Q & R: How Can I Feel Closer To God When He Feels So Far Away?

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 here from the book's experiential accompaniment the Beholding Prayer podcast which hosts guided prayer meditations for you to practice in your own time and space.Window of The Soul is the first of these.Find my new book Beholding and it's accompaniment the Beholding Prayer podcast wherever good books and podcasts are found.

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 big ol' thanks to Jonathan Class for helping to produce this podcast with me. 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 the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

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.Huge thanks as always to Jonathan Class for helping to produce this podcast with me. 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 the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

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'll get a link this week and access to the home page for the series.'Old Friends Carry These Things Together' is a prayer and poem 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 the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

'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 the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

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 [email protected] 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!

'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 and produced by the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

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 [email protected] 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!

'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 by the incredible Jonathan Class (thanks brother!)

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 [email protected] 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!