Steps to the Spirit
Steps to the spirit is about my search for, discovery of, and use of the Spirit to live my life according to the wishes and plans of God. I also call them gifts from God because I believe He has given us these tools to enable us to find a closer relationship with Him. I invite you to join me in this quest that is at times both difficult and extremely fulfilling. I will try to explain how and why it became necessary to surrender, thus enabling me to begin to live according to God's plan.I will post additional info on my blog: http://www.StepsToTheSpirit.com/blog To contact me, please use: Chuck@stepstothespirit.com
Episodes
266 episodes
The 12 Step Program - Step 6 (Part 2)
So , my friends, the six step has always been a little bit weird for me. Once again, it says that I was entirely ready to have God remove always defects character. Let me tell you now, that when I finally was honest enough to do the st...
The 12 Step Program - Step 6 (Part 1)
Step number six is the step I am talking about in this episode. Number six is: “I was entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of character.”So, some of you may have read my book entitled, Gifts From God, and the g...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 6)
This is the last episode motel talk about step number five. Again, to remind you, this step is: admitted to God to myself and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs.For many of us, the fourth step is the place for us...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 5)
So now we are going to talk about the next part of this fifth step. Again, to remind you, this step is: admitted to God to myself and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs. In this episode we will be talking about that “other hum...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 4)
For part four of the discussion of step five, I would like to speak about admitting the exact nature of our wrongs to ourselves. Once again, I recall asking myself why this was necessary. After all, did not just do ¼ step that went ove...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 3)
In this third part of the topic of step number five, I would like to speak about how I admit to God the exact nature of my wrongs. On first blush, my thought was, “this is crazy, God already knows everything about what I’ve been what I...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 2)
To begin, I would like to make a short detour in order to mention the first words of this step”, admitted”.In Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), "admitted" means to confess, recognize, and accept the reality of one’s alcoholism, powerlessness ov...
The 12 Step Program - Step 5 (Part 1)
Step number five is the second step of our action steps. I have to admit that the first few times that I did step four, I did it with the expectation of doing step number five. In other words step five was kind of hanging over me as I ...
The 12 Step Program - Step 4 (Part 2)
So here we are at the ( sometimes dreaded) fourth step. Once again, please allow me to remind you of what the fourth step is:I made a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself.I have italicized wh...
The 12 Step Program - Step 4 (Part 1)
I would like to start by reminding you of a couple of things. First, I am telling you about working the steps from the points of view that I believe is the way the original program was meant to be. That original program, and the 12 steps were d...
The 12 Step Program - Step 3 (Part 3)
In our last podcast I ended with speaking about duality and how it is now considered to be passé in both sciences and philosophy. I truly do not understand how educated people can look at our makeup and decide that we are ultimately of one subs...
The 12 Step Program - Step 3 (Part 2)
Let’s imagine for a moment, leaving the place that we live in the morning, soon after having breakfast. Our breakfast may have been cornflakes, a bowl of grits, French toast, or what we could call the “Full Monty” of bacon and sausage eggs and ...
The 12 Step Program - Step 3 (Part 1)
As a reminder, the third step is: (my version)I made its decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God, as I understand GodFor me, this is arguably the most important step in this program. From a purely psych...
The 12 Step Program - Step 2 (Part 2)
In this second part of step two, I want to talk about a crucial ingredient that was necessary for me to be successful with this 12 step program. Last episode I spoke about our individual belief in either a higher power (God) or the police in th...
The 12 Step Program - Step 2 (Part 1)
This episode begin to our look at the second step of the 12 step program. To refresh your memory the second step is:I came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity.When I was first dubbing around you ...
The 12 Step Program - Step 1 (Part 2)
So in step one I personally admitted, finally, that I could not handle alcohol. Alcohol was the substance that I found I could use to escape life and basically, escape myself. That is what I really hated so much I hated me. I did not w...
The 12 Step Program - Step 1 (Part 1
Step one can be thought of in three ways. With me remind you that my version of step one is as follows: “We I admitted we were I am powerless over alcohol everything, that our lives my life has become unmanageable.”I have indicated the o...
The 12-Step Program – Overview (Part 2)
So, last time I started to touch on the Oxford Groups influence on the beginnings of the 12-step program, or more accurately, Bill Wilson. Bill already had the foundations for the 12 step program etched into his mind from the Oxford...
The 12-Step Program – Overview (Part 1)
This episode, and possibly the next I am dedicating to the formation of the 12 step program. If any of you have been listening to this podcast for a while, then you will know how much importance I put on the Oxford Group. I would go so far as t...
Podcast Overview & Spiritual Goals
From time to time, I like to talk to you about why I felt a need to start this podcast, why this podcast continues to exist, and, basically, what it is all about. I know some of you are old-time listeners, and really are kind of in sync with my...
Happy New Year!
Let me start by wishing you all very happy new year. In my estimation, 2025 seem to be becoming a little better towards the end of the year. In addition, it seems to me that the year 2026 will continue to be a better one for most of humanity. O...
My Christmas Message
I don’t have much in the way of the description for this episode. It is my last episode of the year, as well as what I am calling my Christmas message. I know that some of you are not Christian, but after all is said and done I would still refe...
The Oxford Group’s 6 Basic Assumptions (part 7)
This episode will be the end, or last, episode of the six basic assumptions. As a reminder the sixth assumption is: 6. Those who have been “changed” must “change others”.There are couple of words ...
The Oxford Group’s 6 Basic Assumptions (part 6)
This episode brings us to the end of the Oxford group’s six basic assumptions. The sixth: basic assumption is 6. Those who have been “changed” must “change others”.Any of you who are familiar with the 12-step program will recogn...
The Oxford Group’s 6 Basic Assumptions (part 5)
This episode is a continuation of the six basic assumptions of the Oxford Group, specifically, assumption number five which is: 5. The ‘Age of Miracles has returned. These lists were made at the beginning of the existence of t...