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Real Life Christianity. This podcast is for those who seek a practical application of the Christian message into our everyday relationships, circumstances and daily life. We want to step down out of the clouds, and see how the Gospel speaks to a living faith, alive and vibrant, in our contemporary culture. Deacon John is a business man, husband, father, author, educator, counselor and Deacon. Join him as we invite the power of the Gospel into our lives.
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Jesus’s Zeal will consume him
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
In today's story, a depiction of the model disciple invites the zealousness of Jesus.
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
According to scripture, was Jesus cursed?
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
What an odd church we have. Images everywhere of a man being tortured and executed through a means of state sponsored terrorism... And we sing hymns about it.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
When do we rest?
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Life is unfair, and don't we sometimes think it's particularly unfair when injustice and suffering happen to those who have faith?
Monday Oct 24, 2022
A tale of two prayers
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
A good person and a bad person pray and Jesus throws the outcome upside down.
Monday Oct 10, 2022
The relationship that takes priority over all
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Deacon John tackles a very difficult gospel reading in which Jesus seemingly is very callous.
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Caravaggio brilliantly captures our wavering...
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Deacon John unpacks his favorite painting within the context of today's gospel
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Humility is not being a doormat
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
On the feast of St Augustine we ask, how is humility truth? How does humility correlate with being full alive?
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
God sees in us what we don’t see
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
How do we see each other? What would a community look like if we saw each other the way Jesus saw Nathaniel?
Monday Aug 15, 2022
The one thing no one wants to talk about
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
A Gospel passage that Deacon John did not want to preach about... Jesus' cutting words about Greed. For many modern day readers, has Greed become institutionalized? How is Greed linked to fear and what is it's solution?
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Praying to our ”Pop Pop”
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Deacon John opens up about his past conceptions of God and how his understanding of God has evolved.