Meditations 4 Misfits

“My idea of God is not a Divine Idea. It has to be shattered time after time. God shatters it Godself. God is the great iconoclast. Could we not almost say that this shattering is one of the marks of God’s presence?”  – Clive Staples Lewis 

This podcast offers a reflection on another question Jesus asked in the 6th Chapter of St. John’s Gospel, “Does this offend you?” It is our suggestion that Jesus desires to liberate us from simply becoming spiritual tourists. “Spiritual shopping around is an attempt to find security, an attempt to find a way to always feel good about ourselves.” – Pema Chödrön 

reading the menu

is not savoring the meal

don’t speak while chewing

This week’s podcast offers a reflection on a question Jesus asked in the 6th Chapter of St. John’s Gospel, “How shall we feed these people?” “O my soul, be prepared to meet him who knows how to ask questions.” — T.S. Eliot 

This podcast offers a reflection on a question Jesus asked in the 5th Chapter of the Gospel of John, “Do you want to be made whole?” In this reflection, we consider one of the root causes of dis-ease in the modern world – isolation. “We must love one another or die.” – W.H. Auden 

As we continue our series on “The Questions Jesus Asked“, this podcast offers a reflection on the question recorded in Luke 7:44, “Do you see this woman?” This question is an opportunity to explore how we look at the people in our world.

This podcast offers a reflection on one of the most profound questions ever asked by a spiritual teacher. In the Gospel of John, chapter 1, Jesus asked some new would-be followers, “What do you want?” The poet / philosopher David Whyte calls this a “beautiful question.” He says a beautiful question shapes a beautiful mind, and that: “…a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it, as it does by having it answered.” 

This podcast offers a reflection on the question Jesus asked in the 5th Chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel, “Who touched me?” In the sharing, we consider the possibility of healing for our existential fear of being alone. “The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle.”  – Simone Weil  

This podcast offers a reflection on the question Jesus asked in the 4th chapter of the Gospel of Mark, “Why are you so afraid?”  We consider what is the basis of our human existential fear and how might we cope with it? 

This podcast offers an introduction to the series that will follow exploring the questions Jesus asked in the Gospels. This episode considers what Jesus had in mind when he said, “Who are my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers?”  As Eugene Ionesco once wrote, “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”