Hosted by Alastair Sterne & Julia Sterne · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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In pursuit of faithfulness in every day life because the ordinary matters. www.ordinarymatters.org
Alastair Sterne & Julia Sterne hosts Ordinary Matters, a religion show with 17 episodes published.
What do you do if you inherit a cedar waxwing named Bandit? Even more, he can’t fly—something’s wrong with his wing. You know nothing about birds, but suddenly you’re responsible for this fragile life. You can’t just Goo
Imagine: You’re watching the news. A young woman in a courtroom, tears streaming down her face, publicly repents for breaking the law. True tears. Real remorse. A genuine desire to learn and grow from her mistakes. Your
What if emotions weren’t problems to be solved, but experiences to be lived? What if our kitchens and living rooms could be places where grief and joy move through us naturally, without needing to hide away? We had fun s
What if you could meet a poet, nay perhaps a prophet, communes with the divine, and loves the beyond so, they cannot miss the ordinary? Having tasted manna, they knows holiness in crusts and crumbs, prophecy in coffee gr
In the latest episode of Ordinary Matters, I sat down with the pastor and author, Ken Shigematsu. His opening story begins in a small church in Tokyo where, as a young Sony Corporation employee, he was asked to preach hi
What do we do with the challenging passages in Scripture that depict God in an unflattering light? Think about the flood and the destruction of the ancient world in Genesis, the eradication of the Canaanites in Joshua, o
“What if we disrupted the world with something that wasn’t destructive? What if joy could radically change everything?” I had never thought of joy as disruptive before, but in our conversation with Casey Margarite Field,
We are so happy to share our recent conversation with our friend Mike Mason, an author whose career spans over four decades, including cherished works like The Mystery of Marriage and The Blue Umbrella. We gleaned so muc
In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Whitney K. Pipkin, author of We Shall All Be Changed: How Facing Death with Loved Ones Transforms Us. In her book, Whitney shares her personal journey through the gri
We had a wonderful conversation with Julie Lane Gay, author of The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer, on our latest episode of Ordinary Matters. Our conversation explored why prayer can often feel
In this episode, we chat with Karen Stiller, author, award-winning senior editor of Faith Today, writing coach, and (now) elder stateswoman of Ordinary Matters. In our conversation with Karen, we dive into the world of i
In this episode of Ordinary Matters, we open with a story we love about The Sneaky Scheme™ of our daughters. It sets the table for our conversation about the gift of God’s forgetfulness, the invitation to bring our mess
Exciting news! Our podcast is back as part of Ordinary Matters. In addition to our articles, Julia and I are diving into conversations and reflections about faithfulness in everyday life. To kick things off, I’ll be regu
In this fourth episode, we chat about the necessity of grief and lament and share five practices to help. Get full access to Ordinary Matters at www.ordinarymatters.org/subscribe
In this episode, Alastair and Julia discuss the pressure to make the most of this time and the invitation to receive life as a gift. Get full access to Ordinary Matters at www.ordinarymatters.org/subscribe
In this second episode, I chat with Julia Sterne (RCC) of New Story Counselling about how staying grounded in our values during the COVID-19 pandemic can help us become a non-anxious presence for the good of our city. Ge
In this first episode, I consider the first step toward becoming a non-anxious presence for the good our city during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get full access to Ordinary Matters at www.ordinarymatters.org/subscribe
Esther Lightcap Meek
Professor of Philosophy emerita · Geneva College
1 appearance on this show
Hillary McBride
psychologist, researcher, author, podcaster · Sanctuary
1 appearance on this show
Joshua Luke Smith
poet, musician, author
1 appearance on this show
Ken Shigematsu
pastor and author
1 appearance on this show
Mike Mason
9 Time X-Games medalist · Texans for Responsible Judges
1 appearance on this show
Karen Stiller
senior editor · Faith Today
1 appearance on this show
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