40 Orchards

Searching the Sacred

Religion EN ↓ 103 episodes

We are inviting people to ask different questions. Questions asked by those who have been wounded and hurt. Questions asked by those who have deconstructed and are looking for a reconstruction. We aren’t searching for singular answers or solutions. We are searching the sacred.

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40 Orchards

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The Grandmothering of Jesus | John 21 17.05.2022 1:06:57

Season 3 | The Grandmothering of Jesus | John 21 In John 21, the disciples - led by Simon Peter - are going fishing. Why? They've just witnessed the death and resurrection of Jesus, he's appeared to them at least two different times, and they decide to go fishing. It's easy in these moments to judge the disciples behavior. Maybe we would like to think we would have done something more purposeful...

Running For Your Soul | 1 Kings 19 10.05.2022 1:10:37

Season 3 | Running For Your Soul | 1 Kings 19 Welcome to Season 3 of Searching the Sacred. To get this season started, we have a special guest joining us...Sarah Nichols, a teacher with 40 Orchards. In this episode we explore 2 Kings 19 and the story of Elijah, who is running away from Ahab and Jezebel. What is our relationship with power? How far would we be willing to run to find our souls? Wha...

Jesus Playing Jazz: The significance of the Passover in framing the Eucharist | Mark 14 04.04.2022 1:07:04

Bonus | Jesus Playing Jazz: The significance of the Passover in framing the Eucharist | Mark 14 Did you know that the Bible actually has the instruction to 'kill the passover'? Not the 'passover lamb', but just the 'passover'. And this phrase is in the text multiple times...even in the New Testament. What could this possibly mean? And what could the significance be for Jesus' invitation in the Upp...