Behold & Become: Recent Episodes
Robert Black
A podcast for further reflections and discussions at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Salisbury, North Carolina.
A short episode on the short section of the Catechism on the Sacraments.
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Considering the Orders of Ministry (laity, bishops, priests, deacons) as outlined in the Ministry section of the Catechism.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the concepts of spiritual gifts and church participation.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the concepts of evangelism, justice, peace, discernment, and ethics.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the concepts of evangelism, justice, peace, discernment, and ethics.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the concepts of sin, evil, salvation, and repentance.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the concepts of sin, evil, salvation, and repentance.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the Book of Common Prayer.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the Book of Common Prayer.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the history and theology of Anglicanism & The Episcopal Church.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the history and theology of Anglicanism & The Episcopal Church.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers Sacraments, the liturgical year, and prayer.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the Bible.
This series covers the content of Confirmation/New Members classes which follow the content of the Baptismal Covenant. This episode covers the Baptismal liturgy, the concept of belief, and the Creeds.
Considering the Holy Spirit and the Feast of Pentecost.
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Considering the liturgies of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and the Easter Vigil
Part 4/4 in a series on essential Biblical texts, considering the Christian life (Romans 6).
Part 3/4 in a series on essential Biblical texts, considering the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Mark 15-16).
Considering the Feasts of the Confession of St. Peter and the Conversion of the Apostle Paul, and their implications for Christian unity.
Part 3 in a series on influential books. This episode discusses Resident Aliens by Will Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas. PBS documentary mentioned in episode.
Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ
Rutledge's addendum
Part 1/4 on the Four Last Things of Advent (Death).
Resources mentioned:
Advent by Fleming Rutledge
Sermons from St. Luke's Salisbury (or text of sermons here)
Concluding episode in the series on the Lord's Prayer.
Got ideas or suggestions for future episodes and topics? Please send them to me at rblack@SLS.church
Part two in the series on the Lord's Prayer, focusing on "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
Introduction to the Lord's Prayer series and exploration of the first phrase.
Resources for this series:
Lord, Teach Us - Willimon and Hauerwas
Teach Us to Prayer - Gonzalez
The Greatest Prayer - Crossan
Praying the Lord's Prayer - Packer
The Lord and His Prayer - Wright
The Lord's Prayer - Hill
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Bailey
The Face of Water - Ruden
Praying the Lord's Prayer in a Pandemic - Willimon
Conclusion to the Nicene Creed series.
Resources mentioned:
Fleming Rutledge article on the Jesus kerygma and the Christ kerygma
The Creed by Luke Timothy Johnson
Continuing in the series on the Nicene Creed
Contact me vial email with followup questions: rblack@SLS.church
Good Friday sermon on theme of "For Us and For Our Salvation"
Christmas sermon on theme of Incarnation
Introductory episode to a series on the Nicene Creed.
Resources mentioned:
Lewis Ayres, Nicaea and its Legacy
Luke Timothy Johnson, The Creed
Alister McGrath, I Believe
Ben Myers, The Apostles' Creed
Concluding episode in a series on the "big questions" of faith.
Resources mentioned:
Tom Long, What Happens When We Die?
Continuing series on the "the big questions."
Resources cited:
Robin Gill, Why Be Good?
Timothy Sedgwick, What Does It Mean to Be Holy Whole?
Continuing series on "the big questions."
Resources mentioned:
Robin Gill, Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Ian Markham, Why Suffering?
Continuing the series on the big questions of faith.
Resources mentioned:
Alister McGrath, Why are We Here?
Considering the big questions of life and faith.
Resources mentioned:
Keith Ward, What Do We Mean By God?
Rowan Williams, What is Christianity?
Conclusion to the series on Baptismal faith with a discussion about vocation.
Resources mentioned:
Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon, Resident Aliens
Continuing the series on the Baptismal Covenant by considering "the prayers."
Resources mentioned:
Ian Markham, Liturgical Life Principles
Scott Gunn & Meloddy Wilson Shobe, Walk in Love
Continuing to explore the Baptismal Covenant. This week, considering how we continue in the breaking of the bread.
On the topic of the "apostles' fellowship" from the Baptismal Covenant.
Resources mentioned:
Urban Holmes, What Is Anglicanism?
Michael Mattle, Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me
Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Continuing to explore the Baptismal Covenant. This week, considering how we engage the apostles' teaching by reading Scripture.
Resources mentioned:
Urban Holmes, What is Anglicanism?
Oxford Annotated Study Bible
Common English Bible
David Bentley Hart NT translation
Daily Office app
Robert Altar, The Hebrew Bible
Jenny Lynn Estes, The Anglican Rosary
Considering Scripture as "the apostles' teaching."
Resources mentioned:
Will Willimon, Preachers Dare
Introductory episode to a series on Baptismal grace and vocation.
Resources mentioned:
John Barclay, Paul and Power of Grace
Concluding episode on understanding the salvation of the Cross.
Resources mentioned:
Christ the Key, Kathryn Tanner
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James Cone
The Sign and the Sacrifice, Rowan Williams
Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Crucifixion
Continuing the series on atonement theories with an exploration of mimetic theory.
Resources mentioned:
Rene Girard
Christus Victor Atonement and Girard’s Scapegoat Theory by Greg Boyd
The Day the Revoluation Began, NT Wright
The Crucifixion, Fleming Rutledge
Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James Cone
The Bible for Normal People podcast, Episode 152
Continuing the series on atonement theories with an exploration of the Moral Influence/Example model.
References:
St. Luke's Salisbury
Peter Abelard
Phillippians 2:5:11
The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis, edited by John Pokinghorne (chapters 8 & 9)
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James Cone
The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, by Fleming Rutledge
With the Grain of the Universe: The Church's Witness and Natural Theology, by Stanley Hauerwas
Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich
Continuing the series on atonement theories with an exploration of the substitutionary model.
Continuing the series on atonement theories with an exploration of the Christus Victor model.
Continuing the series on atonement theories with an exploration of the recapitulation motif.
Part 3 of 3 exploring the Human Nature section of the Catechism. https://bcponline.org/Misc/catechism.html#human_nature
Part 2 of 3 exploring the Human Nature section of the Catechism. https://bcponline.org/Misc/catechism.html#human_nature
Part 1 of 3 exploring the Human Nature section of the Catechism.
https://bcponline.org/Misc/catechism.html#human_nature
Exploring the season of Advent through hymnody. This week: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O come, O come, Emmanuel).
Exploring the season of Advent through hymnody. This week: Wachet Auf (Sleepers, wake!)
Exploring the season of Advent through hymnody. This week: Winchester New (On Jordan's banks the Baptist's cry)
Exploring the season of Advent through hymnody. This week: Helmsley (Lo, he comes with clouds descending)
A final wrap up of the series on Christology.
Questions for reflection:
-What words do you associate with Jesus?
-What feelings does Jesus evoke for you?
-What are the most important, in your opinion, events in Jesus' life?
-What are your favorite stories about Jesus?
-What are your favorite artistic depictions of Jesus – whether they be statues, paintings, icons, or hymns?
-How would you describe Jesus to someone who has never heard the Christian story?
Interview with the Rev. Josh Musser Gritter in our series exploring the question "Who is Jesus?"
Interview with the Rev. Dr. Mark Conforti in our series exploring the question "Who is Jesus?"
Interview with the Rev. Anthony Smith in our series exploring the question "Who is Jesus?"
Interview with the Rev. Lara Musser Gritter in our series exploring the question "Who is Jesus?"
A discussion of my recent doctoral thesis at Sewanee, which was about catechesis, preaching, and the Eucharist.
A discussion about the metaphor of church planting with the Rev. Tom Carter.
Article referenced by the Rev. Dr. Steve Rice: http://www.ritualnotes.com/reflections/2020/4/14/when-this-is-over
A discussion about how we read Scripture, the book of Ezra, and a conversation with Dr. Dora Mbuwayesango.