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. 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 one son.
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We might think we know exactly what God is and should be but is that not a certainty loaded with risk?
We all have one. But what should it be? Fr. John explores the tapestry of our lives and those intrusions that can interupt the pattern.
Jesus said "the kingdom of God is taken by force" and sometime it feels like a battle to allow ourselves to love one another as God intended.
Traveling down I-75 on his way to a Parish Life Conference, Fr. John reflects on the tradition he is passing on to his children as well as the Great Tradition of the Faith.
Fr. John compares the worldviews of Joni Erickson Tada and Christopher Reeve.
Fr. John gives an instructive comparison of two divergent worldviews.
In his second podcast, Fr. John helps us define a Christian worldview and how it should change the way we process life around us.
In his first podcast, Fr. John reflects on his midnight vigil outside a prison in Tennessee.