The Construction Monk

At the height of the High Middle ages, when European monarchies are at their peak, what does the Church do with all its influence over government? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing on Church development through The Mid...

Are we the Bride of Christ, or a Harlot on a Beast, and how can we tell the difference? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical states it...

What happens when the two biggest churches of the Early Middle ages can't get along? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical states it be...

Can we call the Gospel a core Orthodoxy, and what is the Gospel? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical states it became identified with...

What happens when Orthodoxy takes center stage in the Church, during the patristic period of the early Middle Ages. ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert wit...

What does it mean for the hired hand (your pastor) to lead you to the Good Shepherd (Jesus). ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical stat...

How does the Council of Nicea and Constantine forever changed the course of Church culture? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical state...

What does it mean to say that the proper hierarchy in Church is a lowarchy! ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical states it became iden...

What was Jesus model for Church leadership, and how did it change? ------------ "On Being Church" is a multi-series podcast that looks at what the Church is meant to be in light of how it started and where it's been. This series balances a Biblical and Historical approach, focusing mainly on Church development through The Middle Ages, in concert with the geopolitical states it became identified wi...

What does it mean to walk the way of Jesus up the mountain to God?

How does suffering lead us to greater intimacy with God?

What does it mean to set our mind on God in a way that brings stillness in every part of us?

How do we begin to see beyond the illusion of the world around us to the reality of God's ordered system?

What's it like to begin to step out of a worldly system and into the order of God.

Jesus came and tore the veil separating us from God, but sometimes others have worked to put it back.

A lament for the lost, and those unwelcomed by the Church.

What do we need to recover from our ancient Christian roots, how do we need to recover it, and how will that recovery transform the modern Church?

What's the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church and the individual?

What does it mean to understand truth in light of the person of God

What are we practicing, and what are we practicing for when it comes to knowing God?

What is prayer, and how does God pray to us as we pray to God?

How can scripture lead us to know God, and what's the difference between the Word and the words?

How do we come to know and hear God for ourselves? What part do expectations play?

I sit down again with Richard Lewis and discuss chapters 7 and 8 of his book "Sitting With God."

How to be ground in an identity made just for you