Episodes

Complete and Utter Episodes

Episode 302: Be generous with comfort

Episode 301: Nick’s less-than-resilient week

Episode 300: What we’ve learned so far…

Episode 299: The Great Search – an interview with John Philip Newell

Episode 298: We defer to Jesus

Episode 297: Jesus was not an accountant: an interview with Sian MacInnes

Episode 296: I belong, help thou my unbelonging

Episode 295: You say inspired, I say God-breathed

Episode 294: Thank you for being some people out there

Episode 293: Now with added wrath

Episode 292: Decluttering, deconstructing and sorting your life out

Episode 291: Walking the Camino with Claire Bradford

Episode 290: OMG – A Bad Christian’s Prayer Book with Dave Tomlinson

Episode 289: Start the week with a sabbath

Episode 288: Happy Be Kind to Clergy Day!

Episode 287: It’s nature, but is it churching?

Episode 286: God is speaking our language

Episode 285: How to be wise

Episode 284: It’s theological correctness gone mad

Episode 283: Life After Doom – an interview with Brian McLaren

Episode 282: Custard is holy ground

Episode 281: The desire to go deeper

Episode 280: Throbbingly unsettling

Episode 279: Focus and … er… something else

Episode 278: The Easter Journey

Episode 277: Does God really need praise?

Episode 276: Gold, Silver and Beryl

Episode 275: What the fog? An interview with Jo Ibbott

Episode 274: What is the point of Joe?

Episode 273: You are a pile of precious dust

Episode 272: What is church actually for?

Episode 271: A festival of feedback

Episode 270: The Mid-faith Crisis planning meeting

Episode 269: Episode ‘I don’t give a monkeys’

Episode 268: Mancunian Motivation with Paul McGee

Episode 267: Happy Christmas to bacteria everywhere

Episode 266: Emmanuel in Mexico

Episode 265: I almost raised my Ebenezer

Episode 264: Being stoned to death with fridge magnets

Episode 263: An interview with Harry Baker

Episode 262: This drivel may not be for you

Episode 261: (Un)certain – an interview with Olivia Jackson

Episode 260: Do you suffer from doctrinal dysfunction?

Episode 259: Owning my worminess

Episode 258: You are not your feelings

Episode 257: Grumpily grateful

Episode 256: In Search of Stillness – an interview with Joanna Godfrey Wood

Episode 255: Introducing the Enneagram with Ali Male

Episode 254: Reconstructing not deconstructing

Episode 253: Mothering Father – an interview with Lacey Finn Borgo

Episode 252: Revisiting the good news Pt 2

Episode 251: Revisiting the good news Pt. 1

Episode 250: Our emotional frisson is out of control

Episode 249: Drawing out our tears

Episode 248: We’re here, and that’s just how it is

Episode 247: Nature boy v Churchy boy

Episode 246: The 2023 Christmas Special

Episode 245: Carry on up the Spider-verse

Episode 244: Responding to the Jesus Myth

Episode 243: The Jesus Myth – an interview with Chris Scott

Episode 242: We’ve got glossolalia growing up the trellis

Episode 241: Your spiritual happy place

Episode 240: Man in hat sits on chair

Episode 239: The Messianic Buffet

Episode 238: An eternity in the soft furnishing department

Episode 237: Attack with love

Episode 236: The cross and the circle

Episode 235: Too much nard

Episode 234: The protestant sleep ethic

Episode 233: Being more other-centred

Episode 232: Church is not a washing machine

Episode 231: We need a spreadsheet

Episode 230: The BP Blessing

Episode 229: Putting our heads above the parakeet

Episode 228: Just a couple of tossed waves

Episode 227: Service and Wisdomness

Episode 226: The gifts of the year

Episode 225: Bonus Christmas episode!

Episode 224: Waiting for the impending failure

Episode 223: The rules for Christmas

Episode 222: Moments of exaltation

Episode 221: Into Advent with Brian Draper

Episode 220: A lot of wind and no answers

Episode 219: Leaning in to goodness

Episode 218: The Mid-faith Permacrisis

Episode 217: Welcome back, wristbands

Episode 216: Fix your mind upon cheeses

Episode 215: Spooking the theological markets

Episode 214: What we did on our holidays

Episode 213: An Interview with Stuart Murray Williams

Episode 212: An Interview with Oliver Burkeman

Episode 211: We’re huge in Bucharest

Episode 210: We have decided to follow Jesus

Episode 209: The Christmas Special. In July. In August.

Episode 208: Dealing with sadmin

Episode 207: Do I Stay Christian? An interview with Brian McLaren

Episode 206: ‘We sang together’

Episode 205: The integrity alarm went off

Episode 204: Lobbing proof texts at each other

Episode 203: Leading a church in mid-faith crisis (part 2)

Episode 202: Leading a church in mid-faith crisis (part 1)

Episode 201: Jesus gets a brief mention

Episode 200: The intros are still rubbish

Episode 199: Eurovision Denomination Contest

Episode 198: No such thing as the great commission

Episode 197: The boulders of faith

Episode 196: I’ve forgotten the second thing

Episode 195: Looking for the Living

Episode 194: Postcard from Mexico

Episode 193: The joy is the relationship

Episode 192: Time for some prinking

Episode 191: Draining joy in the name of the Lord

Episode 190: Doomscrolling is bad for you

Episode 189: A nation of rageaholics

Episode 188: A Total Depravity, please, Barman

Episode 187: The epiphany goes on and on

Episode 186: Fragments of glory

Episode 185: A Worthing Pier experience

Episode 184: ‘Sort it Ahhht!’

Episode 183: Planning for spiritual success

Episode 182: ‘In a Galilee far far away…’

Episode 181: Reconnecting with Christmas

Episode 180: The Special Cuddles Episode

Episode 179: Where’s my sabbatical?

Episode 178: Mystery and naïveté

Episode 177: Attending resentfully

Episode 176 ‘As somebody said somewhere’

Episode 175: An interview with Matt Hyam

Episode 174: The grey world of faith

Episode 173: Everything’s important, but none of it is very important

Episode 172: Using my power for good

Episode 171: In the beginning…

Episode 170: ‘Literally a P frenzy’

Episode 169: A deep desire to pray

Episode 168: It could do with some carpet

Episode 167: The Chicken Tikka Masala of Spirituality

Episode 166: An Interview with John Philip Newell

Episode 165: Being authentically authentic

Episode 164: I am a beloved wormy worm

Episode 163: Practical salvation

Episode 162: Dave Tomlinson on Christian humanism

Episode 161: Give them a Damn Good Listening 2

Episode 160: Dancing with the Bible

Episode 159: ‘Give them a damn good listening to’

Episode 158: Soul Rest

Episode 157: Emphasising the kingdom

Episode 156: Seeking a Balanced Spiritual Diet

Episode 155: An Interview with Brian McLaren – Part 2

Episode 154: An interview with Brian McLaren – Part 1

Episode 153: The Journey of Easter

Episode 152: Beyond the heaven and hell dynamic

Episode 151: Above our theological pay grade

Episode 150: Licensed to Bless

Episode 149: Language to help people flourish

Episode 148: The Messiah Purchase

Episode 147: Making sense of Lent with Lacy Finn Borgo

Episode 146: The Waterproof Trousers of Faith

Episode 145: Reverse Backsliding

Episode 144: The spirituality of customer service

Episode 143: When does it end?

Episode 142: ‘Own Your Nickness’

Episode 141: Re-connecting with Christmas

Episode 140: Christmas trees, eggnog and other baubles

Episode 139: Into Advent with Brian Draper

Episode 138: Utter Baubles about Christmas

Episode 137: Restorative Justice

Episode 136: Ruth Newton on ecology and the Kingdom of God

Episode 135: A space within God

Episode 134: ‘You end up worshipping the shrubbery’

Episode 133: The Jesus re-enactment society

Episode 132: Reflections on our fourth birthday

Episode 131: Wellness and winter thinking

Episode 130: ‘We have an Amazon Prime Spirituality’

Episode 129: We’ve forgotten what the podcast is about

Episode 128: Mansplaining the Bible

Episode 127: Miracles and Prophecy

Episode 126: Where has it all gone wrong?

Episode 125: What is the good news? (Part Three)

Episode 124: What is the good news? (Part Two)

Episode 123: What is the good news? (Part One)

Episode 122: A festival of courgettes

Episode 121: Should I stay or should I go?

Episode 120: Shall we debrief?

Episode 119: Jeff Lucas on the priceless gift of disillusionment.

Episode 118: Questions raised. No questions answered.

Episode 117: The theology of ‘I dunno’

Episode 116: The thin spaces of doubt

Episode 115: More than just God in a bod

Episode 114: Grayson Perry’s Spiritual Art Club

Episode 113: The cheese stage of grief

Episode 112: We’re always inventing tradition

Episode 111: Small Wonders of God

Episode 110: It’s our story as well

Episode 109: At the movies with Dave Hopwood

Episode 108: Attention, intention and self-isolation

Episode 107: Buying a field

Episode 106: [Bongos] Happen

Episode 105: Soulful Nature – An Interview with Brian Draper

Episode 104: ‘Strength to walk the journey’

Episode 103: Confess! Confess!

Episode 102: Stan has no authority

Episode 101: Demands and duties

Episode 100: Who’d have thought it?

Episode 99: Retreats for Extroverts and other issues

Episode 98: New year, new theme

Episode 97: Hopes and fears and all that swaddling

Episode 96: A coffee cup on the altar!

Episode 95: Being the Incarnation

Episode 94: Happy New (Liturgical) Year

Episode 93: The reality of our hope

Episode 92: Lacy Finn Borgo on Seasons of Silence

Episode 91: ‘He will wipe every tear from our eyes’

Episode 90: Making friends with death

Episode 89: Ruth Valerio on Creation and the Environment

Episode 88: New paradigms and other mysteries

Episode 87: Look, what the people really want to know…

Episode 86: Back with Feedback

Episode 85: Steve Chalke on the Lost Message of Paul

Episode 84: Now that’s what I call Ethel vol 1

Episode 83: We need to talk about Jehovah

Episode 82: Authority and Doubt

Episode 81: The Not-so-good Book

Episode 80: Reading and other acts of resistance

Episode 79: Exile Stories

Episode 78: The God-breathed Book

Episode 77: A World Class Failure

Episode 76: The Christmas Special. In July.

Episode 75: On Pubgrimage

Episode 74: Effing the Ineffable

Episode 73: Talking therapies

Episode 72: Letting go in Minsmere

Episode 71: An Interview with Adrian Plass

Episode 70: The Thin Places.

Episode 69: The Badly Behaved Bible and other topics

Episode 68: Pay attention, everyone

Episode 67: Work, work, work

Episode 66(6) The Second Coming

Episode 65: The Easter Journey

Episode 64: Seven Ways to Stop Sinning

Episode 63: On Pilgrimage with Alexander Shaia

Episode 62: Conversing about Converting

Episode 61: How not to be happy part 2

Episode 60: How Not to be Happy

Episode 59: The Cycle of Grace with Trevor Hudson

Episode 58: Christmas and all that swaddling

Episode 57: Back to Reality with Mark Scandrette

Episode 56: The Mid-faith Crisis Film Club

Episode 55: Taking off the masks

Episode 54: ‘Death is a Very Good Part of Life’

Episode 53: Personality Types

Episode 52: Now we are two!

Episode 51: The Mystery of the Cross

Episode 50: The Scandal of The Cross

Episode 49: Serious stuff with jokes in it

Episode 48: Inching towards forgiveness

Episode 47: You have to leave in order to return

Episode 46: Rambling in Lee Abbey

Episode 45: ‘A massive suitcase full of us’

Episode 44: How big is your calling?

Episode 43: Taking the Pistis with Steve Chalke

Episode 42: Flippant Depth

Episode 41.5: Bonus episode – Back to the future

Episode 41: What the hell!

Episode 40: Detachment and Deep Work

Episode 39: Interview with Alexander Shaia Part 2

Episode 38: Interview with Alexander Shaia Part 1

Episode 37: The magic prayer word is banana

Episode 36: ‘There is something hypnotic about your podcast…’

Episode 35: How to succeed at parenting and other myths

Episode 34: How to Look Good Sacred

Episode 33: Practical Thankfulness

Episode 32: Happy Christ-tide Eve-Eve!

Episode 31: The Spirituality of Paddington

Episode 30: Jesus Part 1

Episode 29: The Landscape of the Heart

Episode 28: Lots of Books

Episode 27: We’ve got a big announcement

Episode 26: Walking each other home

Episode 25: ‘Weakness, negligence and deliberate fault’

Episode 24: It’s a sin!

Episode 23: Definitely Maybe

Episode 22: The schism starts here

Episode 21: What we did on our holiday

Episode 20: Letters to our younger selves

Episode 19: Marginal Gains

Episode 18: Don’t make me angry

Episode 17: Lifting the Label

Episode 16: How to be a Bad Christian

Episode 15: Telling the Truth

Episode 14: Waiting for Resurrection

Episode 13: Values, not vision

Episode 12: The Problem of Prayer

Episode 11: We all need to belong

Episode 10: Yes, but are you ‘born again’?

Episode 9: Get grumpy about something that matters

Episode 8: The good news, part one

Episode 7: I’m H.A.P.P.Y

Episode 6: ‘Do not be afraid…’

Episode 5: Church, and how to survive it

Episode 4: The Bible is a weird thing…

Episode 3: Father, Son and Floaty Thing

Episode 2: Life is a game of two halves

Episode 1: The Hungry Caterpillar of Faith