Podcast Summary: The Mycelial Mystery: Connected in the Soil of God

Description:

In a world that prizes the "self-made" individual, what if the deepest truth of our faith is found not in our isolation, but in our radical connection?

Join us this week as we delve into the Mycelial Mystery—a fascinating biological metaphor that illuminates the power of the Church community, based on the principle of the "wood wide web."

We explore the hidden life of the forest, where:

• ​God is the Earth: The ever-present, fertile soil of Prevenient Grace that sustains every seed of faith.
• ​Our Practice is the Water: The consistent spiritual disciplines that allow our faith to flourish.
• ​Jesus Christ is the Mycorrhizae: The vast, invisible fungal network that scientists call the "wood wide web," which literally connects the roots of all trees. This network is Christ, the Great Reconciler who, as Paul writes in Ephesians 2, "destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility."

Tune in to discover how moving closer to one another is the key to a vibrant, life-giving faith, and how we are all sustained by the shared life that flows through the Mycelial Mystery of Christ.

Where is God in our wilderness moments?

After a year of praying and leaning on what is known as the Welcoming Prayer within the teachings of Thomas Keating, Pastor Marcella discusses its beauty its difficulty and its mysterious way of moving us closer to God.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/ak/lost-in-thoughts

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Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/tree-of-life

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*The date I speak of should be December 26, 2024

An abbreviated version of Blue Christmas 2024, which we had planned at The Meadow of Ottawa. This is such an important service to be present for one another. This recording won’t do it justice, yet there is much hope in hearing these readings. May you enjoy this first podcast episode.