"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also".  Or to put it in modern terms: "Show me your bank account's monthly transaction list, and I'll tell you where your loyalties lie."

Where have we spent our money?  Where have we spent our time?  The answers to these questions will speak volumes about where our heart is.  In this episode of the Liturgies of Life, Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri speak about the liturgy and pedagogy of the shopping mall, and how the shopping mall, sadly, often speaks to the heart more effectively than the Church.  

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We must pay careful attention to the telos (the aim, or end purpose) of the rituals we participate in.  Nowadays it's common to pick and choose rituals that bring meaning to us, often without any connection to a complete tradition.  But we cannot have radical individualism and teleological purpose at the same time.  As Christians, we must have a good grip on what it is that we have given ourselves to.  What is the Christian story?  Why are we here and where are we going?  Our story is the greatest story ever told.

In this episode, we welcome back Jonathan Pageau, host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast.  Jonathan is known for exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture.

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Our patterns of worship are more than just what happens on Sundays.  Our everyday rituals matter.  Is it the content or the action of a ritual which gives it meaning?  Would it be okay to replace the word "Father" in the Lord's prayer with anything else?  What makes Orthodox Liturgy different from other religious practices?

In this episode, we welcome Jonathan Pageau, host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast.  Jonathan is known for exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture.

Our patrons were able to participate in this recording, sending questions in advance or asking questions live.  If you'd like the opportunity to engage in events like this, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/enactingthekingdom.  We'd love to have you join our growing community!

Welcome to the fifth season of Enacting the Kingdom!  During this season, we will explore the "Liturgies of Life", and consider the wider implications of our everyday rituals.  Social media, shopping, sports, you name it.  We explore how the mundane aspects of our daily existence become liturgies of life.

A wise man (who happens to co-host this podcast!) once said, "We do in Liturgy what we are meant to be doing in life."  What then is the story we take part in during Liturgy and what are the stories that we are participating in during our everyday life?

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Sunday is NOT the Sabbath. But why do so many Christians think that? And are we supposed to follow the rules of the Sabbath as Orthodox Christians? Join us as we chat with Dr Nicole Roccas about the Orthodox approach to observing the Sabbath!
Dr. Nicole Roccas is a communications professional who has worked in both academic and nonprofit environments. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College (University of Toronto). Nicole has been a contributor to Ancient Faith Radio since 2015 as host of the Time Eternal podcast and blog. Her first book is Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2017), which explores the relationship between human perceptions of time and the spiritual sickness of acedia. She has her PhD in History from the University of Cincinnati and attends Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Mission in downtown Toronto.

In our fourth season, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey are releasing episodes on a variety of topics that were previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more - including monthly livestreams - please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community.

Playing Dungeons & Dragons is participating in a narrative about wizards, magic, and enchantment. Worshipping in the Divine Liturgy is participating in the story of God's salvation. Are these two stories at odds? Tune in as we're joined by special guest Fr Anthony Perkins in an exploration of the purpose of narrative in the lives of Orthodox Christians.

In our fourth season, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey are releasing episodes on a variety of topics that were previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more - including monthly livestreams - please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community.

You can't just proof text the Fathers, can you?  Should the Church Fathers be read by anyone or just the experts?  Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore these questions and more with our special guest Dr Daniel Opperwall!

Dr Daniel Opperwall is an Orthodox Christian author, teacher, scholar, father and husband.  He lives and writes in Hamilton, Ontario.  With a broad spectrum of tastes and interests, Dr Opperwall's work ranges from academic studies in Church history and patristics (in which he holds his PhD) to critical essays, sci-fi and fantasy, literary fiction, poetry, and children's books.  Dr Opperwall teaches theology and Church history at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College, University of Toronto.  His courses are available both in-class and online.  More information is on the Trinity website.

In our fourth season, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey are releasing episodes on a variety of topics that were previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more - including monthly livestreams - please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community.

Compared to the other fasting periods of the year, Great Lent has a much stronger presence, liturgically with its extra services and hymnography, but also with its severity.  It was never prescribed biblically to Christians, so how did the Lenten practice form?  Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri discuss this and also connect how the pandemic has thrust all of us into an experience quite akin to the "wilderness" of Lent.

In our fourth season, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey are releasing episodes on a variety of topics that were previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more - including monthly livestreams - please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community.

In the East, we describe God as uncircumscribed.  You cannot capture Him with any human thought or human word.  You cannot place limits on Him.  The very act of placing Him within a syllogism is flawed and therefore any arguments attempting to prove or disprove the existence of God inevitably fall short.  
What, if any, benefit is there to this type of debate?

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Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri discuss the often misunderstood concept of the purpose of infant baptism in the Orthodox Church.

In our fourth season, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey are releasing episodes on a variety of topics that were previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more - including monthly livestreams - please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community.