An audio snapshot of CSR Session One, 2017—with a montage of Serenade Night. Ya Boy!

An audio snapshot of CSR Session One, 2018—with the complete Serenade Night (beginning at 29:07). Ya Boy!

I recently received word that my high school football coach was celebrating his 100th birthday. I thought he was old when I played for him over 40 years ago! Now I know he was my age NOW . . . way back then. Coach Cullivan features prominently in this old podcast. Even if you’ve heard it, in honor of him beginning his 101st year, give it a listen.

St. Paul's first epistle to Timothy is full of pastoral and vocational wisdom. This is awesome. Even more awesome? Getting St. John Chrysostom's teaching on it! The version read is from The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon (The Oxford Translation, Edited, with Additional Notes, by Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D., LLD.).

St. Paul's first epistle to Timothy is full of pastoral and vocational wisdom. This is awesome. Even more awesome? Getting St. John Chrysostom's teaching on it! The version read is from The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon (The Oxford Translation, Edited, with Additional Notes, by Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D., LLD.). Poor pronunciations are all Fr. Anthony, though! This chapter has some difficult teachings about the role of women in the Church (to include exegesis on the Fall). Enjoy the show!

Elissa offers ideas for teaching during the three-week period of preparation for Great Lent (which is itself a preparation) to ensure that our kids benefit from the Church's wise preparation before the preparation.

Fr. Michael begins a series discussing St. Maximus the Confessor's 400 chapters about love.

Sometimes letters are sent to AFR addressed to no specific person. In such cases various authors, podcasters or bloggers are called upon to respond to the letter. The lot fell to me for this one. Of course, in selecting a person to respond to a question, you don’t necessarily get the best or even most correct answer to the question. You get that person’s answer—given his or her current understanding, knowledge, ability to communicate and level of sleep deprivation. I share the question and my response with you-all in the hope that some of you might find it interesting and even a little helpful—even if you have never wondered about the Hebrew rendering of Hosea 14:2.

Fear and anger, however, seem to trump common sense and faith in God. Fear and anger open in us a floodgate of animal passions making it seem appropriate to demonize (or de-humanize) those we disagree with. Fear and anger release our inner muskox ready to trample those who are less clear thinking than we are, less concerned for liberty or the common good than we are, less eager to create a just and safe society than we are—or at least that’s how it appears to us. And we don’t have time to listen, truly listen, to one another. Fear and anger create urgency so that we don’t have time to listen, we don’t have time to care, we don’t have time to be Christians.

Fr. Stephen begins his study of the Gospel of Luke with chapter 1, verse 1.

Fr. Stephen continues the study of Luke, at chapter 1, verse 39.

Fr. Stephen concludes Luke, Chapter 1, and begins Chapter 2.

Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion on Luke, Chapter 9, and begins discussing Chapter 10

Fr. Stephen continues his discussion of Luke, chapter 10.

Fr. Stephen finishes his discussion on Luke, Chapter 10

Fr. Stephen begins a discussion of Luke 11, including the Lord's Prayer.

Fr. Stephen continues the discussion of Luke 11.

Fr. Stephen concludes the discussion of Luke 11 and begins Luke 12.

Fr. Stephen concludes the discussion of Luke 12.

Fr. Stephen begins discussing Luke 13.

Fr. Stephen continues the discussion of Luke, Chapter 13

Fr. Stephen concludes chapter 13 and begins discussing chapter 14.

Fr Stephen wraps up Luke 14 and discusses Luke 15.

Fr. Stephen concludes discussing chapter 15, and begins Luke, chapter 16.

Fr. Stephen concludes the study of Luke 16.

Fr. Stephen begins discussing Luke, Chapter 17

Fr. Stephen continues Luke, Chapter 17.

Fr. Stephen finishes discussing Chapter 17, and begins Chapter 18

Fr. Stephen continues the discussion of Luke, chapter 18.

Fr. Stephen concludes the discusion of chapter 18, and begins 19.

Fr. Stephen discusses Luke 19:29-44.

Fr. Stephen finishes with the discussion of Luke 19 and begins Luke 20.

Fr. Stephen wraps up his discussion on chapter 20, and begins chapter 21.

Fr. Stephen wraps up his discussion of Luke, Chapter 21.

Fr. Stephen begins discussing the Gospel according to John.

Fr. Stephen De Young continues the discussion of John 1.

Fr. Stephen finishes his discussion of John, Chapter 1.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins his discussion of John, Chapter 10.

Fr. Stephen De Young finishes the discussion of John, Chapter 10.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins his discussion of John, Chapter 11; the raising of Lazarus.

Fr. Stephen De Young continues his discussion of the Gospel of John, Chapter 11.

Fr. Stephen De Young concludes his reflection on John, Chapter 11, and begins looking at Chapter 12.

Fr. Stephen De Young continues his discussion of John, Chapter 12.

Fr. Stephen De Young continues the discussion of John, Chapter 12, verses 37 to 50.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 13:1-30.

Fr. Stephen De Young finishes the discussion of John, Chapter 13, and begins Chapter 14.

Fr. Stephen De Young leads a discussion of John, Chapter 14.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the second part of John, Chapter 14 and the first part of John, Chapter 15.

Fr. Stephen De Young wraps up the discussion of John, Chapter 15.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins his discussion of John, Chapter 16.