This is the reflection blog/podcast of the Christian Church of Northern California-Nevada.
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Listen in as people describe their amazing stories of God's presence in their lives. Return often as content is added daily
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Spiritual reflections and meditations from the Armenian Church Lenten period by Fr. Vazken.
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Welcome to Christ Church of Oak Brook's Lenten Podcast series. This series in intended to help in walking you through the season of Lent. Over the next series of reflections, we will focus on how God can, and does work in our sometimes messy lives. Hopefully through this Journey that we are taking together, we will learn how to live in a more beautiful way walking with Jesus.
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MERCY. REPENT. TRIBE. ABANDONED. THIRSTY. JUSTIFIED. ZEST. These seven words exemplify the passion and the person of Jesus as He hung suspended on the cross. These episodes feature some of our staff and members personal stories, each centering around one of these words.
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For almost one hundred years during the season of Lent, Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis, TN, has hosted a preaching series featuring inspiring and diverse speakers. Through the Series, which is free and open to the public, Calvary provides numerous opportunities for spiritual renewal and growth, and a deeper relationship with God. The Series features dynamic local and national speakers from various denominations and faiths and takes place Mondays through Fridays from 12:05 to 12:40 p.m., ...
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Recordings from the six 2019 annual Lenten Lectures on Great Spiritual Doctors of the Church: St. Augustine by Dr. David Deavel; St. Catherine of Siena by Sr. Mary Margaret O’Brien, OP; St. Teresa of Avila by Sr. Teresa Christi Balek, OP; St. John of the Cross by Elizabeth Kelly; St. Francis de Sales by Dr. Kevin Ferdinandt; St. Therese of Lisieux by Fr. Robert Altier. Fridays in Lent following 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross.
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Throughout our Lenten Journey this year, we've discussed and seen how Jesus often puts himself into "messy" situations to help us, or to make us better. Today we will touch on a messy situation Nicodemus tries to avoid. In our lives we want to avoid messy situations, but in todays journey you'll see what Jesus does and says as Nicodemus tries to av…
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Sometimes when things get messy, we can become "fickle". In our mess, Jesus never leaves us, but when things get messy, do we stray away from him? In today's episode, we will take a look at how fickle people can be when things get messy.Af Christ Church of Oak Brook
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In life especially as we gain more wisdom, the first thing we like to do, is to avoid getting into any "mess" or messy situations, or avoid messy people. After-all, it can seem like a headache to be around or involved with certain people. But avoiding that situation or person sometimes, is not what we should do. Jesus often in the Bible, steps into…
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Most people do not like to be interrupted. Interruptions, they disturb the control we think we have over a situation. It equates to mess in our lives for many of us. But sometimes interruptions aren't messy at all, they can become moments to grow, teach and to learn. In this weeks episode, Jesus shows us just that.…
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In today's episode of our Lent Messy series, we will learn together how to listen in the midst of our mess. Often when life gets messy , we forget to listen to God's voice as it's reaching out to us. We oftentimes miss God in multiple ways, when life gets messy. Today we will explore an example of this in part of the story of Mary and Martha.…
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As we continue in our messy series for Lent, today we will begin to face our messiness, and what that may be causing us to hold onto. Jesus asks us questions throughout our journey with him, but they are never for His benefit. Most of the times it is to foster the self-awareness of the person that may be stuck or messy. Today's podcast will do just…
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In todays episode, we will take a look at how Jesus is moved with compassion while being surrounded by the messiness of life. Jesus often looks at the messiness of his children as "sheep in need of a shepherd". Hopefully in todays podcast, we will begin to learn to have compassion and non -judgement for those that are in our lives, and surrounded b…
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In Today's episode we begin the season of Lent by examining our lives and seeing how messy our lives may be. Whether the messiness is spread over us, or whether we spread hot ourselves, let's face it, life can and is messy sometimes. Today's episode will remind and show us that Jesus himself has experienced our messiness in every way, and we will t…
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Have you ever wondered what will be YOUR story? In today's episode we will look at how Jesus decides to give them a way to remember His story. Even though he knows what approaches, and that Peter will deny him, He gives them a way to remember His story. If you knew you were in your last days, what would your story be? How would you interact with ot…
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In today's world there is too much competition for our attention, and so many things on our minds, from social media, to work, to family, to success, health, rest, etc... Have you ever wondered with so much going on in our minds, and so much competing for our attention, how can we focus on what our primary calling is? In todays episode, we will see…
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Were you aware that Jesus became angry? Were you aware that those two times both involved tables?? In today's episode we take a look how Jesus joins us at our tables, but joins us not only with grace, but with truth also. How many of us can say that we sit at any of our tables with grace and truth? Through today's episode, we can realize we may not…
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Have you ever felt that your past made you unworthy of God's love and adoration?? In this episode we take a look at a despised man named Zaccheus, and how Jesus interacted with him. We will examine how we use our past, and the pasts of others as well to deem ourselves unworthy and others unworthy. We fail to understand that God is more concerned wi…
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Have you ever wondered how you could extend more grace in your life? In this weeks episode, we will examine the grace of the Gospel. In this episode, Jesus illustrates how we should have community with each other, and more importantly, who we should have community with. All of God's children needs reminding that we are all sinners saved by grace, a…
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In this episode of Lenten reflection, we take a closer look at Jesus' first miracle that He performed. We will take a look at ourselves, and wonder how we can look at that seemingly small miracle he performed to better the life of others, and look at our everyday lives to perform our own small miracles everyday to to bring joy, abundance, or help t…
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Today is our introductory episode for our Lenten season simply titled Ash Wednesday. This is the beginning of our Lenten journey for 2023. In this episode we will begin to understand the season and purpose of Lent, and how we can apply it in our everyday life. We will approach and talk of the grace of God, our thirst for knowing him in our hearts, …
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Fr. Robert Altier | St. Therese of Lisieux
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Long-time former parochial vicar at Saint Agnes and 35-year lay Carmelite, Fr. Robert Altier introduces us to the rich and deep spirituality of the greatest saint of modern times, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, the greatest disciple of St. John of the Cross.
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Dr. Kevin Ferdinandt | St. Francis de Sales
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Saint Agnes School headmaster Dr. Kevin Ferdinandt introduces us to the great master of the devout life, St. Francis de Sales, the early 17th century saintly bishop of Geneva.
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Elizabeth Kelly | St. John of the Cross
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Author and speaker Liz Kelly introduces us to the poetry of the great Carmelite mystic, St. John of the Cross, emphasizing that it is his poetry that hold pride of place and should be anyone's first introduction to John's mystical spirituality.
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Sr. Teresa Christi Balek | St. Teresa of Avila
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Sr. Teresa Christi Balek, O.P., provides a splendid overview of her namesake's life and spiritual classic, The Interior Castle. Listen to learn why St. Teresa of Avila was named one of the first female Doctors of the Church by Pope St. Paul VI in 1970, and even the Doctor of Prayer.
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Dr. David Deavel | St. Augustine
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David Deavel, Ph.D., editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, and instructor of Catholic studies at the University of Thomas, introduces the life and spirituality of St. Augustine, treating his main doctrines but also principally concentrating on his masterful Confessions.
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Sr. Mary Margaret O'Brien, O.P. | St. Catherine of Sienna
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Sr. Mary Margaret O'Brien, O.P., introduces us to the life and mystical spirituality of the great Church reformer of the Dominican order, St. Catherine of Siena.
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