Bread in the Wilderness

A Podcast from The Cathedral church of St Mark

As part of the Cathedral's on-going commitment to making deep and authentic spiritual formation accessible to all, we have a podcast channel for people to access. Listen on your commute! Or drinking your morning coffee! Or mowing the lawn! Just as the Israelites were nourished, provisioned, and fed in the wilderness with manna and quail from heaven and water from rock, we hope the different series (listed below) will open you to God’s always-available presence and action in your life. Podcasts are available here on our website, iTunes, or Spotify.

EAT THIS BOOK

With apologies to Abbie Hoffman, ”Eat This Book” is a pondering of the assigned texts for each day of the week of the lectionary. Each week, Fr. Tyler and Mtr. Holly will “read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest” the readings for the upcoming Sunday—teasing out themes, threads, images, and pondering questions that the texts provoke. The podcast will include a link to a recording of the sermon for that week so you can hear how the conversation translated (or not!) into the preached word.

READING ROWAN

In this series, we’ll get together and chat about one of our favorite theologians—former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. We’ll start with a chapter-by-chapter discussion of two texts that form the core of our catechesis for baptism and confirmation—Tokens of Trust and Being Christian.

Season 1: Tokens of Trust, Rowan Williams

What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and disaster? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it really mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world? Tying together the answers to all of these questions and addressing perplexities such as the possibility of miracles and how to read the Bible, Rowan Williams demonstrates that each of the basic tenets of Christian faith flows from one fundamental belief: that God is completely worthy of our trust. With vast knowledge of Christian history and theology and characteristically elegant prose, Rowan Williams is a superb and compassionate guide through the richness and depth of Christian faith. Join Mother Holly and Father Tyler as they discuss this gem of Anglican spirituality chapter by chapter.

Season 2: Being Christian, Rowan Williams

Being Christian is a fresh look at Christian essentials by one of the world’s greatest living theologians. In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential components of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant and indispensable for the majority of those who call themselves Christians. In accessible, pastoral terms Williams discusses the meaning and practice of baptism, the Bible, the Eucharist, and prayer, inviting readers to really think through the Christian faith and how to live it out. Join Mother Holly and Father Tyler as they discuss this gem of Anglican spirituality chapter by chapter, dig deeper, and apply Williams’s insights to their own lives.