Commoners Communion Podcast

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Save Me From Professional Prayer (on the importance of staying rookie)

2021-08-3015:56

'Save Me From Professional Prayer' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed and produced by the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

Goodness Has Some Bite (on the counter-cultural nature of godly goodness)

2021-10-1116:153

To close Season 3 of the CC Podcast I want to share with you a written homily I shared with a local church earlier this month. It's about the spiritual fruit of goodness, and how we reclaim goodness in a cultural context in which it basically means whatever we feel or personally believe it is. Thank so much for listening to this season! As always a big ol' thanks to Jonathan Class for helping to produce this podcast with me. If you like the music from this episode you'll find it...

Sacred Dialogue (on speaking like Christ in divisive times)

2021-09-2027:242

Thank you for listening to the Commoners Communion Podcast! If you would like to support what I'm doing you can find a link to donate to my work at commonerscommunion.com/contact (just scroll down to the donate button). All gifts are deeply appreciated and go a long way to helping me to continue to create this content free of charge and advertising. Huge thanks as always to Jonathan Class for helping to produce this podcast with me. If you like the music from this episode you'll find...

Old Friends Carry These Things Together (on the long-game love of God).

2021-09-1317:59

This Friday I'll be releasing the first article in a series called 'A More Christlike Apocalypse' (explanation in the intro of this episode) to my email subscribers only. If you'd like to come along on the journey with me over the next few months head to commonerscommunion.com, scroll down to the bottom of the page and sign up to my email list. You'll get a link this week and access to the home page for the series. 'Old Friends Carry These Things Together' is a prayer and poem from my book '...

My Ordinary Self (on the mystery of a God-infused life)

2021-09-0615:13

'My Ordinary Self' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed and produced by the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

Q & R: What Does Your Creative Process Look Like?

2021-09-0210:13

Welcome to Q & R - a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your question and it may just crop up on a weekly release somewhere in the future!

Q & R: How Can We 'Know God'?

2021-08-2608:51

Good Morning, Father (on keeping time and place with God)

2021-08-2310:451

'Good Morning, Father' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed and produced by the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

Q & R: How Can I Feel Closer To God When He Feels So Far Away?

2021-08-1906:02

Numbness & Awakening (on the gradience of healing)

2021-08-1615:581

Healing, transformation and resurrection aren't always cut and dry transitions in life. Sometimes they're the process of a gradual awakening of God within the death of our present moments. 'From Numbness To Awakening' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming pla...

Q & R: How Do I Find Clarity When I Feel Stuck And Uncertain?

2021-08-1207:521

Tiny, God (on reclaiming the art of living a little life)

2021-08-0913:51

Our universe is full of the grand - supernova's, galaxies, mountain ranges and deep oceans - as well as the miniature - the atom, a grain of sand, a drop of water, a minute of time. In the same way, God is as tiny as he is vast, and this has important ramifications for the lives we all live with him. 'Tiny, God' is a prayer and contemplation from my book Prayer Vol.02. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first E...

You're Praying Before I am, God (on participating in divine dialogue)

2021-08-0211:54

Much of prayer isn't so much about instigation, as participation and response. __ 'You're Praying Before I Am, God' is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.02. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion on Spotify music. All music written, performed and produced by Jonathan Class as a creative accompaniment to the devotions.

Concert To Cathedral (on creating sacred spaces in this turn of times)

2021-07-2530:52

The model of Sunday gatherings many of us experience is really recent for the church. Could it be time to correct some of the pendulum swinging that the industrial revolution and entertainment culture have created in our communities? And if so, is there a metaphor we can reach for as a guide for the journey?

Father, Be My Ugly Prayer (and the deep groan of God)

2020-07-2612:462

Not every prayer is meant to be beautiful. Not every prayer is even meant to be spoken. Father, Be My Ugly Prayer is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonathan Class. Mastered by Alex Dobbert. Episode art by Leah Surynt. Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and contemplations and to keep in to...

I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God (and accepting our right now)

2020-07-1213:282

Becoming isn't only about growing in God-likeness but about celebrating who we already are, today. I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonathan Class. Mastered by Alex Dobbert. Episode art by Leah Surynt. Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and cont...

The Narrow Way (and the celebration of spiritual crises)

2020-07-0516:114

What if the spiritual wilderness isn't a place of unfaithfulness, but maturity? An invitation toward a deeper friendship. A place beyond our usual ways of seeing and knowing, where God lives The Narrow Way is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonathan Class. Mastered by Alex Dobbert. Episode art by Leah Surynt. Visit www.ins...

Shhh (and creating secret spaces)

2020-06-2809:192

The beauty of silence is that it makes us the passive recipient in our communion together with God, opening floor for Him to start the conversation. Shhh is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. You can join me for a 7 class/7 week online prayer school this June 29! Visit commonerscommunion.com/onlineprayerschool for details Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jon...

When Newness Isn't Easy (and failure as holy anticipation)

2020-06-2113:361

There is often a distance between how we imagine God doing a thing, and how he really does it. If we're open to looking for it, we may just discover that we're already walking in the newness we've been praying for. Even when the day feels dark. When Newness Isn't Easy is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. You can join me for a 7 class/7 week online prayer school this June 29! Vi...

Let Love Ache (and on coming to the end of ourselves)

2020-05-3110:003

Maybe we can't truly love like God does - with an achy, gritty and unrelenting love - until we arrive at the end of ourselves; where, out of gas we finally admit we must be conduits that pay forward, rather than reservoirs that withhold grace. Let Love Ache is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonathan Class. Mastered by Alex...

Comments (3)

Breath of Life Yoga and Wellness

do you have a printable transcript of this?

Jun 17th

Simona Rad

And in June 2019 someone still listened to this. Beautiful and encouraging in deep ways. Be fully blessed

Jun 5th

Alison Kleister

i love this podcast so much it's just so peaceful and inspiring.

Mar 26th

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