Podcasts about Josiah Royce

School boards and state governments have been locked in intense debates over what counts as history and whose history ought to be taught. Many of these wrestles orbit around events and cultural beliefs that the pragmatist philosopher Cornel West might refer to as “catastrophes.”Some voices are eager to bury, ignore, or sterilize many of the truly horrendous deeds that have happened in the United States. Slavery. Segregation. Jim Crow. Genocide. The exploitation of workers. And the list goes on.This inability to process the pain, guilt, or shame many of these events provoke in people is, arguably, a major contributing factor to the polarization, dehumanization, and political corrosiveness we encounter in both the national discourse and our local communities. Brad Elliott Stone and Jacob Goodson believe the answer can be found in building beloved community.They draw from the philosophies of Josiah Royce, Martin Luther King Jr, Cornel West, and William James. In their new book, Building Beloved Community in a Wounded World, they argue for ways in which we can heal the wounds inflicted on all of us by racism and economic injustices, both past and present. Here are just a few of the questions considered throughout the conversation.Should building beloved community be focused locally, nationally, or globally? What does it take to effectively respond to the cries of the wounded? And, how can communities better work through the emotional pain of past wrongs?Brad Elliott Stone is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.Jacob L. Goodson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.Show NotesBuilding Beloved Community in a Wounded World by Jacob L. Goodson, Brad Elliott Stone, and Philip Rudolph Kuehnert (2022)Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism: A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race, and the Spiritual Blues by Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone (2019)Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty (1989)The American Evasion of Philosophy by Cornel West (1989)“Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life” by Sidney Hook (1960)The Tragic Sense of Life by Miguel de Unamuno (1954)Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James (1907)“Tender-Minded vs. Tough-Minded Thinkers” by Jeffrey Howard (2023)S2E02 Fear of Breakdown in American Democracy w/ Noëlle McAfee (2022)“American Democracy and Its Broken Bargaining Tables” by Daniel Layman (2021)“Rortian Liberalism and the Problem of Truth” by Adrian Rutt (2021)S1E12 Philosophers Need to Care About the Poor w/ Jacob Goodson (2021)S1E19 Buddhist Reflections on Race and Liberation w/ Charles Johnson (2021)S1E01 Richard Rorty and Achieving Our Country w/ Adrian Rutt (2020)Music Credits“Happy Americana” by ABCDmusic“Empty Bottle, Empty Bed” by Mini Vandals“Thinking Blues” by Bessie Smith“Nobody's Dirty Business” by Mississippi John Hurt“That's All Right” by Arthur Crudup“Sissy Man Blues” by Kokomo Arnold This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit damntheabsolute.substack.com

I've been doing a very deep research dive on the history of social psychology and public relations in order to understand how so many people in the last two years were changed so rapidly--and many times without even questioning the changes or mandates. This research led me to Josiah Royce who was a prominent philosopher and historian during the late 1800s. I'm sharing a book section of his today regarding "maximal moments" in life that come "through the physical." This topic area was covered in "Physical Training and Moral Education" in his 1908 book, "Race Questions, Provincialism, and Other American Problems." I hope you have had or will have many maximal moments in life because as Royce points out--this provides a fullness of life like no other.*Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Ja'mel Armstrong is a change-maker and a leader in his church and the wider community of Louisville, KY, faithfully advocating and working towards the realization of the "beloved community." A native of Louisville, from a young age Armstrong observed the ongoing socio-economic and racial injustices that painted reality for many in his community. His upbringing influenced him to pursue the beloved community in Louisville and beyond.    LINKS: New Horizon Baptist Church, Louisville https://mynewhorizon.church The Post-Black and Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World by Ephraim Smith https://www.amazon.com/Post-Black-Post-White-Church-Community-Multi-Ethnic/dp/1506463479/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+post+black+and+post+white+church&qid=1644272867&sprefix=the+post+black+and%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-2 The Center for Neighborhoods https://www.facebook.com/centerforneighborhoodslouisville/ Parting the Waters: America During the King Years by Taylor Branch https://www.amazon.com/Parting-Waters-America-Years-1954-63/dp/0671687425/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=parting+the+waters+america+in+the+king+years&qid=1644273152&sprefix=parting+the+waters%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1 The King Center https://thekingcenter.org More about Josiah Royce and the Beloved Community https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/the-king-philosophy/   Edited and produced by Nicole Gibson Music: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra

Host: Ryan Massey Participants: Siri Khalsa, Brandon Lenig, and Joshua Noyer

"Certitude is not the test of certainty." This pithy phrase is from Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr's essay on Natural Law, one of twenty nonfiction pieces chosen by their readers for inclusion in volume 087. Selections from Pascal, Josiah Royce, and C.S. Peirce also delve philosophical themes. Builders, warriors, artists, and activists, the many faces of mankind, are illuminated in selections on Ferdinand De Lesseps, Stanislaus Koniecpolski, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Frederic Edwin Church, the 14th century citizens of Liège, who vanquished Sir Radus' castle, and Simon Pokagon's The Red Man's Rebuke. Major moments in U.S. history are visited in the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga and the Great Chicago Fire. An oft forgotten player in history, the mule, is not neglected, nor are the small turning points along the road of life, epitomized by a New England farm auction. For those in search of humor, there is The Senator's Offer and The Proper Way to Sit. Armchair travelers can visit The Old Town of Edinburgh. And, for the weary, there is a monograph On Being Tired. Summary by Sue Anderson Genre(s): *Non-fiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/3daudiobooks0/support

"For our purposes, the community is a being that attempts to accomplish something in time and through the deeds of its members. These deeds belong to the life which each member regards as, in ideal, his own." Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-ideal-self-and-the-community-of-time “Pp. 60-67.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.   

"For our purposes, the community is a being that attempts to accomplish something in time and through the deeds of its members. These deeds belong to the life which each member regards as, in ideal, his own." Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-ideal-self-and-the-community-of-time “Pp. 60-67.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.   

"The rule that time is needed for the formation of a conscious community is a rule which finds its extremely familiar analogy within the life of every individual human self. Each one of us knows that he just now, at this instant, cannot find more than a mere fragment of himself present. The self comes down to us from its own past. It needs and is a history. Each of us can see that his own idea of himself as this person is inseparably bound up with his view of his own former life, of the plans that he formed, of the fortunes that fashioned him, and of the accomplishments which in turn he has fashioned for himself. A self is, by its very essence, a being with a past." Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/community-of-time “Pp. 35-53.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.

"The rule that time is needed for the formation of a conscious community is a rule which finds its extremely familiar analogy within the life of every individual human self. Each one of us knows that he just now, at this instant, cannot find more than a mere fragment of himself present. The self comes down to us from its own past. It needs and is a history. Each of us can see that his own idea of himself as this person is inseparably bound up with his view of his own former life, of the plans that he formed, of the fortunes that fashioned him, and of the accomplishments which in turn he has fashioned for himself. A self is, by its very essence, a being with a past." Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/community-of-time “Pp. 35-53.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.

Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-invisible-church Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer From the Article: As a fact, then, the unity of the Spirit, the religious life which has been and is embodied in the form of human fraternities, is the peculiar possession of no one time, or nation, and belongs to no unique and visible church. Yet such unity is a source of religious insight. Donate: https://www.nationalreformation.org/shop-1 More from Josiah Royce: https://www.nationalreformation.org/chronicles/categories/josiah-royce  

Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-invisible-church Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer From the Article: As a fact, then, the unity of the Spirit, the religious life which has been and is embodied in the form of human fraternities, is the peculiar possession of no one time, or nation, and belongs to no unique and visible church. Yet such unity is a source of religious insight. Donate: https://www.nationalreformation.org/shop-1 More from Josiah Royce: https://www.nationalreformation.org/chronicles/categories/josiah-royce  

Although the term 'Beloved Community' was originally coined by philosopher/theologian Josiah Royce, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King used it to paint a picture of the world he dreamed of.... a society based on justice, equal opportunity and love. Today we explore how we might become Beloved Community, both as a congregation and world. What will it take for us to live into this dream?

Today is January 18th, 2021, the 35th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday. In 1994, congress established the MLK federal holiday to be a national day of service to continue Dr. King's dream of communities rooted in freedom, justice, equality, and peace. As we honor and remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, pastor and social justice campaigner and his wife, Coretta Scott King, the author, activist and civil rights leader, host Sean Riley explores his words as useful leadership lessons that every non-profit, impact-driven leader, corporate professional or anyone in a leadership position can use to move towards peace and justice for all. Originally by the philosopher and theologian Josiah Royce, Dr. King popularized the term "Beloved Community." The Beloved Community is a global vision in which people can share in the wealth of the earth. "In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it." - TheKingCenter.org. This episode contains clips from Dr. King's last Christmas sermon "A Christmas Sermon On Peace," originally delivered on December 24, 1967 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia which prophetically presents his long-term vision of nonviolence as a path toward world peace. In this episode, Host Sean Riley outlines the "Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change" from The King Center, part of Dr. King's work to emphasize love in action and to help get us closer to that Beloved Community that Dr. King revered.

Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/community-of-time Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-ideal-self-and-the-community-of-time Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer The concept of the community, as thus analyzed, stands in the closest relation to the whole nature of the time-process, and also involves recognizing to the full both the existence and the significance of individual selves. “Pp. 35-53.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914. “Pp. 60-67.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.  

Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/community-of-time Read Along: https://www.nationalreformation.org/post/the-ideal-self-and-the-community-of-time Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer The concept of the community, as thus analyzed, stands in the closest relation to the whole nature of the time-process, and also involves recognizing to the full both the existence and the significance of individual selves. “Pp. 35-53.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914. “Pp. 60-67.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914.  

A Christian Womanist Ethics serving on the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary since 1991, Dr. Marcia Y. Riggs recognizes that partisan polarization characterizes both political and religious life in the United States today. Throughout the 20th century, images of "the melting pot" and "the mosaic" have been used to guide our sociocultural, political conceptions of moral community. Many Protestant liberal and progressive Christian communities have interpreted these images through the theological image of Beloved Community originated by Josiah Royce and popularized by Martin Luther King, Jr. How can this theological concept work in repairing the breaches we have today? Join us in envisioning and practicing beloved community together.

Today, we pivoted a bit to share resources on the intersection of mindfulness, Buddhism, anti-racism, and collective healing. We focus on the major voices, most of them people of color, shining a light on the social justice issues facing spiritual communities and how to overcome them. Books: The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Adyashanti Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin Banaji & Anthony GreenwaldAwakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity & Community by Larry YangGood Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society by Thich Nhat HanhMindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth KingRadical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Lama Rod Owens with Jasmine SyedullahIn Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves & Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. MageePeople:Rev. Gini Gerbasi, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Twitter Larry YangPlum Village Global SanghaAlice WalkerRuth King Lama Rod Owens (Instagram)Rev. angel Kyodo williamsRhhonda V MageeStatement from Ty Powers, co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute.Additional Exploration:Implicit Social Attitudes Test from Project Implicit, Harvard UniversityBackground on “Beloved Community,” coined by philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce, popularized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and used by spiritual communities when cultivating anti-racist culture.Alice Walker, American novelist, poet, and social activist, in conversation with Pema Chodron.White Awake is an online platform focused on social justice education for people who are classified as “white”. Arise Sangha (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality, and Social Equity) is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics in the Plum Village tradition.Talk to us: feedback@skillfulmeanspodcast.com

Rev. David Lewicki preaches on May 17th. In May, we explore the 9th and final Big Idea of the Bible: Beloved Community. Beloved Community is an idea popularized by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that was first articulated by 20th-century philosopher Josiah Royce. It is, “a spiritual or divine community capable of achieving the highest good as well as the common good.” The roots of such community are in the Scriptures themselves, in images such as "the people of God," "the Body of God," and "the ekklesia." In May, we explore our calling to Beloved Community and ask what this kind of community offers to us and demands from us in the world we share today.

5.10.20. Rev. Erin Reed Cooper preaches on May 10th. In May, we explore the 9th and final Big Idea of the Bible: Beloved Community. Beloved Community is an idea popularized by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that was first articulated by 20th-century philosopher Josiah Royce. It is, “a spiritual or divine community capable of achieving the highest good as well as the common good.” The roots of such community are in the Scriptures themselves, in images such as "the people of God," "the Body of God," and "the ekklesia." In May, we explore our calling to Beloved Community and ask what this kind of community offers to us and demands from us in the world we share today.

5.3.20. In May, we explore the 9th and final Big Idea of the Bible: Beloved Community. Beloved Community is an idea popularized by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that was first articulated by 20th century philosopher Josiah Royce. It is, “a spiritual or divine community capable of achieving the highest good as well as the common good.” The roots of such community are in the Scriptures themselves, in images such as “the people of God,” “the Body of God,” and “the ekklesia.” In May, we explore our calling to Beloved Community and ask what this kind of community offers to us and demands from us in the world we share today. Rev. David Lewicki preaching.

"The Absolute" redirects itself here. On the metaphysical theater Anchor FM podcasting app free on google play For the Animorphs novel, see The Absolute (Animorphs). For other uses, see Absolute (disambiguation). In idealist philosophy, the Absolute is "the sum of all being, actual and potential". In monistic idealism, it serves as a concept for the "unconditioned reality which is either the spiritual ground of all being or the whole of things considered as a spiritual unity. History Main article: Absolute idealism See also: God, Ultimate reality, Nondualism, and New Age The concept of "the absolute" was introduced in modern philosophy, notably by Hegel, for "the sum of all being, actual and potential". For Hegel, states the philosophy scholar Martin Heidegger, the Absolute is "the spirit, that which is present to itself in the certainty of unconditional self-knowing". According to Hegel, states Frederick Copleston – a historian of philosophy, "Logic studies the Absolute 'in itself'; the philosophy of Nature studies the Absolute 'for itself'; and the philosophy of Spirit studies the Absolute 'in and for itself'. The concept is also found in the works of F.W.J. Schelling, and was anticipated by Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In English philosophy, F. H. Bradley has distinguished the concept of Absolute from God, while Josiah Royce, the founder of American idealism school of philosophy, has equated them. Indian religions The concept of the Absolute has been used to interpret the early texts of the Indian religions such as those attributed to Yajnavalkya, Nagarjuna and Adi Shankara. In Jainism, Absolute Knowledge or Kewalya Gnan, is said to be attained by the Arihantas and Teerthankaras, who reflects in their knowing, the 360 degrees of the truth and events of past, present and future. All 24 Teerthankaras and many others are Kewalya Gnani or Carriers of Absolute Knowledge. According to Takeshi Umehara, some ancient texts of Buddhism state that the "truly Absolute and the truly Free must be nothingness",[7] the "void".[8] Yet, the early Buddhist scholar Nagarjuna, states Paul Williams, does not present "emptiness" as some kind of Absolute, rather it is "the very absence (a pure non-existence) of inherent existence" in Mādhyamaka school of the Buddhist philosophy.[9] According to Glyn Richards, the early texts of Hinduism state that the Brahman or the nondual Brahman–Atman is the Absolute. The term has also been adopted by Aldous Huxley in his perennial philosophy to interpret various religious traditions, including Indian religions, and influenced other strands of nondualistic and New Age thought. Like Nondualism Mature state of consciousness transcending dualism Brahmā (Buddhism) deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Brahmaloka; not regarded as a creator deity (unlike the deity of the same name in Hinduism) Brahman Metaphysical concept, unchanging Ultimate Reality in Hinduism This is only the ultimate metaphysical podcast on the Internet, the metaphysical theater on off spring of Ancor FM podcasting App free on Google play.

Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer "Our definition of the community warrants us in saying that many selves form one community when all are ideally extended so as to include the same object. But unless the ideal extensions of the self thus consciously involve past and future deeds and events that have to do with the objects in question, we shall not use these extensions to help us to define communities." “Pp. 60-67.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914. https://www.americanblackshirts.com/post/2019/10/20/the-ideal-self-and-the-community-of-time  

Sunday , October 20, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns Unitarian Universalists often use the phrase "Beloved Community", a concept which was coined by Josiah Royce, who spoke of a community of memory and hope, and then enlarged by Martin Luther King Jr.  How does this vision of the world challenge us as a community to respond to the fundamental human longing to belong and be loved?  Following the second service, there will be a theme discussion group of the month’s Soul Matters theme of “Belonging”. Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Written by Josiah Royce Narrated by Joshua Noyer A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic, is not a community. It has a mind, but no institutions, no organization, no coherent unity, no history, no traditions. “Pp. 35-53.” The Problem of Christianity Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford Vol II, by Josiah Royce, Macmillan, 1914. https://www.americanblackshirts.com/single-post/2019/09/15/Community-of-Time

As theologian Alfred Loisy once quipped, "Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom, and what arrived was the Church." If nothing else gets people excited about theology, talk about the church usually does—though not always in a good way. The Nicene Creed's description of the church as "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" seems more an exercise in wishful thinking than anything else. Is the church a betrayal of Christianity or its proper expression? If the latter, what is the right expression of that expression? Does the church sin or only its members? Can you be a Christian without the church? After wading through a lot of ecclesiological pain, Dad and I conclude this episode with a testimony as to why we continue to "go to church." Notes: 1. Healing Memories: Reconciling in Christ: Report of the Lutheran-Mennonite International Study Commission 2. A title so nice Dad used it twice: Luther and the Beloved Community (2010) and Beloved Community (2015) 3. Josiah Royce discusses "beloved community" in The Problem of Christianity 4. Tillich discusses "spiritual community" in vol. 3 of his Systematic Theology 5. Augustine, The City of God 6. Andy Crouch talks about singing involving love of God with heart, mind, soul, and strength in The Tech-Wise Family 8. Though I didn't mention it on the show, Charles Williams wrote a remarkable novel on the possibility of Christians bearing one another's burdens through time, Descent into Hell.

A look into the intellectual origins of American Fascism and the Fascism that could have been, along with other topics of the day. Participants: Joshua Noyer, John Maniglia, and Jesse Drummond

A look into the intellectual origins of American Fascism and the Fascism that could have been, along with other topics of the day. Participants: Joshua Noyer, John Maniglia, and Jesse Drummond

Coach Jesus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Josiah Royce "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever" (Psalm 25). Chad Harbach in his novel The Art of Fielding writes about Schwarz a stocky, strong young football and baseball player. He feels determined not to become one of those "ex-jocks" who considered high school and college the best days of their lives.1 For this reason, despite everyone's expectations, he resists going into coaching. The author describes his state of mind. "He already knew how to coach. All you had to do was to look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish that someone would tell about himself? And then you told the guy that story. You told it with a hint of doom. You included his flaws. You emphasized the obstacles that could prevent him from succeeding... People love to suffer as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose your form of suffering... A good coach made you suffer in a way that suited you." The Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards' (1703-1758) perhaps second most famous sermon was called "The Excellency of Christ."2 Edwards describes "the admirable conjunction" of opposites in Jesus who is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God. Christ sits in power at the right hand of the Almighty, above galaxies, at the origin of all things, and yet is so humble that he would be our friend. Nowhere does Edwards describe Jesus as a coach. But this is one way that the mystical Christ becomes present in our life. Christ offers stories that can become our own, that will change how we experience everything. My life has been transformed by Jesus and continues to be. This story of Martha and Mary has sunk deep into my consciousness and profoundly affects how I understand the world and how I act in it. Martha invites Jesus over. Mary breaks social taboos by sitting at the feet of Jesus with the male disciples. Martha bitterly insists that Jesus should order Mary to work like her. And Coach Jesus says, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her" (Lk. 10). At various stages I have asked friends what they think of this story and often they have strong feelings. Many times they feel frustrated and take offense at Jesus. They identify with Martha. They point out that someone has to do these tasks. They want her work to be rewarded. The relationship between all siblings is complicated and many of us simply identify more closely with Martha. Often Bible stories simply do not affirm our sense of fairness.3 Stories like Mary and Martha, the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Day Laborers, Jacob and Essau, Cain and Abel unsettle us. These are stories about people who did not work hard, who should not have been rewarded, but somehow received more than they deserved. In our secular time stories still are what provide orientation in our life. Because we deeply believe in meritocracy, the Bible's lack of respect for our notions of fairness is hard for us. Being deeply attached to fairness may be for us a sign that we lack faith in God. In life context is everything. That is true for the Bible also. This morning we have only part of the story. The episode begins when a lawyer comes to Jesus wondering how to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks what scripture says and the lawyer correctly answers that there are two great commandments, to love the Lord your God with all of your heart and soul and mind. The second commandment is like unto it, love your neighbor as yourself.4 The lawyer asks, "who is my neighbor?" and Jesus answers with the story of the Good Samaritan. It illustrates that loving our neighbor means transcending our identity, and reaching across boundaries to care for another person. This story of Martha and Mary on the other hand is an answer to the question of how we love God. For me, after a lifetime of study, each year it becomes less about fairness and more about learning to listen. Paying attention is how we love God. This morning I want to point out three brief implications of this kind of listening from two philosophers and a theologian. 1. Choosing. On October 28, 1945 the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) gave a talk at the Club Maintenant in Paris to a surprisingly large crowd He concluded by telling the story of an ex-student who had come to him for advice during World War II. The young man's brother had been killed in battle in 1940 fighting the Germans. His father became a collaborator with the Germans and deserted the family. This young man was his mother's only support and companion.5 The young man really wanted to go across the border through Spain to England where he hoped to fight the Nazis with the Free French forces in exile. In this way he longed to avenge his brother, defy his father and save his country. The only problem was that there would be no one to care for his mother during this time of food shortages and violent upheaval. How do you decide between contributing to the greater good and caring for your mother? According to Sartre established authorities like priests and scholars have nothing to offer. Our inner voice is also confused by competing values. We wonder if we are deceiving ourselves. In short, nothing can relieve us of the burden of freedom. Social conventions, our history, psychology and habits are what he calls "the situation" in which we act. But they do not finally determine what we will do. We are free to choose and in that decision we become who we will be. With each decision we create our self. Although the young man faces a particularly dramatic decision, all of us are in the same situation. We are compelled to invent who we will be. In every instant we are determining what kind of a relationship we will have with God. We can be so busy with our careers and our cell phones that we create a self that is incapable of sitting still and listening to Jesus. 2. Loving. The turn of the twentieth century Harvard philosophy professor Josiah Royce (1855-1916) grew up in Grass Valley California. As a boy he would visit the grave of a gold prospector behind his house and wonder what it would feel like to live and die so anonymously, alone and far from home. He always felt a bit like an outsider.6 Royce's son Christopher was diagnosed with "acute abulia" a mental illness that we might call depression today and died in his twenties. While his colleagues emphasized experience and individualism Royce talked about community. Royce worried about the way modern life seems to detach and isolate us. He always emphasized the importance of belonging to a greater whole, of our loyalty to, even our love for, this world entrusted to our care. One of his students William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) with his wife Agnes wrote a book called The Meaning of God in Human Experience. The tile of Chapter 23 is "Prayer and its Answer."7 They call prayer active, a way of seeking the Divine through worship. The answer comes when we passively and effortlessly receive God. They write, "The best known of all experiences of [this] mystic type is that of discovering the individuality of another person."8 Mary discovers Jesus in just this way. We too meet Jesus in our deepest connections with other people. 3. Joyfully. The theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) writes that our humanity arises out of what he calls being in encounter, from the quality of our relationships with other people. This is always a reciprocal relationship. It involves really sharing ourselves and being genuinely open to someone's real differences from us. He describes four elements to this. First, it means really looking another person in the eye in a way that allows our self to be seen. Second, it involves really listening to others and speaking the truth about ourselves. Third, it means being ready to help and to be helped. But these are not enough. To really be human we need to do these things "gladly." At our very heart, if we do not do something gladly, it is not who we really are. Our fundamental humanity is not something that we can just choose to put on or take off like a hat.9 If someone said "be joyful!" you might wonder where to start and what to do. We usually regard joy as a passing feeling that just happens to us rather than a habitual disposition that shapes our experience of the world. If you really want to experience joy you need to realize that it comes to us when we cultivate a sense of gratitude and humility. Joy arises out of a life of prayer. Anne Lammott writes that the most essential prayers fall into three categories that can be each described with a single word. "Help. Thanks. Wow." In each of these moments turning to God leads us more deeply into an experience of gladness. In conclusion, like a good coach or better like a true friend, Jesus tells us the story that will transform our lives, so that some good may come of the suffering that is uniquely our own. As I listen at the feet of Christ this week I am learning that we can be free from the past, that with every choice we can draw closer to God and create something beautiful with who we are. Just as Jesus calls Martha in from her solitary work, he invites us also to step out of the isolating individualism of our culture and to seek that mystic experience of the holiness present in every person. The cares and anxieties that we take on do not have to own us. By living with gratitude, humility and love we can open find abiding joy. Let us pray: As Martha served you, Lord, so too may we with faithful hearts and loving care prepare all things for your feast. But grant us more, O Lord, that as we work we may be tuned with Mary’s ear to hear in all we do, the lessons that you teach. Amen (Adapted from Lucy Mason Nuesse).10 1 Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (NY: Back Bay Books, 2011) 149. 2 Jonathan Edwards, "The Excellency of Christ." http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/edwards/excellency.html 3 7 Pent (7-19-98) 11C. 4 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 5 Sarah Bakewell, The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails (NY: Other Press, 2016) 7-9. 6 John Kaag, American Philosophy: A Love Story (NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) 165ff. 7 William Ernest Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience: A Philosophic Study of Religion (New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1912). https://archive.org/stream/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp_djvu.txt 8 Ibid., 175. 9 Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III.2: The Doctrine of Creation tr. H Knight, G.W. Bromiley, J.K.S. Reid, R.H. Fuller (NY: T & T Clark, 1960) 267. 10 Diocesan Altar Guild (6-19-04) 11C.

Originally coined by 19th century philosopher Josiah Royce, the term Beloved Community refers to a way of life that is based on pure, unconditional love for humankind. Beloved community is not merely about the community itself— it’s about the individuals within a community. It is the notion that a true community may not exist without the inclusion of the singular parts that make up the beloved whole. This concept made its way into the hands of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., serving as a guiding vision during the fight for civil rights in the mid-20th century. The neighborhood in which we are raised has a tremendous role in determining our sense of self, which in turn plays a role in cultivating a shared sense of identity with the world around us. With this in mind, it is essential that the basic elements of our communities– politics, culture, economy, and design– reflect a central focus on equity. Equity in communities consists of the smallest of gestures and opportunities for genuine interaction and have a powerful ripple effect on the overall well-being of a neighborhood. Creating an organic community is intuitive only if it is not attempted to be artificially “designed”. Communities are not defined by their physical attributes or aesthetics, but rather by the people within them. It is the love that people put into action that creates the physical community. It’s what defines the difference between existing in a community and belonging to a community. In a world where cities are expected to produce a consistent output of capital, resources, and opportunities amongst ever-growing – and therefore ever diversifying – populations, it is crucial to consider how equity of access to resources in the urban setting may continue in a sustainable fashion into the future. Pulling from interviews conducted with decade long colleagues of the late Martin Luther King, including Dr. Virgil Wood and Harvey Cox of Harvard Divinity School (author of bestsellers “Market as God” and “Secular City”), as well as academic articles surrounding equity in architecture and Louis Kelso’s Binary Economic Theory, a plethora of resources have been compiled to fulfill King’s vision from the fields of architecture, planning, economic theory, and environmental psychology. Through sharing these findings and resources with fellow designers, policy makers, and stakeholders, I believe a powerful potential for inter-sectional collaboration may be developed through creating a shared foundation of beloved values.

For John O'Brien, his hope was that we may care enough to love enough to share enough to let others become what they can be; but how do we do this at home, at work, and in the context of our other important relationships? Consider the following strategies. They may or may not work equally well for all of us; but they are definitely worth considering. Cooperation: Emphasize a helpful, supportive approach to all of your relationships and activities with other people. Bertrand Russell said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." You likely will want to set your sights a little less grandly than redeeming mankind; but you nonetheless get the idea. Cooperation is definitely the way to go and helping others is one of the best ways to get there. What's more, Charles Dudley promises added benefits for you if you are helpful and supportive with other people, "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." Now, that certainly sounds like the real deal, don't you think? Loyalty: Emphasize accommodating to the special needs and interests of people and facilitating the resolution of problems. It's easy here to see how that benefits other people which, of course, is the point. At the same time, though, you also benefit. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, "The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions." Sure, if you accommodate to other people and help them work things out, you will feel better about who you are and what you do. It's like Josiah Royce pointed out, "Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living." Caring: Emphasize concern for and interest in the activities, successes, and problems of other people. Maxwell Maltz expressed it this way, "Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel." The message is simple. Take time to care; and remember Fred A. Allen's words, "It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals." Sharing: Emphasize talking with other people, reciprocal assistance, and mutual problem solving. As you think about this, a developing theme may bubble up into your consciousness. Listen to the message from Seneca, "He that does good to another does good also to himself." If you don't quite hear it yet, let Samuel Smiles say it again, "The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors." Respect: Emphasize acceptance of other people's beliefs and values, receptivity to their thoughts and ideas, and sensitivity to their feelings and interests. This is a simple principle that Laurence Sterne stated most succinctly, "Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners." The underlying message was also delivered by U. Thant, "Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves." Trust: Emphasize giving other people the benefit of the doubt without blaming, accusing, or threatening. George MacDonald's observation, "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved," may or may not ring true for you. Still, trusting others is a gift you can give to people to let them know that they are valued. At the same time, Shakti Gawain reiterates the "What helps other people helps you," theme, "When I'm trusting and being myself … everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously." Integrity: Emphasize keeping commitments to and agreements made...

For John O'Brien, his hope was that we may care enough to love enough to share enough to let others become what they can be; but how do we do this at home, at work, and in the context of our other important relationships? Consider the following strategies. They may or may not work equally well for all of us; but they are definitely worth considering. Cooperation: Emphasize a helpful, supportive approach to all of your relationships and activities with other people. Bertrand Russell said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." You likely will want to set your sights a little less grandly than redeeming mankind; but you nonetheless get the idea. Cooperation is definitely the way to go and helping others is one of the best ways to get there. What's more, Charles Dudley promises added benefits for you if you are helpful and supportive with other people, "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." Now, that certainly sounds like the real deal, don't you think? Loyalty: Emphasize accommodating to the special needs and interests of people and facilitating the resolution of problems. It's easy here to see how that benefits other people which, of course, is the point. At the same time, though, you also benefit. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, "The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions." Sure, if you accommodate to other people and help them work things out, you will feel better about who you are and what you do. It's like Josiah Royce pointed out, "Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living." Caring: Emphasize concern for and interest in the activities, successes, and problems of other people. Maxwell Maltz expressed it this way, "Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel." The message is simple. Take time to care; and remember Fred A. Allen's words, "It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals." Sharing: Emphasize talking with other people, reciprocal assistance, and mutual problem solving. As you think about this, a developing theme may bubble up into your consciousness. Listen to the message from Seneca, "He that does good to another does good also to himself." If you don't quite hear it yet, let Samuel Smiles say it again, "The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors." Respect: Emphasize acceptance of other people's beliefs and values, receptivity to their thoughts and ideas, and sensitivity to their feelings and interests. This is a simple principle that Laurence Sterne stated most succinctly, "Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners." The underlying message was also delivered by U. Thant, "Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves." Trust: Emphasize giving other people the benefit of the doubt without blaming, accusing, or threatening. George MacDonald's observation, "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved," may or may not ring true for you. Still, trusting others is a gift you can give to people to let them know that they are valued. At the same time, Shakti Gawain reiterates the "What helps other people helps you," theme, "When I'm trusting and being myself … everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously." Integrity: Emphasize keeping commitments to and agreements made...

For John O'Brien, his hope was that we may care enough to love enough to share enough to let others become what they can be; but how do we do this at home, at work, and in the context of our other important relationships? Consider the following strategies. They may or may not work equally well for all of us; but they are definitely worth considering. Cooperation: Emphasize a helpful, supportive approach to all of your relationships and activities with other people. Bertrand Russell said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." You likely will want to set your sights a little less grandly than redeeming mankind; but you nonetheless get the idea. Cooperation is definitely the way to go and helping others is one of the best ways to get there. What's more, Charles Dudley promises added benefits for you if you are helpful and supportive with other people, "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." Now, that certainly sounds like the real deal, don't you think? Loyalty: Emphasize accommodating to the special needs and interests of people and facilitating the resolution of problems. It's easy here to see how that benefits other people which, of course, is the point. At the same time, though, you also benefit. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, "The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions." Sure, if you accommodate to other people and help them work things out, you will feel better about who you are and what you do. It's like Josiah Royce pointed out, "Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living." Caring: Emphasize concern for and interest in the activities, successes, and problems of other people. Maxwell Maltz expressed it this way, "Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel." The message is simple. Take time to care; and remember Fred A. Allen's words, "It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals." Sharing: Emphasize talking with other people, reciprocal assistance, and mutual problem solving. As you think about this, a developing theme may bubble up into your consciousness. Listen to the message from Seneca, "He that does good to another does good also to himself." If you don't quite hear it yet, let Samuel Smiles say it again, "The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors." Respect: Emphasize acceptance of other people's beliefs and values, receptivity to their thoughts and ideas, and sensitivity to their feelings and interests. This is a simple principle that Laurence Sterne stated most succinctly, "Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners." The underlying message was also delivered by U. Thant, "Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves." Trust: Emphasize giving other people the benefit of the doubt without blaming, accusing, or threatening. George MacDonald's observation, "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved," may or may not ring true for you. Still, trusting others is a gift you can give to people to let them know that they are valued. At the same time, Shakti Gawain reiterates the "What helps other people helps you," theme, "When I'm trusting and being myself … everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously." Integrity: Emphasize keeping commitments to and agreements made with other people.

John Kaag is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Kaag offers a rich history, philosophical inquiry and a memoir of an existential crisis that takes us to the heart of American philosophy. He embarks on an unexpected journey of discover in the abandoned library at West Wind, the estate of the early twentieth-century philosopher William Ernest Hocking, an intellectual descendent of William James. At West Wind, Kaag finds an invaluable repository of Hocking’s thinking, evidence of many significant friendships, and the remains of fundamental questions of American philosophy. Like his philosophical forbearers he ponders essential questions: Is life worth living? What is the meaning of life? How are we both free and obligated to others? Seeking answers, Kaag engages with the thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, who drew on a wealth of classical and continental philosophy to create an American philosophical tradition. Kaag has produced a personal and intellectual creative work sure to inspire all who ask the same questions. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kaag is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Kaag offers a rich history, philosophical inquiry and a memoir of an existential crisis that takes us to the heart of American philosophy. He embarks on an unexpected journey of discover in the abandoned library at West Wind, the estate of the early twentieth-century philosopher William Ernest Hocking, an intellectual descendent of William James. At West Wind, Kaag finds an invaluable repository of Hocking’s thinking, evidence of many significant friendships, and the remains of fundamental questions of American philosophy. Like his philosophical forbearers he ponders essential questions: Is life worth living? What is the meaning of life? How are we both free and obligated to others? Seeking answers, Kaag engages with the thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, who drew on a wealth of classical and continental philosophy to create an American philosophical tradition. Kaag has produced a personal and intellectual creative work sure to inspire all who ask the same questions. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kaag is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Kaag offers a rich history, philosophical inquiry and a memoir of an existential crisis that takes us to the heart of American philosophy. He embarks on an unexpected journey of discover in the abandoned library at West Wind, the estate of the early twentieth-century philosopher William Ernest Hocking, an intellectual descendent of William James. At West Wind, Kaag finds an invaluable repository of Hocking’s thinking, evidence of many significant friendships, and the remains of fundamental questions of American philosophy. Like his philosophical forbearers he ponders essential questions: Is life worth living? What is the meaning of life? How are we both free and obligated to others? Seeking answers, Kaag engages with the thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, who drew on a wealth of classical and continental philosophy to create an American philosophical tradition. Kaag has produced a personal and intellectual creative work sure to inspire all who ask the same questions. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kaag is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Kaag offers a rich history, philosophical inquiry and a memoir of an existential crisis that takes us to the heart of American philosophy. He embarks on an unexpected journey of discover in the abandoned library at West Wind, the estate of the early twentieth-century philosopher William Ernest Hocking, an intellectual descendent of William James. At West Wind, Kaag finds an invaluable repository of Hocking’s thinking, evidence of many significant friendships, and the remains of fundamental questions of American philosophy. Like his philosophical forbearers he ponders essential questions: Is life worth living? What is the meaning of life? How are we both free and obligated to others? Seeking answers, Kaag engages with the thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, who drew on a wealth of classical and continental philosophy to create an American philosophical tradition. Kaag has produced a personal and intellectual creative work sure to inspire all who ask the same questions. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kaag is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Kaag offers a rich history, philosophical inquiry and a memoir of an existential crisis that takes us to the heart of American philosophy. He embarks on an unexpected journey of discover in the abandoned library at West Wind, the estate of the early twentieth-century philosopher William Ernest Hocking, an intellectual descendent of William James. At West Wind, Kaag finds an invaluable repository of Hocking’s thinking, evidence of many significant friendships, and the remains of fundamental questions of American philosophy. Like his philosophical forbearers he ponders essential questions: Is life worth living? What is the meaning of life? How are we both free and obligated to others? Seeking answers, Kaag engages with the thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, who drew on a wealth of classical and continental philosophy to create an American philosophical tradition. Kaag has produced a personal and intellectual creative work sure to inspire all who ask the same questions. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late 1800's, American Philosopher, Josiah Royce, coined the term Beloved Community, a phrase adopted by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. To build the beloved community, according to Royce, requires love, loyalty, and cooperation, among other things. It also requires engagement and risk. And it takes practice - lots and lots of practice. Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister Alison Rittger, Testimonial Dr. Mark Sumner, choir director Ted Arnold, soloist Threshold Choir Galen Workman, Welcome Jonathan Silk, Sound, Order of Service & Worship Archives/Podcast

In the late 1800's, American Philosopher, Josiah Royce, coined the term Beloved Community, a phrase adopted by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. To build the beloved community, according to Royce, requires love, loyalty, and cooperation, among other things. It also requires engagement and risk. And it takes practice - lots and lots of practice. Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister Alison Rittger, Testimonial Dr. Mark Sumner, choir director Ted Arnold, soloist Threshold Choir Galen Workman, Welcome Jonathan Silk, Sound, Order of Service & Worship Archives/Podcast