The Light in Every Thing

Welcome to Season 5 of The Light in Every Thing! Patrick and Jonah dive back into the letter to the Ephesians, exploring the paradoxical nature of true life as taught by Paul — a life that emerges from first confronting the forces of death within us. Focusing on Eph 1:15-2:10  and how Christ’s life is revealed in his dying, opens up the path to participating in authentic life, to unraveling the mystery of “dying in Him.”

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Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

We are pleased to share with you Part II of the conversation between Jonah Evans, Patrick Kennedy and our incoming co-director, Rev. Emma Heirman. These three will be the guiding lights for The Seminary of The Christian Community of North America starting next summer (2025), but the celebrating has already begun.

Emma bravely jumped into the world of seminary podcasting and we are the richer for it. This conversation is shaped by Jonah’s leading question to Emma, “For you, what is the meaning and mission of the modern priest in the world today?” What follows gives us insight into the working of the ordained priest and into the “priestly forces” that are at work whenever we strive to bring Love and Healing into the world.

Season 5 of The Light in Every Thing officially launches next week!

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We are grateful for our listeners sustaining interest and support!

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Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

We are one week away…But before we start a new season of the podcast, we are delighted to share with you the first of two conversations between Jonah, Patrick, and Emma Heirman. As many of you know, Emma has been called to serve at the seminary as a fellow director, teacher, and priest, starting in September 2025. She has been a priest since 2016 and has served in the Denver, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., area congregations in North America.

During our annual director's retreat, which we held in the little town of Bowmansville, Ontario, we wanted to take the opportunity to get to know each other better. We longed to hear about the key spiritual experiences, life milestones, and important spiritual missions that we carry in our souls. Since our listeners already know Jonah and Patrick pretty well, we thought to ask Emma if she would be willing to “press record.” Fortunately, she was glad to take the risk.

Enjoy the episode!

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had a Q&A episode here at The Light in Every Thing! But after fourteen packed episodes all relating to the Letter to the Ephesians, it was clearly time. We are always grateful and inspired by the deep listening of our audience. This was evident again in the thoughtful and vulnerable questions posed within our Patreon community. Jonah and Patrick took extra time in this episode to delve into three questions, and touch on a couple of others.

We would love for you to consider joining our Patreon community, where there is the opportunity to comment on each episode, participate in “live” Zoom conversations with Patrick and Jonah,  monthly facilitated conversations with other listeners, and much, much more.  Since Easter, 2020 our patrons have grown to over 400 contributing members, almost half of whom joined at the $3/month tier. This steady stream of support is both deeply meaningful and vitally important to allowing Jonah and Patrick’s work in the world to spread and flourish. Through these  conversations, some listeners have heard the call to priesthood and understood what seminary study might be like.  Other listeners find these conversations essential to deepening their direct relationship with Christ Jesus and a significant part of their discipleship path.

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As is so often the case in these conversations, The Light in Every Thing shines throughout. Dear listeners, thank you for all the ways you participate in bringing this work of love into your lives and into the world!

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

Dear Friends,
Below you will find an excerpt of the Reader’s Notes posted within our Patreon community platform. Each summer we invite listeners anew to join us on Patreon. For as little as $3 USD a month, listeners can receive early access to weekly podcasts and a searchable archive of over 380 episodes; interact with Jonah, Patrick and other listeners via comments; receive exclusive access to support materials, and have seminary news delivered directly to your inbox. It is through the generosity of our patrons that we move closer to our goal of a priest-training fully subsidized by the free gifts of individuals. For more information on how to become a patron of The Light in Every Thing, click here.

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Paul’s letter to the Ephesians has been a source of inspiration for both Patrick and Jonah, as it beautifully describes God’s vision of a new community, a community of human beings united in and through Christ Jesus. Our first episode delves into Ephesians 6: 10-20, where Paul describes the spiritual forces of evil which threaten humanity with enmity and division. Paul goes on to reveal the armor of God that bestows His strength and power—truth, righteousness, peace, faith and salvation. These virtues act as living spiritual armor, transforming our souls. When we “put on” these spiritual forces each day, we can begin the practice of recognizing the enemy within us, and by following Christ’s example. And we can wage a different kind of battle—one that allows true healing and blessing to flow out into the world.

Reader’s Notes

As with all things, how we approach something is the key. As readers, the thoughts we take in are landing in “the soil of our soul.” Therefore, our mood, our attitude, our open-mindedness — or the reverse — allow for more, or less, to be revealed. We have included the beginnings of a “Biblical Studies Reader” for you with guidance on this “inner approach.” Reading over and taking in deeply the following words can help:

”These holy pages will summon up the living image of His mind. They will give you Christ Himself, talking, healing, dying, rising, the whole Christ in a word; they will give Him to you in an intimacy so close that He would be less visible to you if He stood before your eyes.” - Erasmus of Rotterdam on the Gospel

If you would like a helpful overarching orientation to scripture, we gladly send you over to the people at Bible Project and their wonderful series called, “The Paradigm.” These 14 episodes are worth the listen, if you have the time. For those of you ready for a deep dive and orientation to the Apostle Paul, we highly recommend Emil Bock’s book, St. Paul. An excellent commentary, in the traditional sense, for the whole letter is the one by Lynn H. Cohick, which has incredible up-to-date information on recent research into first century Ephesus.

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

Dear Friends,

We conclude season four of The Light in Every Thing with this powerful double episode. Jonah and Patrick begin by revisiting the theme of the power of God from the last few episodes (Ephesians 1). They continue by taking up several very difficult phrases from Ephesians 2:1-5, the “sons of disobedience” and “children of wrath”. What is Paul’s understanding of true obedience in relation to power? How is wrath transformed into love?

We hope you enjoy the episode and we look forward to delving further into the deep, deep mysteries of Christianity together next season!

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Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

Dear Friends,
We hope you enjoy the next episode in our Letter to the Ephesians series! Next week we will post a double episode to finish off the season and take a short break. Rumor has it that there is still more to say about Ephesians! So it appears that is where we will begin again for the fifth season of The Light in Every Thing!

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

Patrick and Jonah’s series on the Letter to the Ephesians will take a short break in a few weeks after a robust twenty-eight episodes altogether! We hope you enjoy the latest installment exploring the mysteries of power.

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

We hope you enjoy listening to the next episode of the Ephesians series! 
Our usual introduction will be added soon. 

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.

In the ancient world, glory was the crowning achievement of a life—to test oneself against the best of the best and come out on top; to risk your life for your people on the battlefield against a common enemy and to triumph. To seek glory was to seek eternity: to be known throughout the land and through the ages. But what is the glory that is bestowed on us from “the Father of Glory”? When we consider rightly the long arc of human becoming, the human longing for glory can be understood differently through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:15-23). Then, when the eyes of our heart are opened, we can see that true glory is gifted from the One who is himself radiant, selfless love. It is a gifting of a new selfhood, a glory that flows to us from the divine Father. Then a longing grows within us to shine His light into the world for the sake of another.

Support the show

Many thanks to Camilla Lake for show notes and Podcast/Patreon production and communications. Thanks also to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together.”

The Light in Every Thing is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at our website. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to www.patreon.com/ccseminary.