Mysterion

Ethan reflects on the practical and spiritual use of the Psalms and divine commandments in spiritual life. He ends with a brief theological exposition on the unity of Scripture.

Wes explores the relationship between sound and silence in the spiritual theology of Ignatius of Antioch.

Wes and Ethan explore Ignatius's teaching on silence and stillness in the face of death and the end of the world. Ignatius points us to Christ's silence as manifest in the Gospels and urges us to be temples of this silence so that we might be capable of love.

Ethan and Wes discuss Ignatius of Antioch as a living exposition of the teachings of Paul the Apostle.  That is to say, Ignatius writes as one living beyond the fear of death.  This he accomplishes through actively taking up his cross in his journey to martyrdom.

Wes and Ethan introduce the new season and St. Ignatius of Antioch. They discuss how Ignatius can provide a hopeful posture towards our own mortality.

 Wes and Ethan end the season by exploring what Origen has to say about the love of Christ and our struggle with it.

Wes and Ethan explore Origen's account the fragrance of the Holy Spirit in the Song of Songs.

Wes and Ethan examine Origen's reading of the first verses of the Song of Songs as a guide to spiritual reading.

Wes explores Origen's treatment of the 7 songs of Scripture as marking our spiritual journey toward God.

Origen shows how the Song of Songs is not simply bizarre erotic poetry, but central to revealing the relationship between Christ and the soul and church.

Nathan Gilmour joins Mysterion to discuss ways of reading Scripture from antiquity to our modern period.  Along the way they touch on everything from Aristotle to Dante to Walter Brueggemann.

Wes and Ethan explore Origen's view of the resurrection and how it includes the church and the whole cosmos.

Wes and Ethan explore Origen's interpretation of Christ's entry into Jerusalem as also His entry into the human soul.

 Ethan follows Origen's lead in a meditation on the radical priority of Christ in theology, Scriptural reading, and spiritual life. Along the way he let's Origen challenge our modern assumptions about how to identify God.

Wes and Ethan discuss Origen's profound reflections on "the Word was with God and the Word was God."

Wes and Ethan allow Origen to lead them through John 1:1, revealing the ways in which Christ is "the beginning" and "the Word."

Ethan and Wes begin Origen's commentary on John by discussing the role of the interpreter of scripture.  Origen's view, they suggest, is surprising and fruitful.

Ethan and Wes interview Fr. Seraphim Aldea, orthodox monastic and founder of Mull Monastery in Scotland, about the Celtic Saints and desire for God.

Wes and Ethan explore the relationship of the Trinity to the full and final coming of the Kingdom of God. They consider both our relationship to the End and it's implications for our spiritual lives.