Episodes

Episodes

• Local Roots in a Digital Babylon 2026-06-19
  As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Fr. Anthony and Fr. Harry reflect on patriotism, nationhood, and the relationship between local…
• Who Is Welcome? Boundaries, Love, and the Protection of the Church 2026-06-12
  Following Pentecost, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony discuss how the Church protects and nurtures healthy parish culture while remaining faithful to…
• The Spirit Descends: Pentecost, the Eucharist, and the Life of the Age to Come 2026-05-29
  In this episode of Made to be a Kingdom, Fathers Anthony Perkins and Harry Linsenbigler explore Pentecost as the climactic fulfillment of God’s…
• From Pascha to Ascension: The Fulfillment of the Resurrection 2026-05-22
  In this episode of Made to be a Kingdom, Fathers Anthony Perkins and Harry Linsenbigler complete their exploration of Paschaltide by tracing its…
• Christ Is Risen—and Everything Changes: The Theology of Paschaltide 2026-05-08
  In this episode of Made to be a Kingdom, Fathers Anthony Perkins and Harry Linsenbigler explore how Pascha functions as the Church’s great “reset,”…
• Not About Us: The Shift from Lent to Holy Week (and beyond) 2026-04-03
  Today we are reflecting on a critical transition in the life of the Church: the movement from Great Lent into Holy Week and then into the feast of…
• Fasting as the Body of Christ: The Ecclesial Shape of Great Lent 2026-03-13
  Great Lent is not a private self-improvement program; it is the Church’s shared praxis of becoming the Body of Christ through fasting, prayer, and…
• Built on the Anointed Rock: Christ, the Church, and the Gates of Death 2026-02-27
  In this episode of Made to be a Kingdom, Fathers Harry Linsenbigler and Anthony Perkins return to Christ’s words in Matthew 16–18 to explore what…
• Where Is the Church? Matthew 16:18, the Confession of Peter, and Paschal Victory 2026-02-20
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony slow down over Christ’s words in Matthew 16— especially the phrase “my Church”—to clarify that the Church…
• Before Pentecost: The Church Older Than the Sun and Moon 2026-02-13
  Pentecost isn't the Church's birthday: the Church precedes it, stretching back to creation itself, angels, prophets, patriarchs, and is revealed…
• Whose Church Is It? Belonging, Not Owning 2026-01-30
  In this New Year episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony challenge the casual habit of saying “my church” by reframing ecclesial identity: the Church is…
• Scaling the Parish Without Losing the Family 2026-01-02
  As parishes grow, the priest-and-everyone model that once felt like “family” can become unsustainable—especially in catechesis, confession, and…
• Holy Things for the Holy: Offices, Fatherhood, and the Shared Vocation of the Faithful 2025-12-18
  Recorded in person during a seminary week at South Bound Brook, Fr. Anthony Perkins and Fr. Harry Linsenbigler reflect on two passages from In Every…
• Guarding the Faith Online: Ecclesiology, Consumerism, and the Temptation to Teach 2025-11-21
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony explore how internet culture, consumerism, and disincarnate “platforms” distort Orthodox teaching and tempt all of us to…
• Ecclesiology Where It Lives: Salvation Is Local 2025-10-31
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony unpack how a truly sacramental worldview means that the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church is…
• Head Coverings in the Spirit of Love and Unity 2025-10-06
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony turn to 1 Corinthians 11 to explore the meaning of head coverings in the Church. They show how St. Paul’s teaching…
• Orthodox Women's Ministries and the Priesthood 2025-10-03
  In response to a listener’s question, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony explore the role of women in the life of the Church, from family and parish life to…
• Preparing for Death in Christ: The Church as Our Teacher 2025-09-19
  Fr. Harry Linson Bigler and Fr. Anthony Perkins reflect on recent tragedies, including the anniversary of 9/11 and the assassination of Charlie…
• The Many Names of the Church: Identity, Fullness, and Faith 2025-09-14
  Fathers Harry and Anthony explore the many names of the Church in the New Testament and liturgy, showing how each reveals her identity as the Body…
• The Fullness of the Church: Names, Wolves, and the Wheat 2025-08-16
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony begin their exploration of the many names of the Church found in the New Testament, emphasizing its identity as the Body…
• In Tune with Heaven: The Sacred Call to Gather 2025-08-08
  Father Harry and Father Anthony explore the theological and canonical importance of gathering for Sunday worship, grounding their discussion in Old…
• The Church Before Pentecost: Sacred Assembly in the Old Testament 2025-07-16
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony explore how the Church existed in the Old Testament as the gathered people of God, long before Pentecost. They emphasize…
• Ecclesiology in the (Greek!) Old Testament 2025-07-02
  Fr. Harry leads us through the way ecclesiology was thought of in the Old Testament and how these concepts were alive, available, and ready to be…
• Ecclesiology and the Long Road to Church 2025-06-25
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony take a short detour from their ongoing study of ecclesiology to look a topic in applied ecclesiology: what to do…
• Ecclesiology, Heresy, and Schism 2025-06-14
  The 3rd Ecumenical Council referred to Orthodoxy as “the Faith of the Catholic and Apostolic Church to which all Orthodox Bishops, both East and…
• Ecclesiology, the Ascension, and the First Ecumenical Council 2025-06-06
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about the beauty of the Ascension, the First Ecumenical Council, and how both relate to ecclesiology. Enjoy the…
• Orthodox Ecclesiology: Christ Incarnate as Head of the Church 2025-05-23
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue to explore issues in Orthodox Christian ecclesiology using Fr. Harry’s book, Christ’s Amazing Church. For…
• Discipleship, Delegation, and Leadership 2025-05-19
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue their conversation on ecclesiology, riffing on Tim Eldred’s article; “The Lie of Just One More Sunday” at…
• Ecclesiology - what is and isn't a Church 2025-04-04
  Today, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about the words "ecclesia" and "church" and how they should and should not be applied. Specifics covered…
• Boundaries of Ecclesiology 2025-03-28
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue exploring the major topics in "Christ's Amazing Church," looking at how dogma, doctrine, teaching, and…
• Christ is the Foundation of Ecclesiology 2025-03-21
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony start covering the major themes in Fr. Harry's book; "Christ's Amazing Church: A Journey in Orthodox Ecclesiology,"…
• From Patriarchs to Parishes 2025-02-14
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony respond to a listener's question about His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania of blessed…
• Prophecy, Good Order, and Ungoverned Spaces 2025-01-31
  In today's episode, Fr. Harry talks with Fr. Anthony about St. Paul's instruction to the Church in Corinth that "everything be done decently and in…
• On the Nativity - the Unified Witness of the Four Gospels 2024-12-20
  Each of the Nativity Gospels in the Four Gospels is unique, but rather than being contradictory, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony encourage us to celebrate…
• Traditional Postures of Prayer 2024-12-13
  Segueing from Fr. Harry's observations about worship in the last episode on his pilgrimage on Mt. Athos, Fr. Harry leads us in a discussion of the…
• The Transformative Tradition of Athos 2024-12-06
  Today Fr. Harry talks with Fr. Anthony about his pilgrimage to Mount Athos, focusing on the transformative possibility given to us by deep…
• Hurricane Recovery, Athens, and Canon Law 2024-11-22
  After a long hiatus, Fr. Harry talks with Fr. Anthony about how his community is recovering from the hurricanes, the joy of being a pilgrim in…
• The Parish is NOT a Business and we are NOT Consumers! 2024-09-06
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony conclude their series on the expectations of parishioners. They point out the temptations for consumer/business thinking…
• The Attitude of Giving in Parish Life 2024-08-30
  We must understand that anything we do for Church is not doing God a favor. God needs nothing and has no favoritism--He has given the Church for our…
• On the Obligation to Support the Parish 2024-08-01
  Christ told us that where we put our money, there will our hearts be also (Matt. 6.21, Luke 12.34). The spending of money is a religious action…
• The Obligation for Continuous Education 2024-07-25
  One can simply do this by paying attention to the Liturgy, paying attention to the sermon, self-study, attending Bible study, attending class in the…
• Behavioral Expectations of Members 2024-04-05
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue discussing membership expectations, including the need to live according to what is right and wrong rather…
• Laser Focus on the Great Commission of Christ: Expectations and Orientations 2024-03-22
  In this episode Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony discuss how expectations, orientation, and clarity are essential to church health and growth. They discuss…
• Canon Law, Ecclesiology, and Growing the Kingdom 2024-03-15
  Today Fr. Harry shares his experience as a Canonist and he and Fr. Anthony talk about the joy of living in a parish that gets ecclesiology right.…
• "Wellbeing of the Holy Churches of God" 2024-03-08
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony repond to a listener's concerns and talk about the "wellbeing of the holy churches of God," technological…
• Prioritizing Priestly Duties 2024-02-19
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony use the prayer the bishop prays over the deacon when ordaining him to the priesthood to discern the central duties…
• Developing Healthy Expectations about Parish Life 2023-12-20
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue their discussion about healthy parishes by focusing on expectations that need to change if a parish is to grow.…
• Parishes are Hospitals - but Parish Priests are Not Chaplains 2023-12-08
  Using Acts 6:1-7 as a springboard, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about the need to be intentional when it comes to organizing parish life. There is…
• Aliens, the Extra-terrestrial kind 2023-12-01
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony discuss extra-terrestrial beings. They discuss sightings, whether some of these beings may actually be…
• Filled with violence 2023-10-31
  In this episode our hosts discuss the phenomenon of mass violence and sociopathy, how to deal with it when major turmoil appears in the world, as…
• Whoring after other gods 2023-10-06
  *Parental Warning: some of the items discussed are graphic in nature as they contain descriptions of some of the grievous sins of heathen nations…
• Eschew Idols (even Orthodox ones) 2023-09-15
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about the lure of idolatry, how the Israelites fell prey, and why we need to be especially valient lest we do the…
• Make Sure that You Aren't the AntiChrist! 2023-09-08
  We begin with the Beast of Revelation and his number etc., and with the concept of Antichrist and with the "not buy or sell" already being mentioned…
• The Royal aspect of God’s Royal Priesthood [Priestly Kingdom] part 2 2023-08-18
  Avoiding the sins against God’s definition of royalty in His Kingdom. More on avoiding the narcissism that our culture encourages. Here we look at…
• The kingdom of this world is become, the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, Part 1 2023-08-11
  [Priestly Kingdom]: What it means for us to be chrismated Princes and Princesses of the Kingdom. Kill narcissism, and resurrect humility—from dust…
• Orthodox Phronema in a Broken Culture 2023-07-28
  Our hosts discuss what Orthodox phronema means and why it is important to understand it correctly.
• Pilgrimage - The Way of Suffering 2023-07-21
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony finish their discussion of visiting the Holy Land, sharing the solemn joy of walking the way of suffering. Enjoy the show!
• Pilgrimage across the Kidron Valley 2023-07-14
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about visiting the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, the Tomb of the Theotokos and other sites. Enjoy…
• The Pilgrimage Continues 2023-07-07
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony continue talking about their visits to the Holy Land, sharing their experiences at Mount Temptation and the Jordan River.…
• A Holy Pilgrimage, Part 2 2023-06-23
  In this episode our hosts further discuss the recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land as Fr. Harry and the group went from Nazareth in northern Israel,…
• A Holy Pilgrimage, Part 1 2023-06-16
  In this episode our hosts discuss Father Harry’s recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land. They discuss whether pilgrimages are even necessary, and how…
• Taking the Baal by the Horns 2023-05-12
  In this episode our hosts further discuss the victory of Pascha that we celebrate for 40 days, and contrast this with the preparatory period of…
• Mowing down the Gates of Hell: The Paschal Tale of Victory in Spiritual Warfare 2023-05-05
  Our hosts discuss what Pascha and the 40-day period of Paschaltide mean to us in terms of giving us victory over the dark things of this world, and…
• Today a New and Holy Pascha has dawned for us! 2023-04-21
  Christ is Risen! In this episode, our hosts discuss the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom as well as Holy Resurrection Bright Week as the…
• Lament not for me…for I shall Arise! 2023-04-12
  Our hosts discuss Holy and Great Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Pascha itself. They discuss its meaning for us as we do not just remember but…
• Behold, the Bridegroom Comes 2023-04-07
  Our hosts discuss Holy Week and its meaning to us as God’s Kingdom. They begin by discussing the important meaning to us as children of the Lord’s…
• The Question of Physical Violence 2023-03-31
  Fr. Harry Linsinbigler answers a listener question about self-defense.
• The Priestwife (and family) in the Parish and Kingdom 2023-03-17
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about the ontology of the priestwife and provide some guidance on the propriety and boundaries that should…
• Proving God to Unbelievers 2023-02-10
  In this listener mail episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about whether it is possible to prove the existence of God to an unbeliever and…
• Keep On Repenting (even the same old sin)! 2023-02-03
  After talking about the preparatory Sundays and how they relate to repentance, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony answer a listener's question about whether…
• The Logos, the Kingdom, and the Harmony of the Spheres 2023-01-27
  Fr. Anthony is again left without adult supervision. The result is an exploration of how the structure and performance of music grows us into The…
• There Are No Thorns and Thistles in the Kingdom 2023-01-20
  In this episode, recorded by without Fr. Harry's supervision, Fr. Anthony starts at the beginning to explain how God's deeper magic is worked…
• Universal Salvation, Calvinism, and More Purple Peanut Butter 2023-01-13
  Today Fr. Anthony and Fr. Harry address two more listener questions, the first about the Orthodox and patristic take on universal salvation, and the…
• God's Gender, Confession, Purple Fish, and Peanut Butter 2023-01-06
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony discuss the following listener question; 1. "In regards to humans being in the image/likeness of God:…
• Bodily Health and Growth in the Church Part II 2022-12-16
  In this episode, Fr. Harry further explores the healthy and growing Church as properly and intentionally functioning as a body. He delves into…
• Church Health and Growth 2022-12-09
  Join Fr. Harry as he speaks about parish health and growth.
• Making a Catechumen and Blessing Water 2022-12-02
  In this episode, Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony finish of their discussion about the making of catechumens and go into the actual service of the baptism.…
• Thanksgiving - language and ritual 2022-11-25
  Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony take a break from their series on the services of reception to offer a reflection on the relationship between…
• Making a Catechumen - The Prayers of Exorcism 2022-11-18
  Today Fr. Harry and Fr. Anthony talk about exorcisms and go over the three exorcism prayers at the beginning of the rite of making a catechumen.…
• The Preparation of Catechumens for the Royal Priesthood 2022-11-11
  Our hosts talk about how they prepare inquirers for baptism/chrismation, the logistics of "making catechumens" a set period of time before…