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Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part III
Synopsis of tonight’s group on the Evergetinos- Hypothesis 18 Sections H and I:
This evening we concluded hypothesis 18 with the clarity that only St. John Cassian can bring. Cassian, though as western monk, spent many years in Egypt among the desert fathers and was able to distill their thought with great clarity for the western mind as well as the western monk. He shows us what the practice, or as he says, the vast experience of the monks over the course of time offers us. They show us that we are to avoid extremes. Fasting is...
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2024-08-254h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII, Part IX, and XXVIII, Part IAs St. John Climacus comes to the end of the step on stillness and segues into the step on prayer, it is as if he is beckoning us with every word to enter into silence and to give ourselves over to prayer; not as a discipline but rather as a response to the gift of God’s love. We are so often filled with a hunger that is inexplicable to us. We seek to nourish ourselves upon the things of this world indiscriminately - only to find them sadly insufficient. We pathetically move on to something else that captures ou...
2024-08-081h 07Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VIISt. John draws us into the experience of stillness and its many fruits. It is a precious gift that comes to us by the grace of God and takes root in a heart prepared through years of asceticism and watchfulness. It is our waiting upon God.
In many ways this sums up the vocation of the hermit/monk. But it also captures the essence of our life and the life of prayer. We are ever waiting upon God to act in our life and we seek to cultivate in our hearts a receptivity to his will and g...
2024-07-291h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IXWith each passing week, as we read St. John’s thoughts on discernment, we begin to see how it touches every aspect of our life. So often we confuse this gift with intellectually analyzing the circumstances around us or internal experiences and feelings or our perception of others’ actions.
Yet discernment is not rooted in our private judgment. Rather, it arises out of union and communion with He who is Truth and Love. We engage in the ascetic life and seek purity of heart in order that we comprehend the truth unimpeded, to see things as God sees...
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2024-03-2801 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XIIIDiscernment, St. John tells us, arises out of humility. It also allows us to see the value of humility in the spiritual life. It is the virtue above all virtues, that we must cling to in the spiritual battle. The enemy will seek to confuse us in one way or another; by flattery or by seemingly knowing our thoughts and placing ideas before us which then make us fear their control over us. However, discernment and humility, both protect our capacity to live in He who is the truth.
It also allows us to see the truth a...
2024-03-2857 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX
Discernment, as we have said, is the fruit of humility. Having removed the impediment of pride and having purified the heart of the passions, one comes to comprehend the things of the kingdom and the will of God. St. John gives us one example after another of how discernment helps us to perceive the things that lead us to God and that teach us to embrace that which endures.
As one progresses in the spiritual life, however, discernment is not simply the ability to know God‘s will, but rather also the ability to fulfill it in the way that God...
2024-02-291h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXV: On Humility, Part VTonight we concluded our reading of step 25 on humility. I have no other way to describe my experience of reading this step other than the fact that it makes something within the heart leap for joy. For over the past months, what we have been shown is that humility is not simply a virtue that one strives to attain but rather a kind of truthful living that acknowledges God as the source of all.
Beyond that, however, we are shown that humility is part of the very essence of God that has been revealed to us through t...
2023-12-211h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXII: On Vainglory, Part IIIOne of the prophets writes: “the human heart is a treacherous thing, who can endure it!“ We begin to see the truth of this statement or more accurately the truth that is behind it. The spiritual battle that we engage in with our passions and our thoughts is often dogged by a kind of diabolical intrigue. The devil is relentless and unresting. He can manipulate us in such a way that he makes us desire to put ourselves forward, to put ourselves into the light; convincing us that to do so will draw people to greater faith.
2023-09-141h 05Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XX: On Bodily Vigil, Part IIAll that was to be redeemed had also then to be assumed in the Incarnation. All that is human and all that is part of the human experience must be embraced by Christ in order that it might be healed by his grace.
We are shown this in a very simple way in regards to one of our basic appetites as human beings - sleep. Like any other appetite, it must be ordered rightly; otherwise, it can end up stealing half of our life. Rather than being drawn into the rest of contemplation, we are often pulled i...
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2023-07-1000 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part VIStability of mind and heart: such are the characteristics of those who live the ascetic life. The mystery of the human person is such that we must suspend judgment of others as well as judgment of ourselves.
On a psychological level, things are multi- determined. In other words, many things coalesce to form our thoughts and actions. Therefore, we must be very cautious in the spiritual life not to act quickly when tempted to leave our state of life or vocation. The change of mere externals does not bring healing. The passions that often drive us in t...
2023-06-131h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part VWe are truly being nourished on solid food in reading the fathers. They present us not simply with a moralistic or legalistic view of sin and its impact upon our lives in the lives of others. We are to hold the peace of another’s heart as precious as we do our own. And when we are stirred to anger or hatred because we have been maligned and mistreated, we must not give way to hatred. Rather, we must suspend judgment and recognize that others are first and foremost tempted to sin as we are. We can hate the si...
2023-05-301h 06Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part VThe subtlety of Temptations! Again, and again the fathers show us the relentless work of the evil one in drawing the mind ans the heart of individuals into sin. He can create within our hearts a kind of childishness; a veneer of sanctity or virtue. One can experience, joy or tears or consolation in their soul, but it can all be an illusion, and not truly rooted in repentance. It is for this reason that we so often backslide in the spiritual life. We do not let go of the attachments that we have to the things that lead...
2023-05-181h 07Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part IV, and Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part ITonight we made the transition from St. John’s Step on Gluttony and its offspring to our discussion of Purity and Chastity in Step number 15. Again, as we read slowly through the text and begin to unpack it, we begin to see the larger picture; the image of humanity redeemed. We see what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God, and the experience of embracing our full dignity and identity.
What is held out to us is an incorruptible freedom and joy as our love becomes ordered toward God. We begin to see...
2023-04-201h 07Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent- Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part IIIHow striking it is to hear the nature of the struggle with gluttony and the need for fasting spoken of with such zeal and clarity! Such practices have for the most part fallen by the wayside or have been minimized to such an extent as to be equally nonexistent. The unfortunate fruit of this is that we often have never tasted the freedom and the strength comes through ordering our appetite for food. Thus, the humbling of the mind and the body and the deepening of the experience of prayer through the stilling of the thoughts is also rarely...
2023-04-131h 24Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part ITonight we picked up with Step, 14 on “that clamorous mistress, the stomach“. Climacus begins to draw us into a discussion of one of the most important and neglected spiritual practices - fasting and the struggle with gluttony.
This is a struggle, Saint John tells us, that remains with us through our entire life. Our desire for food or our misuse of food is something that is part of the very fabric of our life. It is a bodily appetite. Not unlike other appetites, it must be ordered toward the good or in the way that is in accor...
2023-03-231h 04Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIII: On DespondencyHow do we talk about and understand despondency? I never heard about the word or the nature of the vice until I was in my 20s and after having read the fathers. And yet we hear from the fathers that it is the greatest and gravest of the eight capital vices. It afflicts the soul in such a way that it draws it into darkness. The soul loses its capacity to see the presence of God or to love the things of God. It becomes most dangerous when we are engaged in the spiritual life in isolation; either as...
2023-03-161h 21Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XI: On Talkativeness and SilenceTonight, we read Step number 11 on “talkativeness and silence.” Fittingly, it is very brief, if not the briefest of all of the steps of The Ladder. This brevity is St. John’s way of teaching us that so much of our speech involves vainglory; putting ourselves on display. We seek through it to step out of ourselves; betraying the painful experience we have as human beings of our lack of identity. God has created us for himself. He has created us in his image and likeness precisely that we might not experience ourselves in isolation, but rather in communion. However...
2023-03-0259 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXV, Part IObedience! The root of the word is to hear or to listen. What emerges in reading the fathers is that our capacity to hear the word of God is rooted in our willingness to set aside our own willfulness, ego, and our private judgment. We often become obstinate and entrenched in our own view of things in such a way that we are no longer able to hear the advice or counsel of others. We are shown in this evening’s text that sometimes we must be left to our own devices to experience the poverty of our choices tha...
2023-02-281h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter X: On Slander or Calumny, Part IIThis evening we continued and completed Step number 10 on “slander and calumny.” Something very special emerges about John in the writing of this step. We see something very personal about John’s capacity to love and his purity of heart. He acknowledges his own struggle with judging others as sinners, when in reality they were pure of heart in secret. Thus, John’s repeated counsel is not to judge at all; even when we see things with a kind of clarity. We often have blind spots and dark spots in our evaluation of the others. Beyond this, the Evil One puts...
2023-02-231h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IX: On Remembrance of Wrongs, Part II and Chapter X: On Slander or Calumny, Part IThe subtle movements of the human heart and mind stand revealed while reading the Ladder of Divine Ascent. As one makes one’s way through the text, it becomes clear that it is an inevitability. We must stand ready to have our hearts illuminated and the places that we desire to keep in darkness, whether consciously or unconsciously, exposed. Yet, somehow, when these words come from the pen of a Saint, there is a healing that one begins to experience; even as we know the sting of the words. Knowing and seeing the truth lightens the mind and the he...
2023-02-161h 02Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXIII, Part IIIThe further we get into the Evergetinos, the more we are poised to begin to understand something important: our pursuit of virtue, such as obedience, is rooted first and foremost in our love and desire for God. We embrace the ascetical life, we embrace very difficult practices and and pursue virtue, not as a test of endurance. It is a response to a love and a desire deeply rooted within our hearts. The grace of God begins to allow us to comprehend that we are heirs of the kingdom, that we are sons and daughters of God. To pursue...
2023-02-0759 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VIII: On Freedom from Anger, Part IIIAs we follow Saint John’s teaching on the passion of anger, we truly begin to get a sense of what a great spiritual teacher and physician he and the other fathers are. St. John has the capacity to see the various ways that anger manifests itself in our lives, the subtlety of the demon’s trickery, and the danger of our own blindness to self-conceit. St. John makes it very clear to us that if we struggle with the passion of anger we must be willing to place ourselves in a situation where we are going to be able...
2023-02-0358 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VIII: On Freedom from Anger, Part IIWhat is our standard of judgment? When we consider anything about life in this world, or our struggle with vice, or seeking to grow in virtue, where do we look? So often we, even in our spiritual struggles, look to our own reason and judgment. The problem with this is that we only see partial truths, even when we see things clearly. We all have hard spots and blind spots in our perception of reality and of others. If anything, John’s writing on anger and meekness remind us that there must be a willingness as Christians to suspend ou...
2023-01-261h 02Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VII: On Joy-Making Mourning, Part VII and Chapter VIII: On Freedom from Anger, Part IToday someone mentioned to me that Saint John Climacus does not mince words when speaking about the spiritual life, and in particular when speaking about the passions. This is unequivocally true. John does not varnish the truth. His heart has been formed in such a way that it would be impossible to do so; his view of God, man, redemption, and sin is shaped by the cross, and by the fullness of the gospel. Such is the case in our reading this evening of Step 8. St. John begins to define for us the nature of freedom from anger and...
2023-01-191h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VII: On Joy-Making Mourning, Part VIWhat does it mean to live in Christ and for Him? Perhaps this is a question that we rarely ask ourselves because it’s too threatening. What would our lives look like if our response to God was absolute? What would our mourning for sin look like if our love for God was filled with desire for Him and for His will?
One would imagine that life, our lives would look much different. It is not just one part of ourselves that is to be touched by the grace of God, but every aspect of our being, our...
2023-01-131h 08Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VII: On Joy-Making Mourning, Part VOur journey with Saint John Climacus has not been an easy one; in fact, we get a taste of walking upon that narrow path that leads to the kingdom simply through reading about his vision of the spiritual life and his experience. It reflects the reality and the challenges of the spiritual life, and in particular a life of penance and repentance. To give ourselves over to God, to seek his love above all things, to desire him more than we desire our own lives is the path that St. John is putting before us.
However, there i...
2023-01-0559 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VII: On Joy-Making Mourning, Part IVWe continued our discussion of “joy making mourning” from the Ladder of Divine Ascent. It is like seeing an image slowly come to a state of clarity. There is something so difficult and stinging to our sensibilities when reading this text that it is hard to allow that to happen. But this evening we began to get glimpses of the beauty that St. John is trying to place before our eyes. He wants us to see that tears came into this world as a result of sin. God has given them in order that He might cleanse and purify the...
2022-12-291h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VII: On Joy-Making Mourning, Part IIThe more deeply one reads the fathers, the more one begins to see that what is being revealed is the terrain of the human heart. The fathers do not present us with a varnished truth about ourselves or our sin. The path that leads to freedom and holiness is Christ alone. It is by his grace and mercy that we are brought healing and hope. So much of the spiritual life involves letting go of the illusions that we cling to about ourselves and life in this world. It involves slowly breaking down those defenses that, while fulfilling their...
2022-12-081h 05Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter V: On Repentance, Part IIIIt has always been difficult for men to allow God to lead them in accord with His wisdom. There is always a part of us that wants to embrace what fits in with our judgment and view of things rather than allowing God to reveal - that is, to draw back the veil - in order that we might see the deeper truth. This is especially true when it means being drawn into the Paschal Mystery; the dying and rising of Christ and also our participation in that dying and rising. What does this mean for us, what does...
2022-11-101h 10Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter V: On Repentance, Part IThank you to everyone who participated tonight in a very challenging reading and discussion of The Ladder of Divine Ascent.
Synopsis:
Tonight we began Step Five on painstaking repentance and an account of the Prison, another monastic community for those who have broken their vows and embraced a life of deep penance. This is probably the most difficult part of The Ladder to read. It requires the most work from us as readers to think about what John is doing. Why does he present us with such an image? Why paint a portrait of such...
2022-10-271h 18Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXVIIGreat group tonight folks and wonderful comments!
Synopsis:
The gentleness of God, the subtle workings of the Holy Spirit, the influence of the angels in our lives and the importance of gratitude - all of these things come forward in hypothesis 27 to strengthen us in the spiritual battle and to illuminate the path ahead. Life so often weighs us down. We feel the burden of ourselves most keenly and we can become jaded in the way that we view life, the world and God. Despite God making Himself a slave, a servant in order to...
2022-10-181h 09Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XVThe unvarnished truth is not easy to hear or see. This is especially true when it reveals that which is within our own heart or what is lacking in our love or our faith.
Saint John Climacus gives us many stories from the lives of monks who live obedience to the point where it surpasses reason and right judgment; or when it seems to reach the point of absurdity. And indeed this is how the world sees Christianity and in its truest form; as foolishness and a stumbling block. In so many ways we have domesticated the g...
2022-10-131h 02Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XIV“Put out into the deep.”As we picked up with the Saint John’s writing on the spirit and practice of obedience the path set before us becomes ever so clear. We are called to be conformed to Christ. He is the standard by which we measure our lives and see what we have become in and through Him. We are to love obedience not because it brings satisfaction and joy in this world or because the things that happen to us or are asked of us conform to reason or our natural sensibilities. The fruit of obedience is humili...
2022-09-291h 06Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XIIIOne participant in this evening‘s group commented that the counsel that St. John gives is eminently practical. This is true of the writings of the fathers as a whole. Their wisdom is rooted in Praxis; the practice of the faith, the exercise of the faith. Their writings seem to make so much sense because they are rooted in experiences that we so often take for granted or fail to explore. What is our motivation for doing or not doing certain things? What is it that drives us or leads us to negligence?
What one begins to see...
2022-09-221h 01Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XIII’ve often thought the Desert Fathers were the first and truest of depth psychologists. Their understanding of the human person, the workings of the mind and the heart, the effects of the emotions, and the workings of the unconscious is unparalleled in anything that we have seen before or sense. Tonight Saint John Climacus, in a few paragraphs, takes us into those depths. He shows us the extent to which we can become conceited and that a false self can begin to emerge and become solidified. Out of their experience the Fathers came to know the many and var...
2022-09-111h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part IXTonight we continued our reading of Step 4 on Obedience and its practice in the spiritual life. Saint John, as well as so many of the desert fathers, unearth what we typically keep hidden within our hearts. Rather than living in a spirit of obedience and allowing that obedience to bear the fruit of humility within us by setting aside our own willfulness, we cling to the illusions of self-sufficiency. Despite all that Christ has done and despite all that God has given to us, we believe that we can live with one foot in the world and one foot...
2022-08-221h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part VIIIWe continued our reading of Step 4 from the Ladder of Divine Ascent on Obedience and the spirit with which it is practiced. What one begins to see in the writings of the Fathers is that obedience is not slavishness that destroys the personality or the will of the other. It arises out of a relationship; first and foremost the relationship between the Father and the Son that brought about our salvation; wherein Christ through the Spirit of love became obedient even unto death on the cross. Obedience within this world and obedience to one’s spiritual father is rooted in...
2022-08-111h 03Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent- Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part IV
Tonight we continued with St. John’s Step on Obedience. We are presented with an image that may be unfamiliar to us. Obedience is not presented as something that is crushing to the human spirit. It can be humiliating - in the sense that it seems to drive out from the soul and the heart all vestige of arrogance, fierceness, and hostility towards others. Yet, what emerges from this exercise of faith is conformity to Christ. When it is rooted in a true love for one’s shepherd, one’s Elder, then a kind of voluntary innocence begins to emerge...
2022-07-141h 00Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXII, Part IIWe picked up this evening with our reading of the very challenging Hypothesis 22: the Fathers’ teaching to avoid the world and worldly relations. However, we must understand that when they speak of the world they speak of those things or relationships that are driven more by the passions than by grace and the love of God.
Central to this is having a rightly ordered love that is focused upon Christ. All things must begin and end with Him and all things are judged in light of the Love of the Kingdom. This Love must become the lens thr...
2022-07-121h 12Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part IIThis evening we picked up with Step 4 on Obedience. Saint John puts it before us in an unvarnished fashion. It is hard work. It offers us great freedom; freedom from all of our concerns about the things of the world, daily circumstances, or what others do or say to us. Yet, it is a rough way because it means letting go of our own will, self-judgment and opinion. We freely give these things over to another who becomes our “helmsman”. The helmsman becomes our “nous” - the eye of the heart - while we lack that purity of heart.
One...
2022-06-3058 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter III: On Exile, Part V and Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part IWe returned this evening to Step 3 on Exile. St. John concludes by simply telling us that exile - simplifying one’s life - creates a stable character. This is a precious gift and so we must guard our minds and our hearts so that we do not corrupt ourselves by entering once again into what is worldly and disorderly. Saint John concludes Step 3 by taking a moment to speak to us about dreams. A dream involves the minds activity when the body is asleep. The mind, as we know, can be very active; often swept along by the things of...
2022-06-231h 09Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter III: On Exile, Part IVWe continued our reading of step three on Exile. As with so many things said within the Ladder of Divine Ascent, the words of Saint John are jarring. It is not because John seeks to be abrasive or provocative; rather he is presenting us with the Gospel through the lens of the monastic vocation. It is God who embraced exile in the greatest sense through the incarnation. Christ, out of love for the Father and His will and out of love for us, exiles himself into the depths of humanity and of our sin in order to raise us t...
2022-06-161h 09Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter III: On Exile, Part IIIWe continued this week with step number 3 on Exile. Saint John takes us deeper into the mystery of what it is to live as a Christian within the world. God calls to the heart and desires that we give our love to Him as he has given his love to us.
Ultimately this is the reason why the monks exiled themselves to the desert. It was not to free themselves from the company of others. Rather they separated themselves from all things in order to become inseparable from Christ. Similarly, in our day-to-day life, we exile ourselves f...
2022-06-091h 10Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXI, Part IITonight we picked up with Hypothesis 21. One is not to reveal the thoughts of the heart and the mind or one’s temptations to others indiscriminately. Rather, we are to seek out those who have the gift of discernment and experiential knowledge. Only those who are engaged in spiritual warfare, who know their own minds and hearts well can speak to the struggles of others. Much damage can be and has been done by those who set themselves up as teachers of the faith and the spiritual life and yet not living it themselves in any measure. What we are to...
2022-06-071h 15Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos -Vol I, Hypothesis XX, Part IThis evening we started a new Hypothesis, number 20. The focus is on receiving the advice of the fathers and how important it is not to develop an individualistic approach to the spiritual life. Asceticism can very quickly become something of our own making. Whenever we are guided simply by our own judgment, spiritual practices can very easily lead us into pride. The longer that we are in such a state, the greater the danger of falling into delusion. One who thinks he is above the elders’ or anyone else’s judgment, he who seeks no one else’s counsel, will c...
2022-04-191h 14Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter One: On Renunciation, Part VIWe picked up this evening with Step One “On Renunciation of the World”. St. John‘s focus is on entering into the spiritual life, the ascetical life, fully. We are not to make excuses out of our past sins or let them become impediments to our engaging in the spiritual battle. Psychologically they can become exactly that. Shame can make us hold back from opening ourselves to God and the healing that He alone offers. Likewise, fear of what lies ahead and the discipline involved can keep us from investing ourselves fully. Rather, we are to respond as if we wer...
2022-04-141h 12Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol I, Hypothesis XIX, Part IVTonight, I have to say, was one of the most beautiful groups on the Evergetinos that we have had to date. I do not say this lightly given how wonderful the past groups have been; but this hypothesis (19) opens up for us the meaning of obedience in such a way that one begins to understand that it is a virtue to be loved precisely because it draws us into love.
Obedience is therapeutic; it brings about healing for the soul. It place one in a right relationship with God and so heals the wounds of sin. Obedience l...
2022-04-121h 12Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter One: On Renunciation, Part IVThank you everyone who participated in the study of The Ladder of Divine Ascent tonight. Your questions were both beautiful and challenging.
Synopsis:
As we continued our reflection upon Step One “On Renunciation” St. John makes it very clear that we must enter into the spiritual battle with a zeal and desire for God; we must leap into the fire if we really expect the celestial fire to dwell within us. None of our ascetical practices, or the renunciation of the world that John speaks of in this step, can be abstracted from our relationship with...
2022-03-311h 09Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis XIX, Part IITonight we continued our reading of Hypothesis 19 on obedience, its value, and how is attained.
We began with the Fathers’ understanding of the value of obedience. In it is realized all of the Commandments because through obedient love one conforms oneself to Christ. In this sense the person who is obedient, who embraces the will of another in whose care they are placed, becomes a “confessor of the Faith”. One who abandons his own will is rewarded more greatly than those who pursue virtue in accord with their own judgment or opinion. The clarity of the Fathers’ focus upo...
2022-03-291h 14Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter One: On Renunciation, Part IITonight we resumed our reading of Step One on the Renunciation of the world. The step fits into the larger context of a break with the world which includes, John tells us, detachment and exile. Here is where monks sought to remove everything from their lives that would keep them from focusing solely upon God and what He alone offers. As Christians we may not imitate the monk in living in the desert; yet, in reality, the desert exists within the human heart. The renunciation that John speaks of in this first step must exist within us as well...
2022-03-171h 19Philokalia MinistriesThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter One: On Renunciation, Part IThank you to all who attended the group on the Ladder of Divine Ascent. It was wonderful to see so many with the desire to sit at the feet of the great Saint and teacher John Climacus.
Synopsis:
Tonight was our inaugural group reading the Ladder of Divine Ascent by Saint John Climacus. We allowed ourselves to jump immediately into the text with step number one “On Renunciation.” We will unpack things as we move forward; including the anthropology and the psychology of the fathers, the language used by Climacus and historical details from his life...
2022-03-101h 02Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis XVIII, Part IITonight we continued with Hypothesis 18 on the importance of seeking the company of virtuous people and questioning so as to learn about the spiritual life. What we find in the writings and the lives of the desert fathers is a stress on the importance of seeking counsel. One never walks spiritual life in isolation. We should foster a zeal within us to talk about the spiritual life with those who have experiential knowledge that is rooted in many years of striving to live the gospel in its fullness. We are given one example after another of individuals seeking out...
2022-02-221h 12Philokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis XV, Part IIIPicking up once again with Hypothesis 15, we find ourselves considering the nature of detachment from the things of the world; a detachment that is rooted first and foremost in our response to the love that God has shown and given us and his only begotten son. What does our embrace of this divine love means for our lives in this world? To take hold of this godly love what is there of the self and our attachment to the things of this world that we must be let go?
So often there are subtle ways that we wi...
2022-01-111h 05
A is for Architecture PodcastJohn Letherland: Urbanism, masterplanning and placemaking.In Episode 13 of A is for Architecture, I speak with John Letherland, urbanist, masterplanner and director of John Letherland Ltd. John was a founding partner of Farrells, having worked alongside Sir Terry Farrell for 35 years, before setting up his own firm. I work alongside John at the Kent School of Architecture & Planning, where until recently, John ran the urban design Masters programme, MAUD.
In this episode, we speak about the nature and character of urban design and masterplanning as distinct disciplines, related to – and obviously complimentary to - but fundamentally different from architecture. We touch on urban de...
2021-12-221h 12
The Book XChange PodcastEpisode 41: WORLD WAR IIFor episode 41 (commemorating, in part, the 80th anniversary of the United States' entry into the war in December 1941), the Book XChange brothers take on a subject that's as broad and wide-reaching as the conflict itself: World War II. As always, we aim here to provide some recommendations of books that aren't widely discussed and read, as well as cover some of the acknowledged classics. It's a huge subject and we did our best to cover a wide variety of titles that might speak to a broad expanse of interests. Thanks for listening!
MUSIC BY YOUNG WOLF, VOIDZ...
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People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionStory of the Vanishing Patient by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The White Dog by Fyodor Sologub
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-3023 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionStory of the Vanishing Patient by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The White Dog by Fyodor Sologub
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-3023 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionSt. John’s Eve by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol & The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-3053 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionSt. John’s Eve by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol & The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-3053 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Reaper by Dorothy Easton & The Signal Man by Charles Dickens
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2948 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Reaper by Dorothy Easton & The Signal Man by Charles Dickens
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2948 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionLord Beden‘s Motor by Harris Burland & The Parrot by Guy de Maupassant
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2646 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionLord Beden‘s Motor by Harris Burland & The Parrot by Guy de Maupassant
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2646 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Last Throw by Aluísio Azevedo & Levanna and Our Ladies of Sorrow by Thomas de Quince
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2631 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Last Throw by Aluísio Azevedo & Levanna and Our Ladies of Sorrow by Thomas de Quince
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2631 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionIn the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2437 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionIn the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2437 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionA Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2353 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionA Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2353 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost‘s Tale by Mark Twain
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2239 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost‘s Tale by Mark Twain
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
4 A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2239 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
7. A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2031 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionThe Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
7. A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-2031 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionCharles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
7. A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
1...
2021-11-1915 minPeople’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird FictionCharles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
S14BE61-70: Horror & Ghost Stories November
1. Charles Ashmore’s Trail by Ambrose Bierce & The Dead Woman’s Photograph by W. Bob Holland
2. The Diary of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant & An Eye For An Eye by William A. McGarry
3. The Face that Stared Back at Blaisdell by Edwin Carty Ranck & A Ghost's Tale by Mark Twain
7. A Grammatical Ghost by Elia Wilkinson Peattie & The Horror from the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. In the Dark by Ronal Kayser & The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh by H. Sivia
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2021-11-1915 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis IX, Part IIWe continued this evening with our reading of Hypothesis IX. As always the stories that we are given from the Fathers are both comforting and fiercely challenging.
We heard first about how saintly souls are able to see divine things. Because of their purity of heart and by the grace of God they are able to have a vision of things beyond the limits of the human mind and our capacity for perceiving the hidden realities around us.
We also heard about the reality of Hell itself through the experience of these holy Fathers. Hell is...
2021-09-141h 15
What the Riff Next Gen1975 - November: Queen “A Night At the Opera”Queen's fourth studio album is the one that would launch them into super stardom and bring them personal financial success as well. A Night at the Opera got its name from the Marx Brothers film, and many consider it to be the best album Queen ever made.
The band lineup was Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, Brian May on guitar, John Deacon on bass, and Roger Taylor on drums. Backing vocals were performed by May and Taylor - John Deacon was the only band member who didn't sing.
The first three Queen albums were produced un...
2021-09-1340 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1975 - November: Queen “A Night At the Opera”Queen's fourth studio album is the one that would launch them into super stardom and bring them personal financial success as well. A Night at the Opera got its name from the Marx Brothers film, and many consider it to be the best album Queen ever made.
The band lineup was Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, Brian May on guitar, John Deacon on bass, and Roger Taylor on drums. Backing vocals were performed by May and Taylor - John Deacon was the only band member who didn't sing.
The first three Queen albums were produced un...
2021-09-1340 minPhilokalia MinistriesThe Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis VIII Part IIIContinuing with Hypothesis VIII and considering the experience of those who die and come back to life, we are brought to a place of self-reflection that we often resist. The only thing that we take out of this world is either our virtue or our vice. Saint Ephraim tells us tonight that it is the it voice of these sins that will bear witness to the truth about our lives before God.
Again we must strive to think about this in the full context of our faith and what God has revealed to us. God, we are t...
2021-08-311h 01
I've Been Meaning To Listen To ThatQueen: A Night at the Opera (w/ Adam Schatz of LandLady)Content Warning: Brief mention of Suicide
This week on the 50th episode of "I've Been Meaning To Listen To That", Andrew, Sean & Michael review "A Night At The Opera" by Queen with special guest Adam Schatz! Plus, Andrew, Sean, & Michael discuss the Marx Brothers' influence on the record, the thematic invocation of Beelzebub, and Adam performs "Tooth and Nail" and "Nowhere to Hide" from his latest record LandLady!
Sean's Pick: Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
Andrew's Pick: Life on Mars by David Bowie
Michael's Pick: I'm Still Standing by...
2021-07-131h 27
Atomic RubbishEpisode 6: Wrestling GOAT Pt 6Stone Cold Steve Austin, Booker T, The Undertaker, Matt Hardy, Kurt Angle, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt, The Rock, CM Punk, Big Van Vader, Edge, Mick Foley, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, and Dean Ambrose/John Moxley. The competition keeps getting tougher this week as WWE Superstars clash with WCW classics, AEW upstarts, ECW veterans, and TNA stalewarts. Who moves on?
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Papa Johns Brain DroppingsRest In Power Gord Downie | Papa John's Brain Droppings Podcast #29In today's podcast we discuss Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip, Trudeau, WWE 2K18, WWE TLC, Raptors, Gordon Hayward, Celtics, Nikola Mirotic, Bulls, Russia, Ksenia Sobchak, Putin, Vice News Tonight, Weezer, tennis, Fox News, health care, Bobby Portis, Kane, RAW, Michael Cole, Anne Frank, Halloween costume, WCW, Nitro, Macho Man, fan, security, Metal Gear Solid V, Jeopardy, Drew Gulak, college, social construct, Eddie Olczyk, The Shield, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Sheamus, Cesaro, Braun Strowman, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, VR, Lin, Nets, latte foam art, NBA, Draft Lottery, Zack Ryder, Adam Cole...
2017-10-2036 min
John David AmbroseTime To Go (When he sang the blues)// Info
Today I present you with the release of another fantastic rock song to follow up "Down In Darkness Too". A solid bedrock of guitar riff and pumping bass carry the track to countless hours of vocal harmony and layering work done "the old way" no software is used to pitch or perfect the lines. I hope you enjoy my authentic output. pz
// Social Media
www.twitter.com/jdambrosemusic
www.facebook.com/johndavidambrose/
www.twitch.tv/jdambrose
www.instagram.com/jdambrose
// Lyrics
Sorry baby hit the road
Times I just wanna fly
Aint gonna be discussing
Dont need no fussing
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2016-09-1803 min
John David AmbroseDown In Darkness TooˣABOUTˣ
I'm primarily a singer-songwriter with strong roots in blues and classic rock'n'roll.
ˣSOCIAL MEDIAˣ
https://twitter.com/jdambrosemusic
https://www.facebook.com/johndavidambrose/
https://twitch.tv/johndavidambrose
ˣLYRICSˣ
go to work sometimes
swear on my life gonna make it through
you don't like my jive
think about the things I do for you
take it easy baby
lets it flow
take it easy baby
lets it go
die down in darkness too
die down in darkness too
die down in darkness too
sweet girl the power of your love
sent you a message baby
you act like you aint got my...
2016-08-1604 min
MYK.MTHBongs & beer X Michael X Kilo X John David AmbroseWhite Bois Givin Hip hop doper than the dopest dope Youve ever Smoked..
2015-11-0503 min
Forty Story Radio Tower40 Story Radio Tower Episode 13musical guests, JOHN DAVID AMBROSE, TOM STORM, THE DAY RUBIES with KYLE O’BRIAN, DANNY GONE, JOSH FINSEL AND SEAN McCARTY
PLUS:
(1:45) Lynn and Helen meet My Gay Ghost! a mashing of two old favs, featuring Lynn Highland, Helen Van Pelt, Marissa Miller, and Christpher Wolfe, Bill Lance, Keith Barrett Schron
(15:00) John David Ambrose
(29:42) Shitmouthtown, Episode 2, Dr. Mariska gets her first customer!, featuring Marissa Miler and Lynn Highland with Keith Barrett Schron and Bill Lance, by M. Newton
(42:50) Tom Storm
(59:00) This Town is Trading in Souls, read by...
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