Moving Toward One Another with Parfait Bassalé

Moving Toward One Another with Parfait Bassalé

What if friendship could be more than a source of comfort—and become a powerful force for healing division?

In this episode, Melie talks with Parfait Bassalé, belonging strategist, conflict resolution practitioner, singer-songwriter, and author of The Way of Befriending. Together, they explore how fear, hurt, and past experiences can lead us to other people—and how courage, curiosity, and compassion can help us move toward one another instead.

Parfait also shares how friendship became a place of belonging throughout his life, why music is central to his work, and how ordinary acts of befriending can create meaningful change in our churches, workplaces, schools, and communities.

Connect with Parfait:

Website: https://parfaitbassale.com/

Purchase The Way of Befriending

Support Relume Candles: https://relumehope.com/

Connect with Melie:

https://www.diamondsindumpsterfires.com/

Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who might be encouraged by this conversation.

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(78)

When You Don't Know If You're Done Yet

When You Don't Know If You're Done Yet

How do you know when something is really finished? After completing another round of revisions on my book, I found myself sitting with that question. The revisions are done—but does that mean the book...

7 Loka 9min

Finding God in the Gap with Nathan Westwick

Finding God in the Gap with Nathan Westwick

What do you do when your life doesn't look anything like you thought it would? In this episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, Melie welcomes back licensed minister, author, and Wild Goose Coffee found...

16 Syys 46min

What I Want More of This Year

What I Want More of This Year

Birthdays often bring reflection, goal-setting, and questions about what we want from the year ahead. In this episode, I'm shifting the focus from what we want to accomplish to what we want to experie...

2 Syys 13min

The Minimum Viable Version of Showing Up

The Minimum Viable Version of Showing Up

This week's episode is a little different—and that's exactly the point. After starting a new job and facing an especially full week, I almost skipped recording altogether. Instead, I started thinking ...

19 Elo 7min

Created for Delight: How Hobbies Help Us Grow Spiritually with Brianna Lambert

Created for Delight: How Hobbies Help Us Grow Spiritually with Brianna Lambert

What if the hobbies you love aren't distractions from your spiritual life—but places where God is already meeting you? In this episode, Melie talks with author Brianna Lambert about her new book, Crea...

5 Elo 38min

Awaken Delight in God with Stephanie Rousselle

Awaken Delight in God with Stephanie Rousselle

What if delighting in God is not about forcing joy, ignoring pain, or checking all the "right" spiritual boxes? In this episode, Melie is joined by Stephanie Rousselle, Bible teacher, speaker, host of...

1 Heinä 48min

Why Your Brain Keeps Saying "Tomorrow"

Why Your Brain Keeps Saying "Tomorrow"

Sometimes the reason you keep saying "tomorrow" isn't laziness — it's your brain reaching for relief. In this episode, Melie explores procrastination through the lens of faith and neuroscience, unpack...

17 Kesä 12min

Suosittua kategoriassa Koulutus

rss-murhan-anatomia
aamukahvilla
psykopodiaa-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
psykologia
rss-narsisti
rss-rahamania
rss-arkea-ja-aurinkoa-podcast-espanjasta
rss-liian-kuuma-peruna
kesken
aloita-meditaatio
rss-hereilla
ilona-rauhala
rss-niinku-asia-on
ihminen-tavattavissa-tommy-hellsten-instituutti
rss-luonnollinen-synnytys-podcast
rss-oispa-viinii
rss-elama-jota-rakastat
rahapuhetta
rss-koira-haudattuna