Show More