Ordinary Matters

In pursuit of faithfulness in every day life because the ordinary matters. www.ordinarymatters.org

Ordinary Matters is a religion podcast hosted by Alastair Sterne & Julia Sterne, with 17 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alastair Sterne & Julia Sterne hosts Ordinary Matters, a religion show with 17 episodes published.

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  How Modernity Broke Our Wonder (And How to Heal It)

  Jun 13, 202536 minS0

  <p>What do you do if you inherit a cedar waxwing named Bandit? Even more, he can’t fly—something’s wrong with his wing. You know nothing about birds, but suddenly you’re responsible for this fragile life. You can’t just Google “cedar waxwing care” and call it good. You have to live life on the terms of this yet-to-be-known creature, watching his face, learning that he’s only happy when he can see yours, discovering that you’ve become his flock.</p><p>This is the story Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek shared to illustrate her life’s work: real knowing i...

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  Why Nobody Wants to Be Humble Anymore (And Why That's a Problem)

  May 30, 202536 minS0

  <p>Imagine: You’re watching the news. A young woman in a courtroom, tears streaming down her face, publicly repents for breaking the law. True tears. Real remorse. A genuine desire to learn and grow from her mistakes. Your heart is moved by this rare public display of humility.</p><p>Then you check social media.</p><p>Maybe you shouldn’t have.</p><p>Instead of collective appreciation, you find a digital feeding frenzy—everyone trashing this woman, using her vulnerability as an opportunity to shame her. And it hits you: </p><p>This is why nobody wants to be hum...

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  We Don't Do Feelings Alone

  Jan 14, 202558 minS0

  <p>What if emotions weren’t problems to be solved, but experiences to be lived? What if our kitchens and living rooms could be places where grief and joy move through us naturally, without needing to hide away?</p><p>We had fun sitting down with our friend Dr. Hillary McBride, a therapist who understands that our relationship with emotions shapes how we move through the world. When Hillary lost two cousins within weeks of each other, she found herself navigating grief in ordinary moments—while making dinner, driving her daughter to school, taking evening baths. Instead of hiding these feel...

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  This Is the Main Event: A Poet's Guide to Everyday Wonder

  Dec 9, 202443 minS0

  <p>What if you could meet a poet, nay perhaps a prophet, communes with the divine, and loves the beyond so, they cannot miss the ordinary?</p><p>Having tasted manna, they knows holiness in crusts and crumbs, prophecy in coffee grounds.</p><p>Like Blake, they see the universe in a grain of sand, infinity in an hour, heaven contained within the petals?</p><p>Then meet Joshua Luke Smith. </p><p>Joshua is a poet for the people—a musician, author, and purveyor of the ordinary. He is a man of daring honesty, inspiration, and hope.</p><p>I...

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  Finding Joy Beyond Shame

  Nov 19, 202434 minS0

  <p>In the latest episode of Ordinary Matters, I sat down with the pastor and author, Ken Shigematsu. His opening story begins in a small church in Tokyo where, as a young Sony Corporation employee, he was asked to preach his first sermon. When his grandmother—who remembered him as a child always asking how to get rich—made the hour-long journey to hear him, something embarrassing and remarkable happened. You’ll have to listen to find out! </p><p>This story sets the stage for our conversation about Ken’s new book, Now I Become Myself: How Deep Grace Heals Ou...

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