The Light in Every Thing

The Seminary of The Christian Community
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Deeper conversation on the mysteries of Christianity with Patrick Kennedy and Jonah Evans, directors of the Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. In this podcast we engage the great questions of life and do this through a spiritual approach to Christianity made possible through contemplative inquiry and the science of the spirit known as Anthroposophy. You can support our work and gain access to more unique content if you visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ccseminary

  1. The Church, Cosmic Christianity & the Circle of Salvation, episode 13 in the series 'Salvation'

    4D AGO

    The Church, Cosmic Christianity & the Circle of Salvation, episode 13 in the series 'Salvation'

    In this episode, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of the question of inclusion and exclusion. If Christ’s presence is universal, if he has entered into the life of all humanity, what does it mean for each person to recognize him freely? What does it mean to confess him, to commune with him, and to receive his life without turning salvation into a club, a boundary marker, or a ticket purchased through the right words? The conversation moves through the Eucharist, the image of the church, the mystery of the “true” Christian community, and the difference between an earthly institution and the much larger spiritual body of those who come to know the healing power of Christ. Patrick offers the image of Christ as the spiritual sun: not one star among many, but the source whose forces make inner moral life, transformation, and resurrection possible. From there, the question becomes not simply “Who is in?” but “How does each human being come to recognize the one whose light is already shining?” By the end, the episode rests near the road to Emmaus: the disciples have already known Jesus, yet they do not immediately recognize the risen Christ walking beside them. Recognition takes time, unfolding, bread, blessing, and the gradual awakening of the heart. And perhaps this is one of the deep questions of salvation in our time: why does it matter that we come to recognize him consciously, freely, and in love? Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 4m
  2. Confessing Christ, episode 12 in the series 'Salvation'

    MAY 10

    Confessing Christ, episode 12 in the series 'Salvation'

    Is conscious confession of Christ necessary for salvation? Moving through the liturgy of the Christian Community, the Gospel image of the sheep and goats, the writings of Paul, and Christ’s own descriptions of lordship and service, the conversation wrestles with the mystery of how love, recognition, identity, and freedom intertwine. Can someone participate in Christ without knowing Him consciously? What changes when the human “I” freely recognizes Christ and says, “you are my Lord”? Along the way, Jonah and Patrick explore the difference between simply acting lovingly and consciously linking one’s identity with Christ, the paradox of a Lord who serves rather than dominates, and the idea that true salvation may involve not only the healing of the soul, but the transformation and fulfillment of the self itself. Drawing on the stories of Thomas, Paul’s encounter on the road to Damascus, and the image of Babylon in Revelation, this episode asks what it means to freely surrender to a love greater than oneself—and whether confession is less about exclusion and more about the self becoming fully whole. Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 3m
  3. The Christ Offering, episode 11 in the series 'Salvation'

    MAY 3

    The Christ Offering, episode 11 in the series 'Salvation'

    This week, we begin a new movement in our exploration of salvation—turning from the Trinity Epistle toward the mystery of the Eucharist. What does it mean that true salvation is connected not to self-preservation, but to self-offering? Drawing on the Gospel of John and the imagery of Christ’s path through death, we explore how love, sacrifice, and participation in this offering might transform our understanding of protection, redemption, and what it means to truly live. Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    43 min
  4. Sight and Insight, Episode 10 in the series 'Salvation'

    APR 26

    Sight and Insight, Episode 10 in the series 'Salvation'

    This week’s conversation brings the series on salvation to a close by turning toward a subtle but searching question: what does it mean to truly see? Moving through the threefold path of Father, Son, and Spirit, Jonah and Patrick explore how human consciousness can shift—from isolation, into participation in a greater Being; from passive existence, into co-creation; and finally into a life of prayer that seeks healing through the Spirit. Along the way, they ask whether salvation might be understood not only as something we receive, but as something that unfolds through how we perceive, know, and respond to the world around us. In the final movement, the focus sharpens on sight and insight—on the relationship between seeing, knowing, and judging. What happens when our vision is clouded, even as we become more aware of darkness? And what might it mean to offer even our thinking itself—to allow our knowing to be transformed, received, and illuminated by something greater than our own minds? Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 2m
  5. Knowledge, Love, and Reincarnation, episode 9 in the series 'Salvation'

    APR 19

    Knowledge, Love, and Reincarnation, episode 9 in the series 'Salvation'

    What does it really mean to be “saved”? In this episode, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of salvation—but move beyond familiar categories of heaven and hell into something far more immediate and challenging: the transformation of the human self. They ask whether salvation is less about belief alone and more about what we become. How is the self—so bound up with consciousness, memory, and the body—meant to endure beyond death? And what role do love, action, and relationship play in shaping that future? Drawing on Scripture and lived experience, they wrestle with questions of justice, grace, and the mystery of knowing Christ—not just in name, but in reality. The conversation also turns toward a deeper question: how do we come to truly know what is true? If love itself becomes a way of seeing, then salvation may not be something imposed from outside, but something that unfolds as our capacity to perceive is transformed. What might it mean to recognize Christ—not only in doctrine, but in one another, and in the very fabric of life? Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 4m
  6. The Conscious Self, Death, and Salvation, episode 8 in the series 'Salvation'

    APR 12

    The Conscious Self, Death, and Salvation, episode 8 in the series 'Salvation'

    What if the central act of Christianity isn’t something to be fully understood—but something to be entered? On this Holy Thursday, Jonah and Patrick turn toward the mystery of the Last Supper: a meal that has shaped centuries of faith, yet remains strangely beyond explanation. As bread is broken and wine is shared, the question emerges—does understanding this mystery actually matter? Or is something deeper already at work within us, recognizing its truth before we can name it? This conversation explores a different kind of knowing—one that doesn’t possess truth, but participates in it. Along the way, they wrestle with a provocative tension: if goodness, love, and even Christ-like action can appear in those who don’t consciously believe, what role does awareness, recognition, or faith really play? Moving from the table to the nature of the human self, the episode opens into a deeper question of salvation itself. What happens to our consciousness, our memory, our sense of “I” when the body fades? And could this mysterious meal be more than symbolic—something like a medicine, quietly reshaping what it means to be human? Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 6m
  7. The 'Healing God' and the Fallen Mind, episode 7 in the series 'Salvation'

    APR 5

    The 'Healing God' and the Fallen Mind, episode 7 in the series 'Salvation'

    In this episode of The Light in Everything, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of salvation by turning to the third movement of the Trinity-season epistle, where the Holy Spirit is named in a striking way as the Healing God. What begins to emerge is a shift: from describing what God and Christ have already accomplished, to asking what still needs to happen within us. The conversation centers on the phrase “grasping the spirit through our humanity,” opening a question that feels especially relevant today—why does healing now seem to be connected to the life of the mind? Through images of light and darkness, creation, and even the experience of solving a riddle, Jonah and Patrick explore what it might mean for thinking itself to become a kind of spiritual activity. Rather than something to escape, the mind is approached as a place that can reach, receive, and perhaps even pray. This episode opens a path into a deeper question: what would it mean not just to think, but to be healed in our thinking? Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    58 min

  8. MAR 29

    Creation, Golgotha, and Participating in Salvation, episode 6 in the series 'Salvation'

    What if salvation isn’t about escape, but about transformation? In this episode, Jonah and Patrick trace a thread from Genesis to Easter, exploring how the pattern of creation itself—light entering darkness and bringing forth something new—may also be the pattern of healing. Through reflections on Christ’s life, death, and the mystery of the Eucharist, salvation begins to feel less like a distant idea and more like a living, creative process that meets us in our brokenness and transforms it from within. But this opens a deeper question: if something is being given, what is asked of us in return? Moving between grace and participation, the conversation invites us to see even our struggles and fatigue as part of an ongoing rhythm of renewal—night and morning, again and again, where something new is always trying to be born. Ask us a question here! Support the show The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary. Thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."

    1h 3m
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Deeper conversation on the mysteries of Christianity with Patrick Kennedy and Jonah Evans, directors of the Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. In this podcast we engage the great questions of life and do this through a spiritual approach to Christianity made possible through contemplative inquiry and the science of the spirit known as Anthroposophy. You can support our work and gain access to more unique content if you visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ccseminary

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    The Seminary of The Christian Community
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
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