Everyday with Saint Mo’s: Recent Episodes
Ian@saintmos.org
It can feel harder than ever to be anchored in Christ during chaos of a spreading pandemic. This short, daily podcast is meant to help us see Jesus in the middle of the storm.
This episode invites us to pursue personal and relational growth during the current safer-at-home advisory.
This last episode in the daily phase of this podcast reflects on Deuteronomy 4:9-10 and the things God might be saying to us in this season.
This episode reflects on Paul’s encouragement to the Philippians- to bring their anxieties to God in prayer, with thankfulness.
This episode invites us again to be on the lookout for God at work, for signs of hope in a time characterized by lament.
This episode reflects on Ephesians 1:3 and 5:20 as well as the life and writing of Hannah More of the Clapham Sect.
Reflecting on the Lord’s love for justice in light of the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, this episode offers us a framework for offering our hearts to God in prayer. It also includes the poem, “When We Run,” by Drew Jackson.
This episode reflects on Ephesians 6:10-12 and the way that desperate times like pandemics have a history of turning us into people who are eager to scapegoat.
Pastor Brian Barnes joins from South Africa to share what life is like there during the pandemic and to encourage us not to miss what God might be consecrating during this disruption.
This episode addresses the weariness we are collectively feeling right now - our desire to watch for God’s movement in and around us but our struggle to keep our eyes open for Him - and invites us to ask for help, to find others who can point us to Him.
This episode remembers a trip to Costco early in quarantine and considers how our failure to trust in God as defender can lead to sin, using Psalm 141 as a guide.
This episode takes a cue from Frederick Douglass and turns to the Great Flood Story of Genesis for inspiration and insight for the path after devastation.
This episode is a meditation on 2 Peter 3:8 (“A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day”), drawing encouragement for our “day” and current situation.
This episode, drawn from the OT book of Ruth, invites us with eyes of faith to see God’s kindness in the small “just so happeneds” of our lives.
In this episode, Doyle Dunn reflects on Psalm 130 and the challenge and comfort of waiting on the Lord in difficult times.
This reflection, from Anna Scott Bell, uses the image of a garden to consider the ways that God sharpens our senses and gets us to pay attention, so that we are able to grasp the multitude of ways He is at work in the world—and is inviting us to join in.
In this episode Forest Deal shares a remarkable true story of God’s faithfulness (as well as human courage, romance and prayerfulness) weaving bits of his life from 50 years ago back into our present moment.
This reflection on Psalm 131 explores the idea of contentment in the middle of crisis—which might feel a disconcerting thing in its own right.
This episode reflects on the healing of the blind man in Mark 8:22-26, and encourages us that in his kindness and patience, God is restoring his image within us and opening the eyes of our hearts to see him more fully as he is.
This episode offers a brief meditation on lamentations 3:21-25, and gives the hopeful reminder that God’s mercy is both new every morning and equal to whatever hard thing the new day might bring.
In this episode BJ hall reflects on Psalm 13 and how, following David’s lead, we can interpret our circumstances through God’s love.
Today marks the 50th Earth Day celebration. In this episode we look at God’s love for the earth, and the surprising good that social distancing is doing for our planet.
This episode leads us through an Ignatian prayer of examen, or daily review, using Mark Thibodeaux’s 5 Rs.
This episode gives space for us to remember and to give God thanks for the people we are grateful for right now.
In this episode we reflect on the blessing of digital technology during social distancing, and pause to pray for God’s peace, tender hearts, and discernment as we are navigate the information at our fingertips.
This episode explores the scriptural gift of lament laced hope and encourages us to be honest with God about our griefs.
This episode by Pastor Kenneth, reflects on the story of the spies report from Numbers 13.
This episode reflects on 1 Cor 13:12 and the way God uses different circumstances and seasons to form our hearts and character.
My guest, Pastor Rich Johnson, from Sanctuary Church in Columbus, OH, shares reflections on Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3:21-22.
This episode reflects on the calling of Christians in all times— and especially during this unusual time— to proclaim with our worship truths that aren’t always available to the eye.
We explore how the disciples may have felt the day after Jesus died, and the similarities between their fears and hopes and ours today.
The surprising climax of Jesus’ ministry was suffering and dying utterly alone, so that we never have to be alone.
This reflection on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 introduces the concept of very short, powerful prayers known as “prayers of simple regard” or Espresso Prayers.
In this episode, member Anna Scott Bell reflects on the way God meets us in our experience of powerlessness.
A reminder that God’s Spirit can work in spite of our physical limitations as we virtually “gather” to worship during Holy Week.
This short episode explores the enemy’s tactic of “wearing out the saints” (Daniel 7:25) and offers suggestions for marking time with celebration, gratitude and rest.
This episode reflects on our calling to weep with those who weep and how we can begin to prepare for that.
This episode reflects on the Lord’s Prayer and how it is a useful frame for our prayers right now.
This reflection on Psalm 91 grapples with the fact that none of us are impervious to suffering or even to illness in the life.
This episode, from guest Doyle Dunn, explores Habakkuk’s teaching on faithfulness in uncertain times, as well as unpacking one of our most frequently used phrases at Saint Mo’s.
This episode with guest Renee Newman explores Psalm 136, offering us permission to be honest with our emotions and invitation to look to Jesus for comfort.
This reflection on Proverbs 27:1 reminds us that though today might not look like we’d planned, it isn’t wasted time for God.
This reflection on Psalm 90 and the origins of the Christian calendar in the 8th century suggest that a longer perspective on time might help us at this moment.
This episode reminds us that although suffering can isolate us, it can also connect us to each other and to Christ.
Looking at Hebrews 12:1-2 this episode encourages us to make the most of disrupted routines to unload what weighs us down.
This episode is about participating in God’s renewal of all things through life in the Spirit.
This episode takes a cue from Jesus’ visit with Mary and Martha. We all have a ton to be concerned about right now. But putting Jesus first helps order everything else appropriately.
This short episode draws hope from the story of an enslaved girl named Hagar, who discovered God’s compassion and named it.
This episode points to Jesus as our supreme Hope in the chaos and looks at the response of the ancient church to plague.