Thinking Faith With Eric Gurash And Dr. Brett Salkeld

We may have images of do-gooder crickets and fun-sucking angels chastizing us from shoulder perches, but is that what we really mean when we talk about our conscience? Is it a battle of wills, a head vs heart "go with your gut" kind of thing? The Church seems to think it's pretty important but what is a conscience and why do we need one? The question of the ages in two parts starting this week on Thinking Faith!   

It's the exciting conclusion to our four-part "summer class" in Christian Hospitality!  In these final two episodes, we dig in deeper taking a look at how our work and ministry culture behind the scenes can hamper or help in creating an abiding atmosphere of Christian hospitality in our parishes. Are you ready to take the hospitality challenge on this week's Thinking Faith?

Our four-part "summer class" in Christian Hospitality continues.  In these final two episodes, we dig in deeper taking a look at how our work and ministry culture behind the scenes can hamper or help in creating an abiding atmosphere of Christian hospitality in our parishes. It's survive or thrive time this week on Thinking Faith!

Continuing our four-part summer series on Creating a Culture of Christian Hospitality. In these excerpts from a workshop Deacon Eric Gurash delivered at Holy Trinity parish here in Regina, we'll look at hospitality through the lens of the Master of Christian Hospitality himself, St. Benedict and his foundational monastic Rule. We'll also discuss examples of hospitality from the secular world and what we might incorporate into our own parish practice. Be our guest this week on Thinking Faith!

We begin a four-part summer series on Creating a Culture of Christian Hospitality. In these excerpts from a workshop Deacon Eric Gurash delivered at Holy Trinity parish here in Regina, we'll look at hospitality through the lens of the Master of Christian Hospitality himself, St. Benedict and his foundational monastic Rule. We'll also discuss examples of hospitality from the secular world and what we might incorporate into our own parish practice. We're rolling out the red carpet and throwing wide the doors this week on Thinking Faith!

What do you do when you find a 'lost recording' in the middle of a very busy few weeks? Praise God, dust it off, and share it of course! Deacon Eric is still in recovery after all the ordination festivities and so we're giving both him and Dr. Brett a break while simultaneously treating you, faithful listener, to the final episode of our three-part "Faith and Reason in the Classroom" series. Enjoy this week's Thinking Faith!

Apparently, it takes awhile to get used to being a newly appointed Permanent Deacon. While we check the instruction manual and search the area for missing parts, Deacon Eric and Dr. Brett have dusted off a mysterious, unaired episode for your listening enjoyment. Here's part 2 of Faith and Reason in the Classroom on this week's Thinking Faith! 

With deacon ordinations happening this week and a bunch of other stuff we don't need to bore you with, Eric and Brett went digging into their episode bag to dust off a series that's been lying around waiting to air. Over the next three weeks, they'll be looking at the great potential for clearing up serious faith and reason misconceptions by including some really cool discussions in the classroom. With any luck, we'll all learn some valuable lessons about life!

Wherein Brett is taken to task about his language, we discuss sandwiches and this little Deacon ordination thing happening June 15th and 29th. The Archdiocese of Regina makes history and Brett may be making you a sandwich this week on Thinking Faith!

In part two of our "How NOT to Change the Church" cast we talk Brett down, and look at how some of the most influential men and women managed to have significant impacts without creating division in the Body of Christ. We're feeling much better now. Honest. This week on Thinking Faith!

Nothing makes our podcast more entertaining than when Brett is steamed about something. Listen as we unleash his inner Yosemite Sam on right ways and wrong ways to use the "Sensus Fidelium" to change the church this week on Thinking Faith! (PS: How steamed is he? We're gonna need two episodes for this one!)

Wherein Eric reflects on the weird, unexpected and bold claims of Jesus Christ regarding the Kingdom of God and it's connection with our mission to proclaim the Good News to the ends of the earth. What is this Kingdom? Who or what reigns in our hearts? And whose job is this anyway? This week on Thinking Faith!

We kick off Catholic Education Week with our favorite thing - STUDIO GUESTS! This week we found Miles Meyers, Coordinator of Catholic Education for the Regina Catholic School Board and Honni Lizee, a grade two teacher at École St. Angela Merici Catholic School lurking around the parking lot and decided to invite them in. We'll be talking about the new "Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ" religious education program currently being rolled out in our Catholic Schools, try to keep things down due to Brett's sensitive ears, and test out our singing chops on this week's Thinking Faith! As promised on the show, if you'd like more information about this great new program, contact Miles at; m.meyers@rcsd.ca 

What's the role of praise and worship in our lives? What should it be? What do we mean by praise and worship anyway?  All great questions that deserve a great answer. Instead, you get Eric and Brett and whatever they can come up with - oh and Foghorn Leghorn. You get Foghorn Leghorn this week on Thinking Faith! 

Trapped in a conversation that may never actually end, Brett, Eric, and friend and guest Ryan Leblanc try to work out how this faith and spirituality thing can and should work in the midst of family life. We'll be dragging you down the yellow brick road of intentions, rosaries, and Examens, Oh my! This week on Thinking Faith!

Wherein we haul this guy in off the street and make him talk about church stuff, see just how far we can get on a cup of coffee, and figure out how faith and belief impact life and family in the wonderous cathedrals that are our homes.

Does Brett have a clue how to pronounce Latin? What the heck is a CDF and what is its natural habitat? How do you get neo-Pelagianism out of your drapes? What is an acceptable substitute for neo-Gnosticism when baking? And what does any of this have to do with our eternal salvation? You really don't want to miss this week's Thinking Faith! As promised, here’s a link to the CDF’s new ‘Placuit Deo’ letter.

Christ is Risen! Alleluiah! Alleluiah! And we just can't wait to celebrate with a special Easter Edition of Thinking Faith! This week we reflect on the readings of Easter Sunday and their call to a new, resurrected hope. Hope is one of those funny words which gets tossed around, more often than not, as a sort of wishing or dreaming. But, as one of our theological virtues, hope takes on a very different connotation. What exactly is Christian hope, and how can we live this out in our daily lives? Find out this Easter Week on Thinking Faith!

A brief Easter message from Archbishop Donald Bolen providing a reflection on the Easter experience of rising from the ashes to a new life of hope and joy.   From Archbishop Donald, and everyone at the Archdiocese of Regina, we wish you and those you love a happy and grace-filled Easter. Christ is Risen! Alleluiah!

Wherein we pull ourselves out of zaniness and begin the difficult process of looney tunes decompression, indulge in a bit of blatant and thoroughly shameful self-promotion, and shine a light on the depths of modern culture hoping to discover a place for truth and freedom in education.