Episodes

Wearing the Boat – Br. Lain Wilson 05.07.2026 12:14

What happens when, instead of seeing only failure in the expectations we impose on ourselves, we expect – that is, await with assured hope – the promise of God’s provision? Br. Lain Wilson explores here how the heavy weight of our own and others' expectations can hinder our spiritual lives. He invites us to lay aside these burdens and "wear the boat" of God's grace by trusting in Christ's easy yok...

The Ministry of Art in Ascensiontide – Br. Keith Nelson 17.05.2026 13:40

The ministry of sacred art trains our gaze to look for Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in all people, places, and things. Through prayer with sacred art, Br. Keith Nelson invites us to see more deeply into the life of God, spirit, and a kind of mysterious, holy in-between-ness.

River Vision – Br. Luke Ditewig 17.03.2026 10:12

Jesus comes personally with mercy. Asking, listening, and freely giving. God comes amid our loss and grief, ravaged in exile. Br. Luke Ditewig meditates on the vision of healing and restoration granted to Ezekiel, and asks how that reminder of God's healing mercy can help us live now.

Inevitable Little Sins – Br. Lain Wilson 05.03.2026 5:11

I know that my own will and agency are ultimately insufficient to rise above not only the systemic evil that we all swim in, but even, and especially, my own little sins. Br. Lain Wilson reflects on the invitation to surrender and trust in the mercy of God.

Doubting into Faith with Saint Thomas – Br. Jonathan Maury 23.12.2025 8:19

It seems to me, that Thomas’s charism, his particular gift of the Spirit, was to ask the questions most of the others would not or could not ask. On the feast of the Apostle Thomas, Br. Jonathan Maury explores how questioning and doubt can a path of freedom from the fear which binds us corporately and individually.

Hope amidst the Eclipse of Light – Br. Curtis Almquist 21.12.2025 14:40

My experience of the eclipse of God’s light is, I think, an invitation into the heart of God. It must be very difficult to be God. Br. Curtis Almquist invites to enter into the heart of God by praying our lamenting and clinging to hope despite the injustice that surrounds us.

The Dance of the Honeybee – Br. James Koester 30.11.2025 11:08

We are urged today by Jesus, Paul, and Isaiah as well, to wake up, to wake up to a new way of being, a new world, a new reality. On the first Sunday of Advent, Br. James Koester reflects on his own experience of waking up, and reminds us that God’s promise of peace, salvation, and renewal draws near.