Episode 76 | Books, Seasons & A Word About Masterpieces
In today’s podcast I tell a story about my own journey of the last year, about confronting our demons, and how grace has impacted my life in the last year. And I share about some exciting new projects coming up, including my upcoming book, ‘Mosaic Of Grace’, writing projects, the blog, and the future of the podcast.
Episode 75 | Our Gospel Christmas Journey with Alexander Shaia
Today Alexander Shaia returns to my podcast, for a special Christmas episode.
It’s now around the Winter Solstace, December 21, the date Christmas used to be celebrated – the date light begins to come into the world in a physical sense.
Alexander and I explore the reality behind the Christmas story as shared in the gospel, and he talks about some of the hidden meaning and symbolism in a story which has become familiar to many of us.
Words For The Broken This Holiday Season (Guest Post by Jim Woods)
So we’re just a week away from Christmas.
And your life looks more like the Griswolds than a picture perfect Christmas card.
You’re broken.
You’re lonely.
You’re stressed out.
Join My Book Launch Team & Be Part Of A Movement Of Grace
Many of you will know I’ve been talking about my upcoming first trade book for a while. Well, we finally have a release date – and today, there’s an opportunity for you to be involved in the launch of this book, and even more, the beginning of a movement.
A while back, I discussed grace with a friend. As we delved into the subject more and more, I realised that there was a lot about grace which hadn’t been written about—things people needed to know. I realised that grace was not only important to our faith, but fundamental to our view of God and the beginning of everything – the beginning of the process of healing and forgiveness, the beginning of our relationship with God and how we interact with Him, and the beginning of our journey to discover our divine identity, explore our calling, and discover our creative side.
Grace, essentially, is fundamental to each of our stories.
Episode 74 | Chasing Lovely 3: The Wolfies Reunited (With Exclusive LIVE Performance)
My friends Chloe and Taylor Turner, AKA Chasing Lovely, return to the podcast today for the fourth time – third time as guests. As ever, we have a whole load of fun discussing spirituality, creativity, mystery, doubt and loads more.
Chloe and Taylor share what’s happening on their own journey, as individuals and as a band, both creatively and spiritually. They also discuss how their spiritual journey is impacting their creative journey, and the continuing intersections between those two areas. The duo also discuss their next musical project, and exclusively share a new, unreleased track performed live and exclusive for James Talks. Plus, you’ll finally hear the secret story behind how and why the Chasing Lovely episodes are called ‘Wolfie’ episodes! 🙂
Talking to these guys is always so much fun and they have such wisdom and maturity beyond their years in the areas of creativity and spirituality. I know you’ll all love this episode.
Episode 73 | Steve Austin on Suicide, Depression & Messy Grace
Author, speaker and pastor Steve Austin joins me today. He shares his powerful journey, which took him from being a pastor to porn addiction, depression and a suicide attempt, leading to a spell in therapy.
But the story didn’t end there. Steve rebuilt his marriage and his life, and became a successful author, blogger and now, again, a pastor. It’s a challenging, inspiring and deeply moving story, a story of messy grace which can give hope to us all.
Whatever your circumstances, take a listen to Steve’s story, and I think you’ll find a reason to hope.
Episode 72 | Sarah Arlen on Creativity, Suffering & The Two Types Of Creator
Actress, producer & filmmaker Sarah Arlen joins me today. Sarah is currently putting the finishing touches to ‘Twice’ a film she both produced, wrote and starred in. Sarah shares her own powerful story of her battles with depression and how that’s impacted her creative journey.
We discuss in more detail the links between suffering and creativity, and the healing power of creativity. Sarah then goes on to discuss the two types of creator, and how we can better explore our own creative side and find healing through artistic expression.
Sarah is a dear friend, and here she shares with great courage and honesty about her struggles, and she has incredible wisdom on creativity. Give it a listen!
A New Look, Embracing Your Other Side & Letting Grace In
Hello friends, welcome back to my blog. Today is kind of an update/catch up post – it’s a busy day for me, writing wise, with two guest posts on other blogs – and a new look for this site! There’s lots of news so let’s get going:
Episode 71 | Anita Wing Lee on How Creativity Can Change The World
Anita and I both believe strongly that we have the power to create the work, the lives, and the world we want – if only we can claim that power and use it positively.
Episode 70 | Nish Weiseth on the US Presidential Election
My dear friend Nish Weiseth returns to James Talks today, in a special episode to discuss the imminent US Presidential election. Nish and I are both passionate about politics, and it’s role in the world – and the US election result affects us all, which is why we decided to do this special episode. Nish…