Reconstruction Calls

27/10/2021

29/06/2021

The process of deconstruction and reconstruction can have a lot of up’s and down’s. Sometimes in the midst of it, we may just feel stuck. So what do we do when we feel stuck? How do we know if our truest voice is speaking or if it is a voice from our past? I asked Therapist and Spiritual Coach Amanda Waldron to jump into this conversation to help us find new ways and better questions to continue down a healthy reconstruction path. This conversation swerves around and we touch on everything from the somatic enneagram, purity culture, getting unstuck and what kind of people we need during different seasons of our lives.

Learn more about Amanda on her website www.heyamandawaldron.com or follow her on instagram ().

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The Reconstruction Calls podcast is a conversation amongst friends and is hosted by Spiritual Director Aaron Manes. Learn more about Spiritual Direction at www.aaronmanes.com.

15/06/2021

A big part of the deconstruction journey begins with doubt. A doubt may be small when it creeps in but real deconstruction happens when you just cannot ignore it any more. In this episode I am talking to Brian Aadland - who is the pastor of Revolution Church in Minneapolis as well as the host of the The Sacred Collective podcast. Brian recently gave a talk about doubt and what scripture has to say about it so I wanted to have him on to hear some of his own story and how he is working to bring purpose to doubt.

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01/06/2021

In each one of these podcasts I introduce myself as “Spiritual Director Aaron Manes.” But what is a spiritual director? Sure, you can google it, but I thought it would be a good opportunity to have my friends and fellow Spiritual Director’s Kim Verriere and Emily Turner on to talk about this with me. If you would like to know more about what happens during spiritual direction, what sorts of things are discussed and how working with a trained listener affects your life, then this podcast is for you.
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18/05/2021

NEW PODCAST: Church - for so many people right now, it is complicated. I recently did a talk for a spiritual ministry here in Dallas and it was about this idea of America becoming less religious and more spiritual. One of the best metaphors I know is from author Robert Putnam. He says that interest in bowling is at an all time high and yet interest in bowling leagues is at an all time low.

You see, people want to bowl but they don’t want to do it formally. The church trend trackers are seeing similar trends when it come to going to church. What has become apparent for a lot of people I know is that they discovered they didn’t need to go sit in a sanctuary to have church, to have community. Their faith community they realized were the people that care about them and those who they care about.

In this first edition of "It's Complicated," there isn't a guest. Just me talking about the reality of church-going and living a more spiritual life. The truth of the spiritual or reconstructing life is that often what irks us, is just an invitation in disguise.
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20/04/2021

Have you ever decided to pick up and move across the country? Maybe you haven't made a physical change but you have experienced a change of faith. There are so many steps and experiences that come with change. On this episode, I am talking with some of my old friends: Jacob and Katie Eckeberger. One of the things I am always so impressed with is their ability to navigate change. They seem to handle it so well and then they turn around and create music, community and new ideas from their experiences. The other fascinating thing is that as a couple they are Enneagram 3 & 4 and that is a lot of feeling. So listen closely to how they express their early feelings of knowing when to change and how to make a move.

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Learn more about their music at www.myanchorholds.net

Katie O'Neall Eckeberger Jacob Eckeberger My Anchor Holds

06/04/2021

LISTEN: Deconstruction & Reconstruction are an invitation to never stop believing. In this conversation with Rev. Jared Houze, we discover that part of the process is that before we can believe, we must first belong.

The Reconstruction Calls Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or find a listening link at www.aaronmanes.com/podcast

30/03/2021

When you are tasked to write songs that reflect your life and at the same time have those songs call people to justice - remembering that peacemaking without justice isn't unity - how do you do that? Paul Zach (Singer/Songwriter, The Porter's Gate) is doing just that. Our conversation today is one of how to engage honestly what is happening in our world today and draw creativity from it. We also talk about how to pick up the Bible again after growing up with it being a weapon of shame and fear. If we can read the book differently, we can hope to see ourselves better.

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11/03/2021

One year ago today, we all lost so much. For me, many of the ways I had spiritual conversations were taken away and I decided to try my hand at making a podcast. As a spiritual director one of my primary practices of faith is listening to and talking with people about their faith and my own. A podcast made a lot of sense to share that in a broader way. So today I am launching this page and Season 2 of Reconstruction Calls will follow in a few weeks. Let's run it back - not COVID - the podcast.

11/03/2021