Making Footprints Not Blueprints
226 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome 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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S05 #25 - Spiritual Values and Negative Capability - A thought for the day
March 11, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes - 8.97 MBThe 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 MBThe 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 MBThe 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 MBThe 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 MBThe 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...
S05 #20 - Where is the life in the place in which others are putting us?—A call confidently to express a Free Religion - A thought for the day
February 04, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.59 MBThe 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/where-is-life-in-place-in-which-others.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...
S05 #19 - Complete spiritual freedom is the great action that follows the clearing of decks - A thought for the day on the meaning and lessons of Unitarian history
January 28, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.35 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/complete-spiritual-freedom-is-great.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 a...
S05 #18 - Liberal, free religion—Catching moving trains or metaphysical hitchhiking? - A thought for the day
January 20, 2023 18:00 - 10 minutes - 7.02 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/liberal-free-religioncatching-moving.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 #17 - Recovering the courage to do the “vision thing”—a pressing issue facing all modern, liberal, free religious communities - A thought for the day
January 14, 2023 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.26 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/recovering-courage-to-do-vision-thinga.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...
S05 #16 - The epiphany of there being no “Epiphany” - A thought for the day
January 09, 2023 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.82 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-epiphany-of-there-being-no-epiphany.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 a...
S05 #15 - The human solidarity brought by the grace of being cold together—A meditation for New Year’s Day 2023
December 31, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.68 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-human-solidarity-brought-by-grace.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 #14 - What the doubtful centipede can teach a liberal, free religion - A thought for the day
December 30, 2022 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-doubtful-centipede-can-teach.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 #13 - “The Eternal Buddha is no one else but the Eternal Christ.” Imaoka sensei’s “Three Christs”—A Christmas Day meditation
December 24, 2022 09:00 - 9 minutes - 6.56 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.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 Bonus Episode - A hidden, Hidden Christian, Christmas—An Advent meditation
December 15, 2022 18:00 - 12 minutes - 8.31 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-hidden-hidden-christian-christmasan.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 Bonus Episode - Christianity is basically an epic mistake . . . and the time is right to correct it
December 15, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-comes-after-christianity-god-who.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 #12 - Catching sight of the “world bud”—An Advent meditation - A thought for the day
December 10, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 7.6 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/catching-sight-of-world-bud-advent.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 av...
S05 #11 - It’s such a surprise because it’s just the beginning—an Advent meditation - A thought for the day
November 26, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.03 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/its-such-surprise-because-its-just.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 av...
S05 #10 - Seek simplicity and distrust it - A thought for the day
November 18, 2022 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.73 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/seek-simplicity-and-distrust-it.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...
S05 #09 - A nascent form of integral, liberal, free religious worship - A thought for the day
November 05, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-nascent-form-of-integral-liberal-free.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 a...
S05 #08 - A free religion radiant with a humanising light that the darkness will never overcome - A thought for the day
October 28, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.4 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-free-religion-radiant-with-humanising.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...
S05 #07 - Creating a liberal, free religion appropriate for the possible incoming sea of faith - A thought for the day
October 21, 2022 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.34 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/creating-liberal-free-religion.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. When I gave this thought for the day live in the church I added two, ad-libbed, comments that I should note here. After saying that “the return of faith that is inevitably going to be both post-Christian and post-secular in character" I contin...
S05 #06 - Tiny seeds and tiny words of love, freedom and justice. Scatter them - A thought for the day
October 08, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.39 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/tiny-seeds-and-tiny-words-of-love.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)
S05 #06 - Tiny seeds and tiny words of love, freedom and justice. Scatter them. — Resisting the neoliberal onslaught - A thought for the day
October 08, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.39 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/tiny-seeds-and-tiny-words-of-love.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...
S05 #05 - The reflection worth indulging doesn’t know where it is going—A fantasia on a passage by Henry Bugbee - A thought for the day
October 01, 2022 07:00 - 8 minutes - 6 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-reflection-worth-indulging-doesnt.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) You can take a quick preview of Henry Bugbee's wonderful book, The Inward Mo...
S05 #04 - The work of love, or how to resist in the dark ages - A thought for the day
September 22, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.39 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-work-of-love-or-how-to-resist-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 a...
S05 #03 - Why Jesus’ commandment that we “love one another” is always already new - A thought for the day
September 16, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.8 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/09/why-jesus-commandment-that-we-love-one.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 #02 - Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Elizabeth Regina, requiescat in pace - A thought for the day
September 09, 2022 15:00 - 7 minutes - 4.86 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/09/elizabeth-alexandra-mary-elizabeth.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 #01 - A gentle plea for a Buddhisto-Christian process religion - A thought for the day
September 02, 2022 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-gentle-plea-for-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 ...
S04 #11 (Final episode of Series 4) - Constancy and change are not opposed but inextricably connected - A thought for the day
July 30, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/07/constancy-and-change-are-not-opposed.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 a...
S04 #10 - Kicking the can into hell?—A meditation written during the extreme heatwave in the UK - A thought for the day
July 22, 2022 09:00 - 10 minutes - 7.42 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/07/kicking-can-into-hella-meditation.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...
S04 #09 - That is why I am fed up; I take pity on ‘dust and ashes!’—speaking truth to power - A thought for the day
July 15, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/07/that-is-why-i-am-fed-up-i-take-pity-on.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...
S04 #08 - Look, there! what I mean by God! — God as event - A thought for the day
July 08, 2022 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.54 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/07/look-there-what-i-mean-by-god-god-as.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 a...
S04 #07 - God does not exist . . . but God may happen - A thought for the day
June 29, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 4.98 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/god-does-not-exist-but-god-may-happen.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 ...
S04 #06 - Founding a true Commonwealth upon a real common wealth - A thought for the day
June 25, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/founding-true-commonwealth-upon-real.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 a...
S04 #05 - Not “a cost of living crisis” but a crisis of the neoliberal project - A thought for the day
June 17, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.39 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/not-cost-of-living-crisis-but-crisis-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 ar...
S04 #04 - A reasonable but passionate plea for the recovery (or rather, re-story-ation) of apocalyptic language within liberal religion - A thought for the day
June 10, 2022 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.78 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-reasonable-but-passionate-plea-for.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 a...
S04 Bonus Episode - Slavoj Žižek on the Holy Spirit
June 10, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.79 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/slavoj-zizek-on-holy-spirit.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) The Radical Theology Seminar (you can take a peek at this excellent project at this li...
S04 #03 - Our responsibility in society—two readings for Pentecost - A thought for the day
June 04, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.78 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/our-responsibility-in-societytwo.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...
Bonus Episode - The fiery rope across generations and geography—a meditation for Pentecost
June 04, 2022 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.98 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-fiery-rope-across-generations-and.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)
S04 Bonus Episode - The fiery rope across generations and geography—a meditation for Pentecost
June 04, 2022 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.98 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-fiery-rope-across-generations-and.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 ...
S04 #02 - An anarcho-monarchist reflection at the start of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations - A thought for the day
May 27, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.94 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/05/an-anarcho-monarchist-reflection-at.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 av...
S04 #01 - Spiritual power beyond the known self—on the grace displayed by an unsecured (or secured) door - A thought for the day
May 21, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/05/spiritual-power-beyond-known-self-on.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 a...
S03 #30 - Be ignited, or be gone — becoming freethinking mystics with hands - A thought for the day
April 28, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.75 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/be-ignited-or-be-gone-becoming.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Full details (and a representative recording) of the Service of Mindful Meditation mentioned in this episode can be found at the following link: https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/morning-service/ A fuller unfolding of some of the key themes...
S03 #29 - "I have seen in my solitude very clear things that are not true" — on living the liberal religious life TOGETHER - A thought for the day
April 22, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-have-seen-in-my-solitude-very-clear.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 ...
S03 #28 - L’chaim! — to life! A religion without God and an ethics without absolutes—A short Easter Sunday reflection
April 16, 2022 11:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/lchaim-to-life-religion-without-god-and.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...
S03 #27 - Broken Hosannas—Palm Sunday - A thought for the day
April 07, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/broken-hosannasor-why-its-religiously.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 ...
S03 #26 - Rock or sand, sand or rock? - why the true foundation of the spiritual life might not be what you think it is . . . - A thought for the day
April 01, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/rock-or-sand-sand-or-rock-why-true.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...
S03 #25 - A meditation on a Pietà, written for a Mothering Sunday during a time of war - A thought for the day
March 25, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBA picture of the Pietà mentioned in this podcast and the full text can be found at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-meditation-on-pieta-written-for.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The text alone can be found, as always, in the transcript of this edition. 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) Tha...
S03 #24 - Information is fast and cheap. Knowledge is slow and expensive - A thought for the day
March 18, 2022 11:00 - 8 minutes - 5.64 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/03/information-is-fast-and-cheap-knowledge.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...
S03 Bonus Episode - “Only a God can still save us”—a liberal religious confession
March 15, 2022 16:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MBThe full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/03/only-god-can-still-save-usa-liberal.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 av...