by Gareth Boyd | Feb 22, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Liturgy
(Custom Artwork from David Flores) This Symbolic World is of course heavily concerned with symbolism, and the apprehending of those symbolic patterns which we see played throughout history and within our very lives. As many in this space are either Orthodox or Roman...
by Jonathan Pageau | Feb 17, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Liturgy
This post is a transcript of a video from June 2018. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. This video is based on a Patreon comment. I ask the $10+ level patrons to suggest a subject for a video and then I pick the ones that I...
by Jonathan Pageau | Jan 30, 2021 | Articles, Bible
This post is a transcript of a video from October 2020. Thanks to Magda Andronache for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. I’m sure none of you will be surprised to find out that the story of Jonah is one of my favorites in Scripture. It is a story...
by Kathryn Wilson | Dec 25, 2020 | Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions, Theory
While I’m writing this, we’re half-way through December and the Spirit of Christmas is at hand! But what is the Spirit of Christmas? What does it mean that it is at hand? Can we impact it – make it grow or shrink perhaps? Can we participate with it in some manner?...
by Derek J Fiedler | Dec 24, 2020 | Articles, Bible
[to listen to the audio version of this article, click here] “I am a religious person… but I don’t know what to do with the burning bush,” Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey said on the Joe Rogan Experience, the most watched podcast show in 2020.[1] “Burning bush”...
by Jonathan Pageau | Dec 3, 2020 | Articles, Bible, Theory
This post is a transcript of a video published in September 2019. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. One of the problems I run into when talking to people about symbolism is the whole literal versus metaphorical idea. I’ve...
