The Construction Monk

Why is surrender central to our relationship with God, and vital to the reordering of our personhood? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God. J. Randall Stewart is...

What is the song "Lily"by Alan Walker about, and how did the Holy Spirit speak to me through this song about my own spiritual journey? Find out in this episode of Reading the Room. "Reading the Room" is an ongoing podcast series by The Construction Monk that explores pop-culture influences through the frame of the Gospel of Christ. J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist,...

How is God's kingdom like a desert? How is Satan's kingdom like a City/Tower, and what does that mean for the Church? Find out in chapter 8 of the book "Prostitute". Follow this link to read chapter eight https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/71-in-the-heart-of-the-city "Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look...

How is power in God different than power in the world? How can we become more empowered through the Spirit in the three parts of our personhood, in order to become a giving flow to others as God flows to us? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystic...

How was Constantine the most influential person for the church, following Jesus and Paul, and how did he shift the direction of the Church in new ways? Find out in chapter seven of the book "Prostitute". To read chapter 7, follow this link https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/70-in-the-hands-of-power "Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal...

How do we establish our space in the world in a way that doesn't surrender our God given autonomy to the control of others? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with G...

Who was Ignatius of Antioch, and how did he change the organization of local churches in a way that played into Satan's hands? Find out in chapter six of the book "Prostitute". Click here to read chapter six https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/69-a-crack-in-the-door-of-church "Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a l...

What does it mean to know the Holy Spirit as Teacher. Can we really come to hear and walk with the Spirit in a real, practical, and present way? Find out in episode 7 of "Calling all Mystics: Notes from the Road". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relat...

What is Satan's Plan to infiltrate the Church, and how is the first step "One Leader"? Read chapter 5 by following this link, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/68-evening-the-odds "Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through its four main periods. J. Randall Stewart is a Chur...

In the flow of our spirit, there is a proper limit as well as a proper flow. In all things, the limit and flow of our spirit is established properly by the indwelling and leading of the Holy Spirit. "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God. J. Rand...

How is discipleship into the Holy Spirit central to Christianity? And what was Satan's plan to replace the power of the Holy Spirit with the power of his beast in the Church? Find out in chapter four of J. Randall Stewart's book "Prostitute". To read the chapter, follow this link, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/67-god-s-beauty-to-a-beast "Prostitute" is J. Ran...

What does flow have to do with our spirit, and how can we get to a better limit and flow in the function of our spirit? Find out in episode 4 of "Calling All Mystics". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God. J. Randall Stewart is a Chur...

Satan's long-term plan for the Church was to prostitute it to another lover, by slowly introducing a series of good ideas that could exclipse and dimish our reliance on the Holy Spirit. Part of those "good ideas" had to do with the organization of the Church. To read this chapter, follow the link https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/66-a-long-term-plan "Prostitute" is J...

What is spirit? How do we see through a self we cannot see? Find out in this week's episode of "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God. J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activi...

From the beginning of the Church, Satan has had a Plan. That Plan was to squelch the active role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian. Has the Church avoided that Plan, and how well? For the Blog post of this chapter go to https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/65-church-frog-in-a-separation-pot "Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series...

How is death a gift from God that leads to new life? How can we stare death in the face in order to see that it isn't real? Find out in the third installment of "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" by The Construction Monk. "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ab...

Most would agree that the Western Church is not in a good place. Sometimes it's hard to understand why. The Church is two thousand years old. A lot has happened in that time. A lot has changed. Have all those changes been good? Find out in this first chapter of the book "Prostitute" by J. Randall Stewart. Read the chapter here, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/64-is-it-really...

What is the great Unlearning, and what does Yoda have to say about it? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics". "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God. J. Randall Stewart is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contem...

In the books of the prophets there is one main and repeating image of faithlessness in God's people; that of a prostitute. Throughout it's history, how has the Church also been like that Old Testament image of a faithless wife? In this introduction to his first book, J. Randall Stewart explores this theme. Find the blog here https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/63-introduction-prostitu...

What is it like to be seeking God from outside of the Church. How can we start to find our way back to Church when it seems so ill-fitted to our spiritual journey. The challenge isn't that we need the Church, but that the Church needs us. "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our abi...

Pop music sensation Ed Sheeran just released his 6th studio album entitled "Minus", a deep dive into a period of loss and lament in his life. In this episode of "Reading the Room" The Construction Monk looks at the deeper contemplative themes of the album, and makes a prediction about Ed Sheeran's possible path towards becoming a Christian. "Reading the Room" is a...

How do we stay focused on the positive, even as God reveals and deals with the negative aspects of our world and our inner life? How do we see the good even when much around us isn't? Find out in this seventh and final installment of "Calling All Mysfits" from The Construction Monk. "Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Ch...

How do we begin to turn our spiritual sensitivity out towards the world, in order to address the needs and wounds of others? This is the call of every person in community, to be a force of healing for others in the world. "Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for...

How does the internal indwelling of the Holy Spirit lead us back through all of our strongholds, to our child wound, in order to heal us. The way in is the way out, and the way out is the way back. Back to being a beloved child of God. "Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and...

What is Cessationism, and how has it helped foster a suspicion of the Holy Spirit in Protestantism? Find out in this episode of Calling All Mysfits from The Construction Monk. "Calling all Mysfits" is a podcast series by The Construction Monk which explores the New Church God is bringing about, and the people already fitted and hungering for that new Church. J. Randall Stewart is a Churc...