Welcome to Inner Journey, Outer Worlds with Jen CobbleWorks where we befriend our humanity and the Sacred through story, soul questions, and every day life. I'm Jen Cobble Willhoite, a contemplative storyteller, spiritual tool designer, and life-long soul seeker. My path is formed and framed by questions more than answers. I'm more comfortable wondering and wandering about things spiritual than I am in ideology, religion, or dogma.
My soul language and connection with Spirit is primarily grounded in Celtic Spirituality, science, nature, seasonal cycles, myth, folklore, and stories of all kinds. I do have roots in progressive Christianity that I sometimes speak from. My tap root, though, is ordinary life. I believe enlightenment is rhythmic, unfolding, and found in our everyday experiences and selves. I also offer tools and courses on my modern interpretation of the examen: a daily ritual of looking back, looking within, and looking ahead to cultivate a rapport with your inner wisdom and the Sacred as you understand it.
Every few weeks, I share an episode from my own spiritual explorations, offering invitations for you to explore these themes on your own. Thanks for journeying with me!
In this week's episode, I talk about the thing I rarely talk about: Jesus. Namely, the tradition of Lent and how starting this season with a lens towards our own mortality, while it's relevant and meaningful, is not vibing with me this year. What DOES feel like an invitation this year is to consider 40 days in the wilderness as a spiritual honeymoon rather than an exile. What also resonates this year is a desire to be marked by stardust and earth, things that expand and ground our lives, rather than by dust, the symbol of our life's end.
It's elemental, deep, casual, and--I hope--good company for you on your own journey. Thanks for accompanying me.
