Spectacle: Discovering a Vibrant Life Through the Lens of Curiosity Nat M. Esparza

Join us for a profound conversation with G Williams (she/they/he), not only a close friend and roommate of mine, but also a dedicated community builder with a heart that loves big. In this episode, we chat about the intersections of media consumption and spirituality while delving into how G's commitment to creating safe spaces and paying close attention to loved ones influences their journey of seeking and creating meaning. Explore how "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" has influenced G's theological outlook, becoming integral to their ministry journey. Learn how music playlists serve as altars in G's spiritual practice, and unravel the concept of reframing media as a tool to deepen our understanding of the human experience. Phoenix Mendoza’s best selling book (mentioned in the episode) can be found here: https://valsec.barnesandnoble.com/w/salivation-phoenix-mendoza/1144755195?ean=9798855678710

Tracy Peterson is an interfaith oncology clinic chaplain, a family friend and my mentor. While visiting her in AZ we captured a conversation about what she does and what we’ve learned from each other over the last year and a half.

Today I interview Rob Bell about his latest book. It’s a galactic saga of struggle and survival. It’s an interplanetary tale of love, loss, and bread. It’s BOOK ONE of the WHERE’D YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP? Series. To read it yourself, check out: https://robbell.com/book/spaceship/

Welcome to my first interview episode!

Phoenix Mendoza lives in the woods with her wife where she raises pigeons, buries roadkill, and writes. An unashamed enthusiast of the carnal, compostable, and corporeal, she is wholly dedicated to finding and luxuriating in the junction where beauty and disgust meet to rot together. She writes horror like erotica and erotica like horror. SALIVATION is her debut anthology.

Phoenix Mendoza also teaches a unique writing class focused not on technical mastery, but on creation without shame. She seeks to help writers find their truest and most honest voices. It’s a selfish thing— in this age of bland commodification and censorship, she wishes there were more fearless and fanged books to read, especially those written by women and lesbians about women and lesbians for women and lesbians, (though you do not have to be a woman or a lesbian to attend BLOOD/INK/BONE, her eight-month transformative writing course).

https://phoenixvmendoza.squarespace.com

Sometimes, there’s nothing to fix.

Just a little trailer!