The Light in Every Thing
Deeper conversation on the mysteries of Christianity with Patrick Kennedy and Jonah Evans, directors of the Seminary of The Christian Community in North America.
In this podcast we engage the great questions of life and do this through a spiritual approach to Christianity made possible through contemplative inquiry and the science of the spirit known as Anthroposophy.
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Episodes
301 episodes
The Church, Cosmic Christianity & the Circle of Salvation, episode 13 in the series 'Salvation'
In this episode, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of the question of inclusion and exclusion. If Christ’s presence is universal, if he has entered into the life of all humanity, what does it mean for each person to recognize him fre...
Confessing Christ, episode 12 in the series 'Salvation'
Is conscious confession of Christ necessary for salvation? Moving through the liturgy of the Christian Community, the Gospel image of the sheep and goats, the writings of Paul, and Christ’s own descriptions of lordship and service, the conversa...
The Christ Offering, episode 11 in the series 'Salvation'
This week, we begin a new movement in our exploration of salvation—turning from the Trinity Epistle toward the mystery of the Eucharist. What does it mean that true salvation is connected not to self-preservation, but to self-offering? Drawing ...
Sight and Insight, Episode 10 in the series 'Salvation'
This week’s conversation brings the series on salvation to a close by turning toward a subtle but searching question: what does it mean to truly see?Moving through the threefold path of Father, Son, and Spirit, Jonah and Patrick...
Knowledge, Love, and Reincarnation, episode 9 in the series 'Salvation'
What does it really mean to be “saved”? In this episode, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of salvation—but move beyond familiar categories of heaven and hell into something far more immediate and challenging: the transformation of t...
The Conscious Self, Death, and Salvation, episode 8 in the series 'Salvation'
What if the central act of Christianity isn’t something to be fully understood—but something to be entered?On this Holy Thursday, Jonah and Patrick turn toward the mystery of the Last Supper: a meal that has shaped centuries of faith, ye...
The 'Healing God' and the Fallen Mind, episode 7 in the series 'Salvation'
In this episode of The Light in Everything, Jonah and Patrick continue their exploration of salvation by turning to the third movement of the Trinity-season epistle, where the Holy Spirit is named in a striking way as the Healing Go...
Creation, Golgotha, and Participating in Salvation, episode 6 in the series 'Salvation'
What if salvation isn’t about escape, but about transformation? In this episode, Jonah and Patrick trace a thread from Genesis to Easter, exploring how the pattern of creation itself—light entering darkness and bringing forth something new—may ...
The Creative Word Within Us, episode five in the series 'Salvation'
This week’s conversation continues the exploration of salvation by turning toward the creative activity at the heart of the Trinity. What does it mean to experience Christ not only as Savior, but as the living Word actively creating within us?<...
Creating and Salvation, episode four in the series 'Salvation'
In this episode of the Salvation series, Jonah and Patrick turn to the second movement of the Trinity epistle and explore what it means to experience Christ not only as presence, but as creative activity. If the first panel spoke ...
Our Consciousness & Three Chapters of Salvation, episode 3 in the series 'Salvation'
In this third episode of the Salvation series, Jonah and Patrick explore what Patrick calls the three chapters of our salvation. Beginning again with the Trinity epistle’s surprising starting point—conscious of our humanity—they ask ho...
Yeshua, Humanity & Salvation, episode 2 in the series 'Salvation'
In this episode of the Salvation series, Patrick and Jonah continue exploring what the word actually means and why it still matters.Beginning with the liturgical movement from Advent to Epiphany, they enter the Trinity Epistle and reflec...
Untangling the Term, the first episode in the series 'Salvation'
We begin a new series on salvation.It’s a word that can feel outdated, divisive, or misused. Yet beneath the discomfort, the human question remains: What saves us? What saves a culture? What saves us from ourselves?In thi...
Dan Mistak, the fourth interview in our series of Roadside Conversations
In this Roadside Conversation, Jonah speaks with outreach and admissions coordinator for the Seminary of the Christian Community in North America Dan Mistak about a life shaped by faith, rupture, and responsibility.Dan reflects on growi...
Rev. Nora Minassian, the third interview in the series of Roadside Conversations
Jonah sits down with Rev. Nora Minassian (Sacramento) for a Roadside Conversation on spiritual biography: growing up Armenian Christian in Aleppo, questions that wouldn’t let go, faith shaken in university, and the surprising ways anthroposophy...
Conner Habib, the second interview in the series of Roadside Conversations
This episode is part of Roadside Conversations—standalone conversations shared between regular episodes of The Light in Everything.Jonah is joined by Conner Habib and explores questions of spiritual biography: how a person comes into re...
Scientific Inspiration, UFOs, Near Death Experiences, and other Apocalypses - episode 17 in the series Facing Evil
In this episode, Patrick and Jonah conclude their Facing Evil series by exploring discernment, inspiration, and the challenge of recognizing true light in a time of false goods. They reflect on Christ as the orienting center for spiritual life ...
Bypassing the Self - Pluribus, Automatic Goodness & Apocalypse, episode 16 in the series Facing Evil
In this episode, Patrick and Jonah begin the new year by returning to a central question of our time: how do we face evil without losing freedom, discernment, or love? Drawing on the Gospel of John and Rudolf Steiner’s reflections on the work o...
The Secret of Jesus and the Angels–A Christmas Episode, episode 15 in the series Facing Evil
Patrick and Jonah continue their Facing Evil series by reflecting on Rudolf Steiner’s picture of Christ’s activity in our time and the work of the angels in human life.They explore the idea of a “second Golgotha,” consider the s...
A.I. Soul Guidance and a Second Golgotha - episode 14 in the series Facing Evil
Patrick and Jonah continue their “Facing Evil” series by reflecting on the tension between automatic spirituality and a purely material, technical way of thinking. Drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s images of Lucifer and Ahriman, they ask what it mean...
The Thief in the Night - the Second Coming and the Work of the Angels, episode 13 in the series Facing Evil
Patrick and Jonah continue their “Facing Evil” series, returning to Steiner’s Work of the Angels in Man’s Astral Body. They explore what happens when we sleep through the spiritual impulses meant to awaken us, and how Ahrimanic materia...
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Obscuring the Revelation: Lucifer, Ahriman, and False Idols - Episode 12 in the series Facing Evil
In this week’s episode of The Light in Everything, Patrick and Jonah continue exploring Rudolf Steiner’s lecture The Work of the Angels in Man’s Astral Body by turning to a central spiritual question: What happens when the...
Seven Forms of Consciousness and Dying to See Christ - Episode 11 in the series Facing Evil
After weeks exploring Revelation’s cosmic images, Patrick and Jonah turn to something far more intimate and immediate: the mystery of sleep and wakefulness. Drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s research in spiritual science, they explore what actually h...
The Fourfold Human Being and the Inspiration of the Angels - Episode 10 in the series Facing Evil
In this episode, Patrick and Jonah continue their exploration of Rudolf Steiner’s lecture What the Angels Do in Our Astral Body. They trace how the human being becomes a meeting point between higher and lower worlds, and how the angels...
The Hierarchies, Spiritual Science and the Bible - episode 9 in the series, Facing Evil
After weeks immersed in Revelation’s visions of dragons, beasts, and the woman clothed with the sun, Patrick and Jonah turn to another revelation—the angelic world. Drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s The Work of the Angels in Man’s Astral Body
