The Golden Thread: Monsters, Myths and the Modern World

In this segment from Episode 9 Tim Holmes recounts the ancient myth of Prometheus, how it relates to the discoveries of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, and the scientific revolution. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden...

What role do faith and spirituality play in a scientific and technological world? Could it be that we're beginning to rediscover the true value of focused attention, belief, and the spiritual nature of the world that we inhabit? Tim Holmes and Spiritual Formation Pastor Christian Edwards sit down to discuss art, faith, the meaning crisis and how the parables of Christ can help us rediscover wh...

In this segment from Episode 8 Tim Holmes and guest Christian Edwards discuss the relationship between Faith and Attention and how a restoration of these formational practices can begin to lead us up and out of the spiral of anxiety, distraction, confusion and distrust. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12...

Modern retellings of classic fairy tales such as Wicked, Into the Woods and the Princess Bride still pack theaters on Broadway and local cinemas with fans of all ages. Why do these stories told primarily for children still speak to us as adults? Follow the yellow brick with Tim Holmes in quest of the meaning of these magical stories in Episode 7 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://yout...

In this segment from Episode 7 Tim Holmes plunges Into the Woods on the trail of the best and the worst of modern fairy tales and what riddles these timeless stories till unravel. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R8iQFl-1V_M

Technology continues to become an increasingly inseparable part of our lives - but what effect is living in the digital world having on our own humanity? Plunge with Tim Holmes into the matrix in search of reality in Episode 6 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JCHsSq-UQA8Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http...

In this segment from Episode 6 Tim Holmes discusses the meaning of some of the apocalyptic imagery in the Biblical apocalyptic book of Revelation and where we can see these monsters already rising from the sea of modernity. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/be5_U_x9xwo

Sometimes it seems that the world in which we live is little more than a viper’s nest of alarming headlines that emerge and multiply day by day. Join Tim Holmes in attempting to trace these snakes back to their source in Episode 5 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bSqEVSAj4qo

In this segment from Episode 5 Tim Holmes recounts some of the tales of many-headed monsters from ancient myth and how these stories can help illustrate our own post-modern paradigm. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qt334BlqJtA Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Join Tim Holmes and lifelong friend Dr. Nathan Gill as they discuss the interplay between order and chaos, the symbolism of sea and wilderness, and the vital role that friendship plays in navigating stormy seas in Episode 4 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AwRnDjWQcn8

In this segment from Episode 4 Tim Holmes and guest Nathan Gill reflect on their own lifelong friendship and the legendary relationship between writers C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pUe0Y5GTNds

There are times in all of our lives when the world seems to be returning to that state of chaos depicted in mythic tales by the Sea. Return with Tim Holmes to the ancient Biblical tales to discover what wisdom they still hold for us in Episode 3 of the Golden Thread. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCiveG_W2lEMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creati...

In this segment from Episode 3 Tim Holmes navigates the Biblical narratives of chaos and creation and how seafaring symbols can still help us to chart a course through the dangerous waters of our own lives today. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzn1Os57C1wMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons....

For the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic "Jaws," Tim Holmes joins Brody, Quint and Hooper on the high seas to explore the depths of what we can learn from monsters about ourselves and the modern world in Episode 2 of the Golden Thread. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/W3V4HEBLJPcMusic:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attr...

In this segment from Episode 2 Tim Holmes discusses Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" and what monster myths can teach us about our own inner capacity for good and evil. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXqTxTfOYhgAknZUK42Lo?si=fc2S7rBpR42Y16GFnVeAjA&nd=1&dlsi=d273428b12074f0eListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-thread-monster...

Join Tim Holmes and the Greek armada on the high seas sailing to Troy, discover the wisdom we can gather from Homer's Iliad and learn how NOT to impress your in-laws in Episode 1 of the Golden Thread. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ke8DRoik0_c Music: Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What can Homer's Iliad teach us today about the way in which we respond to conflict? Leave a comment about what your own experiences with conflict have been and how that experience changed you. https://youtu.be/hK-cwzJXkJU Music: Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this short introductory episode Tim Holmes shares some of what listeners can expect from the channel and extends some words of welcome and invitation to subscribe and join the adventure. Music: Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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