Eps 225: Guest, Carmen Acevedo Butcher on Brother Lawrence

Today is an unveiling of Carmen’s scintillating new translation of the classic: “Practice of the Presence” about Brother Lawrence (Nicholas Herman).

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On Earth as in Heaven [SSL150]

Today, I’m reading some intriguing work from Neil Douglas Klotz’s book Prayers of the Cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus’s Words.

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Eps. 169: A Little Spark; Guest Mark S. Burrows

My guest is Mark S. Burrows. We will be speaking about his books that translate work by Meister Eckhart, Rainer Maria Rilke, and his own book of poetry.

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Eps 107: Pete Enns says the Bible is for Normal People

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Peter Enns (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University (St. Davids, PA). He has taught undergraduate, seminary, and doctoral courses at numerous other schools, including Princeton Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, and Temple University.  Enns speaks and writes regularly to diverse audiences about the intersection of the ancient setting of Bible and contemporary Christian faith. He is a frequent contributor to journals and encyclopedias, and has written, edited, and contributed to nearly 20 books, including The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament, and The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins, winner of the 2012 ForeWord Review Book of the Year Award in Religion (adult nonfiction).  Enns resides in suburban Philadelphia with his wife Susan.

 

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Soul School-Lesson 51: What Is the Meaning of Life (part 2)

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Today is the second in a short series (and the 1st for Ecclesiastes) that explores ancient wisdom text concerning finding the meaning of life and gaining understanding about some of the the most common and nagging questions the plague humans across the ages.

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