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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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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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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. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog 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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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? Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog 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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1 Episode 312: Strictly Come Preaching Christmas Special 36:21
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36:21Happy 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! Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog 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…
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After a brief debate about which of us is the more miserable, we discuss whether social media can help us engage with our shadow, detaching from the news without feeling guilty, and how hate actually tethers us to the object of our hatred. Also, as we enter Advent, where do we look for the hope? And what can we do to add to the hope and love that is really all around us? Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Joy Ludwig Anne Lamott, Almost Everything Tish Harrison Warren, Go Slow and Repair Things…
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In this episode, we talk about the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and, more specifically, about the systems of thinking which lead almost inevitably to coercion and abuse. How can we challenge systems like this? Is there any hope? And is God relying on us to be the answers to prayer? Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Brian Draper Advent 2024 - The Inside of Love Episode 94: Happy New (Liturgical) Year The Muppet Christmas Carol Paddy McGuinness Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge ‘Prolific, brutal and horrific’: Makin report calls out the Smyth abuse and the cover-up…
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1 Episode 309: Shame-slayer: An interview with Flamy Grant 47:43
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47:43Joe talks to award-winning and Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant, the 'shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen' from North Carolina. As well as sharing their story of growing up in the evangelical church, they talk about the need to trust peoples' experiences and how, so often, we have a view of God who 'doesn’t love very well'. Along the way, Flamy talks about mystical encounters, dealing with opposition and abuse and why, in the end, it's all about joy. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Paddington in Peru Flamy Grant- Website…
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1 Episode 308: What the heck, I’ll pray anyway 42:52
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42:52We talk about prayer and laughter, about creativity, and about the everyday acts of hope that help us transcend the news. Also we discuss judging a theology by the fruit it bears. Meanwhile Nick talks about his retreat and there is a lot about cheese. Business as usual, then. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum Paddington in Peru Deadpool & Wolverine Norman Wirzba, Love's Braided Dance - Hope in a Time of Crisis Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now WSJ: X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not Waitrose: Christmas Stollen, Panettone & Pandoro…
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1 Episode 307: ‘Stick two fingers up to the forces of darkness’ 37:19
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37:19In times of disappointment, darkness and fear, how should we respond? What difference can we make? We talk about joy as a revolutionary act, and how we can refuse to join in the game. Also, we discuss reclaiming labels such as 'Christian', and we have powerful stories about the power of prayer, mystical coincidences and, of course, parking spaces. Brought to you by Saint Joe of the Cheese and St Nick, patron saint of innuendo. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Battle, East Sussex Where did the Battle of Hastings happen? William I 'The Conqueror' Heretic All Saints' Day Show of Hands - Roots…
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1 Episode 306: An interview with Martyn Joseph 47:08
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47:08We have an interview with singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph. He talks about his career, the craft of song-writing, his campaigning worked the importance of just turning up. And we end, of course, with a song. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Martyn Joseph Martyn Joseph - Chapel Porth Beach Let Yourself Trust Tour Dates 2024 Liberal Backslider…
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Is God really in charge of the universe? Do prophecies actually happen? We have some fascinating feedback about hearing from God and how he is calling us to collaboration and co-creation. Meanwhile, Nick quotes Ezekiel and Joe goes all mystical about Robins. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Dear Evan Hansen Alex Horne and the Horne Section Robin Bearded Tit Essence–energies distinction Thomas Jay Oord Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Valley of Dry Bones…
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In this episode we explore one of the central questions of theology: is it right to pray for a parking space? If we believe in an interventionist God, then what kind of intervening does he do? Does Joe really have the spiritual gift of parking? Also, we touch on sadness as holy ground, grieving for past versions of ourselves, and how to respond when people present prophecies and words of knowledge. Oh and it was our eight anniversary this week. Not that one of us noticed… Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Hunter's Moon This week's Hunter's Moon – the biggest supermoon of 2024 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Daniel Pink, The Power of Regret Cabel Sasser, Panic - XOXO Festival (2024)…
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1 Episode 303: Mindful Formation with Shaun Lambert 47:36
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47:36Joe talks with Shaun Lambert about mindfulness, wonder, and the need to 're-perceive' God. As well as actually leading us in a contemplative exercise, Shaun talks about strengthening our 'attention' muscles, encountering God in the present and becoming a more responsive but less reactive presence. All this and Diadochos of Photiki too! Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Nick Cave interview with Stephen Colbert The Boy And The Heron Goram IPA Zero Lucky Saint Beer Shaun Lambert, Mindful Formation Diadochos of Photiki Scargill Movement Ephrem the Syrian Mark 9:15…
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We talk about the virtuous circle of comfort: how what we receive we can share with others. Also whether the real purpose of the Holy Spirit is to help us to pay proper attention to our lives and to learn the right lessons. What if God is not arranging the events of our lives, so much as asking us to pay attention to them? Meanwhile, Nick has a correction to make, and Joe receives some good news about cheese. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Hobby RSPB Minsmere Great green bush-cricket Ludwig Inside Out 2 Pendon Museum Wittenham Clumps Teresa of Ávila 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Graham Lawton, This Book Could Save Your Life…
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1 Episode 301: Nick’s less-than-resilient week 39:33
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39:33Nick has had a bad week. We talk about approaches to resilience, the meanings we attach to events, our tendency to project bad stories, what perspectives might help us through really rubbish moments and how sometimes your favourite Bible verse doesn’t help that much. Meanwhile Joe introduces the 'numes' – a new scale to measure numinous moments and places. And we hear from a listener who is going through the menopraise. Genius. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Resilience in Life and Faith: Finding your strength in God Rudolf Otto's Concept of the "Numinous"…
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Three. Hundred. Episodes. Who'd have thought it? We think about some of the key things we have learned, and are still learning through doing this podcast. We reflect on such topics as what we think about God, how we read the Bible and the amazing capacity of theology to annoy you in entirely unexpected ways. And in the end, it turns out Jesus is still very important. Thank you for all your support - now go and enjoy a Negroni. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Negroni week Karl Rahner Nick Cave, Wild God…
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