Podcast Blog: S5 E2 - Cathy Colver Garland, Intimacy with God

Rarely do I reflect on an episode as much as I have reflected on this one. My guest, Cathy Colver Garland, has a way of taking deep theological thoughts and translating them so we can put them into daily practice. She shows us how to achieve intimacy with God in the process.

Garland is the co-author of "Revelationship: Transformative Intimacy with Christ." She wrote the book with her pastor father, Dr. Randy Colver. In this episode, Cathy describes the heart of the book, how God’s continual revealing of himself grows our relationship and leads to further revelations.

Highlights of the podcast:  

2:37 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Garland

6:25 Garland describes her faith deconstruction journey, asking questions about faith starting as a 13-year-old

10:05 Garland discusses her relationship with her father, with whom she co-wrote “Revelationship,” as well as her mother’s influence

11:41 The revealing ways of God are not obvious because we’re not trained to see them

13:44 A discussion on detecting God and examples of the means of revelation

18:28 On the joy of finding God and how God reveals himself to fill a lack within us

22:26 Why God reveals himself gradually

24:09 God is the antidote to what ails us because of omnipresence

27:57 Intimacy with God is intimidating, but God desires intimacy, and we see this in the Adam and Eve story

31:41 The hardest part about putting faith into practice

32:44 Garland’s best tip for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith

35:08 How to follow Garland and find her book

The podcast is available on major podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Audacy, iHeartRadio, YouTube) and hosted on Podbean. Search on each platform for "Practical Faith Academy." You can also link to it from CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.