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Episode 322 : I would like to be your spiritual Stacey Solomon
It's our annual themes episode! We talk about our themes for the year, and reflect on how last year's themes worked out. And Joe has received an encouraging birthday card. Church notice: we're taking a brief break, so the next podcast will be in two week's time.
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Episode 279: Focus and … er… something else
Sort Your Life Out
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Episode 321: Stuck in a telephone box with only one headlamp
We discuss how culture shapes art, and especially, how the culture of the time affects the Bible. How do the cultural norms and assumptions affect the text? Can we give power to the powerless within the story? And what about our own cultural lenses? We touch on creating our own sacred texts and ask the crucial question: can we still watch Carry On Films? Also Nick has had a dream. A very worrying dream, as it happens.
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Milton Jones
Carry On Films
‘Notoriously cruel’: should we cancel Picasso? Collectors, artists, critics and curators decide
Road Dahl - statement
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
Baruch son of Neriah
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Episode 320: ‘Women are this, and men are that’
Or not. Because in this episode we delve into some follow-up to last episode's interview with Danielle Strickland. How can we address some of the deep, ingrained attitudes which affect all of us? What does this mean for ideas of femininity and masculinity? And how do we respond to loss of power and prestige without lashing out? Also the boys have had a business meeting in a place called Upham. No, really.
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The Brushmakers Arms, Upham
Rebecca Solnit - Meditations in an Emergency
Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
Catherine Cowell, Finding God's Feminine Side: and working out how we lost it in the first place
Rylan: How to Be a Man
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Episode 319: An interview with Danielle Strickland
This week, Joe interviews author and speaker Danielle Strickland, about patriarchy – the male-centring and male-ordering of the world. They discuss the challenges of calling it out, the heretical concept of the male-ness of God, and the way in which patriarchal thinking and theology affects the world and the church. Most importantly, they talk about some practical things we can all do to make a difference.
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Danielle Strickland - Website
The Other Side of Hope
Better Together: How Women and Men Can Heal the Divide and Work Together to Transform the Future
The Liberating Truth - How Jesus Empowers Women
baremarriage.com
Christians for biblical equality
Deep and Wide Academy
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Episode 318: Inside we’re all princesses
More on metaphors. We talk more about the idea of Jesus as 'Lord', and discuss how changes in culture, society or even technology might change our understanding of long-standing human metaphors. Also we talk about ritual and sacraments and how so many of them are simply heightened versions of everyday human activities. Meanwhile, Nick's preaching has some unexpectedly dramatic consequences and Joe thinks everyone should wear a tiara.
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Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man
Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Sacrament
Japanese tea ceremony
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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