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Making Footprints Not Blueprints

221 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Welcome to “Making Footprints not Blueprints”, a regular podcast about matters philosophical and religious. My name is Andrew James Brown and, despite being an atheistically inclined free-thinker, I’m also the minister to the Unitarian Church in the city of Cambridge, UK.The title of this podcast is borrowed from the philosopher Herbert Fingarette (1921-2018) who, in his book, “The Self in Transformation” (Basic Books, New York 1963), offered us studies that were “outcomes rather than realised objectives” which were offered to the reader as an encouragement to make “intellectual footprints, not blueprints.” This podcast tries to proceed in a similar fashion and takes seriously an insight of the poet A. R. Ammons who felt that true human freedom only comes when we have understood that full scope always eludes our grasp, that there is no finality of vision, that we have perceived nothing completely and that, therefore, and thankfully, tomorrow a new walk is a new walk. 

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S07 #23 - Bringing into being an ethics of motion — A meditation on John Ford’s 1950 western, “Wagon Master” - A thought for the day

March 15, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/03/an-ethics-of-motion-meditation-on-john.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), ...

S07 #22 - It’s always possible to embody truth, even when, technically, we’re not able to tell it - A thought for the day

March 02, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.32 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/03/its-always-possible-to-embody-truth.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pau...

S07 #21 - What an apprenticeship in tailoring might tell us about the making of a creative, free spirituality or religion . . . - A thought for the day

February 24, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.33 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-apprenticeship-in-tailoring-might.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), ...

S07 #20 - Will ready-made religions ever really fit us properly? - A thought for the day

February 15, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes - 7.74 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/02/will-ready-made-religions-ever-really.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), P...

S07 #19 A gentle plea for some basket-weaving and aphanipoiesis - A thought for the day

February 10, 2024 15:00 - 14 minutes - 9.9 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-gentle-plea-for-some-basket-weaving.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), P...

S07 #18 - The sustaining sea and the need to take even strokes in these very uneven times - A thought for the day

February 03, 2024 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.36 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-sustaining-sea-and-need-to-take.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pau...

S07 #17 - How new are you? - A thought for the day

January 27, 2024 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/01/how-new-are-you.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), R...

S07 #16 - The new parable of “Mr Bates vs. The Post Office” - A thought for the day

January 20, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.5 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-new-parable-of-mr-bates-vs-post.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pau...

S07 #15 - A mystery is something in which I am myself involved - A thought for the day

January 06, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.19 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-mystery-is-something-in-which-i-am.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pa...

S07 #14 - A Small- Sized Mystery — A New Year’s Eve meditation - A thought for the day

December 30, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.52 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-small-sized-mystery-new-years-eve.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pau...

S07 #12 - The Quantum Manger — A Christmas Eve Meditation - A thought for the day

December 21, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-quantum-manger-christmas-eve.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul H...

S07 #13 - “The Eternal Buddha is no one else but the Eternal Christ” — A Christmas Day Meditation - A thought for the day

December 21, 2023 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.64 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), P...

S07 Bonus Episode - The Japanese Yuniterian [sic] tradition . . . or the dove that ventured outside

December 15, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-japanese-yuniterian-sic-tradition.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/ To find out more about Seiza Meditation (Quiet Sitting) click on the following link: ...

S07 #11 - Beyond the binary of supply and demand — bringing citizens, business and industry together through a deep, but simple, creative, free spirituality - A thought for the day

December 09, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.44 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/12/beyond-binary-of-supply-and-demand.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul...

S07 #10 - Embracing climate adaptation positives in our settings in good company - A thought for the day

December 02, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/12/embracing-climate-adaptation-positives.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), ...

S07 #09 - On freeing ourselves from being held captive by a particular picture of history - A thought for the day

November 18, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/11/on-freeing-ourselves-from-being-held.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Pa...

S07 Bonus Episode - "New Heaven" - Making Footprints Not Blueprints Theme Tune

November 11, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.72 MB

It's just over three years since this podcast began and so, as a little celebration of that, and to say thank you to all of you who take the time to listen, here's the theme tune to the podcast. I wrote this piece of music many years ago as a birthday present for my wife, Susanna, without whom very little would be possible.  It's been played live a fair few times in various bands I've worked with, but for a long time it remained unrecorded. Then, in 2017, the opportunity arose to record it i...

S07 #08 - Why “upholding the liberal Christian tradition" need not be the same thing as upholding Liberal Christianity - A thought for the day

November 05, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/11/why-upholding-liberal-christian.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Hi...

S07 #07 - What a kite can tell us about the making of a modern, creative, free-spirituality or religion (“jiyū shūkyō”) - A thought for the day

October 28, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-kite-can-tell-us-about-making-of.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), P...

S07 #06 - It is human to have compassion for those in distress - A thought for the day

October 21, 2023 18:00 - 10 minutes - 6.96 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-is-still-possible-to-do-so-that-at.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano),...

S07 #05 - What is still possible to do so that, at some point in the future, there might be a reconciliation and peace? - A thought for the day

October 14, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.38 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-is-still-possible-to-do-so-that-at.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The Cambridge Unitarian Church's Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation can be found at this link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/   Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano),...

S07 #04 - Faith in one's own spiritual community and a creative, free religion or spirituality - A thought for the day

September 23, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.39 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/09/faith-in-ones-own-spiritual-community.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Today, I’m going to finish walking through the Japanese twentieth-century advocate of a creative, free religion or spirituality, Imaoka Shin’ichiro’s “Creed of Life,” by taking together his final three statements of faith, 6, 7, and 8.  ...

S07 #03 - Faith in a universal cooperative society - A thought for the day

September 16, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 6.44 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/09/faith-in-universal-cooperative-society.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. This is part of a series of blog/podcasts looking at the Japanese twentieth-century advocate of a creative, free religion or spirituality, Imaoka Shin’ichiro’s “Creed of Life,” All four pieces can be found at the following links:  Int...

S07 #02 - Faith in ourselves, our neighbours, and ourselves as neighbours - A thought for the day

September 09, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.43 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/09/faith-in-ourselves-our-neighbours-and.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. All four pieces can be found at the following links:  Introduction: A gentle call to adopt Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s creative, free spirituality found in his “Creed of Life”  Statements 1 and 2: Faith in ourselves, our neighbours, and our...

S07 #01 - A gentle call to adopt Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s creative, free spirituality found in his “Creed of Life” - A thought for the day

September 02, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-gentle-call-to-adopt-imaoka.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. All four pieces can be found at the following links:  Introduction: A gentle call to adopt Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s creative, free spirituality found in his “Creed of Life”  Statements 1 and 2: Faith in ourselves, our neighbours, and ourselves ...

S06 Bonus Episode - Only Conjugate! That is the whole of my sermon - (Final episode of Series 6)

July 29, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.21 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/only-conjugate-that-is-whole-of-my.html And here's a link to its appearance in The Idioticon, published by the Triarchy Press Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double...

S06 #14 - On the need for liberals to recover their inner Indiana Jones - A thought for the day

July 19, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.51 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/on-need-for-liberals-to-recover-their.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...

S06 #15 - Living completely inside the movement of the event of the search - A thought for the day

July 19, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.52 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/on-need-for-liberals-to-recover-their.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...

S06 #13 - A reply to an inquiring teenager . . . - A thought for the day

July 14, 2023 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-reply-to-inquiring-teenager.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are availab...

S06 #12 - Submerging the absurdity of death in gratitude for the wonder and wisdom of life - A thought for the day

July 08, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.71 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/submerging-absurdity-of-death-in.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are avai...

S06 #11 - Religion in the non-religious world - A thought for the day

July 01, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.71 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/07/religion-in-non-religious-world.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are avail...

S06 #10 - Let us demand our own works and laws and worship - A thought for the day

June 24, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.42 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/06/let-us-demand-our-own-works-and-laws.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are ...

S06 #09 - To cultivate a mindful, restorative stillness, to hear beautiful music, and to engage together in a free and open conversation . . . - A thought for the day

June 17, 2023 06:00 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/06/and-world-begins-under-mapon-need-to.html A pdf of the revised order of service mentioned in this episode can be found at this link. Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown ...

S06 #08 - And a world begins under the map—On the need to make errors - A thought for the day

June 10, 2023 16:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/06/and-world-begins-under-mapon-need-to.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are ...

S06 #07 - Unplanned obsolescence and how, perhaps, to avoid it . . . - A thought for the day

May 31, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 8.97 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/unplanned-obsolescence-and-how-perhaps.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. A collection of Tenko-san’s writings in English can be found in his book, “New Road to Ancient Truth”  Ittōen: The Myths and Rituals of Liminality. Parts I-III Author(s): Winston Davis Source: History of Religions , May, 1975, Vol. 14,...

S06 #06 - An interfaith, Buddhisto-Christian, consequence of Pentecost - A thought for the day

May 26, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/an-interfaith-buddhisto-christian.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are ava...

S06 #05 - Not in the saving, but in the spending well of your precious life will you find your treasure, and there your heart will also be - A thought for the day

May 20, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.21 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/not-in-saving-but-in-spending-well-of.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...

S06 Bonus Episode - Free Religion is bowing to each other

May 19, 2023 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.41 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-religion-is-bowing-to-each-othera.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts ar...

S06 #04 - “Priests of stillness”—on first learning meditation from fenceposts along the Essex coast - A thought for the day

May 13, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.86 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/priests-of-stillnesson-first-learning.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...

S06 #03 - Circuses but no bread—a political-theological meditation offered on the weekend of the Coronation of King Charles III - A thought for the day

May 05, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutes - 8.98 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/05/circuses-but-no-breada-political.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are avai...

S06 #02 - God is a DJ - A thought for the day

April 29, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.22 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/04/god-is-dj.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are available on my blog. You'l...

S06 #01 - Safer than the known way - A thought for the day

April 26, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.96 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/04/safer-than-known-way.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are available on my ...

S05 - Bonus Episode - A community standing, perhaps, on the cusp of becoming “freethinking mystics with hands” - Final Episode of Season 5

March 29, 2023 09:00 - 11 minutes - 7.95 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-community-standing-perhaps-on-cusp-of.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Paul Wienpahl's (1916-1980) essay mentioned in this podcast called “Spiritual Values in a Scientific Age” can be downloaded at this link. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (...

S05 #27 - What happens (to Easter) when we can no longer rely on spring? - A thought for the day

March 24, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.28 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-happens-to-easter-when-we-can-no.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...

S05 #26 - There is only mother love all the way down—Mothering Sunday - A thought for the day

March 18, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.85 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-is-only-mother-love-all-way.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are ava...

S05 #25 - Spiritual Values and Negative Capability - A thought for the day

March 11, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes - 8.97 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/spiritual-values-and-negative-capability.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Paul Wienpahl's (1916-1980) essay mentioned in this podcast called “Spiritual Values in a Scientific Age” can be downloaded at this link. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs ...

S05 #24 - Pragmatism is true, but doesn’t work—a lesson for liberal, free religion to learn - A thought for the day

March 03, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.01 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/pragmatism-is-true-but-doesnt-worka.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The interview with Raymond Geuss upon which I draw extensively, and gratefully, can be found at the at this link, 42’30” ff Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Mor...

S05 #23 - The End and the Beginning—On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - A thought for the day

February 25, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.06 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-end-and-beginningon-first.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are availab...

S05 #22 - Living lovingly in hypernormal times - A thought for the day

February 18, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/living-lovingly-in-hypernormal-times.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are ...

S05 #21 - What Mary Oliver’s black bear can tell us about the earthquake in Turkey and Syria - A thought for the day

February 11, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-mary-olivers-black-bear-can-tell.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)  Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are...