“On the Occasion” – T.S. Eliot with Ron Dart & Brad Embry
In this episode of On the Occasion, Ron Dart takes us through some of the poetry of T.S. Eliot, especially two poems in the Ariel series, "Journey of the Magi" and "Song for Simeon."
In this session, Ron addresses some ways in which Eliot's poetry and journey in life can supply Christians with useful ways of living out their faith.
On the Occasion is hosted by Brad Embry, pastoral assistant with St. Michael's Anglican Church, Delafield, WI.
George Grant: Canada’s C.S. Lewis – the Atheneum Interview & Owl and Dynamo Documentary
George Grant, The Owl and the Dynamo from Lauren Southern on Vimeo.
Repost: Global Read: Save Your City – Diane Kalen-Sukra with Lisa Berkley
The Oppressive and Liberating Natures of a Theology of Self-Sacrificing Love – Shawna Lucas
Jens Galschiøt (sculpture) Valter Campanato/ABr (photo) Is a Christian theology of self-sacrifice, which attests collective freedom can only be found through embracing non-violence and self-sacrifice, an oppressive theology or a liberating theology for...
Transfiguration & the Defeat of Death – Kenneth Tanner
The transfiguration is a revelation of the defeat of death. Elementary observations about the event are often overlooked or unspoken.On the mountain Moses and Elijah, dead to history, are very much alive and once again embodied. They are speaking with Jesus. This is...
Transfiguration & the Defeat of Death – Kenneth Tanner
The transfiguration is a revelation of the defeat of death. Elementary observations about the event are often overlooked or unspoken.On the mountain Moses and Elijah, dead to history, are very much alive and once again embodied. They are speaking with Jesus....
The Incomparable David Cayley – Wayne Northey
Wayne Northey: Introduction Below is a clickable list of many of David Cayley’s Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) about 50-minute-long podcasts. They were presented between 1980 and 2012, the latter date when he retired. Who is David Cayley? To quote...
Reckoning with the Toxicity of Christian Nationalism – Wayne Northey
Wayne Northey: The article highlighted below is very disturbing for followers of the one Mark Lewis Taylor dubs The Executed God (book review here, with the subtitle: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America). I stand in perpetual amazement at how the New Testament...
The “Biblification” of Scripture: Ups & Downs of Canonical Technology – Brad Jersak
The Medium is the Message Marshall McLuhan is most popularly known for the slogan, “The medium is the message,” which was his call to be mindful of the implicit impacts that come with the adoption of any new technology. He suggested four questions (labeled “the tetrad...
Saved from The Wrath (Romans 5:9) – Michael Wood
Saved from The Wrath (Romans 5:9) ‘Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.’(NRSV) ‘Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through...
“Life in Christ: Ecclesia & Liturgical Function” Interview with David Goa – Brad Jersak
Brad Jersak: In a previous interview over breakfast, you late out a rich and layered definition of ecclesia. Prior to that, the chief critique of my own theology was its rather thin version of what I imagined (or overlooked) as "church." I'd like to...