In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Aug 16, 2020•22 min•Season 6Ep. 50
In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Aug 09, 2020•23 min•Season 6Ep. 49
In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Aug 02, 2020•23 min•Season 6Ep. 48
In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Jul 26, 2020•19 min•Season 6Ep. 47
In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Jul 19, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 46
In the Genesis poem of creation, God makes the world with words. God says light, night, sky, land, seas, sun, moon, birds, fish, animals, human beings. And it is all so good. Every day we make our world with words, too. Happy, sad, afraid, want, listen, hope, stop, heal. What we speak, we understand. What we want, we name. What we hope for, we shape with consonants and vowels. Words are powerful things. Faith is built with words, too. And if you have been a person of faith most of your life, you...
Jul 12, 2020•21 min•Season 6Ep. 45
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. –2 Timothy 3:16–17 We all know the Scriptures are “inspired” but what exactly does that mean? We know they are infused with beauty and we sense the divine in and through them in moments as we read. But at other times they all seem so... human. And maybe this paradox is at heart what it means to be inspired. The me...
Jul 05, 2020•27 min•Season 6Ep. 44
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. –2 Timothy 3:16–17 We all know the Scriptures are “inspired” but what exactly does that mean? We know they are infused with beauty and we sense the divine in and through them in moments as we read. But at other times they all seem so... human. And maybe this paradox is at heart what it means to be inspired. The me...
Jul 01, 2020•30 min•Season 6Ep. 43
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. –2 Timothy 3:16–17 We all know the Scriptures are “inspired” but what exactly does that mean? We know they are infused with beauty and we sense the divine in and through them in moments as we read. But at other times they all seem so... human. And maybe this paradox is at heart what it means to be inspired. The me...
Jun 21, 2020•28 min•Season 6Ep. 42
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. –2 Timothy 3:16–17 We all know the Scriptures are “inspired” but what exactly does that mean? We know they are infused with beauty and we sense the divine in and through them in moments as we read. But at other times they all seem so... human. And maybe this paradox is at heart what it means to be inspired. The me...
Jun 14, 2020•28 min•Season 6Ep. 41
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. –2 Timothy 3:16–17 We all know the Scriptures are “inspired” but what exactly does that mean? We know they are infused with beauty and we sense the divine in and through them in moments as we read. But at other times they all seem so... human. And maybe this paradox is at heart what it means to be inspired. The me...
Jun 07, 2020•27 min•Season 6Ep. 40
Take a moment to remember how many times you’ve been angry or irritated this week. No really, check in with yourself. Were you angry once, twice, two hundred times? Maybe something tiny triggered you. Maybe something massive enraged you. Maybe your anger feels so constant you don’t know life without it. The scriptures honour all of these layers, and when we lean in to listen to their words, we will find wisdom for all our anger. Like, there’s a way to be angry that gets to the heart of the matte...
May 31, 2020•30 min•Season 6Ep. 39
Take a moment to remember how many times you’ve been angry or irritated this week. No really, check in with yourself. Were you angry once, twice, two hundred times? Maybe something tiny triggered you. Maybe something massive enraged you. Maybe your anger feels so constant you don’t know life without it. The scriptures honour all of these layers, and when we lean in to listen to their words, we will find wisdom for all our anger. Like, there’s a way to be angry that gets to the heart of the matte...
May 24, 2020•29 min•Season 6Ep. 38
Take a moment to remember how many times you’ve been angry or irritated this week. No really, check in with yourself. Were you angry once, twice, two hundred times? Maybe something tiny triggered you. Maybe something massive enraged you. Maybe your anger feels so constant you don’t know life without it. The scriptures honour all of these layers, and when we lean in to listen to their words, we will find wisdom for all our anger. Like, there’s a way to be angry that gets to the heart of the matte...
May 17, 2020•25 min•Season 6Ep. 37
It seems like we have a bit of a problem. St. James warned his friends that their words were like sparks that had the power to burn down a forest. The Jewish poets noted that while our mouths contain the power to bless and bring life, they also have the ability to destroy and harm. And the noted Persian mystic Rumi instructed his readers to shut up like an oyster shell because, well, their mouths were the enemies of their souls, he thought. Which just means that long before the internet gave us ...
May 10, 2020•30 min•Season 6Ep. 36
It seems like we have a bit of a problem. St. James warned his friends that their words were like sparks that had the power to burn down a forest. The Jewish poets noted that while our mouths contain the power to bless and bring life, they also have the ability to destroy and harm. And the noted Persian mystic Rumi instructed his readers to shut up like an oyster shell because, well, their mouths were the enemies of their souls, he thought. Which just means that long before the internet gave us ...
May 03, 2020•26 min•Season 6Ep. 35
It seems like we have a bit of a problem. St. James warned his friends that their words were like sparks that had the power to burn down a forest. The Jewish poets noted that while our mouths contain the power to bless and bring life, they also have the ability to destroy and harm. And the noted Persian mystic Rumi instructed his readers to shut up like an oyster shell because, well, their mouths were the enemies of their souls, he thought. Which just means that long before the internet gave us ...
Apr 26, 2020•25 min•Season 6Ep. 34
It seems like we have a bit of a problem. St. James warned his friends that their words were like sparks that had the power to burn down a forest. The Jewish poets noted that while our mouths contain the power to bless and bring life, they also have the ability to destroy and harm. And the noted Persian mystic Rumi instructed his readers to shut up like an oyster shell because, well, their mouths were the enemies of their souls, he thought. Which just means that long before the internet gave us ...
Apr 19, 2020•28 min•Season 6Ep. 33
We’re here! Easter is the festival of festivals! The Queen of Feasts! This is the day we wait for. This is the day of new life. And with all we celebrate today, Easter is the day that shapes every day to come. So hear, repeat, and return to this prayer in the Easter season. It’s a beauty and it’s a benediction. *** Beyond Easter we go singing. Having been seized by resurrection we are full of tears and laughter. The way ahead is unknown. It will always be like that. but having danced in the ligh...
Apr 12, 2020•27 min•Season 6Ep. 32
We are approaching Easter, seen as the greatest festival in the church calendar. But, we’re not there yet. We have a week to go and an ancient path to follow. Egeria, a woman who was either a nun or an abbess from Spain or Gaul, left behind a diary from her time in the Holy Land (ca. 381-384). In it, she writes in detail about services in Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, worshippers celebrate and rehearse the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Then the children gather palm branches and the people walk the...
Apr 05, 2020•34 min•Season 6Ep. 31
It’s not always easy to see ourselves as we truly are. But stories can help. When we listen carefully to a story that is authentic to the human experience, we come to know ourselves in new ways. The book of Jonah is one such story. Despite its rather fantastical qualities, the story of Jonah is a real human tale. A story of human failure and divine grace, a story of the interplay between duty observed and plain disobedience. A story of the internal conflict between authentic honesty and dishones...
Mar 29, 2020•32 min•Season 6Ep. 30
It’s not always easy to see ourselves as we truly are. But stories can help. When we listen carefully to a story that is authentic to the human experience, we come to know ourselves in new ways. The book of Jonah is one such story. Despite its rather fantastical qualities, the story of Jonah is a real human tale. A story of human failure and divine grace, a story of the interplay between duty observed and plain disobedience. A story of the internal conflict between authentic honesty and dishones...
Mar 22, 2020•32 min•Season 6Ep. 29
It’s not always easy to see ourselves as we truly are. But stories can help. When we listen carefully to a story that is authentic to the human experience, we come to know ourselves in new ways. The book of Jonah is one such story. Despite its rather fantastical qualities, the story of Jonah is a real human tale. A story of human failure and divine grace, a story of the interplay between duty observed and plain disobedience. A story of the internal conflict between authentic honesty and dishones...
Mar 15, 2020•32 min•Season 6Ep. 28
It’s not always easy to see ourselves as we truly are. But stories can help. When we listen carefully to a story that is authentic to the human experience, we come to know ourselves in new ways. The book of Jonah is one such story. Despite its rather fantastical qualities, the story of Jonah is a real human tale. A story of human failure and divine grace, a story of the interplay between duty observed and plain disobedience. A story of the internal conflict between authentic honesty and dishones...
Mar 08, 2020•33 min•Season 6Ep. 27
It’s not always easy to see ourselves as we truly are. But stories can help. When we listen carefully to a story that is authentic to the human experience, we come to know ourselves in new ways. The book of Jonah is one such story. Despite its rather fantastical qualities, the story of Jonah is a real human tale. A story of human failure and divine grace, a story of the interplay between duty observed and plain disobedience. A story of the internal conflict between authentic honesty and dishones...
Mar 01, 2020•31 min•Season 6Ep. 26
This is it. Back in Rome for a final time. Chapter by chapter, we’ve worked through this lengthy letter from the Apostle Paul. Along the way marking how his theology transformed as he grappled with the story of God in Christ. Along the way, we’ve grown, and we’ve continued to let the gracious way of Jesus alter the way we think of the Divine. How we look at each other. How we talk about faith. So, if you’ve been with us since the beginning, come along as we jump in where we left off and see how ...
Feb 23, 2020•32 min•Season 6Ep. 25
In Romans 16 Paul names a number of women in prominent roles within the early church. But then in his letters to Corinth and Timothy, he seems to take a different tone. What is going on here? Should we try to harmonize these passages? Here's a bit of a deeper dive. ★ Support this podcast ★
Feb 19, 2020•15 min
This is it. Back in Rome for a final time. Chapter by chapter, we’ve worked through this lengthy letter from the Apostle Paul. Along the way marking how his theology transformed as he grappled with the story of God in Christ. Along the way, we’ve grown, and we’ve continued to let the gracious way of Jesus alter the way we think of the Divine. How we look at each other. How we talk about faith. So, if you’ve been with us since the beginning, come along as we jump in where we left off and see how ...
Feb 16, 2020•30 min•Season 6Ep. 24
This is it. Back in Rome for a final time. Chapter by chapter, we’ve worked through this lengthy letter from the Apostle Paul. Along the way marking how his theology transformed as he grappled with the story of God in Christ. Along the way, we’ve grown, and we’ve continued to let the gracious way of Jesus alter the way we think of the Divine. How we look at each other. How we talk about faith. So, if you’ve been with us since the beginning, come along as we jump in where we left off and see how ...
Feb 09, 2020•31 min•Season 6Ep. 23
This is it. Back in Rome for a final time. Chapter by chapter, we’ve worked through this lengthy letter from the Apostle Paul. Along the way marking how his theology transformed as he grappled with the story of God in Christ. Along the way, we’ve grown, and we’ve continued to let the gracious way of Jesus alter the way we think of the Divine. How we look at each other. How we talk about faith. So, if you’ve been with us since the beginning, come along as we jump in where we left off and see how ...
Feb 02, 2020•30 min•Season 6Ep. 22
