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How does who we are influence how we see the world? What is the connection between personal renewal and cultural change? What does it mean to see Christ in all things and all things in Christ? The “Hearts and Minds” podcast explores the Christian worldview – a vision of life and for life.
Fr John Oliver is the priest of St Elizabeth Orthodox Christian Church, in Murfreesboro, TN. He is the author of numerous articles and essays, and of Touching Heaven: Discovering Orthodox Christianity on the Island of Valaam, published by Conciliar Press. His newest book is “Giver of Life: The Holy Spirit in the Orthodox Christian Tradition” which will be published soon by Paraclete Press. A graduate of St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, he joined the faculty as instructor in Old and New Testament and American Religious History. He and his wife Lara have three daughters and two sons.
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In this Pentecost season, Fr. John looks to "Adam's Lament" by St. Silouan to show that the loss of the Holy Spirit is the source of our sorrows.
Fr. John shows that it is not modified behavior that makes us people of God, but changed hearts.
Fr. John turns to answering what happens to us over time when we gather as the Body of Christ.
Fr. John mourns the loss of the Christian male and how it runs counter to the necessity of collective worship.
In the first part of his series, Father John speaks of liturgy as sacred assembly.
Fr. John examines St. Gregory Palamas, who taught that interior stillness was the path to knowing God.
This real-life story of an Ohio runaway is reminiscent of another youth in a parable of Jesus and serves to strengthen its message.