Pop music sensation Ed Sheeran just released his 6th studio album entitled "Minus", a deep dive into a period of loss and lament in his life. In this episode of "Reading the Room" The Construction Monk looks at the deeper contemplative themes of the album, and makes a prediction about Ed Sheeran's possible path towards becoming a Christian.

"Reading the Room" is an ongoing podcast series by The Construction Monk that explores pop-culture influences through the frame of the Gospel of Christ.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How do we stay focused on the positive, even as God reveals and deals with the negative aspects of our world and our inner life? How do we see the good even when much around us isn't? Find out in this seventh and final installment of "Calling All Mysfits" from The Construction Monk.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How do we begin to turn our spiritual sensitivity out towards the world, in order to address the needs and wounds of others? This is the call of every person in community, to be a force of healing for others in the world.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How does the internal indwelling of the Holy Spirit lead us back through all of our strongholds, to our child wound, in order to heal us. The way in is the way out, and the way out is the way back. Back to being a beloved child of God.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is Cessationism, and how has it helped foster a suspicion of the Holy Spirit in Protestantism? Find out in this episode of Calling All Mysfits from The Construction Monk.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is Contemplation, and why does it offer a theology of suffering? Find out in this episode of "Calling on Mysfits" from The Construction Monk.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is deconstruction? Some see it as those losing their faith in God, and leaving Christianity. But could it be something else? Could it be a God ordained phenomenon? Could it be the birthing pains of a new kind of church? Find out in this episode of the podcast series "Calling All Mysfits".

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is the Church, and how do we hold the tension of all the Church has been in light of what God wants the Church to be in its newer expression?

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

God is always up to something. God's Church is never on the decline. Just when it looks like the Church is faltering, behold, God does something new. God has a new Church for a new generation. In this episode The Construction Monk introduces the call of God for those who feel like the current expression of Church doesn't fit them anymore.

"Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it mean to give up everything for God? What does it mean for our will to be crucified, and to live life closer to the will of God now leading us? Find out in this pre-Easter reflection from The Construction Monk.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com