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.
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We begin our new series with a reminder of the thread weaving throughout the podcast this year: What are the forces that divide human beings and their communities? And where does the possibility of o…
In this final episode of our series on the nature of Christ’s second coming, Jonah and Patrick look at the deep longing that burns in the souls of human beings for the arrival of a rescuer—one who w…
In the sixth episode of our series on the new revelation of Christ in our times, Jonah and Patrick delve into the mystery of judgment. Christianity is strongly associated with the most intense judgme…
In this fifth episode of our series on the nature of the so-called second coming, Jonah and Patrick take up the question ’How do we know?’ How can we be sure that we are not in error and devoting our…
The fourth episode of our series on the ‘second coming’ shifts our attention to the increasingly common experience of the unseen realm, the one that exists beyond the grasp of our physical eyes. We a…
In the third episode of our series, Jonah and Patrick explore the description of Christ’s coming to us “like a thief in the night” (Matthew 24: 42-44). The picture implies that Christ’s return is a p…
How is the Light of Christ breaking into our own lives right now, if only we had the eyes to see? In this second episode of our new series on the nature of Christ’s “second coming,” we take up the st…
With this new series we take up the subject of the nature of Christ’s ”second coming.” Since the earliest days of Christianity, there was an orientation towards a time of Christ‘s return. Today, many…
What begins to unfold and unfurl when we explore the presence and meaning of horror in art, in life and in the story of Christmas and Epiphany? We hope you will join us for this nearly two hour conve…
This final episode of the series reviews the first six activities that are foundation stones for the development of critical human capacities for the student of the spirit (as described by Rudolf Ste…
Apologies for the poor audio, we had microphone issues - This episode continues our exploration of the relationship between gratitude and love as a path to true knowledge, as described by Rudolf Stei…
In this episode, we begin to explore the relationship between gratitude, knowledge and love. Rudolf Steiner recommends that “we develop of gratitude for all that we receive” so that a higher capacity…
In this episode, we discuss the next activity recommended by Rudolf Steiner as a counterbalance to that which divides us (see Chapter 5, “How to Know Higher Worlds”). Now we enter into the realm of t…
In this episode, we return to contemplating the activities of self that are needed in stemming the constant tendency towards division, as recommended by Rudolf Steiner in Chapter 5 of his book, ”How …
A student of the spirit needs to breakthrough to the reality and impact of our thoughts and feelings, to tend and care for them as if they were deeds in the world as real as the deeds of our hands. T…
In this episode of our series, we look at the next tool Rudolf Steiner offers to help us deal properly with the dividing forces so prevalent in the world today (see Chapter 5 of How to Know Higher Wo…
In this episode, we begin our exploration of Rudolf Steiner’s thoughts on the necessary conditions for becoming a student of the hidden aspects of reality (Chapter 5 of How to Know Higher Worlds by R…
We begin our next series by exploring the question “Why is Rudolf Steiner important for Christianity?” Patrick and Jonah first share their personal stories of how Rudolf Steiner’s work expanded their…
In this final episode of our first series of the new podcast season, Patrick and Jonah take up a confronting quote from the gospel that states that Christ himself has come to bring division and separ…
The fourth episode in our series leads further into a description of the medicine being offered us - medicine uniquely designed to overcome deep divisions, both within the human constitution and acro…