The Canadian Orthodox Tim Harder

Award-winning songwriter, recording artist, speaker, and songwriting instructor Brian Doerksen joins us on the show to process his perspectives on Christian worship through the lens of divine intimacy—considering the implications of this for the songwriting, liturgical practices, organizing metaphors, and grief rituals of the Canadian Church.
 
SHOW NOTES
 
Connect with Brian Doerksen

https://www.briandoerksen.com/


https://open.spotify.com/artist/0pWpQhmg5KRsyo2Y6QRtc7?si=pTVmR2RiTc6dBy6zMPJcAw&dl_branch=1


https://www.instagram.com/briandoerksen/


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRobfRFsZFS3Z-A3JEVISFg


https://twitter.com/briandoerksen

 
Production Notes

Produced and edited by Tim Harder on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples.


Theme music: "The Size of Grace" - Beautiful Eulogy, licensed through Marmoset Music


Additional featured tracks: "Refiners Fire" - Brian Doerksen, "Faithful One" - Brian Doerksen. Samples procured from www.briandoerksen.com/presskit


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In this episode, Chris, Doug, and I sat down to discuss our previous interview with Brad Jersak—taking some time to explore and reflect on some of the ideas that came up in the conversation, including questions of aesthetics, the Bible, possibilities for Christian formation, and hope in a theology of liberation.
 
SHOW NOTES

St. John Climacus "The Ladder of Divine Descent" PDF

http://www.prudencetrue.com/images/TheLadderofDivineAscent.pdf

"The Ladder of Divine Descent" Iconography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent#/media/File:The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent_Monastery_of_St_Catherine_Sinai_12th_century.jpg

F. Michael Oleksa "Orthodox Alaska"

https://svspress.com/orthodox-alaska/

F. Michael Oleksa "Orthodox Missiological Education for the Twenty-First Century" PDF

https://www.fatheroleksa.org/resources/OrthodoxMissiological.doc

Abraham Heschel "God in Search of Man"

https://www.amazon.ca/God-Search-Man-Philosophy-Judaism/dp/0374513317
 
Production notes:

Produced and edited by Tim Harder on Treaty 7 Territory


Music by Beautiful Eulogy, licensed through Marmoset Music


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In this episode, we spoke with author and teacher Brad Jersak about the idea of "unwrathing" from his 2015 book "A More Christlike God, exploring some of the implications of this idea in topics such as a cruciform image of God, the reading of the scriptures, salvation, judgement, ultimate reconciliation,  and the cultivated imagination of the church.
 

To access more resources from Brad including books, lectures and more, you can connect with him on social media and through his website via the links in the show notes.

https://bradjersak.com/


https://www.instagram.com/


https://twitter.com/bradjersak


https://www.facebook.com/BradJersak/


https://www.youtube.com/user/bmjersak

 
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Production notes:

Produced and edited by Tim Harder on Treaty 7 Territory


Music by Beautiful Eulogy, licensed through Marmoset Music


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In this episode, Chris, Doug, and I sat down to reflect on some of the ideas that stood out to us in our previous interview with Jeremy Duncan regarding the late French thinker René Girard—diving into a few rabbit holes on the understanding of history, meta-narrative, and temporality along the way!
 
Production Notes:

Episode produced and edited by Tim Harder on Treaty 7 Territory


Music: "The Size of Grace" by Beautiful Eulogy, licensed through Marmoset Music. "Six" by Lex Villeva (Creative Commons)


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In this episode, we spoke with Jeremy Duncan of Kensington Commons about the late French thinker René Girard and the significance of his work for the life and thought of the Canadian church in the 21st C.
 
To learn more about Jeremy Duncan:

www.jeremyduncan.ca


www.instagram.com/jeremyduncan


https://twitter.com/duncanjeremy


https://www.youtube.com/user/commonschurch


https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/commons-church-podcast/id160178986?mt=2

"A GIRARDIAN READING OF VIOLENT IMAGERY IN REVELATION"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d0ebdbe00edf100013e3d3c/t/5f2dee1fc2cc2678da16387b/1596845602609/A_GIRARDIAN_READING_OF_VIOLENT_IMAGERY_I.pdf
 
Production notes:

Produced and edited by Tim Harder


Music by Beautiful Eulogy, licensed through Marmoset Music


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Welcome to the first episode of the Canadian Orthodox Podcast! 
In this episode, we will take some time to unpack some of the core ideas that form the background of this podcast, and will also set a trajectory for what to expect in upcoming conversations as we explore the mystery and diversity of the Christian faith within the unique intersections of the Canadian context. 
 
Show produced and edited by Tim Harder
Music by Beautiful Eulogy, Licensed through Marmoset Music
 
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