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Being Human with Steve CussFinding Home, People Pleasing, True Healing, and RevelationCohosts Steve and Lisa Cuss revisit powerful conversations with guests like Jinger Duggar, Strahan Coleman, Ian Cron, and Greg Robbins, diving deeper into themes of spiritual growth, emotional resilience, and inner healing. Exploring the intersections of faith, mental health, and discipleship, Steve and Lisa reflect on how practices like gratitude, vulnerability, and relational awareness help us experience God’s presence more fully. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, triggers, chronic illness, or something else this episode offers rich insights for anyone seeking wholeness and a deeper sense of home.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
“You’re the Da...2025-04-2837 minBeing Human with Steve CussFinding Home, People Pleasing, True Healing, and RevelationCohosts Steve and Lisa Cuss revisit powerful conversations with guests like Jinger Duggar, Strahan Coleman, Ian Cron, and Greg Robbins, diving deeper into themes of spiritual growth, emotional resilience, and inner healing. Exploring the intersections of faith, mental health, and discipleship, Steve and Lisa reflect on how practices like gratitude, vulnerability, and relational awareness help us experience God’s presence more fully. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, triggers, chronic illness, or something else this episode offers rich insights for anyone seeking wholeness and a deeper sense of home.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
“You’re the Da...2025-04-2837 minBeing Human with Steve CussPrayer, Neuroscience, and the Presence of God with Strahan ColemanIn this episode, Steve Cuss and Strahan Coleman explore the transformative power of prayer, the role of vulnerability in faith, and the ways suffering can deepen our connection with God. Strahan shares his journey through chronic illness and the spiritual awakening that followed, offering insights into how gratitude and prayer can reshape our experience of God’s love. At the center of Steve and Strahan’s conversation is the intersection of neuroscience with faith and the reasons why the church must create space for honesty, healing, and hope. This conversation is a powerful reminder that prayer is not just a pr...2025-04-1442 minBeing Human with Steve CussPrayer, Neuroscience, and the Presence of God with Strahan ColemanIn this episode, Steve Cuss and Strahan Coleman explore the transformative power of prayer, the role of vulnerability in faith, and the ways suffering can deepen our connection with God. Strahan shares his journey through chronic illness and the spiritual awakening that followed, offering insights into how gratitude and prayer can reshape our experience of God’s love. At the center of Steve and Strahan’s conversation is the intersection of neuroscience with faith and the reasons why the church must create space for honesty, healing, and hope. This conversation is a powerful reminder that prayer is not just a pr...2025-04-1442 min
Gold Street Garden ChurchBeholding Prayer || Strahan Coleman & Dominick ButlerBeholding Prayer || Strahan Coleman & Dominick ButlerHere's the link to find the book "Beholding" ;https://a.co/d/5SeImKgHere's the link to find the book "Thirsting";https://a.co/d/guAzMmi-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For More info on Gold Street Garden visit; https://linktr.ee/goldstreetgarden2025-04-091h 02
The ProfileStrahan Coleman- on contemplative ChristianityStrahan Coleman is an award-winning musician, poet, writer, teacher and spiritual director from Aotearoa in New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoners Communion, which explores deep communion with God through spiritual retreats. He also has a podcast and an online prayer schools.
Coleman has authored three volumes of poetic prayer books offering contemplations, and reflections. His poem Never Alone was performed by Amanda Cook.
His music has been described as "Psalmic" and has featured collaborations with artists like Josh Garrels. His debut album, Posters won New Zealand’s Gospel Album of the Year Award. He is also an author an...2025-03-2147 min
Towards UnderstandingStrahan Coleman - Author of ThirstingStrahan Coleman is a writer, poet, and musician living in New Zealand. Through years of chronic illness, Strahan discovered a friendship with God filled with vulnerability, honesty and unceasing prayer, and now spends his time teaching and providing spaces of deep, rich, Spirit-led prayer for others. He joined Clayton to talk about his latest work, Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul’s Deepest Desire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-02-1639 min
The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio ProgramHow Dads Can Encounter GodHave you wondered why God feels like he's a million miles away? Have you ever wished you could not only be heard but actually hear him talk back to you directly? Strahan Coleman will share tips with us on how to pray effectively, how to experience God personally and how to hear his voice clearly. Strahan Coleman is a musician and the author of several books including his latest book Thirsting. He is also the founder of Commoners Communion.You can get his latest book here: https://amzn.to/40ewXy9To learn more...2024-12-3028 min
Where Do You Find God?From the Archives: WDUFG - Strahan ColemanWe're taking a look back across 2024 looking at our episode with Strahan Coleman. ‘When I was really at the peak of my ill years I‘ve had at least 2 seasons where I spent 80% of my time really just being able to sit in a chair or lying in bed’. Strahan Coleman is a writer, award-winning folk musician, spiritual director and founder of commoners communion. He’s also someone who has experienced chronic illness which has led him to find God in new and deeper ways. He shares some of his experience with Lizzie Oakes. https://ww...2024-12-2412 min
Upside Down PeopleDesire, Vulnerability, & the Divine | Strahan ColemanStrahan Coleman, author & award winning musician of Commoners Communion, joins me for a conversation around the transformative power of prayer and what it means to thirst for God. The conversation highlights the importance of inviting God into our negative emotions, and how to cultivate a deeper relationship with God through contemplative practices.
Follow this to find out more about Strahan or grab a copy of his books2024-12-0951 min
Next Brave Thing Podcast80. Desire, uncertainty & silence that speaks volumes with Strahan Coleman This episode was such a joy for me to create! Strahan Coleman's work has profoundly impacted my life, so when he agreed to come on my podcast, I was thrilled. In our conversation, I asked him to expand on some of his poetry that has deeply resonated with me. We discuss the power of silence and acceptance, the process of grief, and navigating pain, as well as his personal battle with chronic illness.We also delve into themes of uncertainty, God’s unceasing love, and the spiritual hunger that calls us to seek fulfillment in divine connection ra...2024-12-051h 00
The OverthinkersWhat Do We Really Want? (With Strahan Coleman)Everyone has deep desires. But what is our deepest desire? And how do we deal with the problem of satisfying that desire. Writer, award-winning folk musician, and spiritual director Strahan Coleman joins Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson to dive into what we want and how we can have it today.
Links to resources discussed in the episode:
Basics of Budhism: https://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm
The Stoics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stoicism/
Augustine and Desire: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/an-analysis-of-one-of-the-greatest-sentences-ever-written/
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Your Authentic LifeThirsting w/ Strahan ColemanOn todays podcast Strahan and I talk about his newest book "Thirsting"
Taken from https://www.commonerscommunion.com/about
Strahan is a writer, award winning folk musician and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He founded Commoners Communion in 2017 to explore what it means to become a deeply prayerful people in our times. Since then, he has written three prayer books - Prayer Vol. 01, 02 & 03 that offer poetic prayers, contemplations and reflections that help the reader deepen their own communion with the God of their hearts.
In 2023 Strahan s...2024-11-291h 00
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness417: Strahan Coleman on Undoing the Commodification of God, How Western Liberalism is Weakening Our Resolve, Unhinging Our Souls from the Lie of Abandonment, and How to Access Our Deepest Desire for GodThis week, Strahan Coleman, part of the teaching team at Practicing the Way joins us. In this episode, we'll explore the insidious ways we've commodified God, the impact of Western liberalism on our spiritual lives, and the profound longing for an authentic connection with God. Strahan will guide us on a journey to unhinge our souls from the lie of abandonment and rediscover our deepest desire for God. Whether you're a seasoned believer or just beginning your journey, this episode offers invaluable insights and practical tools to deepen your spiritual formation and maturity. Episode Links Show...2024-11-271h 05
The Christian Habits PodcastStrahan Coleman: Thirsting for GodWe all experience low points in life; we try our very best to avoid them, but they come anyway! We recoil from the pain, the disappointments, and the difficulties that we face. However, what would happen if we viewed these trials as invitations to experience God? My guest today on the Christian Habits Podcast, Strahan Coleman, has learned to do just that through his many years of chronic illness. Moment by moment, God will meet us in our pain.
What We Discussed on the Podcast
The surprising reason that we have desires
A unique...2024-11-2133 min
The Christian Habits PodcastStrahan Coleman: Thirsting for GodWe all experience low points in life; we try our very best to avoid them, but they come anyway! We recoil from the pain, the disappointments, and the difficulties that we face. However, what would happen if we viewed these trials as invitations to experience God? My guest today on the Christian Habits Podcast, Strahan Coleman, has learned to do just that through his many years of chronic illness. Moment by moment, God will meet us in our pain. What We Discussed on the Podcast The surprising reason that we have desires A unique perspective on the essential m...2024-11-2033 minThe Christian Habits PodcastStrahan Coleman: Thirsting for GodWe all experience low points in life; we try our very best to avoid them, but they come anyway! We recoil from the pain, the disappointments, and the difficulties that we face. However, what would happen if we viewed these trials as invitations to experience God? My guest today on the Christian Habits Podcast, Strahan Coleman, has learned to do just that through his many years of chronic illness. Moment by moment, God will meet us in our pain. What We Discussed on the Podcast The surprising reason that we have desires A unique perspective on the essential m...2024-11-2033 min
That Sounds Fun with Annie F. DownsCommuning with God and Experiencing His Depth in the Midst of Our Aching with Strahan Coleman- Episode 938Strahan Coleman is a teacher at Practicing the Way, founder of the ministry Commoners Communion, AND he’s an award-winning musician. He lives in New Zealand with his wife and three young boys and in his latest book, Thirsting, Strahan poetically explores how to rediscover and fulfill our deepest desire through communion with God. We talk about how his chronic illness and losing his ability to sing lead him into a deeper friendship and closeness with God, the depths of God being like the dark ocean, the time it takes for a tree to produce fruit, and more. I hop...2024-11-181h 02
Beholding PrayerPrayer Exercise | Praying The PainToday's prayer is an exercise based on the chapter 'Praying the Pain' from Thirsting. It's a way to help us get to the root causes of our disordered feelings and responses to things and to allow the Holy Spirit to heal and meet us there. The Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential podcast designed to help you enter a deeper experience of God. This series of guided prayer meditations is based on my new book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire, an invitation in learning to drink more deeply of God's presence. So...2024-11-1309 min
UNDISTRACTED with Laura BennettS12E01 Strahan Coleman: Fulfilling our souls deepest desire is about...If you’ve ever felt that irritable tug, a relentless ache burrowing into the unfulfilled areas of your life telling you there is more, this discussion is for you. Strahan Coleman is a musician and author and his latest book, 'Thirsting: Quenching Our Souls Deepest Desire' is about the drive to feel content and why we sometimes don't.Strahan shares the heartbreak behind ending his singing career, how to follow a God that doesn’t meet your desires and what leads us to a constant sense of longing.Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts coll...2024-11-0743 minBeholding PrayerGuided Prayer | The Door of The HeartThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential podcast designed to help you enter a deeper experience of God. This series of guided prayer meditations is based on my new book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire, an invitation in learning to drink more deeply of God's presence. Today's prayer is a guided meditation based on Revelation 3:20. It's about opening up space for loving communion within us in the places we keep him out. So, find somewhere quiet, pour yourself a coffee, and allow the Spirit to meet you where you are today.2024-10-3010 minBeholding PrayerGuided Prayer | The Thirst of The CrossThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential podcast designed to help you enter a deeper experience of God. This series of guided prayer meditations is based on my new book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire, an invitation in learning to drink more deeply of God's presence. Today's prayer is a guided meditation on the desire of Christ expressed on the cross through his cry, "I thirst" (John 19:28). Of course in these words Jesus expresses his physical need for water, but in these words we also hear something of His deep, psalmic longing to heal...2024-10-1610 min
Discovery Church'Behold' - Strahan ColemanBeholdStrahan ColemanScripture: Genesis 2:7 “Then, the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” Quote:“A sign of peace and also a sign of well-being,” that can bring “oneness of thought, purpose, desire and hope.” – Cleve Barlow, Tikanga Whakaaro: Key Concepts in Maori Culture.”Scripture: John 20:22 “Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit” Quote: “Just as for God to speak is to do, and to look is to love...2024-10-0633 minBeholding PrayerGuided Prayer | Feeling Our ThirstThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential podcast designed to help you enter a deeper experience of God. This series of guided prayer meditations is based on my new book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire, an invitation in learning to drink more deeply of God's presence. Today's prayer is a guided meditation on getting in touch with our own deep thirst, and learning to open it up to God.So, find somewhere quiet, pour yourself a coffee, and allow the Spirit to meet you where you are today.Strahan Coleman...2024-10-0210 min
Shifting CultureEp. 228 Strahan Coleman - Quenching Our Soul's Deepest DesireIn this episode, Strahan Coleman dives deep into the longing of the human heart and the even greater longing of God. He takes us on a personal journey of wrestling with desire, thirst, and the ache to be fully satisfied. Strahan shares how his move to a remote town in New Zealand stripped away the distractions, revealing a profound spiritual hunger within. As he grappled with this, he discovered that our deepest longings can only be met by union and intimacy with the divine. He challenges us to stop trying to numb or ignore our pain and instead, to...2024-10-0156 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Counseling & InspirationalThirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire by Strahan ColemanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819838to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire
Author: Strahan Coleman
Narrator: Strahan Coleman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Release date: October 1, 2024
Genres: Counseling & Inspirational
Publisher's Summary:
What if the longing we feel is a sign of God’s longing for us? Thirsting is a deeply spiritual exploration of a life-changing truth: only when we learn to live in the ache of our thirst instead of running from it will we know the joy of receiving God in every part of our lives. We may be able to imagine God sa...2024-10-016h 47
The Braveheart PodcastThirsting Ft. Strahan ColemanIn this conversation, Peter talks with Strahan Coleman as he shares his about his journey of walking God and the importance of vulnerability in connecting with Jesus. Strahan oozes with intimacy with Jesus and I pray that this episode stirs you and your faith.Check out our website for free resources to help you grow in your faith and to interact more with us: https://www.braveheart.run/Love You!Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-011h 03
Down to Earth Conversations100. Strahan Coleman - Mountain Tops, Unanswered Prayers, and What It Means That God is Good,Episode 100 is here! As I was thinking about what to do for this episode, I thought, why not interview someone who has featured more on the podcast than anyone else, yet who hasn't actually been a guest on the podcast? Every episode since episode 21, Strahan Coleman's music has been there.
And in this kōrero with Strahan we go deep, talking about the journey that led to him being an award winning musician who travelled the world, but then the way life all came crashing down, pulling his music career out from under him and changing everything about his life and...2024-09-241h 04Beholding PrayerGuided Prayer | The Love of The TrinityThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential podcast designed to help you enter a deeper experience of God. This series of guided prayer meditations is based on my new book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire, an invitation to learning to drink more deeply of God's presence. Today's prayer is a guided meditation on experiencing the desire of the Trinity for you. So, find somewhere quiet, pour yourself a coffee, and allow the Spirit to meet you where you are today.Strahan Coleman is a pray-er, writer and musician from Aotearoa...2024-09-1810 min
Undaunted Pursuit PodcastThirsting: Quenching Our Soul’s Deepest Desire With Strahan ColemanWelcome to another inspiring episode of the Undaunted Pursuit Podcast! In this week's episode, we are honored to have Strahan Coleman, the best-selling author of the upcoming book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul’s Deepest Desire, joining us for an in-depth discussion. Strahan is not only an accomplished writer but also the founder of the popular ministry Commoners Communion, a teacher at Practicing the Way, and an award-winning musician. His poetic exploration of our deep spiritual thirst and how to rediscover communion with God is profoundly moving and relevant in today’s world.
Episode Highlights:
Exclusive Insight into Thir...2024-09-041h 05Where Do You Find God?Where Strahan Coleman, Commoners Communion Finds God‘When I was really at the peak of my ill years I‘ve had at least 2 seasons where I spent 80% of my time really just being able to sit in a chair or lying in bed’. Strahan Coleman is a writer, award-winning folk musician, spiritual director and founder of commoners communion. He’s also someone who has experienced chronic illness which has led him to find God in new and deeper ways. He shares some of his experience with Lizzie Oakes. https://www.commonerscommunion.com/ Support Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctua...2024-08-2012 min
The Influencers PodcastStrahan Coleman Reveals How He Got God’s Attention (147)Does God talk to us, or listen? People of every culture, age, and with or without faith, struggle with these questions. Writer, award-winning musician, and founder of Commoner’s Communion, Strahan Coleman’s wandering career took him around the world and right back to God. Life was good -- a wonderful marriage, children, a beach home -- until it wasn’t. Suffering an undiagnosed illness, weak, and often bedridden, Coleman prayed for help, but at times could only listen. After months of feeling abandoned by God, Coleman quit pleading for healing and instead asked God an important question. Raw and ho...2024-02-0629 min
The Nothing Is Wasted PodcastEpisode 290 - Beholding God in our Suffering with Strahan ColemanWhat do we do when our suffering makes us feel angry at God? How do we continue to hold on to our relationship with the Lord when we are struggling with difficulties and trials in our lives?For author, musician and spiritual director, Strahan Coleman, his battle with chronic illness left him depleted physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially. And while it felt as though so much was being stripped away in his life, he also began to experience an expansion when it came to his relationship with God. It didn't come easy though, but only through the painstaking honesty and...2023-09-211h 36
Coast Vineyard Church Messagesbeing / becoming / doing | Strahan ColemanToday we start a brand new series on spiritual formation - being becoming
doing - with an interview with special guest, Strahan Coleman. Be
encouraged as Matt and Strahan explore God's ongoing invitation to us
through prayer.2023-07-2400 min
The Joy Millionaire PodcastIt's Time For Coffee | Deepen Our Relationships With God // Strahan ColemanJoin your friend Jeanette as she sits down with author, musician, and poet Strahan Coleman. Jeanette and Strahan get deep into the feelings of our faith, from depression in day-to-day life to the incredible highs and lows of belief in Him, the joy and peacefulness found in His Love. Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer. Grab your copy of Strahan’s Book https://amzn.to/3qrsiqR Listen to the Moms At Work Podcast https://link.chtbl.com/momsatwork ...2023-07-0544 minYour Authentic LifeStrahan Coleman "Beholding"In this episode I chat with Strahan Coleman about his latest book "Beholding, Deepening our Experience in God"
From the Commoners Communions website:
Strahan is a writer, award winning folk musician and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He founded Commoners Communion in 2017 to explore what it means to become a deeply prayerful people in our times. Since then, he has written three prayer books - Prayer Vol. 01, 02 & 03 that offer poetic prayers, contemplations and reflections that help the reader deepen their own communion with the God of their hearts. 2023-05-2651 min
henrinouwensocietyHenri Nouwen, Now & Then Podcast | Strahan Coleman "Beholding: Deepening Our Experience of God"In this episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, award-winning musician and author of the new book "Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God," Strahan Coleman reveals how his prolonged journey through pain, depression and anxiety led to a deeper prayer life. Strahan's miraculous story illustrates what is possible for those who long for a more satisfying and intimate friendship with God.
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For Real with Kimberly StuartEpisode 32 - Strahan ColemanYowza. This conversation will not let me go. In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with a man who knows a lot about Plan B. Strahan Coleman was a touring musician and songwriter for years, and he had a very robust prayer life until he became so sick, he couldn’t get out of bed and he could not muster the energy to pray as he had before. Plus, he was rather irritated with the God of the universe who suddenly seemed very silent and very unwilling to give Strahan the help he needed. If you have ev...2023-05-0250 min
The Intentional Parents PodcastSuffering, Prayer, and How to teach your kids to Talk to God (Interview with Strahan Coleman)Today we have Strahan Coleman on the show. Strahan is a writer, spiritual director, and award-winning musician from New Zealand. In this rich conversation, Brook and Strahan discuss chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and how to find a vibrant faith amidst these challenges. They talk about the importance of shifting our prayer lives from following a prayer formula and seeking to perform for God to prayers that are intimate and purely about beholding the presence of God. In Strahan’s words, “Prayer equals nakedness with God.” They also discuss the constant noise in our culture and why bringing the volume down i...2023-04-261h 11
The SpeakeasyTake Back the Wonder | Strahan Coleman | Episode 239Writer, spiritual director, and award-winning musician Strahan Coleman joins Blake to talk about how his journey of pain, depression, and anxiety moved his working relationship with God to a deep friendship. In his book, he invites readers into a richer life of prayer by giving up consumer Christianity for a beautiful life of seeing and being seen by God. Listen in as they talk about why prayer is a way of being with God in the every day through our minds and bodies. Strahan is the author of Beholding – available everywhere now! To con...2023-04-1245 min
Faith, Work & RestKnowing God in Work & Rest 01: Beholding God - A New-Old Way to PrayWe are beginning a new 6-part series called Knowing God in Work & Rest.
In a world saturated in consumerism that is always looking to extract something from us, we have a God who longs to be with us and wants us to enjoy being in his presence. Strahan Coleman shares a vision for beholding prayer that leads to a life saturated in the presence of God. He shares from his new book, Beholding, about his journey into a life of beholding and how it can powerfully reshape how we work and rest.
Resources related to this episode:
Strahan’s book: Be...2023-03-2847 min
Churchfront Worship and Tech PodcastRediscovering the Lost Importance of Prayer in Worship | Strahan ColemanJust so you know, we really are intentional with our guests on this podcast and want to invite guests who can bring value to you listeners who we know are leaders in the church, serving your congregations faithfully and looking to grow in your own leadership journey. So when I found Strahan Coleman and discovered some of his resources he had surrounding prayer, I immediately felt it would bring value to our listeners. I had such a great time getting to know Strahan and hope you’ll find this episode and our co...2023-03-2747 minBeholding PrayerPrayer Exercise | Listening PrayerThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find out more about his ministry, including his prayer books, visit www.commonerscommunion.com.Music & Editing by Jonathan Class.2023-03-1508 min
The Honest PodEpisode 80: Overcoming the Struggle to Pray: A Journey towards Intimacy with God with Strahan ColemanToday, Karrie is joined with musician, writer of @commoners_communion, spiritual director and author Strahan Coleman.
What is prayer, why do we pray, and how do we pray? It’s easy to get discouraged with prayer - so we need to re-frame it. Strahan chats about his revelation on how prayer isn’t about ‘performance’ for God, but about entering into a meaningful connection with Him. They discuss what it looks like practically to take thoughts from your brain and getting them into your body to be fully present in your relationship with God.
New book ‘Be...2023-03-0950 min
Maybe GodIntimacy with God through Unanswered Prayers with Strahan ColemanAll the way from New Zealand, award-winning musician, poet, writer, and spiritual director Strahan Coleman opens up about the chronic illness that ended his music career and led him into a deeper union with God. After years of pursuing God's approval through his music, ministry, and other measurable goals, Strahan shares in his new book called “Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God” the most important lesson he's learned since falling ill: that the real meaning of life is simply being with God. More about Strahan Coleman: www.commonerscommunion.com/ Watch Maybe God interviews: youtube.com/maybe...2023-03-021h 05Beholding PrayerPrayer Exercise | The ElevatorIf you struggle with an anxious mind, torrents of thoughts or focus in prayer, The Elevator is an exercise to help you bring your mind down into your heart so that you can pray from there.The Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find out more about his ministry, including his...2023-03-0109 minBeholding PrayerPrayer Exercise | The Window of The SoulThe Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find out more about his ministry, including his prayer books, visit www.commonerscommunion.com.Music & Editing by Jonathan Class.2023-02-2209 min
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness330: [Formed.] Strahan Coleman on The Cost of Formation, Negotiating with Sorrow, and Why You Can't Perform Your Way to God's Heart This is week five of our "Formed" series. In today's conversation, my new friend Strahan Coleman is here to talk about the cost of formation, how to negotiate with sorrow and silence, and why you can't perform your way to God's heart. Strahan is a writer, musician, and spiritual director from New Zealand. His work helps people to grow a deep friendship with God, seeing prayer as far more than conscious mental dialogue but as a way of existing with God in our everyday ordinary lives. His prayers and poems are invitations toward an honest, rested and open life...2023-02-221h 03
Rule of LifeLuminary Interview: Strahan ColemanIn this final episode of season 2 of the Rule of Life podcast, we are joined by Strahan Coleman for a conversation on experiencing God, the differences between the fruits of the spirit and the gifts of the spirit, the dangers of depersonalizing God, and how to bring ourselves to silence. Strahan Coleman is an award winning musician, poet, writer, and spiritual director from Aotearoa New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoners Communion, a place for exploring deepness with God through spiritual retreats, a podcast, and online prayer schools. Strahan has written three volumes of poetic prayer b...2023-02-201h 33Beholding PrayerGod In This MomentThe way we bring ourselves to prayer matters. In our hyper stimulated age, practising presentness as we begin our prayer times can be a helpful way of grounding us in our bodies, where God is homed, and help us experience him more freely.The Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find...2023-02-1508 min
Deep Talks | Cultural Theology with Paul AnleitnerStrahan Coleman | Beyond Consumeristic Christianity (Part 2)Strahan is a writer, award-winning folk musician, and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoner's Communion and the author of Beholding: Deepening Our Experience with God.
Make sure to listen to Part 1 of my conversation with Strahan before listening to this one.
In today's episode, we discuss the need to move beyond consumeristic, transactional Christianity into a more healthy and less anxious view of God. Strahan offers his insights and wisdom on how to move beyond this kind of spirituality.
Here's the link to Straha...2023-02-1438 minUndaunted Pursuit PodcastBeholding With Strahan Coleman #32This week we want to welcome Author/Musician Strahan Coleman to the Podcast to talk about his new book "Beholding". What he has wrote is nothing short of amazing and it was a pleasure to sit down with him and dig into what inspired this book!
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people are struggling to find real meaning and wonder. But behind the chaos and post-Christian
culture, human hearts are...2023-02-1337 minBeholding PrayerReceiving The Breath of GodAs Christians should we incorporate breathing into our prayer times? Isn't that an import from other religions and if not, what does scripture and Christian tradition have to say about breath and breathing in prayer?The Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find out more about his ministry, including his prayer b...2023-02-0807 min
Deep Talks | Cultural Theology with Paul AnleitnerStrahan Coleman | A More Holistic Charismatic (Part 1)Strahan is a writer, award-winning folk musician, and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoner's Communion and the author of Beholding: Deepening Our Experience with God.
In today's episode, I begin to wrap up my series on "A Quest for Meaning as a Spiritual Species" by talking with Strahan about his spiritual journey as he struggled to make sense of God while in the depths of hyper-Charismatic culture.
How did he recover from liturgies of anxiety and discover a more holistic and time-tested Christian spirituality? What did he retain from his C...2023-02-0854 min
The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio ProgramTeaching Your Child To PrayStrahan Coleman is a husband and father of 3 very energetic boys. Strahan talks about the challenges and dark places he's faced in his life and how this led him from starting a prayer life to integrating God into his daily life details as his friend. He shares how this experienced reduced his anxiety and gave him a peace he needed to become a better husband and father. Strahan also shares some powerful ways he has taught his kids to have a prayer life and make God their friend too.Strahan Coleman is a musician and author of...2023-02-0728 min
Let Your Mind Travel Through Words With Full AudiobookBeholding: Deepening Our Experience In God Audiobook by Strahan ColemanListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 653142
Title: Beholding: Deepening Our Experience In God
Author: Strahan Coleman
Narrator: John Mark Comer, Strahan Coleman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:41:49
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: ONE Audiobooks
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Christianity
Summary:
Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer.
How can time with God be a source of peace in a loud and distracting world? In Beholding, spiritual director and poet Strahan Coleman invites readers to discover the joy of being with God, not just working for Him. As...2023-02-075h 41
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, PoetryBeholding: Deepening Our Experience In God by Strahan ColemanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653142to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Beholding: Deepening Our Experience In God
Author: Strahan Coleman
Narrator: Strahan Coleman, John Mark Comer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Release date: February 7, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
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Genres: Poetry
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Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer. How can time with God be a source of peace in a loud and distracting world? In Beholding, spiritual director and poet Strahan Coleman invites readers to discover the joy of being with God, not just worki...2023-02-075h 41
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityBeholding: Deepening Our Experience In God by Strahan ColemanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beholding: Deepening Our Experience In God Author: Strahan Coleman Narrator: Strahan Coleman, John Mark Comer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer. How can time with God be a source of peace in a loud and distracting world? In Beholding, spiritual director and poet Strahan Coleman invites readers to discover the joy of being with God, not just w...2023-02-0705 min
Rule of LifePrayer 04: Being With GodWhat is it to simply be with God? What does it look like? What does it feel like? In this discussion on the fourth movement of prayer, you’ll hear what it means to go from talking to God, talking with God, and listening to God…to being with God. Existing together in his presence…free from any words at all. This episode features wisdom from Rich Villodas and Strahan Coleman as well as everyday apprentices of Jesus. These podcasts accompany nine Practices developed by Practicing the Way. Thanks to the generosity of The Circl...2023-02-061h 03
The Pursuit of Manliness244: Strahan Coleman | BeholdingSend us a textOn this week's PoM Podcast I sit down and talk with Strahan Coleman, author of the new book "Beholding." Strahan is a writer, award winning folk musician and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He founded Commoners Communion in 2017 to explore what it means to become a deeply prayerful person in our times. Since then, he has written three prayer books - Prayer Vol. 01, 02 & 03 that offer poetic prayers, contemplations and reflections that help the reader deepen their own communion with the God of their hearts. Strahan’s work helps peop...2023-02-0633 minBeholding PrayerGazing into God, Gazing into Us.Strahan introduces himself, the book, and what you can expect over the coming episodes. The Beholding Prayer Podcast is an experiential accompaniment to Strahan's book 'Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God' which explores prayer as seeing and being seen by God in our everyday ordinary lives. Beholding can be found wherever good books are sold.Strahan Coleman is an author, musician and spiritual director. To find out more about his ministry, including his prayer books, visit www.commonerscommunion.com.Music & Editing by Jonathan Class.2023-01-3104 min
Then God MovedStrahan/Commoners Communion on God’s Voice + the Art of Prayer | Ep. 33I chat with folk musician, writer, and spiritual director Strahan Coleman – known as @Commoners_Communion on Instagram – about...almost everything! Topics include Strahan's childhood revelations about God, his ongoing battle against chronic illness, how he maintains hope in grief and suffering, the challenges posed by fame and hustle culture, fasting, thwarted dreams, and what marriage and fatherhood have taught him about God. Our conversation centers on Strahan's latest book, Beholding.
While you're here, please take a moment to leave the show a rating and a review. And as always, feel free to connect with me vi...2023-01-3152 min
RediscoveringBeholding: A Conversation with Strahan ColemanOn this episode of Rediscovering, I have the honor of interviewing Strahan Coleman, a writer and musician from New Zealand. Strahan's work has been formative in my life, and I pray that this conversation is a blessing to you! We talk about his new book, Beholding, stumbling through God-given dreams, dead dreams, grieving, and living prophetically. My favorite kind of conversation. Thank you, Strahan!
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Rule of LifePrayer 02: Talking With GodIf you have any amount of experience with prayer, you probably have questions. Why does God answer some of my prayers and not others? Why does God wait to answer my prayers? If Jesus came to seek and save the lost and if prayer is powerful, then why doesn’t God seem to answer prayers for my lost friends and family? These questions can compound into confusion about God Himself and eventually lead us to think: Do my prayers matter? Do they matter to God? And do they matter in the real world and in the...2023-01-231h 11
Overflow Message PodcastTAKE HEART: Week 2 | "We Belong Together"“We may not always be able to control our anxiety, fear, or shame. But we can allow those things to magnetize us towards God, rather than push us away.” -Strahan Coleman This week we had a conversation about healthy thinking. Our prayer is that we can normalize this kind of discussion within our community and we can feel safe, to be honest with God!2022-03-1456 min
The Follower PodcastInto the Deep 3: Strahan ColemanIn this episode, I speak to Strahan Coleman of Commoners Communion about his journey through suffering and how he is finding Jesus in the midst of it all.
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Good TheologyE27: Suffering, Communion & Contemplative Prayer w/ Strahan ColemanStrahan Coleman from Commoners Communion shares he's learned about God in the midst of suffering, Pentecostalism, communion, and why the future of the church is prayer. Strahan is a musician, writer, speaker, psalmist, story-teller and songwriter. He is the creator of Commoners Communion, a blog, podcast and conversational look at how poetry and revelation kiss in the life of Spirit filled humanity. Follow Strahan: https://www.instagram.com/strahanmusic/?hl=enFollow Commoners Communion: https://www.instagram.com/commoners_communion/?hl=enFind complete show notes & links on our site www.va...2022-03-081h 05
•• Gönn dir ••18 - Gönn dir Stille: Never alone - Adventskalender 2021NEVER ALONE von Strahan ColemanNever aloneNever any breath aloneNever a thought or quiver alone of any kindNever a beat or pulse or love for any human soul aloneAlone is impossibleAlone is deaht but even then, never aloneAlone would be to liveWithout the womb of divine oxygen surrounding human spark and cellThere can be no aloneNot even for enemies...2021-12-1813 min
Central Vineyard Church Sermon PodcastBe with, be like - pt 7: Goodness (Sunday Epistle Audio Version)‘Be with, be like’ is an exploration of fruitfulness, and what it is to experience and exhibit the Father’s love and Christlike Way by the Holy Spirit. In this seventh week we are exploring goodness, and as it’s another Sunday in lockdown Level 4, we send it with love and in the form of an epistle-like letter read by our writer, Strahan Coleman.Strahan was meant to be our guest speaker this Sunday, and has kindly sent his message from afar. For more of Strahan’s work see commonerscommunion.com2021-09-1800 min
First15 DevotionalThe Renewal of Your MindIn the second day of our series on renewal, today we’re going to invite God to renew our minds. Our minds are the gateway to our emotions, decisions, and perspectives. How we see the world around us, the assumptions we live with, the lies we believe, and where we choose to focus our attention, make all the difference in our daily experience. May God guide each of us down the path to renewing our minds in his presence, and through his word today, that we might experience a greater measure of abundant life in him. Our Scri...2021-09-1813 min
First15 DevotionalGod's Plan for RenewalOne of the best aspects of spending time alone with God is being renewed daily by his word and presence. Lamentations 3:22-23 says, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23). When we make space for God in our lives, especially at the beginning of the day, he is faithful to renew and prepare us for all we will face out in the world. So as we enter into this week focusing on renewal, Where do you need renewal? How greatly do you ne...2021-09-1717 min
First15 DevotionalBeing the LightAs we finish our week on Light, today we’ll explore our calling to be the light. What’s beautiful about this call is that the pressure if off. We have so many misconceptions about what God requires of us, and he is not the task master we so often mistake him for. May you be encouraged today to live out your calling as the light of world, free from the weight of the world. Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 5:14, and today's worship is I Will Wait by David Leonard. Check out our Wors...2021-09-1609 min
First15 DevotionalFollowing God into the LightAs we begin wrap up our week on Light, today we’ll explore following God into the light. We each face temptations of various kinds. And God promises each of us a way out by his leadership in the midst of temptation and struggle. We are not alone in anything we face, as our Jesus has told us he’s faced it too. May you feel better equipped to face temptation and sin today as you encounter Jesus and his truth for you on this subject. Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 42:16, and today's worship is I Wi...2021-09-1509 min
First15 DevotionalLooking at the LightAll of our longings and needs were meant to be met in God. And yet, we live in a world constantly vying to meet our needs and desires in false, inadequate ways. Today we’ll explore how to walk in the light by looking to the light to meet all of our needs. As we re-train ourselves to seek God first for satisfaction, may we find how abundantly beyond our imaginings the Lord’s sufficiency is for us. Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 11:34, and today's worship is There is No Higher Name by REVERE. Ch...2021-09-1410 min
First15 DevotionalLiving Fully KnownAs we are called to the light, we are called to be fully known. Many of us shudder at the thought of complete, total vulnerability, and fall subject to the lie that we could never be fully loved if someone saw all of us. Today we’ll explore why being fully known before God is so important and life-giving. May you walk away today free from shame and fear after having faced a holy God vulnerably and having encountered his unconditional love. Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 8:17, and today's worship is Hide and Seek by Fi...2021-09-1314 min
First15 DevotionalJesus is the LightAs we learn this week of the light of God, today we’ll look to Jesus who is the Light. What does this mean about the Lord? And what does this mean for us personally? May our eyes behold him today, as we search out the source of goodness, beauty and holiness. May our hearts grow in wonder, worship and awe. And may our lives be forever transformed at the sight of him. Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 60:20, and today's worship is Hey Jesus by Elyssa Smith (feat. Steffany Gretzinger). Check out our Wo...2021-09-1209 min
First15 DevotionalWe are Called to the LightAs we continue our week on living in and pursuing the light, today we’ll explore how we as God’s people are called out of darkness and to the light. Our new inheritance as God’s saints is to step out of hiding, and walk in full vulnerable honesty before God and man. May you be strengthened in grace and integrity today as you’re re-envisioned toward your calling to the light. Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 5:8, and today's worship is Breakthrough by Red Rocks Worship. Check out our Worship for the Weekday...2021-09-1109 min
First15 DevotionalLight and DarkWe live in the reality that there is both light and darkness around us at all times. This world has both good and evil, right and wrong. As believers we must grow in both our acceptance of this reality and our pursuit of the light. We must allow God to mold and shape us into those who rid ourselves of any darkness, become fully known to God, and allow his light to transform us into reflections of his Son. May the Lord open our eyes to see the glorious light before us this week. Our Scripture for...2021-09-1010 min
First15 DevotionalOur Righteousness in Jesus ChristIn today’s devotional we wrap up our week on living an unveiled lifestyle by looking at our righteousness in Jesus Christ. Acknowledging the new nature we’ve been given in God is absolutely critical in living life to the fullest, having the fullest experience of God and interior abundance in him. May you see yourself in light of the finished work of Christ today as we make space to see the new nature we’ve been given by God’s grace. Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:21, and today's worship is It Is Finished by Passion...2021-09-0909 min
The RuinsOur Story of Spiritual AbuseEPISODE 22
Nicole and I share our story of spiritual abuse in Vancouver, Canada. If you have or are going through abuse of any kind, specifically in the church, know that we love you, you are not alone, and there is hope. The journey towards healing can be daunting, but we would love to be a friend and help you begin or continue that journey. Please feel free to reach out to us at: kqpodcast@gmail.com.
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The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 549: Lockdown, science fiction, and moreWelcome to episode 7 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary return to form with a classic ramble through a jumble of topics ranging from the postponement of this year’s Swancon in Perth (and a bit of trivia about an American Swanncon from decades ago); the possible effects of the missing convention years on the SFF field; a brief foray into utopian/dystopian fiction; Charles de Lint, urban fantasy, and his new novel Juniper Wiles; our mutual admiration for Catherynne Valente's forthcoming The Past is Red; and bits about what we’ve been reading latel...2021-04-2559 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 538: Sheree Renée Thomas, Charles Coleman Finlay and F&SFJonathan and Gary continue their irregular 2020 schedule with a conversation with Charles Coleman Finlay, who for more than five years has carried on the grand tradition of editing The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Sheree Renée Thomas, who picks up the mantle as new editor beginning with the March/April 2021 issue. We talk about the magazine’s distinguished history, the challenges of maintaining an iconic magazine in a radically changing short fiction field, and their own experiences as SF readers, writers, and editors.
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Commoners Communion PodcastFather, Be My Ugly Prayer (and the deep groan of God)Not every prayer is meant to be beautiful. Not every prayer is even meant to be spoken.Father, Be My Ugly Prayer is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt.Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and contemplations and to keep in touch.2020-07-2612 minCommoners Communion PodcastI'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God (and accepting our right now)Becoming isn't only about growing in God-likeness but about celebrating who we already are, today.I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt.Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and contemplations and to keep in touch.2020-07-1213 minCommoners Communion PodcastThe Narrow Way (and the celebration of spiritual crises)What if the spiritual wilderness isn't a place of unfaithfulness, but maturity? An invitation toward a deeper friendship. A place beyond our usual ways of seeing and knowing, where God livesThe Narrow Way is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt.Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and contemplations and to...2020-07-0516 minCommoners Communion PodcastShhh (and creating secret spaces)The beauty of silence is that it makes us the passive recipient in our communion together with God, opening floor for Him to start the conversation.Shhh is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.You can join me for a 7 class/7 week online prayer school this June 29! Visit commonerscommunion.com/onlineprayerschool for detailsProduced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt....2020-06-2809 minCommoners Communion PodcastWhen Newness Isn't Easy (and failure as holy anticipation)There is often a distance between how we imagine God doing a thing, and how he really does it. If we're open to looking for it, we may just discover that we're already walking in the newness we've been praying for. Even when the day feels dark. When Newness Isn't Easy is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.You can join me for a 7 class/7 week online prayer school this June 29! Visit commonerscommunion.com/onlineprayerschool for detailsP...2020-06-2113 minCommoners Communion PodcastLet Love Ache (and on coming to the end of ourselves)Maybe we can't truly love like God does - with an achy, gritty and unrelenting love - until we arrive at the end of ourselves; where, out of gas we finally admit we must be conduits that pay forward, rather than reservoirs that withhold grace.Let Love Ache is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt....2020-05-3110 minCommoners Communion PodcastRemembrance Is Anxieties Antidote (and the practice of subverting suffering)In moments when things are difficult and hopeless, remembrance is a way of disempowering suffering - of subverting it. Remembering is prophetic, it's present-shaping, and it transforms how we lean into our tomorrow. Remembrance Is Anxieties Antidote is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by Leah Surynt.Visit www.instagram.com/commoners_communion for more written prayers and...2020-05-2412 minCommoners Communion PodcastNot Far (and the playful mystery of God)There is a mystery and a romance to how God hides from us. But when it comes to the veil between us and God, between the Father of the heavens and my soul, it's generally a veil that I myself create (through shame, distance-imagination and untruth) not a divine reality.Not Far is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com.Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class.Music by Jonathan Class.Mastered by Alex Dobbert.Episode art by L...2020-05-1709 minCommoners Communion PodcastCommunion Has Always Been Your Priority (and finally moving beyond shame)God longs for a divine closeness with you that you’ve not yet discovered.A closeness beyond the questions of circumstance.A closeness beyond the confusion of knowledge and understanding.A closeness beyond the woundedness and hurt that you carry.A closeness beyond what you feel or don’t feel, your emotions, runaway thoughts & anxiety.A closeness beyond the busyness and chaos of the world we live in.God has created you for and longs to sit with you at the table of divine hospitality and love.Comm...2020-05-1013 minCommoners Communion PodcastFor The Beginning of Adventures (and the art of continual rediscovery)God is continually dethroning the 'little g' god of our life. Blowing apart and expanding it to reveal himself, the read God, beyond.Faith could be seen as a journey in the continual rediscovery of God. A never ending adventure of knowing, unknowing and knowing again the person of God as he really is, accepting that change is not only inevitable, but good, and trusting that God has you in his hands throughout the process.For The Beginning of Adventures is from my book Prayer Vol.01. You can purchase Prayer Vol.01 and find out more...2020-05-0308 min