Hosted by writer and folk-psalmist Strahan, the Commoners Communion podcast is a conversational look at Christian spirituality through the lens of beauty, mystery and revelation.
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I've released a new book! Beholding: Deepening Our Experience of God is an invitation to a God-soaked life of seeing and being seen by God. It tells my story, the story of consumerism in our times, and invites the reader into spiritual renewal through a recalibration of what we mean when we say the word, prayer. To celebrate I'm sharing an episode …
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Goodness Has Some Bite (on the counter-cultural nature of godly goodness)
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To close Season 3 of the CC Podcast I want to share with you a written homily I shared with a local church earlier this month. It's about the spiritual fruit of goodness, and how we reclaim goodness in a cultural context in which it basically means whatever we feel or personally believe it is. Thank so much for listening to this season! As always a…
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Sacred Dialogue (on speaking like Christ in divisive times)
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Thank you for listening to the Commoners Communion Podcast! If you would like to support what I'm doing you can find a link to donate to my work at commonerscommunion.com/contact (just scroll down to the donate button). All gifts are deeply appreciated and go a long way to helping me to continue to create this content free of charge and advertising…
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Old Friends Carry These Things Together (on the long-game love of God).
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This Friday I'll be releasing the first article in a series called 'A More Christlike Apocalypse' (explanation in the intro of this episode) to my email subscribers only. If you'd like to come along on the journey with me over the next few months head to commonerscommunion.com, scroll down to the bottom of the page and sign up to my email list. You…
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My Ordinary Self (on the mystery of a God-infused life)
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'My Ordinary Self' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed and produced by th…
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Q & R: What Does Your Creative Process Look Like?
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Welcome to Q & R - a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your question and it may just crop up on a weekly release somewhere in the future!By Commoners Communion
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Save Me From Professional Prayer (on the importance of staying rookie)
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'Save Me From Professional Prayer' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed an…
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Welcome to Q & R - a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your question and it may just crop up on a weekly release somewhere in the future!By Commoners Communion
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Good Morning, Father (on keeping time and place with God)
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'Good Morning, Father' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion & Jonathan Class on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. All music is written, performed and produced b…
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Q & R: How Can I Feel Closer To God When He Feels So Far Away?
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Welcome to Q & R - a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your question and it may just crop up on a weekly release somewhere in the future!
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Numbness & Awakening (on the gradience of healing)
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Healing, transformation and resurrection aren't always cut and dry transitions in life. Sometimes they're the process of a gradual awakening of God within the death of our present moments. 'From Numbness To Awakening' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the mus…
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Q & R: How Do I Find Clarity When I Feel Stuck And Uncertain?
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Welcome to Q & R - a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your question and it may just crop up on a weekly release somewhere in the future!
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Tiny, God (on reclaiming the art of living a little life)
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Our universe is full of the grand - supernova's, galaxies, mountain ranges and deep oceans - as well as the miniature - the atom, a grain of sand, a drop of water, a minute of time. In the same way, God is as tiny as he is vast, and this has important ramifications for the lives we all live with him. 'Tiny, God' is a prayer and contemplation from m…
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You're Praying Before I am, God (on participating in divine dialogue)
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Much of prayer isn't so much about instigation, as participation and response. __ 'You're Praying Before I Am, God' is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.02. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com. And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion on Spotify music. All musi…
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Concert To Cathedral (on creating sacred spaces in this turn of times)
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The model of Sunday gatherings many of us experience is really recent for the church. Could it be time to correct some of the pendulum swinging that the industrial revolution and entertainment culture have created in our communities? And if so, is there a metaphor we can reach for as a guide for the journey?…
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Father, Be My Ugly Prayer (and the deep groan of God)
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Not every prayer is meant to be beautiful. Not every prayer is even meant to be spoken. Father, Be My Ugly Prayer is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonathan Class. Mastered by Alex Do…
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I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God (and accepting our right now)
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Becoming isn't only about growing in God-likeness but about celebrating who we already are, today. I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. Produced by Strahan Coleman & Jonathan Class. Music by Jonatha…
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The Narrow Way (and the celebration of spiritual crises)
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What if the spiritual wilderness isn't a place of unfaithfulness, but maturity? An invitation toward a deeper friendship. A place beyond our usual ways of seeing and knowing, where God lives The Narrow Way is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com…
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The beauty of silence is that it makes us the passive recipient in our communion together with God, opening floor for Him to start the conversation. Shhh is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners Communion at www.commonerscommunion.com. You can join me for a 7 class/7 week online prayer…
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When Newness Isn't Easy (and failure as holy anticipation)
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There is often a distance between how we imagine God doing a thing, and how he really does it. If we're open to looking for it, we may just discover that we're already walking in the newness we've been praying for. Even when the day feels dark. When Newness Isn't Easy is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more …
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Praying Through This Moment: Thinning Out Noise, Staying With God
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This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of daily podcasts exploring Praying Through This Moment. For more information or to sign up for my Online Prayer …
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Praying Through This Moment: The Wounding of Love
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This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of daily podcasts exploring Praying Through This Moment. For more information or to sign up for my Online Prayer …
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Praying Through This Moment: When We Don't Know What To Say
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This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of daily podcasts exploring Praying Through This Moment.By Commoners Communion
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Praying Through This Moment: Sitting With God, Sitting With Others
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This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of daily podcasts exploring Praying Through This Moment.By Commoners Communion
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Praying Through This Moment: From Numbness To Awakening
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This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of daily podcasts exploring Praying Through This Moment.By Commoners Communion
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