This podcast offers a reflection on one of the most profound questions ever asked by a spiritual teacher. In the Gospel of John, chapter 1, Jesus asked some new would-be followers, "What do you want?" The poet / philosopher David Whyte calls this a “beautiful question.” He says a beautiful question shapes a beautiful mind, and that: “...a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it, as it does by having it answered.”   

This podcast offers a reflection on the question Jesus asked in the 5th Chapter of St. Mark's Gospel, "Who touched me?" In the sharing, we consider the possibility of healing for our existential fear of being alone. “The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle.”  - Simone Weil

This podcast offers a reflection on the question Jesus asked in the 4th chapter of the Gospel of Mark, "Why are you so afraid?"  We consider what is the basis of our human existential fear and how might we cope with it? 

This podcast offers an introduction to the series that will follow exploring the questions Jesus asked in the Gospels. This episode considers what Jesus had in mind when he said, "Who are my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers?"  As Eugene Ionesco once wrote, “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”

"Who" or "What" do you trust to lead you into "Truth"? This is the topic for consideration in this Pentecost(al) podcast. In our reflection, we examine what Jesus might have meant by stating that the Spirit will "prove the world wrong about sin, and righteousness, and judgment" (John 16:13). "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." - Julian of Norwich

This week's podcast offers a reflection on "The Call of Isaiah" as recorded in Isaiah chapter 6. This text gives us an opportunity to consider what is a true prophet - and what distinguishes a true prophet from a false one. “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” - Nietzsche   

This podcast offers a reflection on the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus as recorded in the 17th Chapter of John's Gospel, where Jesus prays that "we all might be one." What are the implications for us as would-be followers of Jesus today, with our hot-button issues? “Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.”  - Joesph Campbell

This podcast offers a reflection on the metaphor Jesus offered of himself as "The Good Shepherd" from the Gospel of John chapter ten. In this sharing, we will consider one of the great Christian paradoxes - that Christianity is meant to be personal but not individualistic. 

In this week's podcast we take a look at a Resurrection story as recorded in Luke's Gospel, chapter 24. We consider what it might mean to be a "witness" and wonder what if the "Good News" is really good news. 

In this reflection on the story of Jesus meeting with his followers on the evening of the Resurrection as recorded in John chapter 20, we consider what it might mean to live the resurrected life. “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” – G. K. Chesterton