What we’re near shapes us and changes us.
What are you near? What books? What people? What ideas?
Maybe there’s a better question…What should you be near?
The answer will come to you when you pause long enough to look and listen.
Ashton.Gustafson
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
Category Archives: Books
Old Books
Ask someone ahead of you in years what they have read in their lifetime that changed them for the better.
You’ll find out a couple of things in the book(s) they share…
- If they’re saying that it has stuck with them then time has tested it to be true. Sticky words are good words that always linger around those who’ve had an encounter with them.
- Whatever they recommend, they’re looking to save you from something, align your interior world, or to take you somewhere beautiful. Thank them in advance for the bridge, the keys, or the door they have shared with you.
Always Faithful > The Latest & Greatest
LTMP Podcast Episode 11: An Autumn Waltz
It’s been a while and it’s good to be back!
In this episode we talk about the beauty and the metaphors that can be found in the season of Autumn that is upon us.
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Find out more about the band, The War On Drugs, on this episode by clicking here. You can also purchase their record, Lost in the Dream, by clicking here in iTunes. Spotify users can find them by clicking here. Please support the artists you love…their work helps us make sense of it all!
Lastly, we discuss three great books in this episode. They can all be found below in the Amazon Store.
Falling Upward – Richard Rohr.
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better – Pema Chodron.
Autumn – By Ashton Gustafson
Ego of the trees burning away,
green to gold to bourbon fade.
Night stays long – the candle’s friend,
a majestic unwind curls spring’s next grin.
So now we may waltz with what sheds in the fall
for there’s no other way to rise through it all.
Grounded in love and making room for the bloom,
Autumn, the first verse of what’s ‘to be continued’.
LTMP Episode 11: Evan Rosell, Finding Your True Self, & The Bluebird
Episode 11: Evan Rosell, Finding Your True Self, & The Bluebird
You can listen by clicking the button below or find it in iTunes by clicking here.
Today, we had a first at LTMP Podcast…I had the honor and privilege to have and share a conversation with Evan Rosell, Pastor of Ministry Leadership at Redeemer Fellowship in Kansas City, MO.
A few weeks ago, Evan and I had one of our sporadic phone calls. After about an hour of riffing back and forth on new ideas, concepts, books, and journeys, I asked if he would be up for recording a call and sharing it on the podcast. He agreed and I think you’ll enjoy it!
More love,
Ashton
PS – If you haven’t watched Chef’s Table on Netflix, you are missing out. It is crazy-beautiful, wonderfully inspiring and I’m watching it tonight.
The Groove In Congruence.
With all things we seek to make music with and in there’s a groove.
Music, at its core, is all about congruence.
Relationships groove in the Golden Rule.
Business (and branding) grooves in kept promises.
Parenting grooves in presence.
And then there’s our lives…and the groove is found here when the eyes of the heart make their way into the world through the paths of our hands and feet. Simply put, when the exterior mirrors the interior, this is to have found congruence with our lives.
The work and the reward is in the groove leading us to congruence.
Ashton.Gustafson 