Presence: Experiencing God Each And Every Day

It's Code Yellow when Wormwood tells ST21 that Fr. Steven Bell, a thoughtful and authentic priest is coming for a three day mission. ST21 commands that Wormwood must prevent his Patient from attending and being drawn closer to The Enemy and his warm embrace. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/presence/support

Screwtape encourages Wormwood to guide his Patient to find pleasure and doom in one of the greatest inventions by The Agency of Enticement to Obsession -- online sports betting. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

ST21 explains to Wormwood the risk and potential reward for their Dark Father on the U.S. day of Thanksgiving. While the Seven Slippery Slides - gluttony, greed and envy - are there at the table, so too is the risk that The Patient may feel the vilest of attitudes - that of gratitude. ST shows WW how he can deploy two of their most effective tools - distraction and entitlement to keep the man away from the generosity their Enemy is always showing to His creation. And to lead the man ever closer to the hungry maw of darkness. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

ST21 speaks to Wormwood for the first time in the week since the 2022 election. He encouragea WW to "keep his chins up" as The Prince of Chaos has announced that he is running again for president in 2024. ST21 extoles the vices of this remarkable figure and prepares for the decisive chaos ahead on the road to 2024. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

ST21 explains to Wormwood what it means that "democracy is on the ballot today." ST21 recounts the dark reality of how some of the same people who fought for democracy 80 years ago and in decades since, will today vote for candidates who boast of how they will ignore the will of the people when votes are cast. This makes ST21 proclaim - "Truly this is Our Dark Father's century!" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Screwtape brings Wormword out of exile and gets his nephew up to speed with smartphones and other aspects of the 21st century. WW's "patient" - a white middle aged American Evangelical Catholic is preparing to vote. ST21 tells Wormword of the delicious hypocrisy this man and others like him show as they hurt those whom Christ identified as "my little ones." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

"The Screwtape Letters," written by C.S. Lewis and published in 1942 is one of the most remarkable novels ever written about good and evil. What would the character Screwtape have to say about our world and the U.S. in 2022 and beyond. Listen and follow along at www.ST21century.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The Church begins the age old "O Antiphon" prayers on Dec 17th? Learn about these centuries old prayers and how they connect with the hymn O Come O Come Emmanuel. Today we pray for the coming of God's Wisdom to come upon us. Learn more at EdTechEmergent.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Its the rose-colored Third Sunday of Advent and we hear St. Paul's exhortation to "Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing!" How do we do this in the brutal 2020 though? By remembering that Emmanuel - God with is - is here even in the midst of the mess. Find more at EdTechEmergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Its the first weekday of Advent 2021 and the Church remembers Saint Andrew the Apostle. For the readings of the day and a video about St. Andrew, visit EdTechemergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The Advent journey begins with Jesus telling us to 'Be watchful!' and 'Be alert!' We hear the prophet Isaiah reminding us that God has already done amazing deeds for those who wait for God. Listen to hear the themes of the four weeks of Advent and an invitation to be more mindful in your prayer during this season. For more resources visit EdTechEmergent.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The last week of the liturgical year begins with Christ the King Sunday. The week ends with a vision of a "new heaven and a new earth" as well as word from Jesus warning us "to stay vigilant" so we can endure "the tribulations to come". How do we do this, especially as we are on the cusp of the new liturgical year? For links to the scripture cited and more resources visit EdTechEmergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My newest subpodcast for Advent 2021. Listen to the sevenish minute reflections on one or more of the liturgical readings - posted before each day of Advent. Follow my blog EdTechEmergent.com for links to the readings and much more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

"The most radical, hopeful act one can perform as a citizen is to love freely, deeply, articulately...This is how a decent society is built outside of its laws and continual quest for justice." From page 73 in 'Dictionary of the Undoing' by John Freeman. For more visit www.edtechemergent.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

"If you have ever watched power crumble, you know it happens very suddenly. One day a wall is up and the next it is coming down" (p 70). We don't have to continue to be silent about the killing that takes place around us everyday. Listen and be inspired to stand up, rise up in boycotts and marching to tear down the monuments to violent and hatred and build memorials which inspire and remind us of The Common Good. For more on this and for resources see edtechemergent.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

"Justice may not be blind, it may give too much respect to the size of one's wallet, but it does respect momentum." (p 63) from "Dictionary of the Undoing" by John Freeman. Visit by blog for materials related to this episode -- www.edtechemergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Has the rise of the internet and social media made Americans more self-centered? As our own individual 'I' has felt more powerful have we lost the experience of how much more powerful a 'we' is? The uprising that is continuing in the US shows what happens when we put down our devices and gather as a 'we, the people' Learn more at edtechemergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Sunday, June 21st marks the 100th day since I began counting this Pandemic Period from Friday, March 13th. I go back and listen to and comment on the podcast episode I recorded on March 11th as the seriousness of the coronavirus and the disruption it could cause was becoming more apparent. In light of what I noted on March 11th, where are we today - 100 days later? Visit my blog at edtechemergent.com for more resources and to comment on what you heard in this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

"Hope is less an emotion than a field, a magnetism...Hope operates as a positive charge between people and wants to move." These words are by John Freeman from page 45 of his book 'Dictionary of the Undoing'. We are living in a time of illness and uprising. Fear, playing out as denial, is around us. And yet an electric hope has driven people to the streets for 4 weeks now and change is happening. For more on this theme please visit my blog edtechemergent.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Since the Pandemic Period began nearly 100 days ago, we have seen great human suffering. While the federal gov has been generally unwilling or unable to give in meaningful ways to aleviate this suffering, neighborhoods, groups and inviduals have heroically stepped up to give. In the uprising after the lynching of George Floyd, millions have poured into streets around the world in acts of protest and agitating for change. This must be the beginning as each of us, especially me and other white people continue to learn about our racist structures and to repent and seek to change our society. We have so much more to give and sustaining this over the long run is key. For more resources, visit my blog at edtechemergent.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support