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The Return
Join us for a journey back home to the Father with The Brothers Karamazov and the Parable of the Prodigal Son. We’ll see how Dostoevsky’s famous novel brings the parable to life like never before, showing us how we’re all farther from God than we need to be. The good news is God is waiting for us each with open arms, running out to meet us while we are still a long way off. You can get your copy of The Brothers Karamazov here: https://hallow.com/karamazov
21 sessioni
1The ReturnJoin Jonathan & Sr. Miriam as we begin with ashes, humility, and hope. Today invites you to take the first step home through the Litany of Humility, discovering how even death can become the soil where new life begins.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam14 min
2The Prodigal SonDive into the heart of the Prodigal Son and The Brothers Karamazov with Jonathan and then pray with Sr. Miriam to step out of the role of observer and into the story�where God's mercy meets both our rebellion and our pride.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam13 min
3The AnswerJoin Jonathan & Sr. Miriam as we meet our first character of The Brother's Karamazov�Fr. Zossima, the monk who sits at the heart of the novel's great spiritual message. We'll hear about the moment that shaped his life and discover a radical truth about our responsibility towards all.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam14 min
4The Way HomeWalk with Jonathan & Sr. Miriam as we follow the radical conversion of Fr. Zossima. We'll reflect on the idea of our guilt before everyone and pray for the grace to see Christ in all.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam15 min
5The BowReturn with Jonathan & Sr. Miriam to Fr. Zossima as an elder and spiritual father. Through his witness of active love, we explore what it means not only to come home to the Father�but to become Him.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam23 min
6My Most Grievous FaultToday, we meet Mitya�the brother who most resembles the "younger son" from our parable. Jonathan & Sr. Miriam help us see how sins and private choices ripple outward, and they guide us through a simple prayer of humility from another parable in the Gospel of Luke.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam14 min
7Our InheritanceJoin Jonathan & Sr. Miriam as we follow Mitya to the edge: family wounds, inherited brokenness, and a moment where anger threatens to take over. In prayer, we'll hear God name our truest inheritance�living hope, freedom, and a new identity as His beloved.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam14 min
8The PigstyToday, Jonathan plunges us into a night of chaos with the Karamazovs, where an arrest shakes everything. Then we pray with Sr. Miriam from the "pigsty" of the prodigal and discover Jesus already there�meeting us in the mud and calling us home.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam16 min
9Faith vs. ReasonJoin Jonathan and meet Ivan: a brilliant mind wounded by suffering. Hear his outrage over innocent pain and the temptation to judge God. Then Sr. Miriam will lead us in a prayer of surrender. [Please note: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence.]
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam17 min
10Love Is a PersonJoin Jonathan as we come to one of the most haunting and famous chapters in The Brothers Karamazov. Hear how Ivan puts Christ on trial and meets a shocking reply. Then, with Sr. Miriam, bring your hardest questions to the Cross in prayer.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam15 min
11Pride & the Elder SonCome along with Jonathan as Ivan's ideas collide with real consequences. In our prayer with Sr. Miriam, we'll ask ourselves: will pride keep us outside the feast, or will we come home? [Please note: This session contains spoilers for the novel.]
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam18 min
12Love Where No One SeesJoin Jonathan & Sr. Miriam to meet Alyosha, the unlikely "hero" of The Brothers Karamazov. Fr. Zossima sends him from the monastery into the messy world to practice "active love"�small, unseen obedience that mirrors Christ's own descent to bring the lost home.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam16 min
13Loaves and FishesIn today's session, Jonathan show us how Alyosha tries to live Fr. Zossima's "humble love" amid family chaos. Then Sr. Miriam guides us in offering what we have to the Lord.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam15 min
14Becoming the FatherJoin Jonathan as one of the novel's most climactic event unfolds: Fr. Zossima dies�and scandal follows as decay and gossip erupt. Alyosha's faith buckles, and he rebels. In prayer with Sr. Miriam, we stand with the Father, learning obedience that waits, loves, and trusts without guarantees.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam18 min
15Wedding at CanaJoin Jonathan & Sr. Miriam as we step into Alyosha's turning point: grief and scandal pull him toward temptation, but unexpected mercy meets him first. A single "onion" of love opens a vision of Cana, where sorrow yields to joy and God fills what's empty.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam17 min
16This Risen ManCome with Jonathan & Sr. Miriam to find Mitya in the interrogation room: humiliation, accusation, and powerlessness strip him down. Then a dream of a freezing "wee one" awakens tenderness and responsibility. He accepts suffering as purification�and begins walking home with love for the poor.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam16 min
17Enter the FeastJonathan & Sr. Miriam invite you dive into Ivan's crisis: his guilt over his role in tragedy shatters the armor of intellect. A tormenting encounter exposes pride's loneliness, and the clock runs out. He chooses to speak, to risk shame for love�one step across the threshold toward mercy.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam19 min
18Where Grace AboundsJoin Jonathan and Sr. Miriam for the last week of our challenge as we journey to the Cross this Holy Week. Together, we'll watch as sin ripples out to touch the life of a sick boy named Ilyusha�and witness grace ripple back.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam13 min
19Seek Happiness in SorrowReflect more deeply on the ripple of grace as Jonathan narrates the surprising reunion between the schoolboys, Kolya and Ilyusha. Then Sr. Miriam will lead us in the spiritual work of mercy of praying for others. [Please note: This session contains descriptions of animal cruelty.]
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam17 min
20Hurrah for KaramazovStep into the final pages of The Brothers Karamazov as we reflect with Jonathan on the power of memory. Sr. Miriam will then guide us in walking with God and asking Him to weave our memories into redemption.
Jonathan & Sr. Miriam19 min
21Bonus: Dr. Peter KreeftJoin us for this special interview of Dr. Peter Kreeft, in which Alex asks about the nature of suffering, collective responsibility, true freedom, the problem of evil, and what makes The Brothers Karamazov one of the greatest novels ever written.
Alex & Dr. Peter Kreeft44 min