BONUS EPISODE: On this bonus episode, join Mike and Jacob for the second of two conversations about who God calls us to love. On this episode, they have a conversation about biblical passages that talk about loving the poor and needy, and we meet Jesus in the poor.

BONUS EPISODE: On this bonus episode, join Mike and Jacob for the first of two conversations about who God calls us to love. On this episode, they have a conversation about biblical passages that talk about loving our neighbors.

BONUS EPISODE: On this special bonus episode, Nina and Jacob sit down with our own Dr. John Luke Addison, Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Bart's, to discuss the history of Psalms being sung, and how singing the Psalms is important for our own spiritual lives and church gatherings today.

Learn more about John-Luke and the New American Psalter here: jladdison.com

A Year with the Bible, E20: On this episode, join Nina, Mike, and Jacob as they talk about the Psalms, a treasure trove of beautiful poetry and the "songbook of the Bible," how to understand and interpret them, and how they direct us towards the presence and love of God.

BONUS EPISODE: On this special bonus episode, Nina and Jacob sit down with Dr. Elisabeth Koenig, professor emerita of ascetical theology at General Theological Seminary, to discuss how Christians have meditated on the Song of Songs to find insights into prayer and Christian life.

Some of the books and resources mentioned during the episode:

David Suchet reads Song of Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArV7xl_g2LM

An Intimate Good, Laurel Mathewson https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Good-Skeptical-Christian-Conversation/dp/B0C8C9DR57

Chester P. Michael & Marie C. Norrisey, Prayer and Temperament https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Temperament-Different-Forms-Personality/dp/1633934896

Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 1 (of 4): https://www.amazon.com/Sermons-Songs-Saint-Bernard-Clairvaux/dp/0879077042

St. Teresa of Avila, Meditations on the Song of Songs https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Teresa-featuring-Perfection-Interior/dp/0960087664

St. Teresa of Avila, Autobiography of Teresa of Avila https://www.amazon.com/Collected-featuring-Spiritual-Testimonies-Soliloquies/dp/0960087621

St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Devout-Life-Catholic-Classics/dp/1954881584

St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises https://www.amazon.com/Ignatius-Loyola-Spiritual-Exercises-Spirituality/dp/0809132168

The Cloud of Unknowing, https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Unknowing-Paraclete-Essentials/dp/1557256691

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love https://www.amazon.com/Revelations-Divine-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199641188

John of the Cross, Collected Works https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Ascent-Spiritual-Canticle-Letters/dp/0935216146

A Year with the Bible, E19: On this episode, join Nina, Mike, and Jacob as they talk about the Song of Songs, discussing its celebration of human love and desire, following the love story of two young people in ancient Israel, wrestling with its place in Scripture and exploring how it points to the love between Christ and the people of God.

(Note: This episode touches on adult themes present in the Song of Songs, and may not be suitable for children)

A Year with the Bible, E18: On this episode, join Nina, Mike, and Jacob as they talk about the book of Ecclesiastes, exploring its sometimes cynical look at life, and discussing how it teaches us to find meaning in a world that can seem so meaningless.

A Year with the Bible, E17: On this episode, join Nina, Mike, and Jacob as they talk about the book of Proverbs, and its presentation of the cultivation of wisdom, how wisdom begins with the "fear of God," and how wisdom leads to a good life.