Don't Fear Change - Rev. Dn. Mathew Varughese

Don't Fear Change - Rev. Dn. Mathew Varughese

The speaker reflects on times people argue confidently only to discover they were wrong, then connects this to an intense Gospel of Mark encounter where Christ’s miracles and Sabbath healings draw some closer while Jerusalem’s elders reject Him for not matching their expectations of the Messiah. They accuse Him of being influenced by demons, revealing not an intellectual problem but an unwilling heart that fears the change God’s truth demands. The message warns that modern people often define “truth” for themselves, justify sin, and shift blame onto God or the Church rather than accept a call to repentance. This self-justification slowly closes the door to recognizing God’s presence and mercy, which Christ calls “eternal sin.” The episode urges listeners to examine what binds them, bring struggles to confession, and embrace change as they approach the Eucharist.

A House Divided - Rev. Fr. Vijay Thomas

This episode offers a deeper perspective on Mark 3:20–30, where scribes accuse Jesus of casting out demons by Beelzebub and Jesus answers with the logic that “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” a line later quoted by Abraham Lincoln. The speaker connects the crowded house in Capernaum to John 14:2, explaining that “many mansions” in the King James sense means many dwelling places—rooms within the Father’s house, not separate estates. From this contrast, the message urges listeners to avoid living divided lives through secrecy, unforgiveness, or fractured relationships, and instead seek honesty, love, forgiveness, truth, and unity. Drawing on Ephesians 2, it concludes that Jesus Himself is our peace who breaks down the dividing wall, calling worshippers to pursue unity in God’s kingdom.

Bad Busyness - Rev. Dn. Shojil Abraham

Why do so many people answer “busy” when asked how they’re doing, and when can busyness become an addiction that pulls us away from God and neighbor? This episode contrasts “bad busyness” that looks productive or even spiritual yet neglects prayer and worship, comes from proving ourselves or people-pleasing, and makes us less loving, compassionate, and patient. It also highlights “good busyness” modeled by the saints and monastics: working diligently without sacrificing prayer, remembering Christ, caring for family and community as sacred, serving in humility, visiting the sick, helping the poor, practicing hospitality, and fulfilling responsibilities without complaining or seeking recognition. The episode ends with an examination of whether our busyness is making us more loving, peaceful, and prayerful as the year’s second half begins.

How old is God? - Rev. Fr. Vijay Thomas

America just turned 250—and it makes you feel how fast everything passes. But what happens when you zoom out from 250 years, to St. Thomas touching the risen Christ and declaring “My Lord and my God,” to Abraham, to the 4.5-billion-year age of the earth? This episode asks one deceptively simple question—“How old is God?”—and shows why it’s a trick question that reshapes how we see our own short lives, our prayers for the departed, and the God who is beyond time. If you’ve ever pictured God as just “bigger than us,” or wondered how the eternal can be personal, listen in as the Feast of St. Thomas becomes a call to faith in Jesus Christ: the timeless “I AM” who entered time to be with us.

Fearless Faith - His Grace Zachariah Mar Nicholovos

Reflecting on the feast of St. Thomas, the speaker revisits John’s account of the disciples hiding behind locked doors out of fear and highlights Thomas’ fearlessness in searching for the risen Lord. Rather than condemning Thomas’ demand to see and touch Jesus’ wounds, Jesus returns and invites him to do so, leading Thomas to proclaim the foundational confession, “My Lord and my God.” The talk contrasts healthy, truth-seeking doubt with the tendency to believe gossip without testing it, and connects Thomas’ experience to his mission to India’s philosophically advanced context. His Grace also addresses modern struggles to pass faith to children, warning that many are “intellectual believers” but “practical atheists,” and concludes that faith is not the absence of doubt but believing despite it.