In Conversation with David Goa is a regular podcast featuring thoughtful guests seeking to move public and religious discourse beyond the ideological silos that limit public understanding.
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I am joined by Victor Carpay in this podcast. I never had the pleasure of having Victor in one of the classes I was privileged to teach. We talked periodically in the atrium of Newman, and I glimpsed how the study of the great books, the Socratic method, the Newman community, and the liturgical life were at work in nurturing his mind and heart. Victor is likely the most precocious businessman I…
I am joined by Jacqueline Richard in this podcast. I had a lovely afternoon several years ago reading T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets with Jacqueline and her now husband Reid. On that occasion she talked about her father’s love of the poem and his visit to Little Gidding, an intentional Anglican community of work and prayer, established in the seventeenth century by Nicholas Ferrar and his mother Mary…
I am joined by Anna Sidloski in this podcast. Anna grew up in Saskatchewan, was largely home school within an intentional community that formed the love of learning and the desire for God. How this community of learners was shaped is richly described by Anna. Its gifts and the ground superbly prepared her for what unfolded in her years with the great books at Newman Theological College. The first…
I am joined by Andre Boudreau in this podcast. Andre grew up in Calgary and attended the junior seminary of Christ the King for grades 9 through 12. This junior seminary is part of Westminster Abby in Mission British Columbia. The Abby is a Benedictine foundation formed in 1939 from the Abby Mount Angel in Oregon. Andrea entered Saint Joseph’s Seminary under the auspicious of the Bishop of…
Every day I met with these students and their collogues was a delight. Every day as I left the campus, I marveled at what seemed to be unfolding. Students were dwelling in and with great literature. They were accompanying seminal thinkers from Plato to Pope Benedict XVI exploring the good, the true, and the beautiful. The transformation taking place in each student was palpable. The love of…
Our conversation begins with the history that led to the commissioning of the icon. We then explore the landscape of meaning associated with such icons in the ancient world, their invocation for the protection of cities, churches and monasteries. We talk about Canada and the way he, through his long ministry, hassought to deepen the presence of Orthodoxy in “our Canadian land and Canadian people”…
An aspect of Todd’s ministry is embedded in the title of a newsletter he anchors with the provocative title, Evangelically Departed. For the last decade or so, Todd has engaged many and varied evangelicals. Some have departed the church they spent many years attending. Some have raw wounds from their experience in evangelical churches. Many who have sought him out have been seeking to deepen their…
Eden grew up in the bosom of a Mennonite community. Belonging was woven into her childhood. Her mother and other women were leaders within the church. She treasured the piety and pacifism of the church and its politics of caring both for its own and for others. She attended Briercrest Bible College from 1982-1986, met her husband Brad at the College, and, after settling back into the Frazer Valley…
I met Bishop Sjoberg in the late 1970s when he was President of the Western Canada Synod. I was developing the Spiritual Life Sacred Ritual gallery at the Provincial Museum and sought him out for conversation on Lutheran worship. Our conversation ranged widely and I learned about various Lutheran initiatives including work between the ELCIC and the Lutheran Church Canada - Missouri Synod to…
My conversation with Calum began during his undergraduate studies. We talked about his interests in the political life of a number of countries, on international relations and issues of human rights as both a civil gift and a challenge for some cultural communities. We have also talked about the difficult issues often found in the public square and how we might deepen public understanding across…
