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Making Footprints Not Blueprints

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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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S03 #23 - “Please save my dolly” — on the sharing of experience and a politics of solidarity - A thought for the day

March 12, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.2 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The 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/please-save-my-dolly-on-sharing-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 Mor...

S03 #22 - “Love the hell out of this world”—a further lesson to be learnt from the Russian invasion of the Ukraine - A thought for the day

March 04, 2022 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The 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/love-hell-out-of-this-worlda-further.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 M...

S03 #21 - A political-theological ghost story — a lesson to be learnt from the Russian invasion of the Ukraine - A thought for the day

February 26, 2022 11:00 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-political-theological-ghost-story.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 Mo...

S03 #20 - The goat path ahead less travelled by . . . or Liberal religion back at the crossroads - A thought for the day

February 19, 2022 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-goat-path-ahead-less-travelled-by.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 ...

S03 #19 - Feeling the double movement of roots and fruits - A thought for the day

February 12, 2022 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/feeling-double-movement-of-roots-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 M...

S03 #18 - No one is ever alone if they can see the countless lives supporting them - A thought for the day

February 04, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes - 3.77 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/no-one-is-ever-alone-if-they-can-see.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 M...

S03 #17 - Faith does not consist in believing something wonderful . . . - A thought for the day

January 28, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.22 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/faith-does-not-consist-in-believing.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 Mo...

S03 #16 - The parable of the mischievously wise physics teacher - A thought for the day

January 21, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-parable-of-mischievously-wise.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 Morg...

S03 #15 - On baseball gloves and liberal religion - A thought for the day

January 14, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-baseball-gloves-and-liberal-religion.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), Rus...

S03 #14 - Gold, frankincense and myrrh or a teapot, an empty jam tin, and a cabbage leaf? A short, secular religious thought for Epiphany - A thought for the day

January 08, 2022 11:00 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/gold-frankincense-and-myrrh-or-teapot.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 ...

S03 #13 - John Keat’s ‘negative capability’ and COVID-19 - A thought for the day

January 01, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/john-keats-negative-capability-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 Mor...

S03 #12 - The New Being — A short, secular religious thought for Christmas Day

December 24, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 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/2021/12/the-new-being-short-secular-religious.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 #11 - “The Oxen”—A brief Advent meditation on Thomas Hardy's poem - A thought for the day

December 18, 2021 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.38 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-advent-meditation-on-thomas-hardys.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 ...

S03 #10 - “Let it flow”—A brief Advent meditation on true-entrusting - A thought for the day

December 11, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 3.69 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/12/let-it-flowa-brief-advent-meditation-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), Rus...

S03 #09 - That-Which-Is-To-Come — An Advent meditation on Yeats’ poem, “The Second Coming” - A thought for the day

December 02, 2021 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.44 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/12/that-which-is-to-come-short-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 Mor...

S03 #08 - Omnia migrant — a short, Advent meditation on the fundamental condition of movement and migration - A thought for the day

November 26, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/11/omnia-migrant-short-advent-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 ...

S03 #07 - Beautiful ruins: stronger by weakness, wiser we can become - A thought for the day

November 20, 2021 08:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/11/beautiful-ruins-stronger-by-weakness.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 M...

S03 #06 - Love your enemy — a reminder for Remembrance Sunday - A thought for the day

November 12, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.58 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/11/love-your-enemy-reminder-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 (d...

S03 #05 - Lucifer the light-bringer - A thought for the day

November 06, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 3.94 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/11/lucifer-light-bringer.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) a...

S03 #04 - A Halloween ghost story for the start of the COP26 climate change meetings in Glasgow - A thought for the day

October 29, 2021 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-halloween-ghost-story-for-start-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 M...

S03 #03 - To clear our minds of selfish care - A thought for the day

October 23, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.61 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/10/to-clear-our-minds-of-selfish-care.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 Mor...

S03 #02 - The parable of the chipmunk—letting be, listening and seeing - A thought for the day

October 16, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.8 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-parable-of-chipmunkletting-be.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 Morg...

S03 #01 - Levelling up? - A thought for the day

October 09, 2021 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.22 MB

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/10/levelling-up.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...

S03 #04 - Walking with Paul Wienpahl - Getting out of our minds and into the world

September 18, 2021 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

Walking with the philosopher Paul Wienpahl (1916-1980) through his "Unorthodox Lecture" of 1955. A pdf of this lecture can be found at the Manas Journal site at the following link:  http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf Here's a link to The Postscript to Paul Wienpahl’s “The Radical Spinoza” (New York University Press, 1979) mentioned in this episode: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-postscript-to-paul-wienpahls.html The full text of this podcast c...

Bonus Episode - Some personal reflections on the 20th anniversary of the events of September 11th, 2001

September 11, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Some personal reflections on the 20th anniversary of the events of September 11th, 2001 The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/09/some-personal-reflections-on-twentieth.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 (...

Bonus Episode - On fans, thirteen blackbirds and the ineffable heart of all things

September 03, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MB

A short meditation inspired by a well-known Zen story concerning a fan and Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/09/on-fans-thirteen-blackbirds-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)...

S03 #03 - Walking with Paul Wienpahl - Cryptic statements of the revolt against idealism

July 24, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Walking with the philosopher Paul Wienpahl (1916-1980) through his "Unorthodox Lecture" of 1955. A pdf of this lecture can be found at the Manas Journal site at the following link:  http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/07/walking-with-paul-wienpahlepisode.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode ...

S03 #02 - Walking with Paul Wienpahl - The voyage and the creative action within

July 17, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

Walking with the philosopher Paul Wienpahl (1916-1980) through his "Unorthodox Lecture" of 1955. A pdf of this lecture can be found at the Manas Journal site at the following link:  http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/07/walking-with-paul-wienpahlepisode-2the.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this epi...

S03 #02 - Walking with Paul Wienpahl -The voyage and the creative action within

July 17, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

Walking with the philosopher Paul Wienpahl (1916-1980) through his "Unorthodox Lecture" of 1955. A pdf of this lecture can be found at the Manas Journal site at the following link:  http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/07/walking-with-paul-wienpahlepisode-2the.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this epi...

S03 #01 - Walking with Paul Wienpahl - From investigation to reflection

July 03, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Walking with the philosopher Paul Wienpahl (1916-1980) through his "Unorthodox Lecture" of 1955. A pdf of this lecture can be found at the Manas Journal site at the following link:  http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/07/walking-with-paul-wienpahlepisode-1from.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this ep...

Bonus Episode—An introduction to Series 3 of the “Making Footprints Not Blueprints” podcast—“Walking with Paul Wienpahl”

June 05, 2021 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.1 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/2021/06/an-introduction-to-series-3-of-making.html Paul Wienpahl's "Unorthodox Lecture" can be found at the following link: http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeIX_1956/IX-24.pdf 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 (tr...

S02 #04 - The freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today—Part Five- A Short Postscript, June 2021

June 02, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following 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 (double bass)

S02 #04 - The freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today—Part Five - A Short Postscript, June 2021

June 02, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MB

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following 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 (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about m...

S02 #03 - The Freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today - Parts Three & Four - Becoming Archaeologists of Morning & men and women without a position

May 22, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 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/2021/05/the-freedom-to-be-tomorrow-what-we-are_22.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 ...

S02 #02 - The Freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today - Part Two - Becoming Free Spirits

May 15, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.54 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/2021/05/the-freedom-to-be-tomorrow-what-we-are_15.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 ...

S02 #01 - The Freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today - Part One - A beginning

May 08, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 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/2021/05/the-freedom-to-be-tomorrow-what-we-are.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...

S1 Bonus Spring Episode - A mischevious spring meditation on Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”

April 24, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 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/2021/04/a-mischevious-spring-meditation-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)

Bonus Episode - A mischevious spring meditation on Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”

April 24, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 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/2021/04/a-mischevious-spring-meditation-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 ava...

Bonus Spring Episode - A mischevious spring meditation on Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”

April 24, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 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/2021/04/a-mischevious-spring-meditation-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)

S1 #27 - Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go (End of Series One)

April 17, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

A few thoughts on why, as a minister of a small liberal-religious community, I need to stop being a player and adopt, instead, the role of umpire. In this piece, I draw considerably, and gratefully, on some of  Michael Oakeshott's ideas about conversation. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/adopting-role-of-umpire-and-letting.html Please feel to post any comments you have about th...

S01 #27 - Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go (End of Series One)

April 17, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

A few thoughts on why, as a minister of a small liberal-religious community, I need to stop being a player and adopt, instead, the role of umpire. In this piece, I draw considerably, and gratefully, on some of  Michael Oakeshott's ideas about conversation. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/adopting-role-of-umpire-and-letting.html Please feel to post any comments you have about th...

#027 - Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go (End of Series One)

April 17, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

A few thoughts on why, as a minister of a small liberal-religious community, I need to stop being a player and adopt, instead, the role of umpire. In this piece, I draw considerably, and gratefully, on some of  Michael Oakeshott's ideas about conversation. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/adopting-role-of-umpire-and-letting.html Please feel to post any comments you have about th...

#026 - Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God

April 03, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

An exploration of Christian atheism that makes some connections with the Kyoto School of Buddhism via the theology and philosophy of Thomas J. J. Altizer and Don Cupitt. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/cancelling-my-subscription-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...

S01 #26 - Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God

April 03, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

An exploration of Christian atheism that makes some connections with the Kyoto School of Buddhism via the theology and philosophy of Thomas J. J. Altizer and Don Cupitt. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/cancelling-my-subscription-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...

S1 #26 - Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God

April 03, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

An exploration of Christian atheism that makes some connections with the Kyoto School of Buddhism via the theology and philosophy of Thomas J. J. Altizer and Don Cupitt. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/cancelling-my-subscription-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...

#025 - Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood

March 27, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

A cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.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)

S01 #25 - Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood

March 27, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

A cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.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 listenin...

S1 #25 - Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood

March 27, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

A cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.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)

S1 #24 - Firm ground is not available ground

March 20, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Why building one’s religion and philosophy on sand rather than rock might actually be a very good idea. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.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 ...

S01 #24 - Firm ground is not available ground

March 20, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Why building one’s religion and philosophy on sand rather than rock might actually be a very good idea. The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.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 ...