When Ordinary Days End

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of readiness in the context of ordinary life and spiritual awareness.

Business as usual can be the most dangerous setting of all. We open with Jesus’ words from Luke 17, where normal life keeps rolling right up until the day everything changes, and the warning is blunt: don’t cling, don’t delay, don’t live like you have endless time. I read the passage aloud and sit with the hard question behind it, what does readiness look like when there are no flashing signs and the kingdom of God is already among us? From there, we move into the story of the ten lepers and...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Topics covered

• readiness
• spirituality
• kingdom of God
• ordinary life
• change

Keywords

• readiness
• ordinary days
• kingdom of God
• spirituality
• change

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 17

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