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Alabama Politics This WeekIs Bruce Pearl Too Liberal for the GOP? (w/ Ryan Cagle)This week, Josh and David tackle the rampant hypocrisy and political rot festering in Alabama and beyond. They kick things off with a fiery breakdown of the right-wing media's reaction to the political assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker, exposing the cynical machinery that fuels lies and deflects blame.Then, they dive into the shamelessness of modern politics, exploring how Donald Trump's presidency has normalized cruelty and why so many voters have been duped by a con man who preys on their worst instincts.To get a ground-level view of what it takes to fight back...2025-06-201h 33
Új Nő - Női MagazinKönyvajánló: James D. Jenkins és Ryan Cagle: A sötétség szavaiEgy jó könyv minden nehézséget segít átvészelni. Lássuk, milyen könyvekkel csillapítják szomjúságukat szerkesztőségünk tagjai!Könyvajánló sorozatunk 11. részében Király Anikó kérdezi Fekete Magdit egy különleges novelláskötetről, mely A sötétség szavai – Rémtörténetek a világ minden tájáról címet viseli, és James D. Jenkins és Ryan Cagle szerkesztésében jelent meg. Ez a könyv egyszerre hátborzongató és letehetetlen. A legkülönfélébb rémtörténetek kaptak benne helyet különböző orsz2025-05-0609 min
Redneck Liberation TheologyHope, Hospitality, and Harm Reduction in the Rural SouthIn the long overdue episode eight of the podcast we discuss the Opiod Crisis ravagaing our communities, and the launch of the state of Alabama's first free 24/7 access Nalaxone vending machine through Jubilee House's harm reduction innititave Project H.E.R.O. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House2024-04-2247 min
Redneck Liberation TheologyRaising A Prophet In The ApocalypseRaising Anarchists is all fun and games until bedtime comes around! This week Zac and Ryan talk about the parenting in the face of the Apocolypse, aboltion of the nuclear family, and what it means to prepare children for the changing world they live in while doing your best to break generation curses. This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House2024-01-1044 minRedneck Liberation TheologyA Wheel in the Ditch: A conversation with Dev Wakeley of Alabama AriseIn the latest epsiode Zac interviews Dev Wakeley, Worker Policy Advocate of Alabama Arise, and author of the recent report "A Wheel in the Ditch" that aims to take a closer look at Alabama’s "Big Bet on the Auto Manufacturing Industry." This epsiode offers ciritcal insights into the Automitive Industry in Alabama and the economic development theory at the heart of Alabama polotics. This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyd...2023-12-2227 min
Redneck Liberation TheologyFire by Friction with Warren Tidwell, Executive Director of ACROSSThis week Zac and Ryan are joined by Warren Tidwell, Executive Director at the Alabama Center for Rural Organizing and Systemic Solutions (ACROSS), to talk about Warren's work in Camp Hill, AL and his upcoming podcast Fire by Friction: Working Class Voices for a Better South. This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House2023-11-0348 min
ABCA PodcastRusty Cagle - ABCA/ATEC Div. I High School Coach of the Year, Lewisburg High SchoolThis week on the ABCA Podcast is ABCA/ATEC Div. I High School Coach of the Year Lewisburg head coach, Rusty Cagle. Lewisburg High School has won their first ever 6A State Championship and second overall in school history. The Patriots finished the season with a 29-8 record. Cagle is one of the few remaining staff members from the start of Lewisburg High School and teaches social studies in addition to his role as athletic director and baseball coach. Cagle started the program 17 years ago. The Patriots also won a 4A State Championship early in Cagle’s tenure at Le...2023-10-3050 min
Not DnD#69 Gloom Tarot and Terror with Ryan CagleGloom Tarot and Terror is a minimalist horror tabletop role playing game about a terrifying threat out to devour a small town, the group of young people responsible for stopping it, and the utterly oblivious adults in their lives. In Gloom Tarot and Terror, players weave compelling stories full of suspense and tension, with or without a game master. Narrative and actions are driven by cards drawn from a custom Tarot Deck, while six candles represent the encroaching evil in the form of the players' only light source.
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Gloom Tarot and Terror on Kickstarter...2023-10-2429 minRedneck Liberation TheologyNGOization with Dr. Michael Mascarenhas, Chair of ESPM at BerkeleyThis week Zac and Ryan are joined by Dr. Michael Mascarenhas, Chair of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management at Berkeley, to talk about the effects of NGOization internationally and locally. About Dr. Michael Mascarenhas: Dr. Michael Mascarenhas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada (2012) and New Humanitarianism and the Crisis of Charity. Good Intentions on the Road to Help (2107). He has written on...2023-10-0440 min
Redneck Liberation TheologyLand Reform and Reparations for the Working Class, Poor, and OppressedThis week Zac and Ryan talk about the concept of Land Reform, and what it would mean to work toward widescale Land Reform and Reperations as a dual model for building the Kingdom of Heaven here and now in the American South and beyond! This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House (There was some audio issues when this epsi...2023-09-0557 min
Redneck Liberation TheologyFacing Ecocide with Theories of Liberation and AbundanceThis week Zac and Ryan talk about our present climate crisis, eco-theology, and what it means to help our communities survive ecocide with theories and theologies of liberation and abundance. This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House2023-07-261h 06Redneck Liberation TheologySo what's Redneck Liberation Theology anyway?Meet the hosts of the redneck Theology podcast (Ryan Cagle and Zac Hyden), learn about what Redneck Liberation Theology emans to both of them, and some closing relfections on Juneteeth. This Podcast brought to you by the Automotive Free Clinic. You can connect with both Zac and Ryan and their other projects with the links below! Zac Hyden: The Mechonomist Ryan Cagle: Compost Christianity /Jubilee House2023-06-221h 24
The MagnificastThe Jubilee House Update w/ Ryan CagleRyan Cagle is back on the show to give us an update about Jubilee House, organizing, spiritual direction, and RPGs! Put on your robe and wizard hat and get ready for this banger of an episode. Check out Ryan's project at jubileehouse.co Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by Paul Robesonhttps://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues*Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com2022-07-021h 12
Dissident OrthodoxyRyan Cagle - Jubilee House, building a rural leftist AlabamaRyan Cagle, pastor, spiritual director and founding organizer of Jubilee House in Walker County, Alabama, joins Casey this week. Ryan tells us about mutual aid efforts deep in the rural South and what it means to build solidarity among our neighbors regardless of political affiliation. Our conversation is yet another effort on Public Theologians to give some dimension to the flattened narrative of the backwards and racist South. Yeah, we've got problems, but as Ryan points out, "the ground is fertile."
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F...2022-01-0359 minThe MagnificastJubilee House w/ Ryan CagleSometimes, on the pod, we focus a lot on what's wrong in Christianity and its kind of a bummer. So, what if we talked with someone who is doing something good with Christianity? This week we're talking with Ryan Cagle about his new project at Jubilee House in Alabama. Listen in and soak up this good stuff. Check out Ryan's project at jubileehouse.co Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by Paul Robesonhttps://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues*Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magni...2021-07-091h 03
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Born In A MaskEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. Today’s selection comes from his work New Seeds of Contemplation.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! 2020-10-2700 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Self AbandonmentEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit Catholic priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of the Peking Man. He conceived the vitalist idea of the Omega Point (a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving), and he developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of no...2020-10-1900 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | For This EndEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Maximus the Confessor, also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 – 13 August 662), was a Christianmonk, theologian, and scholar.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.co...2020-10-1200 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Dwell in the LightEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Edward Burrough (1634–1663) was an early English Quaker leader and controversialist. He is regarded as one of the Valiant Sixty, who were early Quaker preachers and missionaries.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / so...2020-10-0500 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Without FaithEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Raimon Panikkar (1918–2010), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion. His work largely centers around their synthesis of Christian and Hindu theology.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or...2020-09-2801 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | CommonEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the tenth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Alex Sugg / songsforstory.com2020-09-2101 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | God is PresentEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the ninth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) was a Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar who made a major contribution to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward her fellow African Americans. She became an evangelist among her people, assisted in the production of an African American Catholic hymnal, and was a popular speaker on faith and spirituality in her final years. She helped found the National...2020-09-1403 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | The Mad FarmerEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the eight Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Wendell Berry, an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. The selections for this episode comes from a his poem Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front..Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by...2020-09-0704 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | When I Was The ForestEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the seventh Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Meister Eckhart (c. 1260 – c. 1328) who was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic. The selection for this episode comes from a his poem when I was the forest.Buy me a Coffee!Like what I am doing and want to say thanks? Then feel free to BUY ME A COFFEE (or 6)! Music provided by Al...2020-08-3103 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | The Soul is Preciously Knitted to GodEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the sixth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Middle Ages anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich. The selection(s) for this episode comes from a her work Revelations of Divine Love. “The soul is preciously knitted to him in its making, by a knot so subtle and so mighty that it is oned into God. In this oneing, it is made endlessly holy. Furthermore, he wants us to know that all th...2020-01-2704 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | The Humanity of GodEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the fifth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the trinitarian theogian and Cappadocian Father Gregory of Nazianzus. The selection(s) for this episode comes from a his work ”Oration 45, for Easter.”Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths togeth...2020-01-2004 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | That Out of Which Life Comes is That Into Which Life GoesEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the fourth Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Contemplative and Civil Rights Activist Howard Thurman. The selection for this episode comes from a his work “ Deep River: Reflections on the Religious Insight of Certain Negro Spirituals.” Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we...2020-01-1304 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Laughter came from every brickEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the third Mystic Monday episode we hear from the Carmelite nun, reformer, and contemplative mystic Teresa of Avila. The selection for this episode comes from a very short poem she wrote that titled “Laughter came from every brick.”“The poems of St. Teresa always speak of God. They speak of Him as something as natural as the air one breathes. She does not tender fanciful arguments to prove that God exists. Her po...2019-11-0404 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | What makes us think that God has gone away?Every Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In the second Mystic Monday episode we hear from the father of Centering Prayer and Trappist Monk Thomas Keating. The selection for this episode comes from a very short meditation entitled The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation.Subscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we...2019-10-2803 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Wrestling with the Text (Fixed)This past weekend I was privileged to be able to preach at the church where I am on staff. I thought it would be fun to share that sermon here on the podcast as a type of bonus/semi-unplanned episode. The texts I preached on were Genesis 32:22-31, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, and Luke 18:1-8. In this sermon, I talk about how parables as a mode of communication that demand action and how we can not simply just ignore the problematic and difficult passages that we encounter in the pages of the scriptures. Ps. The audio quality is not...2019-10-2214 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mystic Mondays | Our Discovery of God is God’s Discovery of UsEvery Monday we will venture into the thoughts and voices of those in the Christian mystical tradition in five minutes or less! In this first mystic Monday episode we hear from one of my all-time favoire contemplative voices, Thomas Merton. The selection for this episode comes from the sixth chapter of his book New Seeds of Contemplation. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2019-10-2104 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)A Temple in Time | Rabbi Abraham Joshua HeschelThere is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.” ―Abraham Joshua HeschelSubscribe to the Signposts email list! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we...2019-10-1920 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)The Better Part: Capitalist Realism and Sabbath as ResistanceThis past weekend I was privileged to be able to preach at all three services at the church I am employed at. I thought it would be fun to share that sermon here on the podcast as a type of bonus/semi-unplanned episode. The text I preached on was Luke 10:38-42 and Amos 8:1-12. In this sermon, I talk about how it is not merely enough to challenge individuals to make time in their lives for Sabbath/Contemplation but rather the church must be willing to push back against the systems that make those very acts a privilege for...2019-07-2522 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Mason Mennenga: Let's get ReligionlessIn this episode!In the first guest episode of the relaunch/rebrand, I sit down with my favorite ecclesiological firecracker and long time twitter friend Mason Mennenga (whose last name I can never seem to pronounce correctly.) In this episode, we talk about his project Religionless Church, theopoetics, and the deeply Pentecostal experiences that were the live performances of one of Mason's favorite hardcore bands, The Chariot. Where to find Mason!Twitter: @masonmennengaWebsite: masonmennenga.comPodcast: Religionless Church2019-07-0758 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)Do Not ResuscitateNothing that does not die will ever be resurrected. Subscribe to the Signposts weekly email! Want to stay up to date on all Signposts and other projects I’m working on? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths together! Support the show!You can support the show via Patreon and for as little as $1 a month to get access to episodes before anyone else and the first dibs on any other content I create. Music pr...2019-07-0521 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] Orthodox Diversity and Why Fidelity to Jesus Means Embodying Diverse Expressions of the Faith!Better late than never! This week we dive into the beauty that is the diversity of the proto-orthodox church and my assertion that any claims of “orthodoxy” that are not situated in an active desire for the flourishing of dynamic and diverse expressions of the faith betray the beauty of the earliest Christian communities. In this episode we journey with the second century heretics Marcion and Tatian to discover why fidelity to Jesus means that we modern Christians should be willing to recognize diverse expressions of what it means to follow Jesus. Subscribe to Signposts! Wa...2019-01-2533 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] God Can't (With Guest Dr. Thomas J. Oord)The second episode of 2019 is here! This week I am joined by our first returning guest Dr. Thomas J. Oord to talk about his forthcoming book "God Can't." In this book Thomas has ambitiously proposed a solution to the greatest theological/philosophical question to in human existence... If God is good then, why does evil exist in the world?It was such a joy to have Tom back on the show and I can not recommend his latest book enough. In this episode we push back against the traditional metaphysics of God's omnipotence. We talk about a...2019-01-091h 07
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] Back From The DeadWe are finally back from the dead! This is a short episode to kick off the the 2019 year where I talk about the last year of radio silence, new projects, what the future of this whole project will look like and explore one of my all time favorite prayers from Thomas Merton on learning to trust God in the unknown! Subscribe to Signposts! Want to stay up to date on all thins Exile Liturgy and #LessonsFromDeadGuys? Then click this link and come join me as we explore the wild paths as...2019-01-0121 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] The Dark Night | St. John of the Cross | And Forgetting Everything You Thought You KnewI finally feel like we are getting this train back to moving! This week we dive head first into part one of a two-part episode on Saint John of the Cross and The Dark Night! In this episode we discuss the first Dark night known as the Dark Night of the Senses! Which is an experienced as a time in which we feel as if God has withdrawn from us. IN the Dark Night of the Senses we are invited into an even greater intimacy with the divine! Exile Liturgy https...2018-05-3038 minSignposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] Pentecost | Tongues of Fire | Smith Wigglesworth and where the Hell I've been!We are back after an incredibly long and unexpected hiatus! Yesterday was Pentecost so what better time than now to get Pentecostal!? In this episode we are talking the bigness of God, believing for the impossible, and the problematic yet intriguing life of Smith Wigglesworth! Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Join Wild Paths https://www.facebook.com/groups/148864792410364/ Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com...2018-05-2327 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)[LFDG ARCHIVE] Dante, Exile, and Facing Our HumanityThis is the one-year anniversary of the relaunch of the show! We are joined by Professor and Author Matthew Rothaus Moser as we learn about Dante, His exile from Florence, and his pilgrimage through the hell, and purgatory! What better way to kick off our Lenten series by exploring the spirituality of Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season through the lens of Dante's Divine Comedy!? SHOW NOTES Matthew Rothaus Moser https://twitter.com/M_Rothaus_Moser The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, Translation by Robin...2018-02-141h 04
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) THE EPIPHANY | E05: The IlluminatorOne last brief reflection on the season after The Epiphany and a ton of information on what to expect as we make our pilgrimage through the Lenten season toward the events of passion week. SHOW NOTES Hymns for Epiphany by St. Ephraim the Syrian http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3704.htm Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Join Wild Paths https://www...2018-02-0713 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) THE EPIPHANY | E04: The TransfigurationIn the final episode in our Epiphany mini-series we dive into the glory of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mt. Tabor, butterflies, and becoming our true selves! This is the last episode in the series as we prepare for Ash Wednesday in a little over two weeks and the oncoming Lenten season! SHOW NOTES It Is Good Fo Us To Be here Sermon from St. Anastasius of Sinai https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/itisgoodforustobehere/ Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ 2018-02-0124 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) THE EPIPHANY | E03: The Wedding at CanaAfter missing a week due to the snowocalypse of 2018 we are back for the third episode in our Epiphany season talking about the third manifestation of Christ! In this episode, we talk about Jesus' first miracle, new wine in old bottles, and the challenge to abandon a cracker and grape juice Christianity. SHOW NOTES New Wine in New Bottles Sermon from Martin Luther King Jr. http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/Vol06Scans/17Oct1954NewWineinNewBottles.pdf Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ 2018-01-2426 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) THE EPIPHANY | E02: The Baptism of JesusThe first Sunday after the feast of the Epiphany is the day we remember the baptism of Jesus and the importance of this great mystery. In this episode, I talk about how the baptism of Jesus is the beginning of the Jesus story, what we can learn from the Gregory of Nyssa about this special day in the life of the church, and why we so desperately need to remember our baptisms. SHOW NOTES On the Baptism of Christ by Gregory of Nyssa http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2910.htm2018-01-1030 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) THE EPIPHANY | E01: The Journey Of The MagiA great light has shown in the darkness. The stars that lead our steps to God are as numerous as the sky! Today is the feast of the Epiphany and in this episode, we talk about what this day means, the significance of the journey of the Magi, and hear from Pope Leo the Great on the importance of this special day in the life of the Church. SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv ...2018-01-0620 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) ADVENT 2017 | E04: BIRTH | LOVEToday is the fourth, and final, Sunday of our pilgrimage through the Advent season! In this episode, we turn our attention to the theme of Love as we prepare for the coming of God. Teilhard held a dream that dared to believe that the future was more radiant than all of our pasts, a future of a world aflame with the love of God. SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv ...2017-12-2422 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)ADVENT 2017 | E03: GESTATION | PEACEToday is the third Sunday of our pilgrimage through the Advent season! In this episode, we reflect on a peace that exists beyond the mere absence of conflict of trouble and how Advent invites us into trusting in the slow and faithful work of God. SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Join Wild Paths https://www.facebook.com/groups/148864792410364/ Music provided by Alex Sugg, and...2017-12-1722 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) ADVENT 2017 | E02: CONCEPTION | JOYToday is the second Sunday in the Advent season and we are turning our focus to the theme of Joy. In this episode, I talk about the infallible sign of the presence of God and what it means to allow joy to be conceived in our heart through surrender. SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Join Wild Paths https://www.facebook.com/groups/148864792410364/ Music provided...2017-12-1020 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) ADVENT 2017 | E01: EXPECTATION | HOPEGod is Coming! Today we begin our journey through the season of Advent with our first episode on the call to reclaim an expectant hope that says the world will not be left broken. A hope that challenges us to abandon our pessimistic view that the world is headed to hell in a handbasket in favor of a view that dares to believe that there is something afoot in the universe, something that looks like gestation and birth. SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ ...2017-12-0328 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) ADVENT 2017 | E00: What to Expect for the Season of AdventAdvent will be in full swing this coming Sunday (12/3) and I have been working hard to make the next season of the podcast the best that it can be! In this episode, you will get a brief rundown of what to expect during the special Advent series of the podcast, how to get our Advent devotional for free, and how to join our digital community called Wild Paths on facebook! SHOW NOTES Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY...2017-11-2910 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E012: WOMANIST MIDRASH: A Reintroduction to the women of the Torah and the Throne (with guest Hebrew Bible Scholar Rev. Wil Gafney)We have finally arrived at the season finale of our (Not So) Ordinary Time series. This week I am joined by the Rev. Wil Gafney, Hebrew Bible Scholar, Episcopal Priest, and author, to talk about one of her latest books Womanist Midrash: A reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. In this episode, we explore the lives of several women from the Hebrew Bible through Rev. Will Gafney's Womanist perspective and through the Jewish tradition of Midrash. This book was moving, challenging, and wholly convicting and I can not recommend it enough! ...2017-11-2254 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E011: UNAFRAID: Moving Beyond Fear Based Faith (with guest Author/Scholar Benjamin L. Corey)With only two episodes left in our (Not So) Ordinary Time series, We are finishing off the season strong! This week we are joined by guest author, scholar, and the face of formerly fundamentalist himself: Benjamin L. Corey! Ben came on the show to talk about his latest book Unafraid (Which comes out today!) and talk about his journey of moving from a fear-based faith toward a faith built upon the simple truth that God is Love(PERIOD!!!) and nothing else! SHOW NOTES Benjamin L. Corey https://goo...2017-11-071h 04
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E010: The Uncontrolling Love of God (with guest Author/Scholar Thomas J. Oord)This week I am joined by Nazarene Scholar and Author Thomas J Oord! We spend the episode talking about his book The Unocntrolling love of God, Providence, and the question of how much does God really know? Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than twenty books. He is most known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation. PS. Winners for Brian Zahnds latest...2017-10-251h 12
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E009: Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God (With Guest Pastor Brian Zahnd)This week we are joined by Pastor Brian Zahnd! Pastor of Word of Life Church and Author of Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God! We discuss the death of the Monster God, Armageddon, and Hell! Brian Zahnd https://brianzahnd.com/ ENTER OUR CONTEST TO WIN Brian's latest book! Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God https://gleam.io/PRkWa/sinners-in-the-hands-of-a-loving-god-book-giveaway SHOW NOTES Walter Brueggemann https://www.amazon.com/Walter-Brueggemann/e/B001ILID72/ref=sr_ntt...2017-10-111h 17
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E008: The Ghost of Perfection (With Guest Author Rev. Joseph Haward)This week LFDG has guest Rev. Joseph Haward on all the way from across the pond to talk about his recent book The Ghost of Perfection, the trauma of the resurrection, and the intersection of modern art and ancient wisdom! Rev. Joe Haward https://www.facebook.com/RevJoeHaward https://redpillrev.com/ The Ghost of Perfection https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074TY5PZN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to...2017-09-261h 18
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) #LessonsFromDeadGuys + The Theology Corner NetworkIn this episode, I talk about the new partnership between #LessonsFromDeadGuys and TheologyCorner.net and also read one of my favorite excerpts from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's Hymn of the Universe as a teaser for what to expect during our Advent series! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-09-1814 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E007: Sacramental. Evangelical. Charismatic. (With guest Father Kenneth Tanner of the Charismatic Episcopal Church)This week we are joined by Father Kenneth Tanner! A priest in the Charismatic Episcopal tradition. In this episode, we talk about our common roots in Pentecostalism, the intersections and need for an ancient/future faith, being sacramentally minded, iconography, and about the theological giant Robert Jenson who was a profound influence on Fr. Kenneth's life. Fr. Kenneth tanner https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.tanner http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imagochristi/ A Theology in Outline: Can These Bones Live? by Robert Jenson https://www.amazon...2017-09-131h 31
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E006: Flee. Be Silent. Pray. (With Author/Contemplative Ed Cyzewski)This week we author and contemplative Ed Cyzewski on the show talking about contemplative prayer, the Desert Fathers/Mothers, the anxiety of Evangelicalism, and his journey as a Catholic turned Protestant who learned to pray like a Catholic so he could be a better Protestant! Ed Cyzewski https://edcyzewski.com/ Flee, Be Silent, Pray: An Anxious Evangelical Finds Peace with God through Contemplative Prayer https://www.amazon.com/Flee-Silent-Pray-Evangelical-Contemplative-ebook/dp/B071LSSRW2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=httpwwwinamic-20&...2017-08-301h 03
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E005: From Answers in Genesis to Hippie Heretic (with Anabaptist Blogger Chuck McKnight)This week we have blogger and Hippie Heretic, Chuck McKnight on the show to talk to us about his journey down the wild paths from Answers in Genesis and the world of Evangelical Fundamentalism to a more beautiful gospel and Anabaptism! Chuck McKnight www.hippieheretic.com Preface to Athenasius' On the Incarnation by C.S. Lewis http://silouanthompson.net/library/early-church/on-the-incarnation/introduction/ Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! 2017-08-151h 07
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E004: Karl Barth in Plain English (with guest Stephen D. Morrison)This week we have Author Stephen D. Morrison on the show to discuss his latest book "Karl Barth in Plain English" and his journey from legalistic Arminianism, through the grace saturated charismatic movement, and finally into the beautiful theology of Karl Barth. Stephen D. Morrison http://www.sdmorrison.org/ Karl Barth in Plain English https://www.amazon.com/Barth-Plain-English-Stephen-Morrison-ebook/dp/B072MGF6JF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=ll1&tag=stedmor-20&linkId=6...2017-08-0151 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E003: Jesus Showed Us (with guest Dr. Brad Jersak)From Baptist to Orthodox we journey with Bard Jersak down the wild paths that led him to the good news that in Jesus all of our misconceptions of God are done away with by the revelation that God is truly Christlike. Brad Jersak https://bradjersak.com/ Jesus Showed US https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Showed-Us-Bradley-Jersak/dp/1927512069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500407436&sr=8-1&keywords=jesus+showed+us A More Christlike God https...2017-07-191h 08
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E002: Nerding Out On John Wesley With Pastor Brent NeelyIn our second episode of our (Not so ) Ordinary Time season we welcome Pastor Brent Neely on to the show to NERD our about John Wesley and the intersections of Methodism and the Church of the Nazarene! Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene http://www.capenazarene.org Pastor Brent Neely https://twitter.com/@Tatted_Pastor Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv 2017-07-121h 17
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) (Not So) ORDINARY TIME | E001: Reading with the Dead (with guest Dr. Chris Green)After a couple of weeks off we dive straight back in with our first guest of the (Not so) ORDINARY TIME season of the show! In this episode we welcome Dr. Chris Green, Author of Sanctifying Interpretation and Professor of Theology at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Tenessee! We talk about the approaching the scriptures for wisdom rather than merely knowledge, how the ancients and medievals read the scriptures, and about what it means to be "unreliably" and "reluctantly" pentecostal. Sanctifying Interpritation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013M3XU9O...2017-06-2856 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) Not So Ordinary Time | E 000We are moving into the season of Ordinary time, or Pentecost, which means we are moving into a new season for the show that will seek to embody what this time during the church year means! Lot's of guests, interviews, and roundtable discussions planned for the next several months!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-06-0706 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 13: MEDIEVAL MYSTICS with Author Lisa Deam! (Season Finale)“As truly as God is our Father, so truly is God our Mother.” ― Julian of Norwich In the season finale of season three, we are joined by Author and Spiritual Pilgrim Lisa Deam to discuss medieval mystics, the ancient church, and God as mother! Lisa Deam http://lisadeam.com/ https://thecontemplativewriter.com/ A World Transformed https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WAKSDEI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exilel...2017-05-3055 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 12: SIMONE (Gravity + Grace)“Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling. ” ― Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! This week we are talking about French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil, the weakness of God, and grace and gravity. Grace and Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Gravity-Grace-Simone-Weil/dp/0803298005 Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscr...2017-05-2429 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 11: MUJARISTA (Songs of a two-edged sword)The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! This week we are talking about Mujarista Theology, and how our articulations of the gospel need the perspectives of those who live in the daily struggle of life on the margins. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com ...2017-05-1722 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 10: SOJOURNER (Between a hawk + And a buzzard)The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! This week we are talking about SOJOURNER TRUTH! An American slave turned itinerant prophet, abolitionist, and women's rights suffragist!! Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com Music accompanying "Ain't I a woman?" speech is a Hymn written by Sojourner, performed by...2017-05-0921 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 9: MATHETRIA (Rebel Virgins + Prophets in Drag)The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! This week we are talking about Saint Thecla, Rebel virgins who defied Rome, Desert Mothers, and street preaching female prophets in drag! Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com2017-05-0226 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 8: VIRIDITAS (Hildegard of Bingen + The Greening Power of God)“Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings. Now, think. What delight God gives to humankind with all these things. All nature is at the disposal of humankind. We are to work with it. For without we cannot survive.” - Hildegard of Bingen The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! From rebel virgins to prophetic nuns, to desert mothers, all the way to prophetic street preachers in drag! This week we are...2017-04-2625 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 7: #LessonsFromDeadGals (An Easter Dedication)“The mercy and the forgiveness of God exists to quench and lay waste to our wrath.” - Julian of Norwich The remainder of season three is dedicated to the women who have shaped my faith and carried the church forward through history! From rebel virgins to prophetic nuns, to desert mothers, all the way to prophetic street preachers in drag! Not to forget a few guests to journey with us along the way! Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY...2017-04-1821 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Seventh Word: CONTENTMENT (Holy Week Mini Series Part 7)This is the seventh episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1502 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Sixth Word: VICTORY (Holy Week Mini Series Part 6)This is the sixth episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1403 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Fifth Word: SUFFERING (Holy Week Mini Series Part 5)This is the fifth episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1302 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Fourth Word: ANGUISH (Holy Week Mini Series Part 4)This is the fourth episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1204 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Third Word: AFFECTION (Holy Week Mini Series Part 3)This is the third episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1104 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The Second Word: SALVATION (Holy Week Mini Series Part 2)This is the second episode of our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2017-04-1004 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) The First Word: FORGIVENESS (Holy Week Mini Series Part 1)This is a special edition of #LFDG as it marks the first episode in our mini Holy Week series on the last words of Jesus! Each episode is designed as a guided meditation to help aid in imaginative prayer practice as we seek the face of God in Jesus on the cross. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com...2017-04-0910 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 6: DARKNESS (Our emptying + Our filling)"Lent is not just a time for squaring conscious accounts: but for realizing what we had perhaps not seen before. The light of Lent is given us to help us with this realization.” -Thomas Merton The darkness is as unsettling as silence is unnerving. But darkness is the place of our emptying so we can be filled. It is the place where we learn to see the light of God and are taught to pray "Not my will Father, but yours." Lent is an invitation into this darkness. Exile Liturgy...2017-04-0422 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 5: RESIST (A violent love + A provocative Gospel)I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God, who loves us and who wants to save us. - Oscar Romero The Lenten season offers us a counternarrative to the systems of the world. A narrative of holy resistance and the violent love that beats weapons into tools of flourishing. We must let Lent be more than just about giving up sweets for a few weeks every year. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/ex...2017-03-2826 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 4: REPENT (Abandoning + Returning)This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits. - St. Isaac of Ninevah In this episode, Ryan talks about the invitation of repentance as a return to our fundamental goodness by way of facing our sin and brokenness. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com...2017-03-2126 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 3: SILENCE (The language of God + The beginning of pilgrimage)"Silence is the first language of God." -St. John of the Cross In this episode, Ryan talks about the invitation of Lent to cultivate outward and inward silence and the benefits of contemplative practice in the life of the believer. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Resources: Silent Compassion, finding God in contemplation by Richard Rohr https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8QAKSK/ref...2017-03-1429 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 2: FAST (A deliverance from slavery + A call to Freedom)In this episode, Ryan talks about the most hated of all spiritual disciplines... fasting! With insights from St. Basil the Great and St. Isaac of Ninevah he hopes to get to the heart of fasting and what the end goal of true fasting really is! Maybe fasting is not strict legalism so much as an invitation into the life-giving rhythms of the Spirt. Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com2017-03-0822 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S3 | E 1: DUST (Ashes to ashes + Stardust to stardust)Ashes to Ashes, Stardust to stardust! In this Episode we talk about Lent, Ash Wednesday, the inevitability of death, embracing our common humanity, and letting things die so others can be resurrected! “By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin EXILE LITURGY https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts, our monthly devotional! https://t.co/hlxDQ4RNaT http://www.teilha...2017-03-0233 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 5.5: Birthing Christ + Advent + Season Finale (Angelus Silesius)“If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost." -Angelus Silesius In this episode I talk about Advent as a time of gestation ad recite some poetry from the Catholic Mystic Angelus Silesius. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-11-2214 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 5: The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive... or maybe not? (Irenaeus of Lyons)In this episode I discuss the most quoted quote from Irenaeus' "Against Heresies", the cult of self improvement, and about developing a more robust theology of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word of God. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-11-1726 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 4.5: All Saints, Sinners, Heretics, & MysticsThis is a special episode of the podcast where I talk about the importance of All Saints Day and how it has become a reminder of what I have left behind and where I am headed on this journey down the wild paths left by the saints, sinners, heretics, and mystics! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-11-0118 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 04: Nothing but a Fire of love (St. Catherine of Siena)On this episode I talk about the wild life and writings of the Catholic mystic St. Catherine of Siena and how she has influenced my prayer life! I mean it is not everyday that you get to here about someone whose head is on display in glass box in a cathedral in western Italy am I right? (Also, I am having some equipment failure issues which has led to a less than perfect sound quality on this episode so I apologize in advance) The Dialogue of Divine Providence by St. Catherine (Free)- https://www.ewtn.com/library/SOURCES...2016-10-2523 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 03.5: The Cost of Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)In this episode I talk about Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological classic "The Cost of Discipleship" and how the Christian life is nothing short of a call to "come and die" imitating the same co-suffering love of Christ to a world desperate for someone to bear it's sins. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a brilliant theologian, pastor, prophet, and spy during the rise of Hitler and Nazism. Resources on/by Bonhoeffer- The Cost of Discipleship- https://www.amazon.com/Cost-Discipleship-Dietrich-Bonhoeffer/dp/0684815001 Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance- https://www.amazon.com/Bonhoeffers-Black-Jesus-Renaissance-Resistance/dp/1602588058 Strange Glory: A Life of...2016-10-1914 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 03: Love + Justice (Dorothy Day)"I only love God as much as the person I love the least." -Dorothy Day In episode three I talk about the profound influence anarcho-pacifist Dorothy Day has had on my theology and politics. I explore the concepts of love and justice and how the two are inseparably intertwined. Dorothy Day: Love and Justice article published in 1952 http://www.catholicworker.org/dorothyday/articles/635.html Preorder ADVENT FOR THE REST OF US - https://gumroad.com/l/AdventDevoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-10-0527 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 02.5: Thomas Merton + The Question of WorthinessWhat if worthiness and unworthiness are both completely irrelevant? In this episode I explore Father Thomas Merton's, a catholic mystic and Trappist monk, thoughts on love, hate and the problem of worthiness and unworthiness. New Seeds of Contemplation- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007PKQ2GE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Preorder ADVENT FOR THE REST OF US - https://gumroad.com/l/AdventDevo Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-09-2617 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 02: Brennan Manning + the Ragamuffin GospelGrace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Grace. Period! This episode of the podcast I talk about Brennan Manning, the need for a church that understands the depth of grace, and how Manning's works have impacted my life dramatically. ADVENT FOR THE REST OF US preorder link: https://gumroad.com/l/AdventDevo Resources by/on Manning: Ragamuffin Gospel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E2NXDO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 http://www.brennanmanningmovie.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2016-09-2132 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 01.5: Love is the Measure"Love is the measure by which we shall be judged." -St. John of the Cross This is the first ever mini(?) episode of the podcast! On this episode I talk about The final judgment and what all of our theology and beliefs must come down to! Be sure to sign up for our twice-monthly #LettersFromDeadGuys devotional/newsletter! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv *I apologize for the random audio disturbance that last about 20 seconds near the ten minute mark. **I am still learning how to use my new equipment and truly hope to figure the technical stuff out so I...2016-08-3115 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S2 | E 01: St. Isaac of Nineveh and the mercy of an unjust God.“Among all his actions there is none which is not entirely a matter of mercy, love, and compassion: this constitutes the beginning and the end of His dealings with us” -St. Isaac of Nineveh On the pilot episode of season two Ryan dives head first into the thoughts of St. Isaac of Nineveh on the nature of God and his dealings with humanity. For Isaac the Father of Jesus was immeasurable love, and this understanding shaped all of Isaac's thoughts, opinions, and writings. *PS sorry for the peripheral noises here and there. I had a guest audience of a thre...2016-08-2237 minSignposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S1 | E 04: "Dead in Christ" (St. Macarius the Wonderworker)On this episode of the podcast I talk about a story from church tradition about one of the early desert fathers of monasticism St. Macarius the Wonderworker and what it means to be "Dead in Christ!"2016-01-1222 minSignposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S1 | E 03: Sacred RhythmsOn this episode of the podcast I discuss my journey into centering my life around the historic Church Calendar!2015-11-2327 minSignposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S1 | E 02: St. Ignatius and the "Peace that brings all war to an end."In the second episode I talk about my journey toward the Gospel of Peace and how I am learning from St. Ignatius, and a host of other early Church fathers, what it means to believe in the peace of Christ that brings all wars to an end. The Church has historically called for nonviolent resistance and holiness by remaining sober apart form the blood drunk violent ways of the world. 2015-10-0531 minSignposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S1 | E 01: Origen of Alexandria & The incalculability of GodThe first official episode since the relaunch is on my all time favorite heretic Origen of Alexandria! In this episode I talk about how Origen helped me to start believing that God is far greater than I could ever have imagined! *After reviewing the episode I noticed one part may sound really condescending toward those whom I mention that called me a heretic. I want to clarify that when I said "they are weak" I was not referring to the people who called me a heretic but rather the boxes that we often "place" God...2015-09-2125 min
Signposts (Formerly Lessons From Dead Guys)(LFDG ARCHIVE) S1 | E 00: An Adventure Down Wild PathsThis episode is a introduction to what this podcast is all about and what you can expect in the days to come! Thank you so much for giving us a listen! Connect with us on twitter at @LFDGuys! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)2015-08-2228 min