As the Four-Gospel Journey of Quadratos gains global attention and breathes new life into the ancient Christian story, people everywhere are becoming increasingly eager to learn more. Specifically, how can we truly embrace and practically live out the core messages of early Christianity? In what ways can we apply Quadratos in our everyday lives?
Introducing Living Quadratos: a new bi-monthly video podcast series, featuring conversations with Quadratos founder and animator, Alexander John Shaia. Each episode will answer a question about how we may live the truth of the original Christian message ever more fully.
Join Alexander John from Spain – along with cohosts Bronwyn Thoroughgood from Australia and Jana Rentzel from the United States – as they explore and respond to your most frequently asked questions.
Through a combination of thought-provoking discussions and practical insights, Living Quadratos invites viewers to reflect deeply and engage actively with their spiritual journey. This series aims to bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and contemporary living, making the teachings of Quadratos accessible and relevant for people from all walks of life.
Join us in uncovering the freedom that is available to us as Christians that has largely been hidden or seemingly absent until now.
Episode 17: What No One Teaches You – The Journey AFTER the Journey
What happens when we return home from an experience that has changed us?
In this episode, Alexander John and Bron explore the overlooked experience of coming home after pilgrimage, after grief, after loss, after illness or any life altering experience. In our culture, returning home is just assumed. But oh no! Together, they speak to both the outer and inner experience of returning, the importance of trusted companions, and the small “star” of possibility waiting just ahead. And the book, “Returning From Camino” has just been released on Audible to accompany the paperback that is in English, German and Spanish.
We invite you to join us at our table of friendship - we've saved a spot for you.
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Get THE book: Returning From Camino on Audible and on Amazon. And paperback is in English, Spanish and German editions - https://a.co/d/08WWzMl0
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
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20 Sept 2026
Episode 16: What Season Are You In?
What season are you in?
Not the season outside your window, BUT the season that's quietly moving within you?
In this episode of "Living Quadratos", Brown Thoroughgood and Alexander John Shaia explore the inner seasons of our lives and the ever-changing rhythm of Quadratos. Just as the natural world moves through autumn, winter, spring, and summer, so our inner lives move through these very same seasons.
Unlike the seasons on a calendar, however, our inner seasons can shift from moment to moment. We might experience winter in one part of our lives while another part is blossoming like springtime.
Through the simple rituals of sunset and sunrise Alexander John helps us reflect on the movement between radiance and darkness and the way each gives birth to the other.
Yes.
Perhaps the goal isn't to cling to the light or resist the dark, but to trust the turning itself because winter does not remain winter, nor summer remain summer.
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Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, far different reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
8 Sept 2026
Episode 15: What Most Do Not Know
Most – and that includes almost everyone – do not know that the Gospels were formed by a pattern that is beneath everything. Scholars don’t know. Theologians don’t know. Ministers don’t know. Join us as we re-discover what has lain hidden for some 1,400 years. The Gospels are not simply stories about something that happened two thousand years ago, but a living map of what is happening inside of every one of us on the planet - right now?
In this episode of the Living Quadratos Podcast, Alexander John Shaia and Brown Thoroughgood explore what it means to encounter the Gospels as a living, universal pattern rather than simply historical accounts of Jesus.
Our conversation begins with a surprisingly personal question of who gets to decide whether someone is “Christian enough” and moves deeper into the meaning of The Christos and the idea that beneath the familiar words of Christianity lies something much larger and personal ... something that is true for us all.
Join us for this conversation about the mystery beneath what we think we already know.
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, far different reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Book: Returning From Camino (now on Audible!): https://a.co/d/03HE2zL8
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
26 Aug 2026
Episode 14: Living in Awe - Can We Feel It?
What does it mean to live with an open heart when the world around us feels so closed?
In this episode of Living Quadratos, Alexander John Shaia and Brown Thoroughgood return to their table of friendship with a conversation about awe, presence, and the mysterious promise that is woven through our days - even the most difficult of times.
Together they explore Mary’s ancient prayer - not simply as a prayer to be memorized and recited, but as a practice of remembering what is already unfolding even when we cannot yet see how or when.
Perhaps, then, the invitation is not to fix everything or to carry the weight of the future ourselves, but to remain present in whatever moment we are in - to the person in front of us in line at the grocery story, to the beauty around us, and to the quiet mystery of what is actually becoming - even when we fear all is lost.
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Seasonal Retreats: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/q-seasonal-retreats
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, far different reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
9 Aug 2026
Episode 13: The Power of Art, Earth & Community
This week Bron and Alexander John sit down with Ally Markotich - a talented artist and poet who also co-leads our Seasonal Retreats with Alexander John. In this conversation she shares about her journey with Quadratos and how art and creativity are intricate parts of her spiritual journey.
We've saved a spot for you at our table - enjoy! Don’t forget – our next series of Seasonal Retreats begins soon – Friday 21 August – Saturday 22 August in New Zealand & Australia. Register Here: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/q-seasonal-retreats
SHOW NOTES:
Ally Markotich: https://www.soulkindling.com
Soul Kindling: https://www.soulkindling.com/book-details
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Christmas Episode w/ Rob Bell - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-robcast/id956742638?i=1000364836662
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, far different reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
21 Jun 2026
Episode 12: Were We Ever Separated from God? Did We Need Jesus?
In this episode Bron Thoroughgood and Alexander John Shaia discuss questions sent in from a listener. Thank you, Terry! She asked us to speak to the messages many of us were given about God as we grew up. Messages such as we are separate from God, that we are bad and that Jesus/Yeshua had to die for our sins etc.
Then we reflect on Theosis – a far different message that was the taproot of Christians in the first 400 years of Christianity. Theosis is a vital message that brings the Ancient Christian Story to New Life.
Join us at the table - we have saved a space for you!
SHOW NOTES:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (reflections on key passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
31 May 2026
Episode 11: Helping Young People Discover Belonging and Hope
We are joined this week by Dom Fay, a secondary/high school chaplain in Brisbane, Australia. Dom is also a stand-up comic, sportscaster and co-host of “On The Way” podcast. In our conversation, Dom Fay shares how he takes his students on ‘Wilderness Retreats’ using Quadratos’ understanding of the rhythms of nature to help his students discover belonging, meaning, and hope. If you work with young people in any way – don’t miss this conversation.
SHOW NOTES:
Christmas Episode w/ Rob Bell on the Robcast (12.21.2015) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-robcast/id956742638?i=1000364836662
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, cosmic reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
17 May 2026
Episode 10: This Might Change How You See Everything
In this conversation, Bron Thoroughgood and Alexander John Shaia explore one of the most powerful yet overlooked spiritual practices: engaging with beauty and awe. From orchids to sunsets, they reflect on how wonder doesn’t erase pain but helps us make space to be with it. And then ultimately, a miracle happens. For awe - even in the midst of a fractured world – helps us re-discover joy.
Pull up a chair, we've saved a spot for you at our table.
SHOW NOTES:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Heart & Mind Information Meeting (happening May 17): https://learning4.quadratos.org/live-webinar/heart-and-mind-circle-information-session-may26/register
Online Learning Offerings: https://learning4.quadratos.org
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (four, far different reflections on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
3 May 2026
Episode 9: More Than Religion, Being Held in We-ness
What happens when we are truly seen, heard, and held in a shared space? In this week's conversation, Bron and Alexander John are joined by Interspiritual Minister Jeanelyse Doran from California. Together the three of us explore the type of depth transformation that takes place through presence, listening, and the profound rhythm that connects us - to ourselves, to one another, to the Cosmos and something greater than we could ever imagine. Jeanelyse is also one of our Facilitators for Quadratos’ Foundational Program: The Four-Gospel Journey.”
Take a seat and join us at the table, like, share and comment. You are welcome!
SHOW NOTES:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
The Four-Gospel Journey Program beginning in mid-May: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/4gjp-p-jan26-cg
Easter Retreat Recordings Remain Available (far different reflection on passages from Gospel of John) https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Bi-Weekly Notes from Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Book: Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
19 Apr 2026
Episode 8: Absorbing the Pattern Beneath Everything
What if something as simple as your breath could reconnect you to the deepest truth of life? In this week's episode, we explore the practice of “absorbing the deep rhythm” and how tuning into daily cycles—like sunrise, sunset, and breath—can transform the way you experience the world.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Registration for the Easter Retreat (recordings now available!): https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Four Gospel Journey Program Facilitated by Christina Gringeri: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/4gjp-p-jan26-cg
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
6 Apr 2026
Episode 7: A Quadratos Meditation - Absorb the Deeper Rhythms
Episode# 7 is a gentle meditation brought to us by Bron. She is taking us deeper into the Quadratos Practice that we call, “Absorb the Deeper Rhythms.” Learn more on our website (link below). And there is still time! You can watch/listen to the recordings of the Easter Retreat by registering at the link below.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Registration for the Easter Retreat (recordings now available!): https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
22 Mar 2026
Episode 6: The 12 Steps and 4 Paths - Do They Fit Together?
This week we welcome Lance Canter from the Men of Nehemiah: A Christian Recovery Program in Dallas Texas.
Lance serves as the Assistant Director of Biblical Programming and he joins us to discuss what he has learned about 12 Step Recovery and the 4 Paths of Quadratos.
For more about Men of Nehemiah: https://www.menofnehemiah.org/
Registration for the Easter Retreat: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
8 Mar 2026
Episode 5: Might These Be Christianity’s Most Beautiful and Dangerous Words?
In this episode, Bron and Alexander John discuss The Gospel of John, and why it may be both the most beautiful and inspired yet also the most dangerous words in the Bible. Originally John was chosen to be the only text read during Lent and Easter. Why? Might this connect with what Alexander John says, "John’s Gospel is the least historical, yet the most true of all the texts”?
LINKS:
Free Online Presentation on the Ancient Easter: https://learning4.quadratos.org/live-webinar/our-original-easter/register
Registration for the Easter Retreat: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
22 Feb 2026
Episode 4: This Changed Everything About Lent
You know about the Lent of Ashes, but in episode 4 of "Living Quadratos" we tell the story that you do not know - the Lent that is far, far different from one that begins with ashes.
Yes - in the 2nd century Christians formed a community retreat, “Love’s Call to be More Love.”
Here is the true ancient story of Lent.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
8 Feb 2026
Episode 3: Is There a Map That Can Help Me Navigate My Life? w/ Jana Rentzel
Our guest for Episode #3 is Dr Jana Rentzel, hailing from Dallas, Texas. Jana is a spiritual psychologist and certified spiritual director in private practice. In this episode she relays her journey across Christian, Buddhist, Native American, and Ageless Wisdom traditions. And how by great surprise she discovered Quadratos and will soon lead an Extended Quadratos Book Study starting in late February.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
25 Jan 2026
Episode 2: From Christian Shaming to True Love - Bron Shares Her Journey
In Episode #2, Bron (our co-host) notes the meaning of her living on Awabakal land in Australia and shares the story of her spiritual journey from disrespect to love in coming to know Quadratos and its universal rhythm.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://a.co/d/5j3ZuI9
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
13 Jan 2026
Episode 1: Discovering a Hidden Key to the Cosmos
Today is the start of something new - the first episode of the "Living Quadratos" podcast, “Discovering a Key to the Cosmos”. Your hosts are Alexander John Shaia (US citizen in Spain) and Bronwyn Thoroughgood from Australia. Upcoming episodes will have guests from around the world and will drop bi-weekly on Sunday morning.
In this inaugural podcast, Alexander John (author and Founder of Quadratos) shares a key to the Cosmos that Christianity’s Four Gospels provide us. In upcoming episodes, Bron will introduce herself and your hosts will interview people from around the world who are “living Quadratos.”
What is Quadratos? It is Alexander John’s name for the ancient four-path journey of transformation that lies at the heart of the four Christian gospels.
LINKS:
Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/
Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/
Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/
Heart and Mind: https://a.co/d/5j3ZuI9
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos
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