Our passage from the Word of God today is Luke 1:63 which reads: "And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all." Our quote today is from Ezra Pound. He said: "Great literature is simply language

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 20 -- Augustine's "Confessions"; Reading a Story, Pt. 24 -- How Much Does a Narrator Know?

Jul 31st, 2016 13m 49s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 which reads: "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not w

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 17 -- Augustine's "Confessions"; Reading a Story, Pt. 21 -- Point of View

Jul 9th, 2016 14m 4s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Revelation 1:3 which reads: "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." Our quote today is f

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 16 -- Gospel of Luke; Reading a Story, Pt. 20 -- Thinking About Plot

Jun 29th, 2016 18m 48s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Exodus 32:15-16 which reads: "And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on th

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 14 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 18 -- John Updike's "A&P" Continued

Dec 8th, 2015 19m 42s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Timothy 4:13 which reads: "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."Our quote today is from Frederick Douglas. He said: "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 13 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 17 -- John Updike's "A&P" Continued

Dec 1st, 2015 21m 37s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Job 19:23 which reads: "Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!"Our quote today is from John Green. He said: "Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 12 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 16 -- John Updike's "A&P" Continued

Nov 24th, 2015 21m 32s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 45:1 which reads: "My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."Our quote today is from Lafcadio Hearn. H

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 11 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 15 -- John Updike's "A&P"

Nov 17th, 2015 20m 6s

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 10 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 13 -- John Updike

Nov 10th, 2015 15m 55s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Chronicles 35:25 which reads: "And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel:

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 9 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 13 -- Short Story

Jul 28th, 2015 19m 56s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Chronicles 29:29 which reads: "Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad th

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 8 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 12 -- Plot

Jul 21st, 2015 20m 59s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Kings 12:19 which reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?"Our quote today is from Gabriel Garcia Marqu

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 7 -- Hermann Hesse; Reading a Story, Pt. 11 -- Plot

Jul 14th, 2015 17m 2s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Kings 11:41 which reads: "And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?"Our quote today is from Ezra Pound. He sai

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 6 -- Lao-Tzu; Reading a Story, Pt. 10

Jul 7th, 2015 24m 1s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Kings 23:21 which reads: "And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant."Our quote today is from Samuel Butler

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 5 -- Lao-Tzu; Reading a Story, Pt. 9

Jun 9th, 2015 16m 58s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Joshua 24:26 which reads: "And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord."Our quote today i

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 4 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 8

Jun 2nd, 2015 19m 2s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Luke 1:3 which reads: "It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus."Our quote today is from C.

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 3 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 7

May 26th, 2015 16m 22s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Deuteronomy 31:24 which reads: "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished."Our quote today is from Boris Pasternak. She said:

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 2 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 6

May 11th, 2015 14m 54s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 45:1 which reads: "My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."Our quote today is from Helen Keller. She said:

Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 1 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 5

May 5th, 2015 15m 19s

Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Kings 11:41 which reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?"Our quote today is from C. S. Lewis. He sai

Art and the Divine, Pt 4; Reading a Story, Pt 4

Apr 27th, 2015 16m 4s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 139:16 which reads: "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."Ou

Art and the Divine, Pt 3; Reading a Story, Pt 3

Apr 20th, 2015 12m 24s

Art and the Divine, Pt 2; Reading a Story, Pt 2

Apr 14th, 2015 14m 36s

Our passage from the Word of God today is Jeremiah 30:2 which reads: "Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book."Our quote today is from Gene Veith. He said: "One thing, howev