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How do we structure this mystical body of Christ? And how to people arrive at their structure? How has Rousseau influenced how we do Christianity today? In this episode, Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes discuss the different organization structures that Churches have. Using the Bible, they show how different structures develop depending on where you go in the New Testament. The Church has always...

#31 | The Church: What is the Church—and why does it matter in a secular age? As You Are Here begins a brand-new series on the Church, Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes revisit the heart of the podcast: living faithfully at the intersection of Christianity and the modern Western world. We are all being formed by competing stories, values, and communities. The question is not whether we are being...

How does the Spirit counter Secuarlism? What if the answer to secularism isn’t an argument—but a relationship? In this final episode of the Holy Spirit series, join Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes as we move from theology into lived reality. After exploring who the Holy Spirit is and what He does, we now ask: how does a relationship with the Holy Spirit actually *counter* the modern world? Secu...

After spending two episodes exploring who the Holy Spirit is and why we live in the “age of the Spirit,” we take the conversation in a more personal direction. What does the work of the Holy Spirit actually look like in everyday life? In this episode, we share stories from our own lives—moments of guidance, conviction, comfort, answered prayer, and God’s quiet faithfulness. Rather than chasing ext...

What did people say about the Spirit? In this episode, we explore who the Holy Spirit is and why that matters for your everyday life. Drawing from the early Church Fathers through the Reformers, we unpack a rich, historical vision of the Spirit—not as a vague force, but as fully God and fully personal. What does the Holy Spirit actually do? He makes God’s love real to us, assures us that we are Hi...

In this episode of You Are Here, Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes begin a new series on Pneumatology — the theology of the Holy Spirit — by asking a foundational question: What is unique about the age we now live in between Christ’s first and second coming? Beginning in Ezekiel 36–37 and moving through Pentecost in Acts 2, this conversation explores the biblical expectation of the “age of the Sp...

Stay Tuned to the End for Guided Reflection Questions! Great to do individually or in a small group. In this last episode of the Christology Series Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes recap what we have covered so far, asking, ‘Who Jesus is’ and wrestling with what the church fought hard to protect. Now the final question brings us to why this all matters today. In a world shaped by secularism, we...

Get Christ wrong. Get the Gospel wrong.

If who Jesus is determines our salvation…then getting Jesus wrong isn’t a small mistake. It changes everything. In this episode of You Are Here , we continue our conversation on Christology by stepping into the real debates of the early Church—exploring the heresies that forced Christians to clarify what they truly believed about Jesus. Because these weren’t abstract disagreements. They were quest...

Who is Jesus—and why does it matter? After asking who God is in the Trinity, we now ask a question that sits at the very center of our faith: In this episode of You Are Here , we step into the heart of Christology—the study of Christ—and why getting Jesus right is not just theological… it’s essential. Because our understanding of Jesus shapes our understanding of salvation. The early Church wrestl...

We live in a world that tells us: 👉 define yourself 👉 create your own meaning 👉 figure it out on your own But what if that’s exactly why we feel so anxious, overwhelmed, and alone? In this final episode of our Trinity series, we explore how the reality of the Trinity directly challenges the pressures of a secular age. Because the Christian story offers something radically different: You don’t h...

The Trinity is not just something we believe. It’s how we relate to God. In Part II of this series, we move beyond defining the Trinity and begin asking a deeper question: 👉 Why does it actually matter? If God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—then that shapes everything: - how we pray - how we experience God’s presence - how we understand relationship - and how we live our everyday faith Scripture...

The Trinity is one of the most central beliefs in Christianity—and one of the most misunderstood. It’s also a doctrine many people dismiss because the word “Trinity” isn’t explicitly found in the Bible. So how did Christians come to believe that God is one essence in three persons? In this episode of You Are Here Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes begin unpacking the language, history, and signifi...

Lent is Over, Easter has come.  There has been a space made at the table for you, for me…. So… now what? In this new series of You Are Here , we begin exploring one of the most important questions we face as modern Christians: 👉 Why does any of this actually matter today? After walking through the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, we now turn to the foundations of our faith—what we b...

This is it. We have arrived at the most sacred moment of the Christian story—the Great Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. In this final episode of our Lent focused series, we don’t rush ahead to Easter Sunday. We slow down. We stay. We walk with Jesus through the last hours before the resurrection. From the table where love is poured out…to the cross where love is proven…to th...

Holy Week (Mon–Wed): What Jesus Confronts in Us Holy Week is not meant to be rushed. In this bonus episode, we slow down and walk through the first three days of Holy Week—Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—not just to understand them, but to experience them. Because these are not just the days leading up to the cross. They are the days where Jesus begins to confront what is broken within us. While Go...

After five weeks of preparation through Lent, the Church now enters Holy Week —the most significant week in the Christian calendar, where everything in Scripture moves toward fulfillment. In this episode of You Are Here , we explore the tension at the heart of this day. It is the only Sunday of the year with two Gospel movements : The triumphal entry into Jerusalem ( “Hosanna!” ) The beginning of...

Lent is a journey—and in week five, everything shifts. Up until now, the focus has been inward: self-examination, discipline, and transformation. But this week—often called Foretaste Sunday—the Church turns our attention toward Holy Week and the suffering of Christ. The Gospel readings begin to center on both death and the life that will come through it. ​In John 11, Jesus raises Lazarus—and yet s...

This week on ‘You Are Here’ Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes introduce us to the fourth week of Lent. A week that pauses for Joy. Week four—often called Rose Sunday—introduces a surprising theme: joy. Through ancient liturgical symbols, like the extinguishing of candles throughout Lent, the Church visually reminds us that the story is moving toward a moment when darkness seems to take over. Yet...

Lent is a six-week journey. But what happens as the journey continues? Week Three of the Lent journey focuses on Spiritual Thirst . The readings this week center around water. Exodus 17 , Israel is wandering in the wilderness and begins to thirst. In desperation they cry out to Moses, and God provides water from the rock. A rock the Apostle Paul will point back to and claim is Christ. (1 Corinthia...

In the second week of Lent the conversation shifts from self examination to self denial. Last week was the call to examine our desires This week, we confront them. Lent begins with self-examination — naming the loves that shape us, the habits that form us, the desires that may have become disordered. But awareness alone is not transformation. Now comes the narrow door. In this episode, Dr. Mark Ma...

Lent is a six-week journey. But what are we actually meant to do in week one? In this episode of You Are Here, join Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes to explore the Church’s focus for the first week of Lent: Temptation and Self-examination. The Gospel reading traditionally centers on Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:9-13; Luke 4:1-13  — Jesus in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. But this is not simply...

We all measure time by something — semesters, deadlines, sports seasons, algorithms, achievement. But the Church has kept time differently for centuries. In this opening episode of our Lenten season, Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes introduce the Church Calendar — the sacred rhythm that tells the story of Christ from Advent to Easter and beyond. Because the way you measure time shapes the person...

What is Lent - and why do Christians still practice it? In this episode Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes explore the meaning, origins, and purpose of Lent. Far from legalism, Lent is a preparation for Easter - a season of prayer, fasting and repentance that reshapes our interior world. In this episode Dr. Mark and Nathan explore: - The Origins of Lent in the early Church - Why the season of Lent...

What is Ash Wednesday — and why do Christians put ashes on their foreheads? In this episode, Dr. Mark Masucci and Nathan Hughes explore the meaning, symbolism, and origins of Ash Wednesday. From Genesis — “You are dust, and to dust you shall return” — to the early Church’s understanding of repentance, ashes mark the beginning of Lent with honesty and hope. Topics discussed: - Why Ash Wednesday fal...