Forecast

Continuing from last time, Josh discusses the second chapter of Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing. For Merton, the Christian writer must maintain integrity in prophetically witnessing to the truth and to the life of the age to come. In so doing, the writer also restores language, freeing people from false depictions of reality. At its heart, Merton writes, communication is a path to communion. 

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Thomas Merton was a writer and a Trappist monk. In today's Forecast, Josh goes through the first chapter of Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing​, ​edited by Robert Inchausti, identifying and commenting on Merton's writing about vocation and the ministry of writing. Ultimately, Merton says we are all called to become new creations in Christ and participate in Christ's work of making all things new, and writing is one of the ways we can do that. Merton also points out limits of language and tensions between seeking union with God and writing about that experience. 

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This Forecast explores the vocation of writing and the Christian vocation more generally through a short personal essay and clips from guests discussing their vocations in various capacities. Whether writers or not, whether single or married, whether ordained or lay, through whatever situation we find ourselves in, God calls all of us to be transformed in the likeness of Christ. Will we follow? Host: Josh Seligman
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Outline of today's Forecast, including links:
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00:00 -- ​Introducing Forethought
01:41 -- Personal essay 'Seeking Vocation and the Ministry of Writing' by Josh Seligman
13:00 -- Carl Winderl (from 'A Writer Is Always at Work', Forecast Ep 7)
15:24 -- Scott Stevens (from 'Listening Inwardly', Forecast Ep 4)
19:32 -- Ken Deeks (from 'I Take Christ with Me', Forecast Ep 6)​
21:17 -- Conclusion and 'Sonnet 19: On His Blindness' by John Milton

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This Forecast is a mixtape of music by the podcast's co-hosts, some of which has been featured in clips in previous episodes, and some of which is new. 
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Outline of today's Forecast
00:00 -- ​Introduction
01:06 -- 'Now Your Love Satisfies Me' by Josh Seligman
05:49 -- 'Hilltop' by Will Shine
09:27 -- 'Here, There, and Everywhere In-between' by Will Shine
14:10 -- 'More Than This' by Will Shine
18:48 -- 'Love Is' by Will Shine
23:11 -- 'The Singer Saith of His Song' poem by Francis Thompson
24:24 -- Bonus Track: 'Hoʻonani Ka Makua Mau – Doxology' by Will Shine

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Co-hosts Josh and Will look back over this past (and first) season of Forecast. After briefly reviewing each of the episodes thus far, they share their highlights and challenges as well as emerging themes for future episodes, especially concerning Christian worship.

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Through conversations, non-fiction, poetry and music, this Forecast explores various dimensions of Christian worship. The main part of the episode is an interview with Will Shine about his studying worship, theology and the arts at Fuller Theological Seminary, California. Host: Josh Seligman

Outline of today's Forecast, including links

00:00 – Introduction and creative non-fiction piece 'Two Things Have I Heard'
09:00 – Clips from an interview between Will Shine and Josh Seligman
37:05 – Clip from an interview between September Penn and Will Shine (from 'Peacemaking through Song', Forecast Ep 3)
43:55 – Clip from an interview between Seth Little and Will Shine (from 'Singing the Same Songs Together', Forecast Ep 8)
47:30 – 'The Bee in Church' poem by Alfred Noyes read by Miriam Seligman​
50:37 – Brief housekeeping and words by St John Chrysostom
52:10 – 'The Whole Earth Is Filled with God's Glory' (song)

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Josh explores eschatology in the films Tenet and Interstellar and how the films point to the Christian hope of God's future breaking into the present. This is followed by an opinion article about climate change, an instrumental piece by Scott Stevens and two poems by Rosemary Power and Gerard Manley Hopkins that cherish the natural world.

Outline of today's Forecast, including links

• 00:00 – Introduction and eschatology in Tenet and Interstellar
• 18:30 – An opinion article about climate change by Josh Seligman
• 25:49 – ‘Dawn Will Prevail’, music by Scott Stevens
• 29:16 – ‘In the time of Covid-19’ poem by Rosemary Power
• 31:18 – ‘God’s Grandeur’ poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins​

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Josh Seligman and Jon Seligman discuss singer/songwriter Jon Foreman's newest album, Departures. Going through the songs one by one, they focus on the album's theme of seeking Heaven on earth and the tension between despair and hope.

Links:
- Jon Foreman's website
- Video of Switchfoot visiting Jon Seligman's music class

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Anaesthetist and intensive care doctor Matt Jackson shares insights from his medical work and his Christian faith. Whereas he once thought a doctor's role was to heal people, his experience and reflections have taught him that instead, his role is to care for people in difficult situations. He describes moments of fulfilment supporting his patients and their families in COVID-19 times. Host: Josh Seligman

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Greg Jordan describes the diverse experiences that playing the guitar has given him, from gigging in clubs in Oxford and London, England, to touring internationally with a US military band, to playing in a worship band in Florida, where he now lives -- and even to connecting with people to whom he gives COVID-19 jabs. Host: Will Shine

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