A Thin Place https://athinplace.podbean.com A Thin Place Podcast is an opportunity for us to rediscover the deeply spiritual and artful preaching of Dr. Larry Taylor. Each week will feature a sermon and, on occasion, some conversation about it. Our hope is that this space might become A Thin Place all it's own. Grace and peace. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:51:12 -0600 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality 1440 episodic A Thin Place Podcast is an opportunity for us to rediscover the deeply spiritual and artful preaching of Dr. Larry Taylor. Each week will feature a sermon and, on occasion, some conversation about it. Our hope is that this space might become A Thin Place all it's own. Grace and peace. athinplace athinplace No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9492894/A_Thin_Place_pict_squarebtnmp.jpg A Thin Place https://athinplace.podbean.com 144 144 Stopping Long Enough to See Stopping Long Enough to See https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/stopping-long-enough-to-see/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/stopping-long-enough-to-see/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:51:12 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/b2276939-9323-323e-968e-3e8106f65731 Sometimes, we get so caught up in the routine, in the everyday norms of our lives, we can miss things.  Things that might very well change our lives.  This episode is about stopping long enough to see.  

]]> Sometimes, we get so caught up in the routine, in the everyday norms of our lives, we can miss things.  Things that might very well change our lives.  This episode is about stopping long enough to see.  

]]> athinplace false No 2230 20 full Until the Coming of the Rains Until the Coming of the Rains https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/until-the-coming-of-the-rains/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/until-the-coming-of-the-rains/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/3d874c02-0514-383b-a2e4-0b49b2719668 There are many different narratives or stories we tell ourselves as we make our way through our day to day lives and routines.  This episode looks at the narratives of scarcity and abundance.  

]]> There are many different narratives or stories we tell ourselves as we make our way through our day to day lives and routines.  This episode looks at the narratives of scarcity and abundance.  

]]> athinplace false No 2010 19 full When We Do Not Know When We Do Not Know https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/when-we-do-not-know/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/when-we-do-not-know/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/b1da0e2b-0bff-3842-8336-575130c3ce73 We love certainty.  And we often claim it when we actually don’t really know.  What do we do with that in these times of extreme uncertainty?  Dr. Taylor’s meditations on the 13th chapter of the Gospel of Mark is a wonderful place to begin such a response.  

]]> We love certainty.  And we often claim it when we actually don’t really know.  What do we do with that in these times of extreme uncertainty?  Dr. Taylor’s meditations on the 13th chapter of the Gospel of Mark is a wonderful place to begin such a response.  

]]> athinplace false No 2138 18 full Sing the Lord's Song in a Foreign Land Sing the Lord's Song in a Foreign Land https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/sing-the-lords-song-in-a-foreign-land/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/sing-the-lords-song-in-a-foreign-land/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/77d5244a-c3a0-3b87-9f24-0b066fd48638 It these very strange and troubling times, it seems as though we are all in exile in some strange land.  Singing the Lord’s song during these days has been difficult, to say the least.  But there is a place of sanctuary during these times.  This episode is about that.

]]> It these very strange and troubling times, it seems as though we are all in exile in some strange land.  Singing the Lord’s song during these days has been difficult, to say the least.  But there is a place of sanctuary during these times.  This episode is about that.

]]> athinplace false No 2004 17 full The Risk in Faith The Risk in Faith https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/the-risk-in-faith/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/the-risk-in-faith/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/be0210e6-004c-3a9d-8e23-1d4e614f8ffb New Years is a time people often think about resolutions…things they would like to change or add to their lives in the coming year.  It seems 2021 has been eagerly anticipated by all of us.  This meditation by Dr, Larry Taylor provided me with some rich soil in which to plant some seeds for this coming year.

]]> New Years is a time people often think about resolutions…things they would like to change or add to their lives in the coming year.  It seems 2021 has been eagerly anticipated by all of us.  This meditation by Dr, Larry Taylor provided me with some rich soil in which to plant some seeds for this coming year.

]]> athinplace false No 1859 16 full For the Time Being For the Time Being https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/for-the-time-being/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/for-the-time-being/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2020 07:30:43 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/ca7223e7-61db-3994-a61d-6e786a4cef63 Advent 2020 has come and gone.  The gifts have been opened.  Christmas meals have been eaten.  Zoom calls to family and friends have all occurred.  And now we begin to move into a new year.  What is your response to Advent? This meditation gave me some new maps to negotiate the time being.

]]> Advent 2020 has come and gone.  The gifts have been opened.  Christmas meals have been eaten.  Zoom calls to family and friends have all occurred.  And now we begin to move into a new year.  What is your response to Advent? This meditation gave me some new maps to negotiate the time being.

]]> athinplace false No 2050 15 full Advent Week 4: A Lump in the Throat Advent Week 4: A Lump in the Throat https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-4-a-lump-in-the-throat/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-4-a-lump-in-the-throat/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/3a832226-51ec-389c-927c-f145a72c627f Larry Taylor reminds us that it will be wonder that finally leads us to Christmas.  Wonder is often something we leave to the children.  Maybe it's not that we leave it to them, but that they are the ones who fully embrace it.   One of my very favorite Christmas meditations!  Enjoy!

]]> Larry Taylor reminds us that it will be wonder that finally leads us to Christmas.  Wonder is often something we leave to the children.  Maybe it's not that we leave it to them, but that they are the ones who fully embrace it.   One of my very favorite Christmas meditations!  Enjoy!

]]> athinplace false No 2208 14 full Advent Week 3: Home Before Winter Advent Week 3: Home Before Winter https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-3-home-before-winter/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-3-home-before-winter/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/bc109e44-bb52-362c-a805-7d11f8c5812e As the winter solstice approaches, days are shorter and colder, the darkness lingers.  These days are ones that open us to spiritual experiences that might not be really available in the bright summery lights of the rest of the year.  Our third Advent episode on our journey toward home.

]]> As the winter solstice approaches, days are shorter and colder, the darkness lingers.  These days are ones that open us to spiritual experiences that might not be really available in the bright summery lights of the rest of the year.  Our third Advent episode on our journey toward home.

]]> athinplace false No 1980 13 full Advent Week 2: Cradle Songs Advent Week 2: Cradle Songs https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-2-cradle-songs/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-2-cradle-songs/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/b95d0bff-27d8-383c-880a-7da9f49dd8ee Mary's cradle song is one of the most revolutionary announcements our world has known.  And it is a woman's story.  And it resonates deeply in our times.

]]> Mary's cradle song is one of the most revolutionary announcements our world has known.  And it is a woman's story.  And it resonates deeply in our times.

]]> athinplace false No 2175 12 full Advent Week 1: Home for Christmas Advent Week 1: Home for Christmas https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-1-home-for-christmas/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/advent-week-1-home-for-christmas/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/cfe5239e-a263-3eb0-b0b1-717ede3dc61b "Advent is for pilgrims and sojourners.  It holds little attraction for those who are sedentary in their faith, content with where they already dwell.  Advent is a summons to take a journey, a journey that will eventually take us home...Are you going home for Christmas?"  

— Dr. Larry Taylor

]]> "Advent is for pilgrims and sojourners.  It holds little attraction for those who are sedentary in their faith, content with where they already dwell.  Advent is a summons to take a journey, a journey that will eventually take us home...Are you going home for Christmas?"  

— Dr. Larry Taylor

]]> athinplace false No 1900 11 full Bonus: Advent 2020 Bonus: Advent 2020 https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/bonus-advent-2020/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/bonus-advent-2020/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:27:37 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/1ac14664-4ea6-3ddd-abcb-f42d813d57bb We seem to rush through the holidays, even though we begin to be inundated with ads encouraging us to start shopping before Halloween even arrives.  For the next 4 weeks, A Thin Place will journey through the season of Advent anticipating the arrival of The Christ.  

]]> We seem to rush through the holidays, even though we begin to be inundated with ads encouraging us to start shopping before Halloween even arrives.  For the next 4 weeks, A Thin Place will journey through the season of Advent anticipating the arrival of The Christ.  

]]> athinplace false No 488 10 full Living as Saints in the Household of Caesar Living as Saints in the Household of Caesar https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/living-as-saints-in-the-household-of-caesar/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/living-as-saints-in-the-household-of-caesar/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/a8872af7-ad1d-3479-a410-894546caaf9f Faith and culture and how they relate to each other have always been a struggle. Larry Taylor provides some very thought-provoking insight on this dilemma in this edition of the podcast.

]]> Faith and culture and how they relate to each other have always been a struggle. Larry Taylor provides some very thought-provoking insight on this dilemma in this edition of the podcast.

]]> athinplace false No 1899 9 full More Than a Rumor of Angels More Than a Rumor of Angels https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/more-than-a-rumor-of-angels/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/more-than-a-rumor-of-angels/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/ab3ac50c-0a02-3159-a7e1-f1777ca0bb6c Where is God in these challenging days? Where is humanity? This sermon left me with a lot of hope.  

]]> Where is God in these challenging days? Where is humanity? This sermon left me with a lot of hope.  

]]> athinplace false No 2307 8 full The Problem With Theocracy The Problem With Theocracy https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/the-problem-with-theocracy/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/the-problem-with-theocracy/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600 athinplace.podbean.com/6428d882-ab3e-3770-8aeb-ff356c1eebaf From an ancient story about kings and kingdoms and transitions, we get to hear very clearly the story we are all living at this very moment.  I timely word for all of us in these days.

]]> From an ancient story about kings and kingdoms and transitions, we get to hear very clearly the story we are all living at this very moment.  I timely word for all of us in these days.

]]> athinplace false No 2186 7 full When One is Greater Than Two When One is Greater Than Two https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/when-one-is-greater-than-two/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/when-one-is-greater-than-two/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2020 01:00:00 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/49e094ad-f656-3a5b-982d-594a8c702d29 When Paul writes in his letter to those Jesus followers at Galatia, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus," he had written a revolutionary and liberating sentence.  How did Paul arrive at the place that allowed him to write that?  

]]> When Paul writes in his letter to those Jesus followers at Galatia, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus," he had written a revolutionary and liberating sentence.  How did Paul arrive at the place that allowed him to write that?  

]]> athinplace false No 2082 6 full Where is Your God? Where is Your God? https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/where-is-your-god-1603274681/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/where-is-your-god-1603274681/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/967b7d29-e0bc-36d7-bb03-122a1bd292a3 Where is your God? That is a question that might arouse one's defenses in the social climate of our day.  But, what if we ask it of ourselves in contemplation?  When I consider "God", where IS my God? There is much to think about in this week's edition of A Thin Place with Dr. Larry Taylor.

]]> Where is your God? That is a question that might arouse one's defenses in the social climate of our day.  But, what if we ask it of ourselves in contemplation?  When I consider "God", where IS my God? There is much to think about in this week's edition of A Thin Place with Dr. Larry Taylor.

]]> athinplace false No 1989 5 full Episode 3: Stalking the Snow Leopard Episode 3: Stalking the Snow Leopard https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/episode-3-stalking-the-snow-leopard/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/episode-3-stalking-the-snow-leopard/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/4f98c82d-e79b-35d1-aacd-b4825a24ee1d Larry Taylor opens this sermon by noting how the Hebrew prophets often have what seems to be conflicting accounts of God.  One says, "surely, God is hidden."  Another says, "seek God and you'll find God".  In these confusing days, God can seem elusive at best.  This sermon moved me in a profound way and I'm excited to share it here.  

]]> Larry Taylor opens this sermon by noting how the Hebrew prophets often have what seems to be conflicting accounts of God.  One says, "surely, God is hidden."  Another says, "seek God and you'll find God".  In these confusing days, God can seem elusive at best.  This sermon moved me in a profound way and I'm excited to share it here.  

]]> athinplace false No 2041 4 full If This Be Not Community If This Be Not Community https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/if-this-be-not-community/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/if-this-be-not-community/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/76bbce49-7f29-3fad-ad5c-b331edb0ece9 Dr. Larry Taylor explores the community that bloomed as a result of people with needs and people with gifts finding each other.  "Community is born when someone's need becomes everyone's concern."  That seems to me to be something we might all aspire to right now.  

]]> Dr. Larry Taylor explores the community that bloomed as a result of people with needs and people with gifts finding each other.  "Community is born when someone's need becomes everyone's concern."  That seems to me to be something we might all aspire to right now.  

]]> athinplace false No 1680 3 full Episode 1— The Thin Place Episode 1— The Thin Place https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/episode-1%e2%80%94-the-thin-place/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/episode-1%e2%80%94-the-thin-place/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:14:03 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/f922dfbb-d773-3d94-80e1-6ab0999fbf08 This sermon is our podcast's namesake.  The Thin Place is based on the story of the woman at the well in the Gospel of John, chapter 4.  It's a favorite of mine and a great place for us to begin.

]]> This sermon is our podcast's namesake.  The Thin Place is based on the story of the woman at the well in the Gospel of John, chapter 4.  It's a favorite of mine and a great place for us to begin.

]]> athinplace false No 2363 2 full A Thin Place with Dr. Larry Taylor (trailer) A Thin Place with Dr. Larry Taylor (trailer) https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/a-thin-place-with-dr-larry-taylor-trailer/ https://athinplace.podbean.com/e/a-thin-place-with-dr-larry-taylor-trailer/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:42:03 -0500 athinplace.podbean.com/03a00eae-436e-321e-931c-9c677964911f The Celts spoke of "thin places" — places where the veil between our world and God was very thin.  This is a podcast presenting the deeply spiritual and artful sermons of Dr. Larry Taylor.  These have been such thin places for me over the years.  I hope this might become a thin place for people to gather as rediscover these words.  These are the places I need in times like we are all experiencing.  

]]> The Celts spoke of "thin places" — places where the veil between our world and God was very thin.  This is a podcast presenting the deeply spiritual and artful sermons of Dr. Larry Taylor.  These have been such thin places for me over the years.  I hope this might become a thin place for people to gather as rediscover these words.  These are the places I need in times like we are all experiencing.  

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