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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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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Episode 323: An interview with Bekah Legg
With Joe away in Mexico we have an interview with Bekah Legg. She talks about the work of Restored with the victims of domestic abuse, and shares a little of her own story of loss and grief.
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Restored
DR Congo conflict: Mobile phones, coltan and the fighting - BBC News
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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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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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