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Reflections on Christian theological, spiritual, and religious thought and practice as well as question of peace and justice.

  1. 04/28/2023

    52 The Quest / Awakening

    The spiritual quest  is an awakening.  Most of the people you meet on the street, regardless of their status or achievements are asleep.  But the Christian spiritual life is about being awake –– about having a "dawn" within us. It is about being conscious of the numinous, aware and attentive to the mysterious presence of God –– to the poetic, or divine life.  This series of podcasts, concludes with this 52nd episode. I may come back later to answer some frequently asked questions at a later date, but that is by no means for certain. So, I conclude with what could also be a beginning –– "Awakening."

    17 min

  2. 04/18/2023

    51 The Quest / The Beloved Community

    This  episode continues to explore Christian spirituality as a spirituality in which community is essential, and faces squarely the reality that there are times when the church is neither beloved nor community ––times in which the institutions church has, in the name of Christ, perpetuated  evil.  How are those consecrated to the Christ, the Sacred Page, and the Beloved Community to respond?

    30 min

  3. 04/11/2023

    50 The Quest / The Beloved Community

    Looks at the church, when it is truly the church, as community –– The Beloved Community of Christ. Did Jesus intend to create a church? What about the terrible things done by the church as established authority? Can I just be a Christian at large? Was Thomas Merton, the modern Christian mystics correct in saying the church is the antidote to the sort of individualism that leads to human despair?

    29 min

  4. 04/08/2023

    49 The Quest // Claiming the Marks of Christ

    Saint Paul speaks frequently of being led by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, living in the Spirit. But what does Spirit walking mean when considered as a mark of Christ –– the stigmata of Christ?

    22 min

  5. 03/22/2023

    48 The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ

    This episode, number 48 of "The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ, looks at the marks of wisdom, listening, and knowledge of God's will (God's dream for humanity) as identifying marks of walking the kairotic path –– the "redeeming of the time."

    28 min

  6. 03/07/2023

    47 The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ

    Continues to explore Christian spiritual transformation –– what it means to bear the marks, or stomata, of Christ –– particularly in light of Jesus's saying: "You shall know them by the fruit they bear." The meaning of Galatians the fifth chapter "(the works of the flesh" and "the fruit of the Spirit") as it related to the Way of transformation.

    21 min

  7. 02/14/2023

    46 The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ

    Podcast 46  The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ continues the discussion of faith begun in Episode 45 as the Stigmate of Christ. Faith is considered not only as mental belief, but also as qualities that are beyond belief –– trust, surrender, knowledge or wisdom, a response to the goodness of God, and as a kind of force or energy.

    23 min

  8. 02/04/2023

    45 The Quest / Claiming the Marks of Christ

    Looks at the multiple meanings of faith (all of them necessary), and finds faith to be "beyond belief." Faith is the foundation that makes everything in life worthwhile. Like love it  is a way of insight and understanding; and, therefore,  is the path to wisdom.

    22 min
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Reflections on Christian theological, spiritual, and religious thought and practice as well as question of peace and justice.

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  • Creator
    Larry
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Clean
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