Fr Columba walks through some of the books of Bible in a humorous and easy to understand way so you can start to apply God's wisdom to your life and be a better disciple of Jesus.
Fr Isaac explains the implications of becoming sons and daughters of God through our baptism
What do we know about Jesus? What way did he live his life? How did he interact with others?
Who can help us out of the mess we are putting ourselves and each other in?
Ok! Jesus came to fix the mess but... I'm still in it! Is there anything I should do?
Who can help us out of the mess we are putting ourselves and each other through our weakness?
If God is love why is there so much suffering in the world? Listen and find out!
The last entry in our look at John's Gospel. Also Fr Columba's last Living Disciples night, which started about 8 or more years ago.
John 20 - The Ressurection.MP3 by Fr Columba Jordan
John's account of Jesus' passion is loaded with subtle clues to help us see the connections between it and the Passover Meal.
We all know that we need more surrender in our lives so tonight and in this chapter of John Jesus shows us how to live it as He hands himself over for us.
John 17 - Glory, Unity And Love.MP3 by Fr Columba Jordan
The Church is called to be like a mother who, by a labour of love gives birth to souls by evangelization and then raises them by teaching them, but none of this is possible without the Holy Spirit.
More preparation from Jesus on how to live as a Christian in the world now that He is not physically with us. Abide, love and witness.
Surely one of the toughest work transitions in the history of transitions was the infant Church going from having Jesus as the CEO to his departure. In this chapter He prepares us for the shift.
In the last supper Jesus not only does a lot of talking about what love is but he shows us in an unbelievably extreme way and calls us to do likewise. But how?
Boundaries 5a - The Simple Gospel Part 1 by Fr Columba Jordan
Boundaries 4 - The First Five Laws Of Boundaries by Fr Columba Jordan
Boundaries 3: 4 Types Of Boundary Problems by Fr Columba Jordan
What is your responsibility? Where does that end and other people's responsibilities begin? Confusion over this issue leads to us taking on what is not ours to do, or vice versa. Solving this in our lives would easily remove most of our conflicts and annoyances. Based on the classic book by Dr.s Cloud and Townsend.
A very brief intro to one of the most important topics for learning to be a human...
That Acts of the Apostles tells the story of the followers of Jesus as they started to live the way Jesus did. The secret ingredient that helped them do just that was and still is the Holy Spirit. But can we do the same today?
As Jesus ends his public ministry and enters Jerusalem in preparation for his Passion we are invited to prepare with him to learn how to lay our lives down like him.
We take a good look at what it means to be a real disciple of Jesus and the two models for us are Martha and Mary, these amazing women of God and some of Jesus' closest friends.
How can we know what teachers to trust in our process of learning to be a follower of Jesus?
Following on from chapter 8 we continue to look at identity, this time from the natural perspective of the human heart and parenting, the role of affirmation, acceptance and strong boundaries to help form our hearts into the confident, God followers we were created to be.
Do you know where you come from and where you are going? To know this is to know your true identity? What difference would that make to how you look at life and live? Find out more in this week's Living Disciples podcast
How can we know what to do? What God is calling us to do in our life or just today. In this talk you'll learn some very practical guidelines to help this crucial skill to grow in your life.
Are you hungry? Spiritually hungry. There are two ways that God has especially provided for us to be spiritually fed, faith and the Eucharist.
Who to fear? God or man? Both have consequences for our lives. Which will you choose?
Some points on evangelization and the complementary roles of sower and reaper or evangelist and discipler. Then an examination of the growth of faith from crisis faith to committed and contagious faith. And finally the need to simply know your need and desire transformation in order to attract Jesus to you, even without faith in Him.
A summary of John 3:16-21. A section I had previously missed because my audio recorder died on me.
A talk Fr Columba gave March 2020 in Encounter Community Church, Limavady, N. Ireland.
A look at Jesus' evangelistic technique with the woman at the well in John chapter 4.
The most famous and important line in all of Scripture and more besides, this week
The wedding at Cana and the cleansing of the Temple. Jesus did not just come to fix us but to make it possible for us to be eternally united to God. He wants us to be inebriated with his love...
A look at the end of chapter 1 of John's Gospel - discipleship; are we followers of Jesus or are we stalking him?
Worship from Tuesday evening Jan 21 2020 by Fr Columba Jordan
The first two stories after the prologue... all about John the Baptist. Do you know what your mission is in the church?
Johns Gospel Prologue Part 5.MP3 by Fr Columba Jordan
Johns Gospel Prologue Part 4.MP3 by Fr Columba Jordan