Good Friday - may God bless you this Easter season! Have you ever wondered how the Last Supper, Good Friday, and Easter actually effect our lives? We discuss the impact that some passages in scripture have had on our lives. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

We do not claim to be a podcast with all the answers but to be open to having difficult conversations and explore the nuances of Truth and grow in our opinions. We discuss what does it look like to be fed by the Holy Spirit, how do we interact in holiness with the world, and the question of dehumanization in our culture. Please share or contact us,…

What makes a "Good Christian" or a "Good Catholic"? Can there really be such a thing? How do we approach others or even ourselves when mistakes are made? Can we even take credit for being good? These points made by Pope Francis and C.S. Lewis are discussed in today's episode! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

What is faith? Why do we sometimes deal with a crisis of faith? How do we deal with it and move forward? These questions and more are discussed in today's episode. There is a powerful, personal story at the end. So stay tuned to the end! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

We discuss leadership in the church from married priests to expected narcissism in leadership, taking ownership of the gospel, and the importance of discernment with the Holy Spirit and how that looks in our lives. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

What does the phrase "meet them where they are at" actually mean? What dangers await us as we try to preserve our own cultures or try to control how the Gospel looks in others? We discuss these issues and more in this episode where we dive deep into using a few good examples of how we should not build a wall to prevent sinners from joining the Chur…

What is the difference between 'Joy' and 'Happiness'? How does our perception of what is fair change our spiritual life? These questions and more are discussed by Steven Anderson and Arthur Richardson as they dive into the first part of the Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis. It has been their experience that when people talk about Pope Francis, the…

We are back!!!! Introducing our new Cohost, Steven Anderson! We will be starting a new season and circling back to the season with the focus on the Mass at a later date. In this episode, we focus on Mark 8:15 and discuss the Leaven of Herod, the Leaven of the Pharisees, and the Leaven of Jesus Christ - the Bread of Life. We discuss the rising trend…

Today Art and Kolton cover the significance of the liturgy of the word in the mass, focusing on how it is not to be overlooked in its importance and in its ability to reveal the person of Christ to us. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Why does a Catholic Mass or liturgy start with a procession? What is the point of the Penitential Rite? Is each Mass its own sacrifice or is it entering into the living memory of Jesus' Passion? Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com

We embark on a new phase in this season. We will be teaching on how to worship, specifically the Roman Catholic Rite. However we will be following the ancient flow of Christian liturgy and this will be applicable for many Christians. In today's episode we discuss the principles needed to start: clearing out the clutter in our hearts and minds, bapt…

Have you ever thought about your finances in the light of God's wisdom? We discuss the advice on self care and care of our friends and neighbors in Wisdom of Ben Sira chapter 14. It is hard to find balance when it comes to money, and we hope to find it. Join us as we explore what money has to do with our spiritual lives. Instagram Facebook Website …

Hey folks, today Kolton and Corey discuss the chaos that big changes bring to our lives and how Christ became our example in dealing with that chaos. We hope you enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Fair warning, this is a heavy podcast. We talk about being hurt by the Church, and the people in it. We talk about handling the breakdown of our ideas. We talk about sex, and those in leadership roles who are obsessed with it and morality around it. We talk about authority. Most importantly, we affirm that we love Jesus, His Church, though we have …

Sorry it's late! Hopefully we made it up to you with quality content! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

John 14:20 - "On that day you will realize that I am in the Father and you are in me and I in you." Ever wonder what this looks like and what effect that has on the world? Apologies for the short episode this week, with the Mission: Flint, we were a little tired. Please take some time to pray for those who were on the retreat that the fruits contin…

Looking for rest? It's hard to get it and when we do, it almost never feels like it's enough. We discuss why that might be and what we can do to receive rest. We discuss what Jesus might have experienced in His humanity in this regard as well, and try to use that as a roadmap. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Hi folks, this is Kolton's first solo episode! He focuses on Paul's encouragement in Colossians 3 and gets a little preachy along the way! We hope you enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Galatians 5:4-6 - What is our hope for righteousness? How do we navigate the tension between our authority as Children of God in building a world we want to live in compared to helping Jesus establish the Kingdom of Heaven? These questions and more are discussed in today's episode! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

We made it to 100 episodes, so it has to be a good one! As we continue the conversation about maturity of faith, we talk about Sirach or the Wisdom of Ben Sira Chapter 4 and dive deeper into the mystery of God's care and guidance as we are refined. Please subscribe and share if you enjoyed this episode! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopen…

1 Corinthians 13 - Love is patient, love is kind. Growing in how live a life of love is difficult when the people we need to love hurt us. It is easy to enjoy the idea of love, its hard when we must embrace the person and not just the idea of love. It is our hope that you feel inspired to continue growing in learning how to love. Instagram Facebook…

Jesus promises us that we will move mountains - but He shows us that we need to keep our eyes on Our Father in order to know which ones. We continue the discussion of growth in maturity and how to handle deconstruction in a healthy way. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Growth and maturity often can be a byproduct of suffering. When we view our lives, what is our perspective? In this episode we break open the second half of 1 Corinthians13. What does it mean to set aside our childish ways? Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

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In this episode we talk about the significance of the interior discipline of recognizing the things that we hold as true in ourselves and working with God to come into greater relationship with the Person that is Truth (hint: it's Jesus). Enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Sometimes it can be scary when your life is turned upside down. After years working in the church, we discuss Arthur's journey since Covid ended his youth ministry career. Since Covid, many of us have been questioning, what is next? Who am I and what do I have to offer the world are some of the serious questions that many of us face. Our hope is th…

Corey Luna is back! In this episode, we discussed how to navigate our relationship of trust with Jesus when life seems to feel like a desert and prayer is hard. If you are or have struggled with understanding the Promises of God, we hope that this will help you feel connected to the reality of God even when you feel abandoned. Since we did not end …

Hey audience! This week's episode is about understanding "fear of the Lord" and the changing context that that has had over the course of God's revelation to mankind. We discuss our personal understandings and experiences with this enegmatic phrase and we hope that it sheds some light into your day! God bless, enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website emai…

We pride ourselves to be family oriented, therefore, we wanted to give you a fair warning that we do talk about sex in this episode which is it is marked as explicit. Have you ever challenged yourself to think about your death. How would you react if you knew the date of your death. Would you want to know? We discuss this interesting brain teaser: …

What does it mean when we pray, "Let your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"? We begin the discussion by reflecting on our own lives and where we found success and struggle in being intentional about this prayer. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

There is a tension in the name of Good Friday. How can so much pain, suffering, and death of the innocent be good? What are we celebrating what is called the Passion of our Lord when Jesus seemed so at peace? These questions and more we ponder in today's episode. May you have a blessed Easter weekend! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenhe…

One of our Co-hosts is moving. Moving means packing, and packing means that you get lost in all the memories that your stuff contains. We take a trip down memory-lane and reflect on the spiritual implications of change and connections that our memories have in shaping us. "A jagged rock keeps its edges in stagnant water." - Kolton Jones Instagram F…

This is no April fools joke; Jesus says, "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." Have you ever wondered how we can become perfect and not just act it? Have you ever felt like you have something to prove but only came up frustrated and hurting the very people whom you tried to prove something to? Dive in to learn more about how God changes …

Concerned you might be wasting too much time on entertainment? Have you ever considered the effects of what and how much is consumed? UOH discusses the importance of what we consume and what we produce in this episode. Kolton Jones came up with a phrase that we discuss that gets to the heart of this issue, " eating and procreation are phenomenologi…

Shame can be a painful and isolating struggle to deal with. Have you ever wondered how to break free of it or what causes it? We discuss the power of breakthrough when Jesus calls us out of our place of shame and empowers us to catch the thoughts that can ruin us. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Let's get intense and talk about some of a hard issue we all face - what is my ideology and is that changing my perception of faith? Have we built up rules and regulations around those ideologies that undermine what God really wanted to give us? Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

The struggle between serving two masters can be challenging. We discuss what does it mean to have purity of heart, discerning if there is duplicity in our hearts, and learning to desire simplicity. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Have you ever wondered what pushes us to do what we do? We discuss in depth our drive or our 'why' and we hope to inspire you to join in our mission to see the radical and life changing love of Jesus liberate us all. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Life matters and is good. But because there is value, we need to ask some some personal questions to help us navigate and experience life to the full. In this episode, we focus in on these two personal questions: Why do I exist? Why does this podcast exist? Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Happy New Year! It is only one cohost for this episode. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

This week we discuss a spiritual breakthrough that Kolton had over the course of 30 minutes in a McDonald's parking lot and the foundational process of ultimately consenting to the will of God in our lives. (So pretty light stuff lol). Enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.com…

Hey folks, in this podcast we continue our discussions around the spiritual nuances of the grey areas of life, opting to focus on the importance of remaining faithful amidst the questions. We Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Sorry for the late upload! This week we discuss the importance of considering the relationship between body and soul, and how tending to the unity of these within ourselves is crucial for maintaining spiritual health. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

This is one of the more sobering episodes where we discuss the struggles and sufferings of life and how God ultimately works with them to help us be open to graces. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Hey folks, Art and I have an announcement at the beginning of this episode so in case you happen to read the description first, we will be publishing episodes bi-weekly now instead of weekly. We hope you enjoy our discussion on the reluctance of the prophet Jonah as we enjoy our delicious peaty scotch. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenh…

*Please Note* We will begin releasing podcasts every other week. Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

This week we discuss what it means to do a prophetic act. We draw on the interesting and unorthodox ways that God called both Jeremiah and Hosea to act and talk about our own experiences with prophetic acts. We hope you enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

In this episode we discuss the call of the prophet Jeremiah who considered himself too young and we learn how to trust God in covering our insufficiencies by providing new ways for us to see what He is doing. Our new music bits: chill. by sakura Hz | https://soundcloud.com/sakurahertz Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution-N…

Moses had his excuses, we have ours... And God loves to prove us wrong, in the best way Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven

Hey folks, in this episode we begin by trash talking fast food and end understanding a little more about how God called Moses to be a prophet to God's people. Please enjoy! Instagram Facebook Website email: underanopenheaven.fire@gmail.comPor Under An Open Heaven