Rob Bell joins us today in this post election haze. His hopeful and honest insight is sooooo good. Rob talks to us about pilgrimage and books 1 and 2 of his imaginative, beautiful series - Where’d You Park Your Spaceship . We are beyond grateful to share space with this fabulous author, speaker, thinker, and artist! You can find Rob Bell’s work, including his podcast, The Robcast, on Patreon . We begin and end this episode with Mary Oliver’s poem Instructions for Living a Life . Chapters 00:00 Navigating Post-Election Emotions 03:00 The Journey from Nonfiction to Fiction 05:38 The Art of Naming and Character Development 08:41 Exploring Female Perspectives in Storytelling 11:44 The Role of Creativity and Joy in Life 14:45 The Impact of Relationships on Personal Growth 31:34 Trusting in Abundance and Generativity 32:34 Hope in Uncertainty 33:24 Reimagining Work and Community 35:14 The Death of Mythologies 37:31 Navigating Grief and Panic 39:19 Creating Space for Presence 41:09 The Role of the Individual in Change 43:12 The Art of Noticing 44:59 The Death of Fantasy 46:44 Embracing Vulnerability 48:22 The Journey of Self-Discovery 50:25 Graciousness in the Process 52:20 The Experiment of Democracy 54:14 The Call of Water and Nature
