The Construction Monk

What kind of hope do we need in a world where hope for something better seems to be at an all-time low? What we need is a big hope for big change. That is the hope we can have in the salvation Jesus has planned for the redemption of the whole world. Would you like to tap into that kind of big hope for your self, in order to be able to give that kind of big hope to others around you? With Jesus, you can. Find out how in Note 42 of the long-term C.A.M. podcast series, in the section "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is the true definition of what it means to love others according to the heart of God, and what does that have to do with the proper working and flow of our spirit? Find out in Note 42 of the long-term C.A.M. podcast series, in the section "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The history of the Church reveals that no one has persecuted Christians more than Christians. Why is the Church so divisive, when the goal of Christianity is unity through One Spirit, One Lord, One Baptism, and One Father? Have we yet to learn the value of Jesus prayer for Oneness and unity, and how can Christians start to come together again in a way that leads the way for an equally divisive world? Find out in Note 41 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it mean to be unified through the Spirit of God, versus trying to unify through a uniformity of thinking or shared ideas? How does unity and communion with God unify us through relationship with a person versus trying to be in relationship with others based on whether or not we share similar values and concepts? Find out in Note 40 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does spiritual oppression have to do with the journey of healing as God has purposed for each of us? How do we wake to our spiritual sensitivity, what does that feel like, and why would it feel bad before it feels good? And what do for CM meme's have to do with all of that? Find out in note 39 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How do we put our least self first and our most self last? Why did God ask me to stop looking in mirrors, and what does that have to do with distinguishing between the core part of who we are and the more manifest parts of who we are. Find out in Note 38 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is Logos? What is the interplay between the natural and the supernatural world, and how have we lost our way concerning a more real and present contact with the supernatural world? And what does an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem have to do with all of that? Find out in note 37 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" from The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is the difference between the words of God and the Word of God? Should we make a distinction between the written and spoken words of God? Are individuals today still able to hear God speak, and what is that like? Why should we still desire to hear God for ourselves when we have what God has already said to others in the past through the record of the Judeo-Christian scriptures? Find out in note 36 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Is God really present in the world. Can God really be known in a real and intimate way? There have always been those special people that heard and knew God in a special way. What if you could know God in that way as well? What is it was God's design and desire that we all could and should know Him in that way. Find out in note 35 of the C.A.M. podcast series "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

There is a core lie at the center of every person, and the lies we've built on top of that. How do we begin to uncover the layers of lies that have re-created us into a false self, in order to get back to the original design of our personhood as God intended? Find out in note 34 of the C.A.M. podcast section "Communion" from The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What would it look like for each of us to admit that we don't know, and we don't have it all figured out? What would it look like for us to become more like a child in front of God, in order to let God lead us to a better place for ourselves and our world? Find out in this first episode on the new C.A.M. section "Communion" by The Construction Monk.

“Communion” is a C.A.M. section that explores relationship with God in terms of the idea that we can know God in a real and intimate way, which can change the way we relate to ourselves, and the way we relate to the world around us.  What would it look like for each of us to draw inward, and take the time to know God more deeply, and then to let that knowing change us in order to draw others around us into transforming communion?  That’s what J. Randall explores in the C.A.M. section “Communion”.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it mean to be humbled to the point of learning how to do things with God instead of for God, and how does the life of Moses point us to that truth? Find out in the last episode of the C.A.M. section "Balance" by The Construction Monk.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Jewish tradition speaks to the idea that David had the ability to confront and cast out evil spirits. What was it about David's life that made him a man after God's own heart, and what does that have to do with the ability to eradicate the spiritual darkness in our own lives? Find out in this C.A.M. episode of "Balance" by The Construction Monk.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What are the keys to the Kingdom of God. In this episode of "Balance" J. Randall explores the seven scriptural references to "keys" and what that means for each of us individually when it comes to unlocking our ability to know God.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

You may know what it means to understand, but do you know what it means to overstand? As Stevie says, "when you believe in things you don't understand, you suffer." Find out how to get out of the suffering of not understanding by overstanding, and what that has to do with the good kind of superstition in this episode of "Balance" by The Construction Monk.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it mean to be in light? How does the light of God's life illuminate our lives in such a way as to redeem us from the darkness of fear and death? Find out in note 28 of the long-term podcast series "Calling All Mystics: Notes from the Road."

What does it mean to grieve the Holy Spirit? How can we tell if we're on the road to perdition, or the highway to heaven? In this C.A.M. episode of "Balance" J. Randall Stewart is just checking in to see what condition your perdition is in. What is perdition anyway? Find out in note 27 of the long term series "Calling All Mystics: Notes from the Road."

You say you want a revolution, but what does that mean, and where should that happen most? It's true that the world is in a bad place, but if we don't realize that the external state of the world flows from our internal state, we'll never get far in making the positive changes that could bring our world to a better place. In this episode of C.A.M. "Balance", J. Randall. Stewart explores what it looks like to get back to where you once belonged inside yourself.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

They say talk is cheap, and actions speak louder than words. I think that's true. While it's good to talk about what salvation in Jesus is like, it's also important to practice it. In this episode J. Randall Stewart gives some practical ways we can practice the things we've been discussing thus far in the "Balance" section of the C.A.M. podcast series.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How is separation the core problem, and what part of our personhood does it affect the most? Find out in the week's episode of the section "Balance," as a part of the long-term podcast series "Calling All Mystics: Notes from the Road."

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three? J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The world seems more polarized than ever. We're all on edge, in our corners, fighting for our particular point of view. How can we come back from this contentious posture to a more open-hearted stance towards others, especially those most unlike ourselves? I believe adopting a curious stance over a contentious one can help. Find out how to be curious over contentious in this Pop-Up Podcast from The Construction Monk.

In his “Pop-Up Podcasts” J. Randall Stewart explores topics from memes which come from his daily conversations and walk with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

So you wanna follow Jesus? Jesus once invited us to consider the cost of following him (Luke 14:25-35). The gift of salvation is free, but it does demand we make some changes, in order to make more room for God. In this episode of "Balance" J. Randall explores the idea of reducing some things in our lives in order to make more room for the better things of God.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three. J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What would happen if we stopped trying to force our way on the external world, and turned our focus inward, to work on what's wrong inside ourselves? I think that one action would create a lot more space for peace and unity in the world. But it's wouldn't necessarily improve our lives immediately. Facing the darkness inside ourselves is hard work, but eventually, it pays off. That's what The Construction Monk discusses in this weeks Wednesday Pop-Up Podcast.

Follow this link to read the blog-post, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/88-recreating-the-world

In his “Pop-Up Podcasts” J. Randall Stewart explores topics from memes which come from his daily conversations and walk with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is the core thing we lack at the center of our personhood, what does that have to do with Matthew Perry and his big terrible struggle? Find out in this pop-up podcast episode of The Construction Monk.

In his “Pop-Up Podcasts” J. Randall Stewart explores topics from memes which come from his daily conversations and walk with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is the foundation of the Church? Find out in this "Pop-Up Podcast" from The Construction Monk.

Follow the link to read the blog-post, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/85-foundations

In his “Pop-Up Podcasts” J. Randall Stewart explores topics from memes which come from his daily conversations and walk with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The deepest and overarching reality of the world is two spiritual kingdoms in conflict for the hearts of humanity. One kingdom, Satan's, seeks to control all of humanity for his own purpose and benefit. One kingdom, God's, seeks to guide all of humanity back to our original state of perfect goodness as it was in the Garden before the Fall. These two kingdoms are intermingled and intwined in every human system and institution in which we live, and with which we interact. Do you know the difference?

Do you know that you are a person with three parts. Those three parts are Spirit, Soul, and Body. But do you also know that you've been programmed to think of yourself backwards. You have been taught to think of yourself primarily as a body with a mind. The least self of yourself is the self you most idenitfy with. That's a problem. A problem of perception. J. Randall Stewart discuss the problem of perception in note 20 of the podcast seried "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road," and in the section entitled "Balance."

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three. J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The Church has been growing for two thousand years. In that time, it's changed a lot. Some of that change has been good. Some has not. In this last chapter of the book "Prostitute," J. Randall Stewart talks about the newest change God is bringing about in the Church at this time, and encourages us to keep moving forward into becoming more the Bride as Christ intended.

Follow the link to read chapter 18. https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/83-the-long-way-back

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through its four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

WARNING!! This podcast contains explicit language, and a presentation of the Gospel like you've never heard before.

In this episode of the C.A.M. section "Balance", J. Randall Stewart shares his personal struggle with depression, suicide, and anxiety, which culminated when he was 42 in a breakdown. For the last eight years, following that breakdown, God has been doing deep healing work in his life. That work had to do with God waking him up to the hell he was in, to get him the hell out of it. J. Randall Stewart shares how the Gospel of Jesus was integral to that healing process, and how it can bring healing for others.

"Balance" is a section within the "Calling All Mystics" podcast series that explores what it really means to get saved and follow Jesus. The salvation and new life Jesus promises has to do with healing us in all three parts of our personhood; spirit, soul, and body. What are those parts, and how does the Holy Spirit bring His healing work in all three. J. Randall Stewart explores these questions in the series "Balance."

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What happens when the oppression of Satan's system meets with our God-given desire for freedom. In the building tension of two opposing forces, the result is big leaps forward into God's freedom.

Follow the link to read the chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/82-big-leaps-of-freedom

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it look like for spiritually mature Elders to mentor spiritual youngers into life with Jesus? Has the Church forgotten about discipling people into Christ in this way? Find out in note 18 of the podcast series, "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road."

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How did the Church grow through the Middle Ages to become more institutional, and less organic? Find out in chapter 16 of the book Prostitute.

Follow this link to read the chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/80-a-mountain-that-grows

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does Jesus mean when he said we must lose our life to find it? Can the best kind of life be found more by what we give away than by what we're trying to get? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics - Notes From the Road."

___________ "Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

__________ J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The Spirit and the Bride are calling the Church to unity in diversity. We are unified through baptism into the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Satan's counterfeit Church calls for uniformity through One Leader, One Truth, and One Church. How does that challenge of uniformity verses unity play out. Find out in chapter fifteen of the book Prostitute.

Click this link to read the chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/79-the-true-bride

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What is heaven, where is heaven, and how have we lost a more tangible grasp of the reality of heaven in our culture.

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Who is the woman on the scarlet best in John's revelation, and how does the beast represent Satan's power system? Find out in chapter fourteen of the book Prostitute: Calling a Wayward Church Back to Christ.

Follow the link to read the chapter, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/78-the-woman-on-the-beast

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How can we approach our concept of time in a new way, by understanding the difference between Kronos and Kairos time?

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How is God's source of power different from Satan's, and how can we tell which is at the root of what we are doing? Find out in chapter 13 of the book Prostitute.

Follow the link to read the chapter, https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/77-power-in-the-house-of-god

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Is the separation of Holy and profane proper? Is there such a thing as secular verses religious? Find out in this episode of "Calling All Mystics".

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What does it mean to say that every person is a mixed field of weeds and wheat, and what were the two separate focused developing in the Church during the Patristic Period? Find out in chapter twelve of the book "Prostitute: Calling a Wayward Church back to Christ".

Click the link to read the chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/76-weeds-in-the-garden-of-the-soul

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Has religion left a bad taste in your mouth? Have you been burned and wounded by "church hurt"? Despite a long history of some bad actions by religious people, religion itself can still be something good. Find out more in this episode of "Calling All Mystics".

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Born in 354 CE, Augustine of Hippo was the most influential early Church Father concerning the rise and development of Theology and Christian Scholasticism. He put Christian truth on a much more solid foundation with the Faith/Reason synthesis, but how did that move the Church in a new direction? Find out in chapter eleven of the book "Prostitute".

Follow this link to read chapter 11 https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/75-augustine-and-the-rise-of-orthodoxy

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

How do we live by embodied, whole-person rhythms more than rational thinking? Find out in note twelve of the series "Calling All Mystics".

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What happens when you mix the power of nation states with Christianity? You get Christendom. Christendom is the veneer of Christianity painted onto human culture. But how is that different from Christianity? Find out in chapter 10 of the book "Prostitute".

Follow this link to read the chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/74-christianity-and-christendom

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

Considering how I bounce around in episode 11, I came up with a model later to help bring these three main ideas together. I hope this addendum to note 11 helps clear some things up. Thanks for listening and bearing with me as I work through these ideas, concepts and practices.

To read or see the icon meme up close, follow the link https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/73-the-flow-of-principles-practices-principalities

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

The Christian journey is more about practicing than getting it right. If we keep practicing, we'll get there eventually. If we're focused on getting it right, we'll likely give up too soon. God has a lot of grace for our practicing and getting it wrong. Find out more in this week's note from the series "Calling All Mystics".

"Calling All Mystics: Notes From the Road" is a long-term podcast series that explores a more mystical approach to Christianity in terms of our ability to be in relationship with God.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com

What did a man known as Anthony the great living in the Egyptian desert do to provide a contrast to the Church being enmeshed inSatans City/Tower system? Find out in chapter nine of the book "Prostitute: Calling a Wayward Church Back to Christ."

Follow the link to read this chapter https://www.moderncontemplative.com/post/72-into-the-desert

"Prostitute" is J. Randall Stewart's first book in The Church Renewal series. It takes a look at how the Church has developed through it's four main periods.

J. Randall Stewart is a Church Historian, Spiritual Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "Let's Talk Church".

You can find more at www.moderncontemplative.com