In Search Of
In Search of Truth: The Bible and Mary Magdalene (S2E1)
“The more I saw in myself, the deeper I went into myself, the deeper I was able to go in the Gospel. It almost felt like the Gospel was showing a wound in the text to me. It felt like a very, almost tender, invitation, saying well, let me show you this. It felt sort of like an invitation saying, can you help?”
Season Two Preview
Season Two: In Search of Truth
Episode 8: Understanding the shadow with Laurie Gudim
“For me, the most important thing in the entire world is connecting people with their sense of what is holy. It’s really important to me that people find their own personal connection. I’m a mystic who wants to teach people how to be mystics, how to engage that relationship with the Holy Other.”
Episode 7: Thirsting for God with Wendy Farley
“Our whole life is really about desire.”
Episode 6: Following the saints with Dan Koski
“You have to be willing to accept that if you call on this saint for help and guidance, he or she may call on you for challenges as well.”
Episode 5: Exploring Egypt with Yehia El Decken
I keep secret in myself an Egypt
That doesn’t exist.
Is that good or bad? I don’t know. –Rumi
Episode 4: Saying yes to the search with Karen Johnson
“I love this process of searching because oftentimes, we end up finding what we’re looking for but not in the way that we imagined when we started the process—not how we originally thought we would find God.”
Episode 3: Finding nourishment with Gary Nabhan
“We have learned to accept diversity in the many peoples around us by falling in love with their foods… that’s why I’m optimistic.”
Episode 2: Discovering the Palace of the Lady with Mohamed Waheeb
“We are not exaggerating when we say that we found the remains of the two rooms of Mary of Egypt. This is no legend; it’s reality. It’s a holy place, where the heavens opened three times. . . . It is the most important spot in the world.”
Episode 1: Translating the saints with Carmen Acevedo Butcher
“In letting the documents speak to me, I was able to see that the main message is ‘God is love.’ That’s it.”
Season One preview
Season One: the desert, a traditional place in the history of Christianity to begin searches.