Shards - A Spiritual Journey in Pieces
We're diving deep into the journey of faith, identity, and spirituality—exploring what it means to reconcile childhood beliefs with the realities of adult life, and how we can release old ideas of God for a better, more inclusive world. Let's find ways to work together with our many images of God and Humanity to save our world.
Episodes
Sometimes, the invitation to change doesn’t come softly — it comes through discomfort, resistance, even anger. In this episode, David shares the story of his early work with GLIDE, facing raw reactions from those unready for dialogue, and what those moments revealed about the deeper work of transformation.Reflecting on today’s cultural fractures — from DEI to gender identity to political polarization — David weaves personal experie...
In this special offering from Shards, I invite you into a meditation called Whole Enough — a quiet remembering that even in our brokenness, even in our becoming, we are already enough.This meditation is a space to breathe, to soften, and to rest in the truth that healing doesn't demand perfection.It only asks for presence.
Come as you are.
In this episode, David explores the sacred duality of masculine and feminine energies—within himself, within his faith story, and within the collective soul of our nation. He reflects on childhood messages about gender, the power and protection offered by the women who raised him, and the masculine ideals that were weaponized in both home and church.
Through a profound moment at retreat, David shares how he stopped searching for the...
Some experiences live beyond language.
In this episode, I share what it means to cross a threshold in healing—one that can’t be fully explained, only embodied. After returning from a five-day therapeutic retreat, I offer a glimpse into the transformation that unfolded through psilocybin journeys, breathwork, and deep inner listening.
This is not a step-by-step account. It’s not advice. It’s a seed—for anyone holding trauma, addic...
What happens when the people and practices you were taught to fear become the very ones that save your spirit?
In this episode, David returns to the sacred, surprising space of HUMC—where therapists, mystics, and queer spiritual leaders weren’t condemned, but welcomed. Through stories of community, healing, and deep transformation, he explores how the once-forbidden became foundational. These weren’t just people. They were spiritual...
Water has always been a symbol of transition—of faith, grief, cleansing, and beginning again. In this episode, I reflect on the waters I’ve crossed: leaving behind the dogma of my Southern Baptist upbringing, finding myself alone in a new city, and unexpectedly discovering a resting place at HUMC.
We begin with a meditation connecting to the water within our own bodies, and from there, we journey through the rivers of history, ancie...
What we carry shapes us—but do we know its name? In this episode of Shards – A Spiritual Journey in Pieces, David explores the weight of unspoken burdens. Through therapy, medical experiences, and family reflection, he uncovers the power of naming pain and the first steps toward release. Join him in this deeply personal and reflective journey, and take a moment to breathe, name, and begin to let go.
"Sometimes, the moment that shatters us is the one that reveals what we’ve been holding all along."
In this first episode of Shards: A Spiritual Journey in Pieces, I share the moment that changed everything—a trigger I never saw coming, unlocking memories I had buried for decades. What began as fear for the world around me became a reckoning with my own past, forcing me to confront a truth I had long kept hidden.
This is a ...
Shards: A Spiritual Journey in Pieces invites listeners into a deep and honest exploration of faith, identity, and the human spirit.
Together, we’ll journey through the process of reconciling childhood beliefs with the realities of adult life — uncovering what it means to release old ideas of God in order to make space for something more inclusive, more grounded, and more real.
This podcast is for anyone navigating deconstruction, sp...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Season Two Out Now! Law & Order: Criminal Justice System tells the real stories behind the landmark cases that have shaped how the most dangerous and influential criminals in America are prosecuted. In its second season, the series tackles the threat of terrorism in the United States. From the rise of extremist political groups in the 60s to domestic lone wolves in the modern day, we explore how organizations like the FBI and Joint Terrorism Take Force have evolved to fight back against a multitude of terrorist threats.
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.