Steps to the Spirit
Steps to the spirit is about my search for, discovery of, and use of the Spirit to live my life according to the wishes and plans of God. I also call them gifts from God because I believe He has given us these tools to enable us to find a closer relationship with Him. I invite you to join me in this quest that is at times both difficult and extremely fulfilling. I will try to explain how and why it became necessary to surrender, thus enabling me to begin to live according to God's plan.I will post additional info on my blog: http://www.StepsToTheSpirit.com/blog To contact me, please use: [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Step 12: The Gift of Compassion (Part 2)
In part 2 of step 12, we will compare the different forms of this step. The original step 12 was worded “had a spiritual experience” and has since become “a spiritual awakening”.
Step 12: The Gift of Compassion (Part 1)
Step 12 is the third, and last, maintenance step, as well as the final step. However, this step can just as easily be thought of as the spiritual container for all of these steps. This …
Step 11: The Gift of Communication (Part 5)
To remind you, step 11 is the 2nd of the maintenance steps. In Part 5, I will finish up step 11 (I know, finally, right?) with an overview of what it means to me and why it is an integ…
Step 11: The Gift of Communication (Part 4)
To remind you, step 11 is the 2nd of the maintenance steps. In Part 4, I will address exactly what it is that I am praying for. Of course, my idea of a relationship with God is that God…
Step 11: The Gift of Communication (Part 3)
To remind you, step 11 is the 2nd of the maintenance steps. In Part 3, I am adding another dimension to prayer, contemplation. In prayer and meditation, I speak to and think about, God.…
Step 11: The Gift of Communication (Part 2)
To remind you, step 11 is the 2nd of the maintenance steps. In Part 2, I continue briefly about prayer and go on to meditation. I don’t seem to be motivated towards either of these form…
Step Away from Depression
We interrupt this podcast for an important announcement:
These steps are guidelines for life!
When I heard this week that depression has increased threefold since Covid, I had to presen…
Step 11: The Gift of Prayer (Part 1)
Step 11 is the 2nd of the maintenance steps. If it is possible to have a ‘favorite’ step, then this would be mine. Steps 11 & 12 are simply loaded with possibilities for growth, both in…
Step 10: The Gift of Perseverance
This is the first ‘maintenance’ step. It is a combination of steps #4 and #5, but designed to be done on (at least), a daily basis. Yup, sorry, we never get to ‘finish’ step 10 or, for …
My Holy Spirit ... My God (Part 3)
I finally answered ‘YES’ to the constant pleas of my Holy Spirit.
I began a new experience with the 12 step program with the awareness that I desperately needed to surrender in order to …
My Holy Spirit ... My God (Part 2)
Continuing Part 1, I talk about more incidents in my life that reinforced my lack of self esteem and brought me closer to despair.
Finding God was becoming a matter of life and death.
I s…
My Holy Spirit ... My God (Part 1)
We finished the action steps with step 9 last week, and we will start on the last three (maintenance) steps next.
However, this podcast is all about these steps helping us to discover G…
Step 9: The Gift of Courage
So, this is the action step where we follow through with actually making amends to those we listed in step 8.
Of course, amends can take many forms, from a simple ‘sorry’, to paying back…
Step 8: The Gift of Willingness
We refer to it sometimes, as the “wreckage of the past”. At this point, I have decided to let God influence my decisions, taken inventory, and asked Him to remove those things that keep…
Step 7: The Gift of Humility
So, now at the 7th step, I am ready to lay it all on the line in a continued surrender to God’s will, not mine! I muster as much humility as I can, (not much at this stage of recovery),…
Step 6: The Gift of Readiness
For a long while, when I was first involved with the steps, 6 & 7 never seemed tohave much importance. Folks always seemed to tout the big guys, like steps 3, 4,11 & 12.
I now realize 6 …
Step 5: The Gift of Cleansing (Part 3)
This episode is special because I got to introduce my best friend and wife, Pat! She has been in a position to listen to a few 5th steps and she shares how that was for her. We also sha…
Step 5: The Gift of Cleansing (Part 2)
This episode is more about MY spiritual experience with step 5. In the past I avoided the parts of my life that were too painful and well hidden, yet the most necessary to face and deal…
Step 5: The Gift of Cleansing (Part 1)
Now that I have collected all of this (mostly dirty) laundry in one place, it’s time to do the wash! This step provides me help to throw away most and clean, fold and save what is good.…
Step 4: The Gift of Honesty (Part 2)
While the basic doing of step 4 remains the same, the comfort level changes dramatically between the practical and spiritual approaches.
In this recording, I talk about the spiritual sec…