Begin Again Podcast

Here is a chat about how the vocabulary we use with God, the Death of God movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Augustine, and why its good to be a part of a tradition, denomination, church with its own ways of talking about God.

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So, let's talk about the Bible. Let's chat about how we are prone to having too low or too high a view of it. Let's chat through 10 ways to know its time to rethink how you understand the Bible. And, of course, talk about a helpful way of reading it...

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Last week, I had a great conversation with my spiritual director, who blew me away with this singular quote from Antonio Machado: "Pilgrim, there is no path: paths are made by walking." Riffing on that, and that odd passage on "the heart is deceitful beyond all things", is it possible that we have misunderstood the place of listening to our heart's compass? So here is a chat about spiritual directors, having an inner compass and rethinking Jeremiah 17.

And here is the poem by Antonio Machado, translated into english by Nadine JL.

"Wanderer, the way is made by walking.

Everything passes and all remains,

But our task is to pass,

pass by making paths,

paths on the sea.

I never pursued glory,

nor sought to leave in the memories

of men my song;

I love the subtle worlds,

weightless and gentle,

like bubbles; funerals floating along.

I like to see them painted,

with sun and cochineal, fly

under the blue sky, tremble

suddenly and break…

I never pursued glory.

Wayfarer, your footsteps are the way and nothing more;

wanderer, there is no way;

the way is made by walking.

While walking, the way is made;

and while turning back to see the view behind,

the footpath is seen, that needs never

be tread again.

Wanderer, there is no way

but stelae on the sea…

Some time ago in that place

where today the forests are dressed with thorns

there was the voice of a poet shouting

“Wanderer, there is no way,

the way is made by walking…”

Blow by blow, verse by verse…

The poet died far from home.

Was covered with the dust of a neighbouring country.

When receding, they saw him mourn.

“Wanderer, there is no way,

the way is made by walking…”

Blow by blow, verse by verse…

When the goldfinch can not sing.

When the poet is a pilgrim,

when praying is of no use to us.

“Wanderer, there is no way,

the way is made by walking…”

Blow by blow, verse by verse…"

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Let's chat about oreos, a parable, and well-intentioned religious folk missing the point about the Kingdom of Heaven, shall we?

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Building off of reflections from my own past couple months with depression, here is a chat about the process of "building a self - denying yourself - having no self - to having a Christ-self."

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Each 15th of the month will be a Q+A video, in which I will give my best try at (1) answering a question that you send in or, (2) complicating the question and thereby creating MORE questions. Let's have some fun.

Three main questions going on here: Resurrection Bodies, Heaven and Violence. Feel free to send questions to be in the next Q&A episode!

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Tommy and Noah make up the band Lowercase People (go check them out). They are ragtag misfits, just like me... that's probably why we have kept in touch since meeting back in 2015. These two are thoughtful guys that are navigating what it means to have Christian upbringings, and owning it for themselves now that they are in their early 20s. Check it out. It's a long one, but a fun one. We got a bit excited at certain parts. Enjoy.

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The book of Job is ancient wisdom... that often gets misunderstood and so glossed over. Chances are, if you have heard of this book, you have some insights as towards the plot of the epic poem of Job, but do you know what it is really about? Suing God. Yup.

In this episode, we chat through God showing up to Job's "courtroom," flipping the game on him, and going through what makes Job "repent OF dust and ashes." Truly, this book is not understood for all the gold it really has within its words!

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The book of Job is ancient wisdom... that often gets misunderstood and so glossed over. Chances are, if you have heard of this book, you have some insights as towards the plot of the epic poem of Job, but do you know what it is really about? Suing God. Yup. In this episode, we chat through Job's final statement, his concise lawsuit that he has against God, and... how it's pretty airtight.

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