This week's topics include the ethics of slug control, the 1700th anniversary the council of Nicea, whether transformation is always difficult and what it would be like if we met our internal critic at a party. Also, how do we approach difficult events when it really seems like God is to blame? Oh, and Nick has a theory that stories are like cauliflowers. Or something like that.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Knepp - Rewilding Pioneers
Leonardslee Gardens
An idiot’s guide to the Council of Nicea’s big posh creed of compromise | Premier Christianity
Romanesco broccoli - Wikipedia
Self-similarity - Wikipedia
Self-similarity: Properties and Applications – Sera Markoff
Meliorism - Wikipedia
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Episode 327: Story eats doctrine for breakfast
Nick gives his belated thoughts on Easter and reflects on how it's not about the doctrine but about the story: we are invited to live in the story of Easter and to allow it to give pattern to our lives. We talk about some classic story shapes, and how the Easter story is embodied in baptism and in the eucharist. Finally we reflect on what meal would tell our story: chicken Madras, or cheese and wine?
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Tulip Festival - Arundel Castle & Gardens
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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Episode 326: ‘The last word, always, is joy’
It’s the Easter Special! Well, half an Easter Special maybe. Nick has the flu so in this shortened episode, it's Pastor Joe to the rescue, reflecting on how the Easter story of suffering, bewilderment and joy is a challenge to us to live all of life. Maybe, like the disciples on the Emmaus road, 'we had hopes'; but maybe, also like them, we can look back and recognise that Jesus was with us all along. Now, anyone for a liturgical breakfast?
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Richard Rohr — Center for Action and Contemplation
John O'Donohue | Anam Cara
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Episode 325: Re-Celebrating Easter
As we head into Holy Week, we discuss what it's like to celebrate Easter in mid-faith crisis. We explore how Easter is about our identity as Christians and how, by examining the practices of the early church, we might be able to develop a shape for our own rituals. Also we touch on why the Mid-faith Crisis is like owning an old car, and we say hello to Grandpa Joe!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Meditations for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman
Episode 50: The Scandal of The Cross - Mid-faith Crisis
Episode 51: The Mystery of the Cross - Mid-faith Crisis
Epistula Apostolorum - Wikipedia
Irenaeus - Wikipedia
The Longest Week | Nick Page
The Longest Week: Holy Week Devotional Reading Guide
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Episode 324: Baffled in a Christlike direction
We're back! Joe has returned from Mexico and Nick has returned from an unfortunate act of wire-cutting. We catch up on how things are going with our themes, discuss how life (and theology) keeps adding complexity, and think about how we respond to fear when, inevitably, it arrives. Also we talk a little more about the need to embrace uncertainty, and the importance of telling yourself some good stories. Meanwhile does Nick have a poltergeist or just a very clean rodent? And what is a squidgy goat?
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Turquoise-browed motmot
Witness, Nick Page & Eddie Lyle
Mid-faith Crisis Themes
Beatrix Potter
Evenings at the microscope
Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia
Paul McGee How Not to Worry Podcast 1
The Power of Regret, Daniel H. Pink
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