I've released a new book! Beholding: Deepening Our Experience of God is an invitation to a God-soaked life of seeing and being seen by God. It tells my story, the story of consumerism in our times, and invites the reader into spiritual...

To close Season 3 of the CC Podcast I want to share with you a written homily I shared  with a local church earlier this month. It's about the spiritual fruit of goodness, and how we reclaim goodness in a cultural context in which it basic...

Thank you for listening to the Commoners Communion Podcast!If you would like to support what I'm doing you can find a link to donate to my work at commonerscommunion.com/contact (just scroll down to the donate button). All gifts are dee...

This Friday I'll be releasing the first article in a series called 'A More Christlike Apocalypse' (explanation in the intro of this episode) to my email subscribers only. If you'd like to come along on the journey with me over the next few mont...

'My Ordinary Self' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com.And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Communion ...

Welcome to Q & R -  a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your questio...

'Save Me From Professional Prayer' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com.And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Comm...

Welcome to Q & R -  a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your questio...

'Good Morning, Father' is a prayer and contemplation from my book 'Prayer Vol.02'. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com.And if you like the music from this episode you'll find it on our first EP 'LAUDS' under Commoners Commun...

Welcome to Q & R -  a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your questio...

Healing, transformation and resurrection aren't always cut and dry transitions in life. Sometimes they're the process of a gradual awakening of God within the death of our present moments.'From Numbness To Awakening' is a prayer and con...

Welcome to Q & R -  a weekly spot where I respond your questions about life, spirituality, prayer, art or whatever else is on your mind. Email strahan@commonerscommunion.com with the subject line 'Podcast Q & R' to ask your questio...

Our universe is full of the grand - supernova's, galaxies, mountain ranges and deep oceans - as well as the miniature - the atom, a grain of sand, a drop of water, a minute of time. In the same way, God is as tiny as he is vast, and this has im...

Much of prayer isn't so much about instigation, as participation and response.__'You're Praying Before I Am, God' is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.02. You can purchase it from commonerscommunion.com.And if you l...

The model of Sunday gatherings many of us experience is really recent for the church. Could it be time to correct some of the pendulum swinging that the industrial revolution and entertainment culture have created in our communities? And if so,...

Not every prayer is meant to be beautiful. Not every prayer is even meant to be spoken.Father, Be My Ugly Prayer is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and more details about Commoners ...

Becoming isn't only about growing in God-likeness but about celebrating who we already are, today.I'm Not Today What I'd Imagined, Thank God is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find the book and m...

What if the spiritual wilderness isn't a place of unfaithfulness, but maturity? An invitation toward a deeper friendship. A place beyond our usual ways of seeing and knowing, where God livesThe Narrow Way is a prayer and contem...

The beauty of silence is that it makes us the passive recipient in our communion together with God, opening floor for Him to start the conversation.Shhh is a prayer and contemplation from Prayer Vol.01. You can find th...

There is often a distance between how we imagine God doing a thing, and how he really does it. If we're open to looking for it, we may just discover that we're already walking in the newness we've been praying for. Even when the day feels dark....

This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of dail...

This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of dail...

This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of dail...

This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of dail...

This past few weeks have been heartbreaking, angering, shocking and confronting. To honour the wider conversation going on at the moment we wanted to briefly hit pause on the planned programming for Season Two to bring you a weeks worth of dail...