• Closeup of old decorative skeleton key tied to a heart wiht ribbon and all lying on green moss
    99

    The key to ecstasy

    How do you know when you are at the end of something? Have you ever been to a “going away” party? Do you know how there’s that sadness initially because something is ending? A person is leaving the company, or…

  • An exploding planet viewed from space. Planet has light showing out between the cracked pieces that are coming apart.
    99

    Why You Should (Sometimes) Welcome Dying

    Welcome to 99 – brought to you by Prolificate.com, where I offer interfaith inspiration, mentoring, and support. I’m your host Andrew Chirch – Interfaith minister and spiritual coach for real people like you. The idea for 99 comes from the…

  • 99

    What Life’s Story are You Writing?

    If your life were a story, what would that story be about? Nothing like a deep question to start us off, right? What got me thinking about this is a couple of things. As I record this episode of 99,…

  • 2 white young girls drinking clear water flowing from a pipe on a green blurred background.
    99

    How to Never Run Out of Love

    I want YOU to want ME. That’s a great song by the band Cheap Trick. It’s also the source of so much misery I can hardly believe it. Those words may be the source of anything that’s wrong with us…

  • a little yellow flower growing from cracked, dried up mud
    Podcast

    Ashes, Dust, Tears, and Laughter

    This is a short update after a really intense week. I have been serving as a chaplain at a local hospital, and the experience has been so intense, I just had to share what it’s like. (Don’t worry, it isn’t…

  • Harry Potter book lying on a table surrounded by autumn leaves, and open to Dumbledores Army chapter
    99

    Aspire to Kindness like Dumbledore

    I’m speaking to the part of you that is lonely. The part you don’t let anyone see because it’s just too painful. I’m talking to the part of you that was unkind, or dishonest, or hateful. I’m talking to that…