Enacting the Kingdom – Details, episodes & analysis

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Ideology is the study of ideas, the study of their origin and nature.  In this sense, we should never let our ideology, political or otherwise, become dogmatic.  It should always be careful, considered, skeptical, and open to new ideas.  And as Orthodox Christians, we should model how to hold dogma properly.  Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss this and also how to enter into conversations about today's issues with the proper mindset... and more than that, with perspective.

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We can be tempted to see our faith as being in competition with other aspects of our life, be that sports, consumerism, politics, theatre or music (among so many others), but that is not the way we are meant to approach life.  We should not artificially divide the sacred and the secular.  We are called to participate in all of these Liturgies of Life, entering into every aspect and sphere of human society, and transform them with God's story, informed by our participation in the Divine Liturgy.  In this series finale, Fr Yuri reflects on what helped him most in this series, and Fr Geoffrey shares what he hopes you, our listeners, will take away from it.  In a word, joy!

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In this sixth season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that was previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more, please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community!

Before diving into the sayings themselves, today Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri chat about where and when these holy men and women lived, why they lived that way, and why their words continue to come down to us so many centuries later.  These sayings should affect the things we value, the things we choose to do, the very life that we live.

"Give me a word" is a theme of many desert sayings that have been passed down to us, and (let's be honest) the basis of this whole series!  Usually it is a short, pithy piece of advice that the hearer is expected to sit with and ponder.  Whether an encouragement or a challenge, it must always be wrestled with and actually put into practice.

In this sixth season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that was previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more, please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community!

What do the terms "the head" and "the heart" encompass?  What does it mean to have the head descend into the heart?  Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss desert sayings related to heart-centered spirituality, as well as thoughts, desires and passions.

It's so much easier to numb ourselves to the real work we are called to, with counterfeits that replace what is truly needed - but what comes after the struggle?  Ineffable joy.

In this sixth season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that was previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more, please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community!

Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore two themes in this fourth episode in our series on the Desert Sayings.  The first is simplicity - the importance of always being a beginner, maintaining humility, practicing restraint and putting things in their proper place.  The second theme is on spiritual elders and soul friends - those relationships where we can be known fully, and trust in each other's unconditional love and acceptance. In this modern world, how do we find someone we can trust and reveal ourselves to, so that we can engage in a relationship this way?

In this sixth season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that was previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more, please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community!

In this episode on our series of the Desert Sayings, we touch on two themes: the tears of compunction (are those tears self-centered or Christ-centered?) and the necessity for practice in the spiritual life (and sticking with that practice even when there are no discernible results).

In this sixth season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that was previously only available to our patrons.  If you like what you hear, and would like access to much more, please consider supporting our project by heading to patreon.com/enactingthekingdom and choosing a tier of support.  We would love to have you join our growing community!