About this episode

Steve and Colleen discuss the importance of safe community for spiritual formation and healing.

Spiritual formation doesn’t happen in isolation—but it also doesn’t happen in unsafe spaces. In this episode, Steve and Colleen explore what makes a community truly safe and why safety is foundational to healing, trust, and transformation. This honest conversation parallels themes from their upcoming book Embracing the Way , inviting listeners into a slower, relational vision of walking with Jesus and one another. If you’ve longed for community but felt guarded, this episode offers language, clarity, and hope.

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Adams, Colleen Adams

Topics covered

• community
• spiritual formation
• safety
• healing
• trust
• transformation

Keywords

• community
• spiritual formation
• safety
• healing
• trust
• transformation
• Embracing the Way

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Embracing the Way

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