All Episodes
Earth Makers: Queer Dharma, Human Stories, and Recovery. — 262 episodes
“I Will Not Abandon You”: Fidel, Che, and Minnesota. 2/2/26
“If They Should Come for Us” 1/26/26
“How to Respond in the Face of Extortion” 1/25/26
“Alex Pretti” 1/24/26
“Fuck ICE”: Mother Bear: Letters of Care for Revolutionaries 1/23/26
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fear
Facing Hardship in the Present Moment in Flow (2024)
Johanna & Jenn: Top 10 Films of 2024
Holidays 2024: Human Connection in The Holdovers (2023)
Accountability in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Kindness: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
After the Election: Becoming Free/V for Vendetta (2005)
Update: Endings, Beginnings, and Movies
The Fourth Seed of Recovery: Acceptance
Death & The Endless Stories We Tell
Naked Spirituality, Pt. One.
“How Do I Welcome the Stranger if They Mean Me Harm?”
Spooky Story Time: “The Terrible Tale of the Goat Boy”
Divinity, Totoro, and the Question of Suffering
“The Boy with the Flower On His Head”
The COVID Report
The Third Seed of Recovery: Honesty
The Second Seed of Recovery: Curiosity
LIVE from The Bean: “The 1st Seed of Recovery: Story”
“Everything Happens.”
“Humans Are Complicated”
BONUS Episode: “A Letter to Cis Women”
Bonus Episode: “PAUSE”
All Things Made New: Orientation, Disorientation, and Reorientation (End of Season 4)
Update: To Change Hearts and Minds
Spooky Story Time: “Four Boys & A Video Camera, Pt. IV”
Spooky Story Time: “Four Boys & A Video Camera, Pt. III”
Spooky Story Time: “Four Boys & A Video Camera, Pt. II”
Spooky Story Time: “Four Boys & A Video Camera,” Pt. I
“Grandma Spider”
“Broken Bowls”
“Hollow Bones”
Dream & The Devil
“Dad & The Deer”
“Around the Well”
“Leaving”
“The Princess & The Dragon”
“Driving Lessons”
“Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup”
Stories without Judgment: Mary Sue & Amie
“Bee and the Paraclete”
“Dakota”
“Stutters, and Relapse, and Grace (Oh My!)”
“Micah”
“Camilla”
“Easter”
Casey
“Charles”
Update: Your Story Matters
The YES of the Cosmos: A Letter to the LGBTQ2+ Community
Queer Stories: Turning Toward the Light of the Moon
"Guard Your Heart"
Pride 2021: Speak From The Fire 🔥
Memorial Day 2021: So That Hearts May Be Changed
We the Freaks
New Update: You Don’t Have to Rush to Do Anything
Brief Update: Loss and Grief
Ask a Trans Person About Resurrection!
What's the Deal with "Sin"?
Don't Consume Toxins (The Fifth Precept of Buddhism)
Tell The Truth (The Fourth Precept of Buddhism)
Getting Spiritually Naked with David Hayward, The Naked Pastor
Do Not Engage in Sexual Harm (The Third Precept of Buddhism)
Valentine's Day 2021 Bonus Episode: Love is Complicated
Do Not Steal (The Second Precept of Buddhism)
Do Not Kill (The First Precept of Buddhism)
Is this Podcast for Me?
Update: Some Small Changes
“He’s Not My President” & Other Delusions
The Valley of the Shadow of Dysphoria (End of Season 2)
Update: Where is Earth Makers Headed?
Update: Real Talk with Joey
“How Do I Maintain a Relationship with Someone Who Chose Hate?”
Hi, I’m Joey and I’m Queer (Joey’s Story, Cont’d.)
Beauty and the Beast and the Story of Change
On Christianity: Why Does the Cross Matter?
Hi, I’m Joey and I’m an Addict, Pt. 1: Co-Dependence
Twenty-Four Brand New Hours
“How Do I Live With The Harm I’ve Caused Others?”
Gratitude for This (Joey’s Story, Continued)
Thanksgiving 2020: Hard Times with Gratitude
Gratitude for Others
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020: Softer To Me
Workshop: Forget Faith
You Will Not Be Annihilated
Moving On From Abuse with Joshua Berwald
“How Can I Welcome the Stranger When the Stranger is Someone Who Hurt Me?”
The Good News of Impermanence
After the Election
In the Dark
“Remember, Remember the 5th of November...”
Nov. 3, 2020
Joey’s Story (But Not the Whole Story)
Halloween Spooky Story time: Way Back When
What If I’m Afraid of the Election?
Workshop: Belief vs. Practice
Introducing Earth Makers Workshops & Other Important News
Throwing Pies
“...the Story isn’t finished.”
Before the Weighted Blanket: Thoughts on Having a Hard Day
When Fear Becomes a God
“What If I Don’t Like Myself?”
You Don’t Have to Impress Anybody
“What’s the Point in Praying to a Higher Power?”
“How Do I Practice Self Care in 2020?”
Autumn: The Hard Work of Going Home
Thoughts and Prayers (and other problems)
After the Debate
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Love & Spirituality, pt. 1)
Trust in the Slow Work of G-d
Waiting
Stories of Recovery: The Rule Rather Than the Exception
We Are Not As Wise As We Think We Are
Metamorphosis
Our Space Suit Problem
Stories of Recovery: A Box of Darkness
Precious, Loved, and Worthy
A Brief Update on the Pod
Taking a Break & Getting Some Rest
What Good Are Scarecrows Anyway?
“God is Waiting to Be Un-Shrunk”
Being in Our Bodies
The Spirituality of Aspberger’s and Addiction Recovery with Patrick Hendricks
Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020): Grief, Loss, and Pneuma
Fundamentalism is Addiction
Right Concentration
Right Mindfulness
Right Effort
“Yours For Fixing Up the World” A Statement on the Shooting of Jacob Blake
Right Livelihood
Right Action
Right Speech
Right Intention
Right View
My Friend Anger
I Am
Our Managers
Our Firefighters
Our Exiles
Our Spiritual Center
Step 12: Service
Step 11: Spiritual Awareness
A Brief Update
Step 10: Perseverance
Step 9: Justice
Step 8: Compassion
Step 7: Humility
Step 6: Willingness
Step 5: Integrity
Step 4: Courage
Step 3: Faith
Step 2: Hope
Step 1: Honesty
Embodied Spirituality
Juneteenth 2020 Minisode
Letting Go (End of Season 1)
“So I Decided.”
Why I Call Myself a Mystic
“Christ” is Just a Word
Shekinah
The God Problem
Spiritual Care and the BIPOC Arts: Poetry and Justice
Noah and Queer Eye
Spiritual Care and the Arts: Star Wars and Togetherness
Spiritual Care and the Arts: The Movies As Holy Scripture
True Self Care Is Not the American Way
LGBTQ+ Spirituality
“What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel?”
Goals Are Overrated
Quiet Love
“When I Am Very Still”
Confession: I Want to Believe
White Spirituality is Disconnection: An Official Statement from Earth Makers
#adulting (The Inner Life)
George Floyd, Rest in Power (1974-2020)
Dams in the River
The Inner Life: The Wise Grandparent/Sage
The Inner Life: The Teenager
The Inner Life: The Child
The Relentless Pursuit of Everything You Were Made To Be
Teachers Worth Listening To: Cari Armstrong, Yogi
I Was Wrong
The Masks We Wear
Spirituality is Connection to a Higher Power
Spirituality is Connection to Others
Spirituality is Connection to You
You Become What You Receive
“Looking Mortality Straight in the Eye is No Easy Feat.”
Shame & The Rise of Skywalker
Mother’s Day 2020: Our Greatest Fear
Belief is Overrated
Taking a Walk
Building Sand Castles on Vesak Day 2020
The Ninth Beatitude
The Eighth Beatitude with Joshua Berwald
The Seventh Beatitude
The Sixth Beatitude
The Fifth Beatitude
The Fourth Beatitude
The Third Beatitude
The Second Beatitude
The First Beatitude
Spiritual Bypass and Grace
The Third and Fourth Noble Truths
The First and Second Noble Truths
“All Religions Will Pass...”
A Cup of Coffee
“Always Pray Your Own Prayers”
Hope is Overrated
Recovery
Wild Geese
Why I Call Myself a Buddhist
Home
Women Teach Us: Dr. Cheryl Giles
Women Teach Us: Alice Walker
Suffering, The Last Jedi, and Pastor Jimmy
Easter Sunday 2020 Teacher: Jesus Christ/Rabbi Yeshua of Nazareth
Holy Saturday 2020 Teacher: Shūsaku Endō (1923-1996).
Good Friday 2020 Teacher: Horatio Spafford (1828-1888).
Teachers Worth Listening To: Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (c. 1900-1986).
Teachers Worth Listening To: Rev. Fred Rogers (1928-2003) and John Prine (1946-2020).
Teachers Worth Listening To: Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Teachers Worth Listening To: David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
Teachers Worth Listening To: Lao Tzu and Winnie-the-Pooh
Teachers Worth Listening To: Rich Mullins (1955-1997)
Found
Hope
Inner Dharma, Inner Light
Holy Fools (In Memory of Tomie dePaola [1934-2020])
All I Really Need
The Minefield of Your Mind
The Earth Maker
The Pain Bearer
The Life Giver
“God Rid Me of God.”
When the Trees Say Nothing
Compassion
Story Time: the robot & his cat.
Every Day
Lament
Wisdom
Courage
Acceptance
Solitude vs. Isolation
Metta
“On the Floor with a Pencil in Her Ear.”
Serenity Prayer
Shepherd of the Question Mark & Jeweler of the Surprise
Aimlessness
Yellow
Mother Bear: Letters of Care for Revolutionaries (Trailer)
Go In
“It Is Not Working for Me”
Mystery
Beloved is Where We Begin
Addendum: Being Human with Stephen Johnson
Being Human with Stephen Johnson