Join Lou Tilley as we get another personal look at Deacon John's faith and life.

Grace is not controlled by us but we can walk and wait upon it. We receive in a variety of ways, sometimes, dramatically. 

How do we literally exist before anyone knows? 

The bible's primacy of grace. When is it we or God who pursues and seeks? 

Is it possible that the best prayer is when we're not doing the praying?

An acquaintance of Deacon John was sentenced to a long prison term for a terrible crime. In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 25 Jesus tells us where to find him, in the distressing disguise of the poor. In this story, Deacon John goes to his most distressing setting for ministry... prison. 

In this passage in the gospel of Luke, Jesus is asked how to pray. Deacon John walks us through an exercise that uses our imagination to put us in this Gospel scene. 

Explore the dual nature of what is coming. How we are to receive it and how bad it is to miss it.  

Making sense of the greatest commandment

Jesus is for one thing: ALL IN. 

"This is getting the best of me" ...This is a common statement Deacon John has encountered in 2020. 

In 2020, how is God revealed to us as that which does not change nor is contingent on the times or any other being? Rather, God is revealed as being itself. 

St Teresa of Avila, "Let nothing disturb you, let nothing make you afraid, all things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God you will want for nothing. God alone suffices."