Desert Rain Community Radio
Religion & Spirituality Podcasts
David Morrison, Danny West, Jacob Neria, & David West discuss Desert Rain Community, ideas and principles around Christian spirituality, and people having an instrumental influence on community living.
Location:
United States
Description:
David Morrison, Danny West, Jacob Neria, & David West discuss Desert Rain Community, ideas and principles around Christian spirituality, and people having an instrumental influence on community living.
Language:
English
Episodes
A Revisit of Genesis
9/9/2025
Title: A Revisit of Genesis
Welcome back to Desert Rain Community Radio!! This week we are joined by David M. and David W. as always, and this episode is centered around diving into a verse from Genesis, and then we take the. conversation from there. Hope you all enjoy, and let's get into it!
Duration:00:44:06
Welcome Back
6/27/2025
Welcome back to the show! New host Danny West sits down with David Morrison and David West to catch up since our time away from the podcast. We discuss changes that have occurred in life, dealing with loss, and other topics centered around the impact of community.
Duration:00:50:57
#127 - Web of the Spirit
3/26/2024
David and Dorian sit down to discuss Saint Brigid and transition to a conversation about Indra's Net, and how the Universe is connected.
Duration:00:59:19
#126 - The Extraordinary & Unknown
2/27/2024
David and Dorian sit down to continue their conversation about death. This is basically a continuation of Episode 13 "A Reconnaissance of Death."
Duration:01:00:21
Paul West: A Friend Gone Too Soon
1/23/2024
David and Dorian are joined by Danny, Paul West’s son, to honor his memory after he suddenly passed in December 2023. The second half of the episode are some stories in Paul’s own words and voice.
Duration:01:06:01
#125 - Integrating Prayer
12/13/2023
David and Dorian discuss the idea of integrating different things around prayer into our current prayer life. We also visit how controversial the Sermon on the Mount is in some modern day churches.
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Duration:00:59:11
#124 - After the Fire
11/28/2023
David and Dorian discuss how fire is a representation of transformation in the 3 Abrahamic religions. The conversation evolves and looks at how the 3 religions also use light to represent the Divine.
Duration:01:01:44
#123 - When We Practice...
11/14/2023
David and Dorian use a Thomas Merton quote from the book Zen and the Birds of Appetite to dive into a deeper conversation about the importance of spiritual practices, and why they are important.
Duration:00:51:49
#122 - Gambling on Love
10/31/2023
David and Dorian are back! They sit down and discuss the tension that exists between mourning/sadness and beauty/love. Part of their conversation is based on lyrics from the song Lovers in a Dangerous Time.
Duration:00:54:24
#121 - The Sacred Encounter
10/10/2023
David and Dorian have a conversation around the miraculous and strange things that happen in the world, and how that can be interpreted in life. We end with St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer, and how that points toward the chaos that exists in the world.
Duration:01:02:45
#120 - Resting in the Divine
9/26/2023
David and Dorian is joined by Jacob Neria to discuss the idea of rest. Not only a general sense of rest, but how rest is part of the contemplative life style.
Duration:00:59:42
#119 - Pathways to Prayer
9/12/2023
David and Dorian revisit the topic of Centering/Listening prayer, similar to the Pathways to Presence series, but they are not referencing the book Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating in this episode.
Duration:00:46:21
Fall 2023 Announcement
9/5/2023
Update on our programming schedule for the next several months.
Duration:00:01:36
#118 - Holding the Center for God's Whisper
8/29/2023
David and Dorian sit town to discuss how busyness cultural and revival have infiltrated the church, as a direct result of Western culture. These two paradigms are not always sustainable, so how do we find our Center, hold it, in able to hear God's Whisper?
Duration:00:58:26
#117 - Alone but not Lonely
8/22/2023
David and Dorian talk about the idea of being alone with God in nature, and other contexts, and how that opens up the ability to experience a Liminal Space.
Duration:00:55:45
#116 - The Silences
8/15/2023
David and Dorian sit down to discuss a quote from Ladislaus Boros regarding silence and the importance, and fading use, in today's Christianity.
Duration:00:59:09
#115 - Songs for the Road
8/8/2023
David and Dorian are joined by Danny West. Danny tells us about his recent trip to Fort Worth, TX to see Greta Van Fleet. We explore how his fandom of the band has come to be and how it has informed his life. The back end of the conversation the three of us explore how live music and live events shape our life.
Duration:01:08:04
#114 - Chimes of the Spirit
8/1/2023
David & Dorian explore the idea of Shekhina and the etymology in regards to the word 'understanding'. They discuss how this plays into their spiritual evolution.
Duration:00:55:23
#113 - Pathways to Presence: Centering Prayer Pt. 7
7/25/2023
Duration:00:58:54
#112 - Navigating Isolation
7/18/2023
David and Dorian discuss the idea of modern isolation, and community in 2023. They also explore the idea of contemplative living to navigate the idea of isolation.
Duration:00:59:01