Episodes

Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
GRSB3Ch31 The Sheen of Sinlessness
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
Sometimes, we can actually be proud of our sin. Once again, St. Gregory takes us beyond the obvious and shows us God’s perspective on things.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those are to be admonished who praise the unlawful things of which they are conscious, and those who while condemning them, in no wise guard against them.

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
GRSB3Ch30 Thought, Word, and Deed, Part 2
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
The words I used in the title? Well, those are my words, but St. Gregory digs into these ideas and shows us just how complicated they are. Once again, cour culture has shaped our thinking and we’ve gotten all bent out of shape. Here, Gregory helps hammer us back into shape with some eternal truths.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not.

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
GRSB3Ch29 Thought, Word, and Deed, Part 1
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
The words I used in the title? Well, those are my words, but St. Gregory digs into these ideas and shows us just how complicated they are. Once again, our culture has shaped our thinking and we’ve gotten all bent out of shape. Here, Gregory helps hammer us back into shape with some eternal truths.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought.

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
GRSB3Ch28 What Grandma and Grandpa Knew
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory might could easily rile you up. He talks about sexual sin. We’re so soaked in our culture, that his words sound like something from another time. They are, but they are also timeless. He challenges all of us with things that maybe we’ve probably never considered.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not.

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
GRSB3Ch27 Nurturing the Married and the Single
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory might make you a bit uncomfortable. But in the midst of it all, he gives us hope. That hope comes from dragging the issue into the light. If you disagree, at least respect him enough to listen.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How the married and the single are to be admonished.

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Bk3Ch26 Those who Can't Lose, and Those who Can't WIn
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory talks about something that bugs almost everyone. Why are there people who succeed at everything, and people who seem to succeed at nothing. Gregory doesn’t explain it away, he just sheds some light on some things that maybe we’ve never considered.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Bk3Ch25 Right-size your Humility
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people need humility, but they also need to assess themselves accurately. Gregory shows us how that looks.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste.

Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Bk3Ch24 Handle the Truth Properly
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people are just in different places regarding their spiritual growth. Gregory gives us the wisdom we need to help them.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished.

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Bk3Ch23 What's the Opposite of Peacemaker?
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory addresses another facet of conflict management. Some people are not peacemakers, and some are. Gregory helps us understand how to lead them forward .
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished.

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Bk3Ch22 Conflict Management 101
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?
This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that conflict management is harder than it looks.
St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:
How those that are at variance and those that are at peace are to be admonished.