The Light in Every Thing

In this episode, we further explore how thinking forms a kind of groundwork that offers confidence in our praying; not an abstract, merely intellectual thinking, but thinking intrinsically related to…

In this episode we are reminded again that our very relationship to religious life is at stake, if we cannot find  the way to an authentic expression of prayer. Beyond that, we are shown how prayer i…

In this new series “The Heart of Religious Renewal,” we take up the subject of prayer as a foundational expression of and path to ‘whole humanness.’ First, what do we mean by religious life? And, sec…

In this episode, we take up two very broad questions that arose from patrons over the course of the “Discerning the Spirits” series. In response to the first question, Patrick and Jonah explore how t…

Building on the idea from last episode that human beings are, by their very nature, worshipping beings, this episode turns to how our 'enemies' use this against us, tempting us with 'false gods' that…

"...It may be the devil or it may be the Lord but you're gonna have to serve somebody." - Bob Dylan.

With this episode we follow up on the last element of the story of Christ's temptation by the devil…

In this episode we continue to follow Christ as He is led by the Holy Spirit into the desert to meet the adversary, the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. These next two temptations help us fur…

In this episode, Patrick and Jonah begin to explore the very first scene of the gospels after the baptism at the Jordan river - Jesus Christ’s encounter with the adversary in the desert. He is led by…

In this episode we continue to get to know one of the enemies that oppose us in our true humanity, who would corrupt us in our true kingship: the beast.  In the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2, we are g…

After contemplating the place of darkness, emptiness and ‘void’ at the moment of the creation of our world (Genesis 1), Jonah and Patrick turn their attention to two key players, two decisive beings …

In this episode we focus more specifically on naming the ‘Powers of Darkness’ active in the present age, the ones St. Paul refers to in his letter to the Ephesians. How do we discern their voices; bo…

In this episode we dive deeper into the Christian world-view that orients us as to who our ‘enemies’ are - and perhaps even more important for our growing capacity of discernment, who they are not. W…

In this third episode of our series on learning to discern Christ's voice - around us and within us - we take a deeper dive into Psalm 23: "The Lord is My Shepherd".  After focusing the mystery of th…

In this second episode on spiritual discernment, Patrick and Jonah delve into Psalm 23, a ‘Song of David,’ as a way to deepen our understanding of what it means to align ourselves with and be guided …

With this new episode, we are entering a series of conversations around cultivating spiritual discernment; can we develop the ability to perceive Christ’s nature and voice at work in our lives and th…

In this final episode of our series on Extended Reality, Patrick and Jonah ask: “How do we relate in a Christian way to the future of the earth, especially to the more difficult aspects that are alre…

In this latest episode of our series, Patrick Kennedy and Paul K. Chappell explore more thoroughly the compelling nature of Virtual/Extended Reality and its potential to become the most addictive phe…

In this second conversation on extended reality with Paul K. Chappell, Patrick asks him to share his vision for more deeply understanding what is happening in our time with the technological advances…

In this first of a short series of conversations, Patrick speaks with Paul K. Chappell, executive director of the Peace Literacy Institute, about the challenges that “Extended Reality” will pose to h…

In the final Q&A episode of the discipleship series, Jonah and Patrick take up several questions which relate elements from the spiritual guidance given by the founder of Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steine…