Some experiences live beyond language.
In this episode, I share what it means to cross a threshold in healing—one that can’t be fully explained, only embodied. After returning from a five-day therapeutic retreat, I offer a glimpse into the transformation that unfolded through psilocybin journeys, breathwork, and deep inner listening.

This is not a step-by-step account. It’s not advice. It’s a seed—for anyone holding trauma, addiction, or questions too heavy for words.

Through stories, silence, and breath, this episode honors what happens when the body begins to remember what the mind cannot. And what becomes possible when we meet the child we once were… and welcome who we’re becoming.

Content Note:This episode includes reflections on PTSD, addiction, and emotional trauma, shared with care and without graphic detail.

What happens when the people and practices you were taught to fear become the very ones that save your spirit?

In this episode, David returns to the sacred, surprising space of HUMC—where therapists, mystics, and queer spiritual leaders weren’t condemned, but welcomed. Through stories of community, healing, and deep transformation, he explores how the once-forbidden became foundational. These weren’t just people. They were spiritual tools in human form.

Blending personal narrative with reflection and meditation, this episode invites listeners to consider what they’ve left outside the sanctuary of their own lives—and what might happen if they dared to bring it in.

David closes with a gentle meditation on reclaiming what was once called unholy, and offers a brief, heartfelt note about an upcoming retreat—a time of deep listening, unfolding, and quiet return.

Water has always been a symbol of transition—of faith, grief, cleansing, and beginning again. In this episode, I reflect on the waters I’ve crossed: leaving behind the dogma of my Southern Baptist upbringing, finding myself alone in a new city, and unexpectedly discovering a resting place at HUMC.

We begin with a meditation connecting to the water within our own bodies, and from there, we journey through the rivers of history, ancient waters that have held joy, violence, and transformation across time and cultures. We touch on sacred stories, devastating events, and the beauty of renewal—

Where have you crossed? What waters are you standing before now? I invite you to pause, reflect, and step in with me

What we carry shapes us—but do we know its name? In this episode of Shards – A Spiritual Journey in Pieces, David explores the weight of unspoken burdens. Through therapy, medical experiences, and family reflection, he uncovers the power of naming pain and the first steps toward release. Join him in this deeply personal and reflective journey, and take a moment to breathe, name, and begin to let go.

"Sometimes, the moment that shatters us is the one that reveals what we’ve been holding all along."

In this first episode of Shards: A Spiritual Journey in Pieces, I share the moment that changed everything—a trigger I never saw coming, unlocking memories I had buried for decades. What began as fear for the world around me became a reckoning with my own past, forcing me to confront a truth I had long kept hidden.

This is a story about breaking open, about the weight of silence, and about the first steps toward healing. Whether you’ve faced your own reckoning or are still carrying shards of memory too heavy to hold, you are not alone. Let’s explore what happens when the pieces start to surface.

(Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of childhood trauma and sexual abuse. Please listen with care.)

Shards: A Spiritual Journey in Pieces invites listeners into a deep and honest exploration of faith, identity, and the human spirit.

Together, we’ll journey through the process of reconciling childhood beliefs with the realities of adult life — uncovering what it means to release old ideas of God in order to make space for something more inclusive, more grounded, and more real.

This podcast is for anyone navigating deconstruction, spiritual transformation, or the quiet ache of not knowing what they believe anymore.

Let’s find ways to honor our shared humanity — so we can work together to save our world.