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  • The Deep Well of Art, Music, and Community
    This amazing conversation with Juno-award winning musician, Steve Bell, was the 9th episode of the Spirituality for Ordinary People Podcast. I felt like it was worth re-sharing, and have also included the original “show notes” below. You can also get a transcript by reading this post in the substack app or on the substack website.This […]
  • Church, Listen to Women
    There are certain Christian traditions that seem talk about how we need more “Bible-based teaching.” These same traditions that tend to indicate that they are elevating the Bible and take pride in “understanding the Bible literally” or, if they actually deign to admit that it is impossible to take the entire Bible literally because, well, […]
  • Busy-ness and Contemplation
    A podcast episode based on a written reflection first posted to the Noticing Delight Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mattbrough.substack.com
  • The Narrative Arc of Scripture
    Reading is interpreting. We know this more keenly than ever because we interpret all the time.You receive an email announcing that you have won a cruise. You read just a bit of it and already you have done your interpretation. It is spam or a scam. You delete it or send it to your Junk […]
  • Imagination and Biblical Interpretation
    You can listen to the version audio or read the full reflection (transcript) below:The fact that we hold this collection of books as sacred (or if you personally don’t, you may at least agree that there is deep ancient wisdom there), is enough to say that we may want to do our best to understand […]
  • Religious About the Incarnation – Christmas
    The fifth in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022.He is born among us and is one of us. The incarnation.God with us and with intent, with imagination and creativity. Bearer of hope, and peace, and joy, and love.And so, we can be religious about the incarnation. As God came into the world and loved the […]
  • Religious About Love – Advent 4
    The fourth in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022.The final advent theme is Love. Love is so central.  It is at the core of who we are as human beings. We naturally love.  Think of parents, children, grandchildren, wives, husbands, true friends.And our faith takes us further with love. Over and over we are asked to […]
  • Religious About Joy – Advent 3
    The third in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022.What if joy was something you could simply choose?We tend to think joy is something that happens to us. It isn’t in our control. We would love to feel joyful, but that is really hard to do day in and day out. Is it the same as […]
  • Religious About Peace – Advent 2
    The second in a 5-part series for Advent 2022.Being religious about something is about devotion, it’s about commitment. It is about staying the course even when you don’t feel like it. We are compelled to stay with it. We’ve made it our religion, and ours is a religion of peace.War is rampant, but we claim […]
  • Religious About Hope – Advent 1
    The first in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022.Getting religious about hope is not about being unrealistic or having some pie-in-the sky, everything will always be totally fine attitude. Religiously hoping means a full on acknowledgment of life in all its mess, brokenness, and still we fend off cynicism. We lament, but we don’t despair. […]
  • I hate the phrase ”catching people”
    "From now on you will be catching people" –  Jesus says this to his followers and it does not sound positive at all. Catching people? So, the job of people who follow Jesus is to go and "catch" others? Trap them? Trick them into something? I'm going to just say NO to all of that, […]
  • The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer with AJ Sherrill – Episode 114
    Matt welcomes AJ Sherrill for a conversation around a book that has one of the most amazing sub-titles of all time! – Being With God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer. AJ is the Lead Pastor at St. Peter's Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and is an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological […]
  • God With Everyone – Be Still and Behold Part 10
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is Part Ten – God With EveryoneFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship This is a public episode. If you would like to […]
  • Running Away From God’s Presence – Be Still and Behold Part9
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is Part Nine – Running Away From God's PresenceFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship This is a public episode. If you would […]
  • God NOT in the Earthquake, Fire, or Storm – Be Still and Behold Part 8
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is Part Eight – God NOT in the Earthquake, Fire, or StormFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship This is a public episode. […]
  • God in the Temple 2 – Be Still and Behold Part7
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is Part Seven – God in the Temple part 2For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship This is a public episode. If you […]
  • God in the Temple 1 – Be Still and Behold Part 6
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is part Six – God in the Temple part 1For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship  This is a public episode. If you […]
  • God in the Tent – Be Still and Behold Part 5
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is part Five – God in the TentFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship  This is a public episode. If you would like […]
  • God on the Mountain – Be Still and Behold Part4
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is part Four – God on the MountainFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship  This is a public episode. If you would like […]
  • God in Pillars of Cloud and Fire – Be Still and Behold Part 3
    The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here.This is part Three – God in Pillars of Cloud and FireFor the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit https://www.prairiechurch.ca/worship  This is a public episode. If […]