The Journey from Fiction to Non-Fiction with Rob Bell

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.Chapters00:00 Navigating Post-Election Emotions03:00 The Journey from Nonfiction to Fiction05:38 The Art of Naming and Character Development08:41 Exploring Female Perspectives in Storytelling11:44 The Role of Creativity and Joy in Life14:45 The Impact of Relationships on Personal Growth31:34 Trusting in Abundance and Generativity32:34 Hope in Uncertainty33:24 Reimagining Work and Community35:14 The Death of Mythologies37:31 Navigating Grief and Panic39:19 Creating Space for Presence41:09 The Role of the Individual in Change43:12 The Art of Noticing44:59 The Death of Fantasy46:44 Embracing Vulnerability48:22 The Journey of Self-Discovery50:25 Graciousness in the Process52:20 The Experiment of Democracy54:14 The Call of Water and Nature