In his book, Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, Fr. Stephen Freeman seeks to awaken us to the Reality of God’s living and active presence in our lives. God is not confined in a heaven distanced from our present existence or only found at the end of time, but is truly transformingly present in the here and now. We simply must open our eyes. The Easter study covers six weeks.
On the Incarnation – St. Athanasius (d. 373)
The presence and love of the Word had called them into being; inevitably, therefore when…
Eastertide Study 2021 – “Everywhere Present”
For Eastertide, we will be reading through Fr. Stephen Freeman’s book Everywhere Present – Christianity…
Everywhere Present – Week 1(a) – The Shape of the Universe
We perceive heaven as a place up there, and God is found upstairs in the…
Everywhere Present – Week 1(b) – A Cave in Mar Saba
The awareness of a one-storey universe with the communion of saints begins with the Incarnation….
Everywhere Present – Week 2(a) – We Live in an Altar
For we do not live in a world of mere things, disconnected and without reference…
Everywhere Present – Week 2(b) – The God Who is Not There
The recovery of the immediacy of God in our storey is the recovery of a…
Everywhere Present – Week 3(a) – Christian Atheism
The question that Fr. Freeman gives to us is whether our “Christian faith” truly makes…
Everywhere Present – Week 3(b) – The Shape of a One-Storey Universe
In this one-storey universe, everything becomes a doorway and a window and a means of…
Everywhere Present – Week 4(a) – The Hallway at the End of the World
We find our end, not in a future event, but in the person of Jesus…
Everywhere Present – Week 4(b) – A Room with a View
We can see and hear better when we use tools – telescopes, microphones, and other…
Everywhere Present – Week 5(a) – The Literal Truth
A Christ-centered reading of Scripture is a mark of a one-storey universe. Only when Christ…
Everywhere Present – Week 5(b) – The Mystery of Persons
For he who loves his enemies loves his neighbor perfectly and loves God perfectly, being…
Everywhere Present – Week 6 – A Life of Careful Devotion
These practices are those disciplines that train our eyes to see and ears to hear…