E01Apr 30, 2026
The Dichotomy of Control
The foundational Stoic teaching — that some things are up to us and some are not — meets Paul's radical contentment in Philippians. Together they sketch the same boundary line between freedom and anxiety.
Still Waters & Stoic Sages
A morning devotional pairing Stoic passages with Scripture — from Marcus Aurelius to Paul, from Epictetus to Solomon — finding the quiet places where classical philosophy and Christian faith speak the same truth. Solo, contemplative, and built for the faithful who think deeply.
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Episode 01
The Dichotomy of Control
The foundational Stoic teaching — that some things are up to us and some are not — meets Paul's radical contentment in Philippians. Together they sketch the same boundary line between freedom and anxiety.
All Episodes
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E02Apr 29, 2026
The Logos and the Word
The Stoic concept of the Logos — the rational principle woven through all things — stands quietly beside the opening of John's Gospel. This episode does not collapse the difference; it honours the resonance.
E03Apr 30, 2026
Guard Your Mind
Stoic vigilance over the inner citadel meets Solomonic and Pauline warnings about the heart. The mind is the battlefield both traditions take most seriously.
E04Apr 30, 2026
The Anxiety You Cannot Afford
Epictetus on worry paired with Jesus's words in the Sermon on the Mount — not as proof-texting but as two teachers arriving at the same diagnosis of the anxious mind.
E05Apr 30, 2026
Amor Fati — Love What Is
Nietzsche borrowed the phrase, but the Stoics lived it. Paul, writing from prison, sounds like he lived it too. This episode sits with the hard beauty of acceptance.
E06May 2, 2026
Impermanence and the Preacher
Stoic meditations on the shortness of life and the turning of all things meet Ecclesiastes — the one biblical book that sounds, frankly, like a Stoic. A rich, melancholy, ultimately hopeful episode.