All His Church

In Day 26 of the All His Church podcast, “The Scarlet Thread - Good News” Chris steps back from verse‑by‑verse study to look at the whole sweep of Scripture as a single, saving promise. Beginning with 2 Corinthians 1:20, he reflects on the Bible as living, ever‑present word and as the unfolding story of God rescuing humanity through the Paschal Mystery: the passion, death, resurrection, and ascens...

In Day 25 of the “All His Church” podcast, host Chris returns from a brief mid-year break with a Spirit-led reflection on how we actually bring people to the Lord. Rooted in Psalm 33, he explores the greatness and goodness of God, focusing on the simple but profound idea that the Lord of promises is also the Lord of perfect truth. Starting from Jesus’ words in John 14:6 — “I am the way, and the tr...

Chris shares a deeply reflective episode about friendship, faith, and the hope we carry for the people we love. Using stories of two longtime friends and powerful passages from John’s Gospel, he considers what it means to walk with Christ while praying for others to do the same. This episode is a thoughtful blend of testimony, Scripture, and pastoral encouragement. This is a public episode. If you...

Day 23 of All His Church begins with Psalm 62’s quiet confidence—“for God alone my soul waits in silence”—and moves into a deeply personal reflection on friendship, fear, and hope. Chris shares the stories of “Marc with a c” and “Mark with a k,” two lifelong friends he loves dearly and has been praying for ever since he sensed Jesus tell him they were his particular assignment for evangelization....

Day 22 of All His Church takes listeners into Psalm 130’s cry, “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,” and explores what it means to move beyond “3.7 GPA Christianity” in real life. Chris reflects on his own tendency to do just enough to get by—illustrated by a story from high school and a surprisingly convicting moment with a lawn mower and elderly neighbors next door. From there, he walks thro...

In this episode of the All His Church Podcast, Chris reflects on Pentecost, Acts 2, and the charge that the disciples were “filled with new wine” to explore one of the most unexpected themes in the Bible: humor. From the crowd accusing Spirit-filled apostles of being drunk, to Elisha and the “baldhead” incident, to Balaam’s talking donkey, and even Eutychus dozing off during Paul’s marathon sermon...

In Day 20 of the All His Church podcast, Chris gets honest about language, cussing, and what it means to honor the name of the Lord in a world where blasphemy barely raises an eyebrow. Starting from his own story as a “championship level” cusser who asked God to take away the habit, he reflects on how the Lord answered that prayer and gave him a new sensitivity to how often God’s name is misused....

In this week’s episode of All His Church , Chris sits with the haunting words of Psalm 137 , “By the rivers of Babylon,” and asks what we’re supposed to do with a prayer that ends in shocking violence. Using the exile’s lament as a backdrop, he explores how the Psalms are not sanitized hymns but brutally honest prayers of the heart—blueprints for bringing our real anger, confusion, and despair bef...

In this deeply personal episode, Chris reflects on Psalm 128 and the promise of a blessed home for those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. He shares stories from a special week in his family’s life—his wife Jenny’s birthday, Mother’s Day, and the anniversary of their first date—and the simple but profound vocation captured in her note: “Let’s get to Heaven together.” Chris also opens up abou...

This week on  All His Church , Chris sits with Psalm 34 and the story of Judas to ask a hard question: what do we do with repentance that comes right before despair? Drawing on  “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit”  and Matthew 27:1–5, he notices something easily missed—Judas returns the silver and confesses his sin before he takes his own life. From there, Chri...

In this episode of All His Church , Chris reflects on signs and wonders through a very personal story about a broken front tooth. Chris wrestles with what counts as a miracle and why God might choose something so small and ordinary to reveal his presence. Rooted in Psalm 135 and the Church’s teaching on miracles, this quiet, intimate testimony becomes a daily reminder that the Kingdom is near, tha...

In this episode of All His Church , Chris gets honest about a season of transition—kids leaving home, career questions after 30 years, and a surprising struggle to show up for Sunday worship. When his wife quietly says, “We need the Eucharist,” it sends him back to Scripture and to the heart of what Communion really is. Praying through Psalm 78:23–29 and walking slowly through John 6:25–71, Chris...

Chris shares a raw reflection on 30 years in corporate America, wrestling with the pull between "soulless" mammon (Matthew 6:24) and God's calling. Inspired by St. Catherine of Siena's fire-setting quote and St. Faustina's Divine Mercy story, he urges listeners to ask: "What did God make you for?" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...

This week on All His Church , Chris prays through Psalm 86:1–13 , reflecting on God’s steadfast love and deliverance “from the depths of Sheol.” In the midst of Holy Week, he finally brings the Apostles’ Creed into the conversation, exploring how this ancient confession summarizes the passion, death, burial, descent, and resurrection of Jesus. Walking day by day from Palm Sunday through Easter, Ch...

Psalm 2, Microsoft’s endless newsfeed, and the Big Bang all collide in this Holy Week reflection. Chris starts with a kid‑friendly explanation of the Big Bang, then asks what (or who) stands behind a universe scientists still call “unknown” at its deepest level. Along the way, he explores the Bible as God’s long rescue mission, the stunning preservation of Scripture across 1,500 years, and how Old...

Host Chris reflects on Psalm 133 and the goodness of brothers and sisters dwelling together in unity. From his own journey through multiple traditions—Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist—he unpacks the story behind the name “All His Church,” describing how a season of praying about denomination led to Jesus’ reassurance: “Chris, it is all my church”.​ This episode offers a fast, accessible...

Opening with a note that today's reading comes from Sirach 15 , a Deuterocanonical book not found in most Protestant Bibles, Chris invites Protestant listeners to explore it in the spirit of the podcast's ecumenical heart. The passage places fire and water before every person and says plainly: whichever you choose will be given to you. From there, Chris reflects on reading the Bible cover-to-cover...

Rooted in Psalm 78 and God's choosing of David — a shepherd boy pulled from the sheepfolds to guide Israel "with upright heart and skillful hand" — Chris opens with a practical meditation on waking up early, walking through the morning routines of Jocko Willink, Tim Cook, Anna Wintour, and The Rock to make the case that the first battle of the day is won before the world wakes up. He then pivots t...

Chris opens Psalm 149 with a confession: he hated math, got an English degree partly to avoid it, and yet found himself doing math in his free time — running the numbers on human overconfidence. Citing Gallup polls, GMO research, political science studies, and the jaw-dropping statistic that 75% of Americans believe they are the best person they know, he builds an ironclad mathematical case that a...

Opening with Psalm 66 and the image of being brought "through fire and through water," Chris explores how fire in Scripture is not destruction but refinement, tracing that theme through Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace, St. Polycarp, St. Lucy, and St. Dominic de Guzmán — whose trial-by-fire debate with the Cathars led directly to Mary appearing and handing him the first Rosary as a "...

Anchored in Psalm 96, Chris opens with the image of a half-acre yard teeming with hundreds of living creatures — owls, raccoons, a white squirrel named Gandalf — and asks what it means that God made every single one of us in His image with equal worth. Through a jarring memory of a teenage night in Savannah, where a girl named Sara whispered "my home is a little wild — this is not who I am" before...

Opening with Psalm 4 Chris uses the absurd rivalry between Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes to ask a serious question: how does love for something slowly curdle into hatred of whatever is on the other side? He traces that progression through Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, and ELCA teaching — all of which independently arrive at the same answer from 1 John: God is love — and then names t...

Anchored in Psalm 1 and the image of the tree planted by streams of water, Chris opens with the story of Woolworths — a 100-year retail titan that became Foot Locker — to frame a meditation on what happens to power that ignores God's law. Prompted by a video his mother texted him of students staging a school walkout over the treatment of immigrants, Chris walks through Deuteronomy, Exodus, Levitic...

Praying Psalm 139, Chris turns to the mystery that God “knitted” each of us together before birth and wrote all our days before one of them came to be. He recalls the Arian controversy and the Council of Nicaea to show how nearly all Christians still confess the Nicene Creed and Christ’s full divinity, asking what it means when we actually agree on something so foundational. From there he confront...

Chris reflects on Psalm 113 and his house‑saying, “Sometimes both things are true at the same time,” showing how paradox runs through everyday life, Scripture, and the teaching of Jesus and Paul. Using the question of why some Christians pray “For Thine is the Kingdom…” and others do not, he walks through the history of the Lord’s Prayer doxology from the Didache to the Latin Vulgate and King Jame...