Podcast Episodes

Being Called Out

The thought of me being called out of hiding is unnerving. I don’t think I want to be seen. Many years ago, during my life in the theater, I received a standing ovation for anperformance. The audienc…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

What Hope Feels Like

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as …

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Knowing His Presence

I love feeling happy. Absolutely love it. Who doesn't? But my pursuit of it has sometimes gotten me into trouble. I'm pretty sure it's gotten you into trouble too.

Sometimes I wonder if, in our mad pu…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

The Ifs

Our life of faith is uncertain, but we can be expectant of good. Because we belong to God, we can rest in knowing his promises to us are true and he is faithful. It’s not a question of if God is goin…

Published on 8 months ago

Easter Morning

Jesus Christ is the forerunner for the Great Renewal, “the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead” (Colossians 1:18). He died, as everyone has and will. But on the third day he was raised to…

Published on 8 months ago

Betrayal And Mutiny

You were the model of perfection,
 full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
 You were in Eden,
 the garden of God;
 every precious stone adorned you:
 ruby, topaz and emerald,
 chrysolite, onyx and jasper,
 sa…

Published on 8 months ago

An Insatiable Desire

What can this incessant craving, and this impotence of attainment mean, unless there was once a happiness belonging to man, of which only the faintest traces remain, in that void which he attempts to…

Published on 8 months ago

The Cross

Most people assume that the Cross is the total work of Christ. The two go hand in hand in our minds — Jesus Christ and the Cross; the Cross and Jesus Christ. The Resurrection is impressive, but kind …

Published on 8 months ago

A Shared Loneliness

Jesus enjoyed people. Not everyone does, you know. Many stories find him feasting with a rowdy crowd. He invited twelve men to spend day and night with him for three years. His longing for companions…

Published on 8 months ago

God Is Our Ezer

When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. “It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall make him [an ezer kenegdo]” (Genesis 2:18 Alter). Hebrew scholar Robert Alter, who has spent years…

Published on 8 months ago