Tag: Jesus

S04 Ep19 – Merry Christmas

Stina and Fr Sean Byrnes take this time before Christmas to help us prepare for the 4 Sunday of Advent and Christmas Day back to back. They explore the idea the Christ child juxtaposed with his Crucifixion, the beginning and end of Christ’s life, the power of Christ overcoming the darkness, and then shine a light on how we can manage this season, keeping the Christmas Grinch at bay as we navigate the week ahead.

His Manger, My Heart – Together Paper

Emily Shaw treats us to the
idea of ‘firsts’ this Christmas – first Christmas as a
family, first Christmas with empty chairs round the
table, firsts for joy and firsts for great sorrows. Emily
writes how from the process of life, our hearts may
require healing, and how they are like mangers,
imperfect, sometimes ragged, but having the capacity
to allow Christ to rest in them, regardless of the type of
Christmas experience we have.

S04 Ep 14 – ‘Jesus Wept’ – Grief

Fr Sean Byrnes and Stina Constantine talk about grief and our response to it, from three different angles: pastorally, therapeutically and of course theologically. Jesus wept with those He loved – weeping is not a wrong state to be in, but how do we best assist others in this state? This episode provides aspects and angles to better grasp how we may help others in our family and community with the loss of someone they may love.

S04 Ep11 – Shattering of Loneliness – Book Study Pt 3

This is the final episode of our three part book study of Erik Varden’s Shattering of Loneliness. We delve into chapter’s 5 and 6, the importance of the Holy Spirit in our remembering, healing, and finding the Truth, how our personal remembrance is to be shared and how awareness is so important to the building of the Church, plus MUCH more.

S04 Ep10 – The Shattering of Loneliness – Book Study Part 2

Stina and Padre are opening the pages of chapters 3 and 4 of Bishop Erik Varden’s book The Shattering of Loneliness. These pages cover the biblical context of Lot’s wife, and why she looked back, and how that relates to us? Plus Chapter 5 covers the magnitude of the Eucharist and what our disposition should be in the Mass and towards the Eucharist, and much more!

Surrender – Part 3

In the final of this three part series, Stina talks about surrender in it’s many facets, but particularly with the moto in mind ‘Let it go, and Let God’ and how that can play out in each of our lives.

Ache – Part 2

In part 2 of Stina’s blog series, she confronts the topic of how to love through the difficult times, when the love wasn’t reciprocated and her own aching heart was turning hard and bitter.

S04 Ep01 – Kicking the Bucket List – Bishop’s Choice

Referencing the podcast episode ‘When Church stops working featuring Andrew Root’ Podcast, our first episode back is one requested by Bishop Mark Edwards. We crack open the issue of the classic ‘bucket list’, and how that is essentially against the Christian life, as it focuses on what we can ‘tick’ of rather than how we can become a saint.