S08 Episode 07: Encountering Jesus & The Church in Scripture
Abiding Together
Abiding Together
4.9 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we chat with Dr. Andrew Swafford, associate professor of theology at Benedictine College. We talk about encountering the Person of Jesus in scripture and the power of connecting the head and the heart. We also discuss the beauty of Scripture, how to connect the dots between the old and the new, and how Scripture is always relevant to every time and culture.
Dr. Andrew Swafford's one thing - his wife, Sarah
Dr. Andrew Swafford's other one thing - The Glories of Divine Gracie - Fr. Matthias Scheeben
Heather's one thing - Victory - Jay and Jo
Michelle's one thing - The Impact of God - Fr. Iain Matthew
Michelle's other one thing - Fr. Mark Mary and Fr. Innocent CFR and their visit to Pensacola
Sister Miriam's one thing - Butternut Squash and all Fall recipes
Books Mentioned - All the titles mentioned by Dr. Swafford can be found online here.
Here are the three recommendations to get your started:
- Mystery of the Kingdom - Dr. Edward Sri
- God with us - Dr. Edward Sri
- A Father Who Keeps His Promises - Scott Hahn
You can also receive 20% off any studies in the Hebrews collection by Dr. Andrew Swafford through Ascension Press with the code Abide20. Check out all Hebrews has to offer!
Discussion questions:
- What struck you from this week's episode?
- What has been your experience with the Holy Scriptures? Did you grow up reading the Bible often, have you just recently discovered the living Word of God or are you still not sure where to begin?
- Dr. Swafford mentioned the threat of Catholic Deism - where faith becomes about an idea and not about a person. How have the scriptures fostered your relationship with the person of Jesus?
- Dr. Swafford said "theology is really about intellectual discipleship." How do/can your bible studies, discussion groups and personal study create disciples around you?
Journal Questions:
- Dr. Swafford's journey began with an intentional mentorship from Dr. Sri. Pray about who God is inviting you to intentionally disciple and what would that look like.
- Dr. Swafford encouraged us to start small. What's one small daily scripture exercise you can commit to this week?
- Take some time to reflect on your favorite scripture verse or one that has impacted your life. Ask the Holy Spirit how God wants to speak this word over your life in a new way.
Quote to Ponder - "Learn the Heart of God from the Word of God." - Pope St. Gregory
Scripture for Lectio Divina - Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful."
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to season 8 of the Abiding Together podcast. Abiding together is a place |
| 0:12.7 | where you can find connection, rest and encouragement on your journey with Jesus Christ. |
| 0:17.9 | My name is Sister Miriam James Highland and each and every week I am joined by two of my |
| 0:22.0 | very dearest friends Heather Kim and Michelle Benzinger. This podcast is born out of our friendship |
| 0:27.9 | and sharing all kinds of things together. Our walk with Jesus, our insights, the lessons |
| 0:32.9 | we are still learning, our joys, sorrows, tears and laughter and you are most welcome on |
| 0:38.0 | the journey with us. You can find out more information about all of our episodes at AbidingTogetherPodcast.com. |
| 0:45.5 | But for now, grab a cup of coffee, settle in and welcome home. |
| 0:49.8 | Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Abiding Together podcast. We have a wonderful |
| 1:02.7 | guest with us today that you are going to absolutely love. We cannot wait. We've been looking |
| 1:06.1 | forward for a long time of having him on our show and you're going to love him but we're |
| 1:09.3 | going to make you wait to find out who it is. So before we do that, so Michelle, we should |
| 1:13.8 | probably talk to you first because there's a hurricane coming your way and we might lose you |
| 1:17.3 | at some point during the show and we might lose you out to see. So are you okay? Are you hanging |
| 1:21.4 | in there? I am fine. We are actually recording this all day. The podcast on our Lady of Saro's |
| 1:26.7 | feast day and tomorrow her cane Sally is supposed to hit and we're right in the middle of it right now. |
| 1:33.1 | So she's just dumping a lot of rain on us but she keeps on moving east so she could really hit us. |
| 1:38.0 | But I lived in the golf coast majority of my life so I'm used to her cane so they don't |
| 1:42.2 | they use me but I'm just praying for all of those that are in its path and just praying for safety |
| 1:48.2 | and I felt kind of funny because I was driving over to my neighbors to record because my kids are |
| 1:52.6 | home and the post office was the only car out and like me and the post office come win come rain |
| 1:56.9 | I'm going to record here we go. So it was kind of fitting. Listeners are so great. Yes. Yes. |
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