A conversation with spiritual director and author Maisie Sparks (Holy Shakespeare, Christmas Quiet).
MAISIE SPARKS is an author, speaker, spiritual director, and retreat facilitator.
She makes her home in Champaign, Illinois.
We discovered Maisie Sparks on the recommendation of our mutual friend Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown. We found our conversation with her to be filled with light. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed the conversation.
Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode:
- Maisie Sparks, Christmas Quiet
- Maisie Sparks, 151 Things God Can't Do
- Maisie Sparks, 101 Things the Devil Can’t Do
- Maisie Sparks, Holy Shakespeare: 101 Scriptures That Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays, Poems and Sonnets.
- Ineda Pearl Adesanya (editor), Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction (includes an essay by Maisie Sparks)
- Therese Taylor-Stinson et al. (editors), Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color (includes an essay by Maisie Sparks)
- Therese Taylor-Stinson (ed.), Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around — Stories of Contemplation and Justice (includes essays by Jacqueline Smith-Crooks, Lerita Coleman Brown, Maisie Sparks, Jung Eun Sophia Park, Soyinka Rahim, and Ineda P. Adesanya, among others)
Episode 134: Enjoying God in the Silence: A Conversation with Maisie Sparks
Hosted by: Carl McColman
With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson
Guest: Maisie Sparks
Date Recorded: March 3, 2021