All His Church

<p>This week on All His Church, Chris sits with Psalm 34 and the story of Judas to ask a hard question: what do we do with repentance that comes right before despair? Drawing on “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted...

<p>In this episode of All His Church, Chris reflects on signs and wonders through a very personal story about a broken front tooth. Chris wrestles with what counts as a miracle and why God might choose something so...

<p>In this episode of All His Church, Chris gets honest about a season of transition—kids leaving home, career questions after 30 years, and a surprising struggle to show up for Sunday worship. When his wife quietly...

<p>Chris shares a raw reflection on 30 years in corporate America, wrestling with the pull between "soulless" mammon (Matthew 6:24) and God's calling. Inspired by St. Catherine of Siena's fire-setting quote and St...

<p>This week on All His Church, Chris prays through Psalm 86:1–13, reflecting on God’s steadfast love and deliverance “from the depths of Sheol.” In the midst of Holy Week, he finally brings the Apostles’ Creed into the...

<p>Psalm 2, Microsoft’s endless newsfeed, and the Big Bang all collide in this Holy Week reflection. Chris starts with a kid‑friendly explanation of the Big Bang, then asks what (or who) stands behind a universe...

<p>Host Chris reflects on Psalm 133 and the goodness of brothers and sisters dwelling together in unity. From his own journey through multiple traditions—Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist—he unpacks the story...

<p>Opening with a note that today's reading comes from Sirach 15, a Deuterocanonical book not found in most Protestant Bibles, Chris invites Protestant listeners to explore it in the spirit of the podcast's ecumenical...

<p>Rooted in Psalm 78 and God's choosing of David — a shepherd boy pulled from the sheepfolds to guide Israel "with upright heart and skillful hand" — Chris opens with a practical meditation on waking up early, walking...

<p></p><p>Chris opens Psalm 149 with a confession: he hated math, got an English degree partly to avoid it, and yet found himself doing math in his free time — running the numbers on human overconfidence. Citing Gallup...

<p>Opening with Psalm 66 and the image of being brought "through fire and through water," Chris explores how fire in Scripture is not destruction but refinement, tracing that theme through Shadrach, Meshach, and...

<p>Anchored in Psalm 96, Chris opens with the image of a half-acre yard teeming with hundreds of living creatures — owls, raccoons, a white squirrel named Gandalf — and asks what it means that God made every single one...

<p>Opening with Psalm 4 Chris uses the absurd rivalry between Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes to ask a serious question: how does love for something slowly curdle into hatred of whatever is on the other...

<p>Anchored in Psalm 1 and the image of the tree planted by streams of water, Chris opens with the story of Woolworths — a 100-year retail titan that became Foot Locker — to frame a meditation on what happens to power...

<p>Praying Psalm 139, Chris turns to the mystery that God “knitted” each of us together before birth and wrote all our days before one of them came to be. He recalls the Arian controversy and the Council of Nicaea to...