Lent 2022 with Richard Rohr.: Recent Episodes
Elaine Fourie
My journey in walking with my beloved husband recently diagnosed with serious cancer. How do we walk alongside our loved ones in this difficult situation?
A lament psalm from the psalmist Asaph at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and the exile of the Israelites from their Holy Land because of their disobedience to God.
Interacting with people of difference and allowing them to see the image of God in the way we connect with them.
We reflect in how living in the world brings anxiety and stress and how living in the world through Godly humility, peace and love can replace that stress with pure joy!
Listen to this beautiful psalm that speaks of Christ as a God of Love, peace and grace and be inspired and filled with gratitude as I was.
We look at the power and meaning of the Passover Ritual as it is experienced every year by the Jewish community and what it means for us as we walk in the feet of Jesus over the next 3 days.’
Rohr takes us on a journey of ups and downs and shows us how God’s way requires us to go down before we are lifted up.
We must always be United in the love of Christ. We must not join with those who persecute, hate and destroy others.
We examine the nature of our relationship with God and how we reflect his Glory in the world
We examine our mindsets. Are we rigid, closed off and inflexible in the way we think. This is a mindset that often ends in violence. Are we open, curious and in defended; honouring difference amongst us? This is the way of peace.
Today we reflect on the story of Lazarus and what in means In terms of God’s gift of eternal life.
We reflect on our separation from those who we see as different or perhaps better than ourselves.
A stirring meditation on the need for unity in the world. We are encouraged to leave behind our salves and our small stories and stretch towards a universal and unified body of Christ.
We are challenged today to consider how we love. We are reminded of the greatest commandments. These are the first two, that we love God, one another, and ourselves as first and foremost in following Jesus.
Being whole in God is the way we are able to show compassion towards those who hurt us.
We look at the journey towards spiritual growth, emphasising the importance of the early foundations.
How do we use our divine wisdom to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and reflect the glory of God in the world?
This beautiful story of the Samaritan woman is so rich with meaning. Here it carries the theme of the unity of God’s people through the living water and ultimately the gift of God!
This morning we reflect on the journey towards the kingdom of God and how we must fall before we are raised up.
Listen to how Hod gently points us to a new way of life in him. Without judgement or punishment.
We talk about how we, as human beings, seem to choose to inflict our own pain onto the world, rather than looking into our own darkness and changing the way we act in the world.
Come and learn how we can make our decisions in life by obeying the law or through our own dignity and moral beliefs in our God-filled hearts
Take a deep dive with Jonah, into the darkness of the belly of the whale and experience God’s transforming presence.
Supported by the profoundly beautiful verses of Second Isaiah we are taken into the full meaning of Lent and how we should be using this sacred period of the year.
Juxtaposing the Old Testament and the New Testament and taking a deep dive into the real nature of the 10 commandments as taught by Jesus.
Isaiah talks very positively about the right kind of fasting. Jesus tells us he has come to transform our lives, he wants us to do his work in the world.
These two chapters cover the beginning of the Tribulation which is what God has in store, during the end times, for those who do not believe.
The Revelation revealed to John. The four living creatures, the lamb and the scroll with 7 seals
Chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Revelation describes John’s vision of heavenly worship and the opening of the Scroll with 7 seals.