Enacting the Kingdom
187 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Welcome to ‘Enacting the Kingdom’: A Podcast about Liturgical Worship.
Fr. Yuri Hladio is an Orthodox Christian Priest with a life-long desire to keep learning. Fr. Geoffrey holds a doctorate in Liturgical Theology and is the co-director of the Orthodox School of Theology at the University of Toronto. Together they explore the liturgical services of the Orthodox Christian Church.
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Sex & Gender - E10 - Narrative Theology
July 11, 2024 13:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBIn this episode, Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri tackle the topic "Sex & Gender" as they continue to run the issues chosen by our patrons through the improvisation model we've explored in this series. This method allows us to take on a certain way of being in which we faithfully, in every moment, live the fullness of the tradition we have received in the first three acts and which directs us towards the fifth and final act. When it comes to sex and gender, there are so many offers on the ...
Transhumanism - E9 - Narrative Theology
July 04, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBOver the next few episodes, Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri will be addressing some of the thorny issues of our modern age, filtering them through the elements of narrative theology that we've been exploring over this series such as forming habits, assessing status, accepting, blocking, etc. Our patrons chose transhumanism as the first topic: a vision of moving beyond the constraints of mortality, illness and suffering, eradicating poverty and scarcity, and enhancing our condition and curr...
Reincorporating the Lost - E8 - Narrative Theology
June 27, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBWhether through improv, songs or stories, audiences are delighted when the narrative draws to an end and elements that had been seemingly discarded are brought back into play. In fact, "Reincorporating the Lost" is necessary to bring a fulfilling conclusion to any story (just ask a child whose parent has attempted to summarize the ending to a plot!). As those lost things that we thought had been written out of the story start to re-appear, we must be aware of the final act drawing ...
Receiving Gifts - E7 - Narrative Theology
June 20, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBInstead of a binary decision between accepting gifts without discernment, or blocking them without engagement (neither of which would make for good improv theatre), there is also a third option, that of over-accepting, which focuses on the way we receive the gift. Rather than focus on what the gift IS, or what the gift is FOR, or even whether it is good or bad, we can focus on what the gift COULD BE. In the context of narrative theology, how can this gift be understood in a fait...
Questioning Givens - E6 - Narrative Theology
June 13, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBIn the previous episode "Accepting & Blocking", we discussed the importance in improv of using the strategy of "Yes, and..." to further the narrative. Of course, there are multiple ways of saying yes, and often this requires us to question givens. The givens we assume can imprison the way we think and act, but when we question those givens we can receive them as gifts and re-connect to the wider narrative. There is ultimately only one unquestionable given: God and His story. Fr ...
Accepting & Blocking - E5 - Narrative Theology
June 06, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MB"I'm not your mom, and you're actually a dog". A ridiculous reply, without a doubt (especially taken out of context, but you'll have to listen to the podcast for that). Tragically, the Church sounds precisely like this most of the time. A blocking response like this one is based on fear. Fear that we cannot let go of control of the narrative, fear that the story will not unfold in the right way. And what does that say about our ultimate trust in God? Accepting an offer, an...
Assessing Status - E4 - Narrative Theology
May 30, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MB"Assessing Status" is a game that improv actors use to develop their skills, and it's also a game that we play daily as we interact with other people. It's part of the context of every relationship, every encounter. High and low status are neither good nor bad in and of themselves, but both are assumed as roles and can be used to move the narrative forward. Status is also complex and is hardly fixed — it shifts backwards and forwards between high and low as we interact with other...
Forming Habits - E3 - Narrative Theology
May 23, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey reflect on a chapter in Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics by Samuel Wells... well, Fr Yuri improvises his part in the reflection (and a good job he does, indeed!). We make a mistake when we think of ethics as only being issues and struggles that interrupt our "normal life". In fact, this view is entirely unbiblical and untraditional. We need to think of ethics as the ongoing practice of the Good, so that we have the instincts and...
Drama & Improvisation - E2 - Narrative Theology
May 16, 2024 17:04 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBIf life is a play, indeed a drama, what are our lines? Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore the analogy of God's story as a five act play, where we have intimate knowledge of the three acts that have come before, book-ended by intimate knowledge of the final act, while in the midst of act four. As Christians we often look for a script, or mistakenly think we already have and know the script, when in reality this is an unscripted act. We have to improvise. With utter fidelity, we mu...
Doing the Right Thing - E1 - Narrative Theology
May 09, 2024 13:04 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBWe enter into our new series, Narrative Theology, by considering what it means to do the right thing, and by what methods we should discern what the right thing is anyway. Ethics are based on stories such as what a human person is, what the goal of our being is, and what constitutes a good life. As Christians, our ethics are based on the greatest story of all: the story of God. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri discuss the different branches of ethics that many modern-day Christians subscribe to, an...
Finale - E19 - Your Liturgical Bible
September 18, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 64 MBWe come to the final episode of our series on Your Liturgical Bible, which has been focused on the pillars of the bible and its narrative themes, connecting what's written in the bible with what we do through ritual. We have seen that in the Orthodox church, liturgical worship is the primary way we experience the Scriptures, express our faith and experience our relationship with God. There is a dynamic relationship between the old and new covenant and our own participation in the...
King - E18 - Your Liturgical Bible
September 11, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MBThe core theme of the Scriptures could be considered to be the theme of monarchy. Initially the biblical narrative seems to imply that having a king would be desirable, despite prophetic warnings against, and then we see the kings of Israel fail again and again. So is it a good idea to have a king, or not? The fact is, our human expectations of kingship result in kings that fail. All kings will fall short because our king is meant to be God himself. As we sing at Saturday vespe...
Promised Land - E17 - Your Liturgical Bible
September 04, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 59.2 MBThe imagery of land and promised land in the Scriptures can be lost on those of us who live in lands of abundance. But we must also be careful to understand that the promised land is not merely imagery. It is a very real parcel of territory from which God's promises are shown to move out into the world. There can be a tendency amongst Christian to universalize everything, insisting on symbolism and downplaying the very concrete reality of the promises that were made to Israel. ...
Image of God - E16 - Your Liturgical Bible
August 28, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBAs we see in the Scriptures, the Israelites had a very mature, deep and rich understanding of what it means to be an image of God. Interestingly, the word used for being an image of God is also the same word that is used for an idol, showing a duality we need to be cautious of, and the importance of ordering ourselves according to the divine and not according to our own flesh. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri flesh out this idea (please forgive the pun!), as well as show how this biblical ...
Family - E15 - Your Liturgical Bible
August 21, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBChristians like to tout that the Bible is all about family values, but what do we really mean by that? In fact, the very first thing that happens in God's plan of salvation is that Abram is told to abandon his family and nation in order to form a new family by which, God promises, all families will be blessed. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri discuss this ambiguity around family that runs right through the Scriptures, the meaning and beauty of being adopted into God's family, and the famil...
Resurrection - E14 - Your Liturgical Bible
August 18, 2023 17:24 - 30 minutes - 55 MBWhat did Second Temple Jews believe about Sheol, the realm of the dead, and resurrection? There are resurrection - or bodily resuscitation - accounts throughout the scriptures, so how did the various sects interpret those accounts? Were they considered symbolic, historic or prophetic, personal or communal? In this episode of Your Liturgical Bible, Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri search the scriptures to better understand how Christ's resurrection is set apart, and how we as Christians ar...
Life After Death - E13 - Your Liturgical Bible
July 31, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBTypically, and sadly, when we hear the words "life after death", we think of what happens to our soul after our body dies. Maybe it even spurs us to make sure that we are doing the proper things, thinking the proper way, checking the right boxes, achieving a spiritual condition that will assure we are on the right side of that equation. The scriptural narrative of life after death shares a much deeper understanding, one of creation and new creation. This is not an individual stor...
Ark - E12 - Your Liturgical Bible
July 24, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes - 28.4 MBWhen we hear the word "ark", many of us think of Noah or Moses (...or perhaps Indiana Jones). What is an ark? What are we meant to call to mind when we read about arks in the scriptures, and how does this biblical imagery express itself in our liturgical worship? Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore these questions, and caution that we are not meant to be stuck within an Old Testament understanding of the ark, but rather we are meant to acknowledge its fulfillment in Christ. In this ...
Divine Council - E11 - Your Liturgical Bible
July 17, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBTime to get uncomfortable! Instead of trying to explain away the "lowercase g" gods, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey define what is meant by the "Divine Council", both in common parlance and also within the Orthodox context and understanding. As we read the scriptures and participate in the liturgy, it's important to understand what monotheism is, and what it isn't, so that we can engage in theosis and answer the invitation to the heavenly realm. In this seventh public season of Enacting...
Wind - E10 - Your Liturgical Bible
July 10, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBWind, breath and spirit. In English we have these three words, but there is just one word in the Hebrew (ruach) and the Greek (pneuma). In fact, there are many more metaphorical applications of this word, such as air, anger, blast, courage, despondency, quick-tempered, inspired, trustworthy and wrath. This spirit, breath and wind portrays God's action in the world - from the life-giving and animating spirit within all human beings, to the powerful blast that forcefully brings ord...
Fire - E9 - Your Liturgical Bible
July 03, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBWhen we think of fire in the Bible, we may come up with images of hellfire, the judgement of God and a casting away from His presence. In actuality, fire is used in scripture as a way of God revealing Himself and His holiness. Fire is God's presence which humans encounter, which refines and purifies - and in this way, it's not wrong to think of fire as being God's judgement. Could it be that those fires of hell are not a sign of God's absence, but rather of His presence? In the ...
Trees - E8 - Your Liturgical Bible
June 26, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBPeople are trees! Except it's a bit more nuanced than that because you need to also keep in mind... trees are people! Right from the Genesis story, we see that trees (and seeds) feature prominently in the scriptural narrative, and often mirror the human story. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri offer tools for your "biblical literacy toolbelt" to help you unpack the full meaning when you come across trees in the liturgy and the bible. In this seventh public season of Enacting the Kingdom, ...
Wilderness - E7 - Your Liturgical Bible
June 19, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBTo be human is to experience times of wilderness. That is, wilderness the way Israelites understood and lived it. In modern times we tend to think of wilderness as a lush getaway, a place of refuge from our urban environment, but in the Scriptural context it is a place of desolation and lack and need, a place of testing, and a time of drawing nearer to God, learning to be completely and utterly dependent on Him. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri discuss how the theme of wilderness appear...
Mountains - E6 - Your Liturgical Bible
June 12, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MBSymbolically, to be on a high place is to be on secure dry land, where creation flourishes and where God dwells among His people in an awesome and awful (or rather awe-full) way. In this episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss the ways mountains appear in the Scriptures, how we understand the meaning of mountains throughout the scriptural story and how they come up in our liturgical life. In this seventh public season of Enacting the Kingdom, we are releasing a series on the Your...
Waters of Death - E5 - Your Liturgical Bible
June 05, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 24.9 MBContinuing on with the theme of water, in this episode Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri plunge into the Waters of Death - the chaotic, deadly, stagnant waters that are the counterpoint to the lifegiving waters that were explored last episode. Throughout the bible, in Genesis, Exodus, the prophets and the gospel accounts, the power of water is revealed. More than that, the power of the one true God is revealed as the One who can calm the waters, the One who can enter in to the destructive ...
Waters of Life - E4 - Your Liturgical Bible
May 29, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25.7 MBWhile the themes of the waters of life and death are intertwined in the Scriptures, in this episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey explore the aspect of water that is life-giving and fruitful. From the creation account, through the prophets and into the New Testament, the Scriptures are woven through with experiences of living water. As Orthodox Christians, we enact this story in our liturgies, recalling the creational and healing purposes of water, and understanding that living water i...
The Forgotten Pillar - E3 - Your Liturgical Bible
May 22, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 24.8 MBWe have now gone through the seven pillars of biblical literacy as outlined by the Bible Project podcast, but there is a pillar that was missed. This forgotten pillar, or perhaps better called the Pillar of Pillars, is the bible as Liturgical Literature. Of course the bible precedes our Divine Liturgy, yet if the Liturgy is understood as the experience of who God is, of being with God and God with us, then we see that it is the very origin of the bible. Liturgy is the natural ...
Pillars of Biblical Literacy - E2 - Your Liturgical Bible
May 15, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 26 MB"Your Liturgical Bible" is our new series created just for our patrons. We will be exploring what the bible is - and what it's not. We will discuss how we're meant to read Scripture, how it connects with Liturgy and our life, and how we can use it to enact the Kingdom. In this second of half of our series introduction, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey explore the remaining pillars of biblical literacy which will help us approach Scripture properly: Communal Literature, Ancient Literature,...
Your Liturgical Bible - E1 - Series Introduction
May 08, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MBWe are so excited to begin our new series created just for our patrons, Your Liturgical Bible. The Scriptures are the source material for our liturgical services, either directly or indirectly. The goal is to provide our listeners with the tools to read the Scriptures in a way that informs how we experience Liturgy, and then ultimately allows us to bring that Liturgy into our everyday life. There is another podcast, Bible Project, that does an excellent job of describing certain...
Becoming a Monastic - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E8 - Finale
October 17, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBIn our final episode on the sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey reflect on the impact these words can have on our modern lives. Even those sayings that deal with becoming a monastic (which at first may seem too far out of reach) can apply to us who live in the world, as we share a common call to asceticism. 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...
Do These Three Things - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E7
October 10, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 61.3 MBThere are many sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers that mention "three essential things" of the spiritual life, and they are incredibly varied and often paradoxical. Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss these as well as sayings that involve prayer, and the differing gifts of Christians. 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 he...
Virtues & Silence - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E6
October 03, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 63.5 MBAs we continue our series on the desert sayings, Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore the themes of virtues, charity and services of love, as well as solitude, silence and hesychia. Today's sayings prove to us again the true meaning of monasticism, which is rooted in monachos - singular focus - which is not the same as being by oneself. It is rather about the release of all things that get in the way of our capacity to show love. The singular aim of all that we do is God. In this six...
Cart Before the Horse - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E5
September 26, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 60.5 MBIn 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, a...
Simplicity - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E4
September 19, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBFr 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 a...
The Head and the Heart - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E3
September 12, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MBWhat 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 releasi...
Give Me a Word - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E2
September 05, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MB"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 on...
Season 6 Introduction - Desert Fathers and Mothers Patreon Re-Release E1
August 29, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 56.8 MBIn 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 a...
The Joy of Life - Liturgies of Life Finale
July 18, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 24.6 MBWe 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 Div...
Political Ideology as Dogma - Liturgies of Life E22
July 11, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25.7 MBIdeology 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. Did you kno...
Scientism as Sacred Authority - Liturgies of Life E21
July 04, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 26.4 MBIn the last episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discussed science as a cosmic story and how that story relates to the Gospel. This week, they discuss the problem of the phrase "science says...". Scientific pursuit can be taken to an extreme, and thought of as the only way of rendering truth, in a sense proclaiming scientism to be a sacred authority in itself. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri also speak about the positive form of scientism, which can be profoundly Christian, indeed! Did you ...
Science as a Cosmic Story - Liturgies of Life E20
June 27, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBAs the transcendent Christian story has been reduced to a package of beliefs and behaviours, science has filled the void with a compelling, impressive, awe-inspiring narrative. It checks many of the same "boxes" and, when pursued in truth, can lead to the development of many of the same virtues: openness, humility, honesty, tolerance, caring, and even repentance. Christians do not need to stand in opposition to science in order to recover the true Christian story. In fact, when w...
Health & Fitness as Telos - Liturgies of Life E19
June 20, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBAs Orthodox Christians, we participate in a story that has a telos, or end purpose, which is theosis. So what is the telos of health and fitness? Or has health and fitness become the end goal itself? In this day and age, when fitness centres sometimes stand in for churches as a place for community, transformation and purpose, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss to what degree we should be participating in this particular Liturgy of Life. Did you know that we have a private podcast j...
Doctors as Priests - Liturgies of Life E18
June 13, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBAs Orthodox Christians, we do not artificially divide the body and the soul. There is a spiritual dimension to the medical care of our bodies and there is a physical dimension to spiritual care. In this episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey discuss the roles of priests and doctors, the blind trust in (or mistrust of) medical science, the prosperity gospel, and how we should approach every decision with the proper goal in mind - enacting the Kingdom in the here and now. Did you know th...
Theatre & Film as Liturgy - Liturgies of Life E17
June 06, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBThe Orthodox Liturgy is full of theatricality, so it's easy to draw parallels between it and film and theatre, although clearly the Liturgy is no mere performance. In this episode, Fr Yuri and Fr Geoffrey explore how theatre and film are similar to and different from Liturgy, and most importantly how they are both intimately connected with the performance of our own lives. The social drama that is our own existence can be informed, and ultimately should be transformed, by entering...
Civil (Dis)Obedience - Liturgies of Life E16
May 30, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBThe Church has always been learning what it means to belong to God's Kingdom and live in the world. There is no doubt that Christ is sovereign, so in a sense civil disobedience to a worldly kingdom is inevitable, yet we still recognize and pray for civil authorities. So what does it mean for an Orthodox Christian to be obedient or disobedient to the state? Keep up to date with us by joining our mailing list at enactingthekingdom.com! Also, if you'd like to support this project, ...
Harry Potter as Sacred Text - Liturgies of Life E15
May 23, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 24.6 MB"Reading fiction doesn't help us escape the world, it helps us live in it" is the thesis of a podcast called Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, which meditates on pieces of the text almost as if they were Scripture. Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri can certainly get behind the thesis - but to what degree should we participate in narrative this way? You may be surprised by their answers! Keep up to date with us by joining our mailing list at enactingthekingdom.com! Also, if you'd like to ...
Popular Music as Worship - Liturgies of Life E14
May 16, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBFr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri speak about what draws us to the concert experience, and how this can also be found within the church (sometimes controversially)! Popular music today is asking profoundly religious questions - often not with satisfying answers - but when you look deeply, the ultimate answer, the Gospel message, can be pointed to. Of course, this requires us to engage critically with the music, an act that we rehearse in the Liturgy. Enacting the Kingdom is social media fr...
Netflix as an Altar - Liturgies of Life E13
May 09, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBJust as our churches orient us to where our attention should be, so do our homes. Where is the focal point, or the altar, of our spaces? Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri explore the various ways that streaming services, and entertainment in general, manifest as a liturgy in our life - and offer strategies to take control, and use it for Good. Enacting the Kingdom is social media free, but you can still connect with us! Subscribe to our newsletter by heading to enactingthekingdom.com. Al...
Public Intellectuals - Liturgies of Life E12
May 02, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBPublic intellectuals are certainly a part of the liturgies of our modern life, but it's really not a new phenomenon. To varying degrees, they have always been part of life, including within church circles - well before the dawn of YouTube and TED talks. What are the good ways to engage with public intellectuals, and what are the ways to avoid? Keep up to date with us by joining our mailing list at enactingthekingdom.com! Also, if you'd like to support this project, we invite you...
Sports as Religion - Liturgies of Life E11
April 25, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBCathedrals, liturgical colours, pilgrimages, chanting, saints, relics - sports are clearly religious, and profoundly successful, at that. To what degree can Orthodox Christians engage with these rituals? Fr Geoffrey and Fr Yuri point to the good in sports, and also point beyond to the greater Good. Keep up to date with us by joining our mailing list at enactingthekingdom.com! Also, if you'd like to support this project, we invite you to join our patron community where we post pr...