A podcast for every Christian who has ever asked ‘Is that it?’
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Lots of interesting feedback this week, including more reflections on worship songs, our calling to attend to our own 'small' world, the difficulties of Bible translation (and food translation come to that) and why, for the Goths, Jesus was head of the household. Also we talk about neurodiversity and churches. How can we attend to different ways of thinking and different learning styles? Must one size fit all? Oh, and lots of TV watching homework because, as Joe says, 'Life's too short to not watch a lot of TV'.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde at the Inauguration service
Severance
Faggot (food)
Burn's Night
The War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version - Full Musical
Eddie Lang- recordings
Eddie Lang
Ted Lasso
The Detectorists
Danielle Strickland
Nick Page's Blog: Reflections on episode 315
Nick Page, And Now Let's Move Into A Time Of Nonsense
Clive James, Poetry Notebook
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Episode 315: Mandatory biblical metaphors
Joe has forgotten how to count and Nick is bewildered by a worship song. We discuss whether the metaphors we use are helpful, how God is always 'in translation' and what we can do to avoid reinforcing unhelpful patriarchal systems. Also, we touch again on the subject of judgment, and think about relationship, restoration and reading the Bible more in sorrow than in fury.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Severance
Ted Lasso
Nick Page, Revelation Road
Wyvill Monument
Episode 253: Mothering Father – an interview with Lacey Finn Borgo
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Episode 314: Whacking our Biblical moles
We return to the Bible this week, to the thorny topic of how we deal with difficult Bible verses, particularly verses about eternal punishment and divine vengeance. As our correspondent puts it, it's like Biblical whack-a-mole: you hammer one passage down, only to see new ones pop up. So we talk about the inadequacy of systematic theology, the need to recognise contradiction and mystery and how everybody, frankly, is whacking their moles. Most importantly, we consider how, despite the difficulties, we can continue to engage with and be inspired by the scriptures.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Wicked
Dune: Part One
Dune: Part Two
Nick Page, The Badly Behaved Bible
Gregory Macdonald, The Evangelical Universalist
Midrash
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Episode 313: A new year anniversary
Happy new year (although, as we all know, the official Mid-faith Crisis New Year isn't until March). Anyway we're back, and in this episode we mark a special anniversary - 45 years since Nick became a Christian. So, what's changed? How did we understand 'conversion' back then and how do we understand it now? And how do we see our purpose today, all those years later?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Discussing the new year in Episode 229 (Starts at 10:25)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Traitors
Red One
The Holdovers
What is the good news? Nick’s version
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Episode 312: Strictly Come Preaching Christmas Special
Happy Christmas! In this festive episode we share – and then judge – our Christmas micro-sermons. Also we think about the practices that will nourish us this Christmas and reflect on how the darkness and worry of the nativity stories does not diminish the life and hope. Remember everyone – you're still alive, and that's a wonderful thing!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Strictly Come Dancing FInal
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video)
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
Conclave
Winter solstice
A podcast for every Christian who has ever asked ‘Is that it?’
Mid-faith Crisis explores the Christian faith with honesty and humour. If you feel that you have more questions than answers, if you feel as though your faith is changing, if you feel that if the worship leader sings that chorus one more time you will strangle him with his own guitar strap, then this is the podcast for you. Warning. Contains traces of theology and occasional innuendo.
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