Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Thomas Merton  (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. Today’s selection comes from his work New Seeds of Contemplation.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit Catholic priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of the Peking Man. He conceived the vitalist idea of the Omega Point (a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving), and he developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of noosphere. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Maximus the Confessor, also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 – 13 August 662), was a Christianmonk, theologian, and scholar.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Edward Burrough (1634–1663) was an early English Quaker leader and controversialist. He is regarded as one of the Valiant Sixty, who were early Quaker preachers and missionaries.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Raimon Panikkar (1918–2010), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion. His work largely centers around their synthesis of Christian and Hindu theology.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the tenth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the ninth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) was a Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar who made a major contribution to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward her fellow African Americans. She became an evangelist among her people, assisted in the production of an African American Catholic hymnal, and was a popular speaker on faith and spirituality in her final years. She helped found the National Black Sisters Conference to provide support for African-American women in Catholic religious institutes. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the eight Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Wendell Berry, an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. The selections for this episode comes from a his poem Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front..Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the seventh Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Meister Eckhart (c. 1260 – c. 1328) who was  a German theologian, philosopher and mystic. The selection for this episode comes from a his poem when I was the forest.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the sixth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Middle Ages anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich. The selection(s) for this episode comes from a her work Revelations of Divine Love. “The soul is preciously knitted to him in its making, by a knot so subtle and so mighty that it is oned into God. In this oneing, it is made endlessly holy. Furthermore, he wants us to know that all the souls which are one day to be saved in heaven without end are knit in this same knot and oned in this oneing, and made holy in this one identical holiness.”“The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person” “By myself I am nothing at all, but in general, I am in the oneing of love. For it is in this oneing that the life of all people exists.” and “In the sight of God all humans are oned, and one person is all people.” -Julien of Norwich Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. 

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the fifth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the trinitarian theogian and Cappadocian Father Gregory of Nazianzus. The selection(s) for this episode comes from a his work ”Oration 45, for Easter.”Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the fourth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Contemplative and Civil Rights Activist Howard Thurman. The selection for this episode comes from a his work “ Deep River: Reflections on the Religious Insight of Certain Negro Spirituals.” Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the third Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Carmelite nun, reformer, and contemplative mystic Teresa of Avila. The selection for this episode comes from a very short poem she wrote that titled “Laughter came from every brick.”“The poems of St. Teresa always speak of God. They speak of Him as something as natural as the air one breathes. She does not tender fanciful arguments to prove that God exists. Her poems express to us the reality of God himself because she herself has found Him.”-Daniel LadinskySubscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the second Mystic Monday episode we hear from the father of Centering Prayer and Trappist Monk Thomas Keating. The selection for this episode comes from a very short meditation entitled The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation.Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

This past weekend I was privileged to be able to preach at the church where I am on staff. I thought it would be fun to share that sermon here on the podcast as a type of bonus/semi-unplanned episode. The texts I preached on were Genesis 32:22-31, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, and Luke 18:1-8. In this sermon, I talk about how parables as a mode of communication that demand action and how we can not simply just ignore the problematic and difficult passages that we encounter in the pages of the scriptures. Ps. The audio quality is not great because I had to record it on the iPad I was preaching from. Subscribe to the Signposts weekly email! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this first mystic Monday episode we hear from one of my all-time favoire contemplative voices, Thomas Merton. The selection for this episode comes from the sixth chapter of his book New Seeds of Contemplation. 

There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.” ―Abraham Joshua HeschelSubscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

This past weekend I was privileged to be able to preach at all three services at the church I am employed at. I thought it would be fun to share that sermon here on the podcast as a type of bonus/semi-unplanned episode. The text I preached on was Luke 10:38-42 and Amos 8:1-12. In this sermon, I talk about how it is not merely enough to challenge individuals to make time in their lives for Sabbath/Contemplation but rather the church must be willing to push back against the systems that make those very acts a privilege for the few. Ps. The audio quality is not great because I had to record it on the iPad I was preaching on. Subscribe to the Signposts weekly email! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show! (We are almost to our first goal!!!!)You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

In this episode!In the first guest episode of the relaunch/rebrand, I sit down with my favorite ecclesiological firecracker and long time twitter friend Mason Mennenga (whose last name I can never seem to pronounce correctly.) In this episode, we talk about his project Religionless Church, theopoetics, and the deeply Pentecostal experiences that were the live performances of one of Mason's favorite hardcore bands, The Chariot. Where to find Mason!Twitter: @masonmennengaWebsite: masonmennenga.comPodcast: Religionless Church(ios) Subscribe to the Signposts weekly email! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com

Nothing that does not die will ever be resurrected. Subscribe to the Signposts weekly email! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com