Nomad Podcast
365 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 402 ratingsFor more than 15 years Nomad Podcast has been hosting conversations with theologians, activists and contemplatives from across the Christian spectrum and beyond. Reflecting on our evangelical heritage we explore the possibilities of a more inclusive, generous and hopeful faith.
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Vanessa Chamberlin - A Spirituality of the Land (N317)
March 27, 2024 08:21 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBIn this Easter devotional podcast, Vanessa Chamberlin reflects on biblical narratives and personal mystical experiences as she navigates the intersection of theology, art, and ecological consciousness. Following Vanessa’s reflection, Anna Robinson creates a contemplative space for us to more deeply reflect on and experience this spirituality of the land. All this is beautifully woven together with the [on location] music of Jon Bilbrough, known musically as Wilderthorn. Vanessa's refle...
Selina Stone - Womanist Ways (N316)
March 11, 2024 08:34 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBTheologian Selina Stone joins us to share her experience of growing up in a black Pentecostal church, the questions and doubts she wrestled with, and the answers she found in womanist theology. Among other things, Selina reflects on the limitations of traditional theology, the role of spirituality in fostering well-being, her evolving relationship with the Bible, and why she now no longer regularly attends church. Following the interview Tim and Anna reflect on their own evolving faith j...
Mark Karris - Healing From Hell (N315)
February 23, 2024 10:21 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBTherapist and author Mark Karris joins us to discuss religious trauma and the path to healing. Drawing on his own personal experiences and professional insights as a therapist, Mark reflects on oppressive religious beliefs, in particular the doctrine of Hell, original sin, and the image of a wrathful God, and the harm this can cause us. Mark then shares therapeutic tools that can help us on the journey to healing. After the interview Tim and Joy reflect on the impact the doctrines of a wra...
Cole Arthur Riley - Black Liturgies (N314)
February 09, 2024 08:37 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBPoet and author Cole Arthur Riley joins us to talk about her desire for a spirituality that was more human and a more liberating expression of faith. This journey led to the emergence of Black Liturgies. From prayers and poetry to breath practices and ancestral writings, this digital project explores spirituality that embraces embodiment, lament, rage and rest. And draws deeply from both contemplation and activism. Following the interview Tim and Anna reflect on their own evolving faith jo...
Bethany Sollereder - Animal Suffering and the Love of God (N313)
January 24, 2024 08:36 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBIn this podcast theologian and author Bethany Sollereder explores the complex intersection of animal suffering, the evolutionary process and divine love. She reflects on God's role in the face of suffering, the possibility of redemption for non-human animals, and creation's journey towards love and maturity. It's a fascinating conversation about theology, evolution, and the ultimate purpose of creation. After the interview Tim and Joy ponder their relationship with non-human animals and ho...
Rachel Held Evans - Losing My Evangelical Religion [Revisited] (N312)
January 08, 2024 08:42 - 1 hour - 100 MBTo kick off 2024 we thought we’d share a Nomad Revisited episode with you. Each month on Revisited Tim and Nick raid the Nomad archives, dust off an old interview, and ponder where their faith was then, where it is now, and what influences shaped that transition. Nomad Revisited is usually tucked away behind a paywall on our Patreon page as a little thank you for the listeners who help us pay the bills. But we’re making this one freely available as a little New Years treat. In this Revis...
Christena Cleveland - A Spirituality of the Womb (N311)
December 20, 2023 08:41 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBIn this Christmas devotional podcast, Dr Christena Cleveland explores the symbolism of the Black Madonna. In times of dysregulation and uncertainty, the Black Madonna has provided Christena a powerful symbol of love, nurture and connection, allowing her to move from a spirituality of fear to one of trust. Following Christena’s refection, Anna Robinson creates a contemplative space for us to more deeply reflect and experience this womb-like space of safety and trust. Jay Hulme then reads ...
Christmas Q&A (N310)
December 08, 2023 08:44 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn this special seasonal episode, all the Nomad hosts come together for a Q&A to infuse your holidays with festive cheer. As a thank you to our beloved listeners whose financial support made this year's 24 Nomad episodes possible, we've gathered around the virtual fireplace to wrestle with 24 of their burning questions. Everything from our favourite biscuits to whether Jesus is God! So, grab a cozy blanket, pour yourself a glass of mulled wine, and join us as we share stories, insights,...
Jay Hulme - A Queer Journey of Saints and Sanctuaries (N309)
November 24, 2023 08:29 - 1 hour - 106 MBAuthor and poet Jay Hulme joins us to talk about his literal and metaphorical search to connect with a variety of ancient and eccentric saintly figures. Weaving together themes of wilderness, faith, sexuality and decay, Jay speaks of the connections he discovered and the inspiration we might find when examining these lives from long ago. Following the interview Anna and Joy consider their past and present relationships to religious saints and reflect on what role these themes play in their...
Dana Hicks - Reimagining Marriage (N308)
November 09, 2023 08:25 - 1 hour - 88 MBIn this episode former pastor Dana Hicks guides us through the evolving landscape of marriage and relationships. Dana explores how our cultural perceptions of marriage are shifting and challenging established norms, and ponders the relevance of biblical images of marriage for our modern context. With a focus on reimagining relationships, Dana helps us explore ideas such as relationship anarchy, and how they might help us shape the future of marriage. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim ...
Ilia Delio - The Primacy of Love (N307)
October 24, 2023 08:31 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBIn this episode we’re joined by Franciscan sister and theologian Ilia Delio. Ilia guides us through the intersection of science, spirituality, and love. We explore the concept of God's love as a fundamental force in the cosmos, existing at the heart of everything, connecting us to God, each other and the physical structures of the universe. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Anna Robinson ponder the place of love in their evolving faith. Interview begins at 18m 25s Books,...
Lindsay Munroe - Sexuality After Purity Culture (N306)
October 10, 2023 07:41 - 2 hours - 137 MBAs part of her personal spiritual journey and theological master's research, Lindsay Monroe invited a group of women to explore the impact of purity culture on their sexuality. We invite her to discuss what she discovered, about the harm inflicted by this ideology and how we might be open to finding healthier and more authentic ways forward. Following the interview, Nick Thorley and Joy Brooks consider their experiences of purity culture and how they might develop a wider understanding of ...
ChatGPT - In AI We Trust? (N305)
September 22, 2023 07:51 - 2 hours - 140 MBIn this episode we speak with a non-human guest: the AI chatbot, ChatGPT. We quiz ChatGPT on the ethical complexities and moral implications of weaving AI into our lives and spiritual journeys. We discuss what safeguards need to be in place to ensure AI acts as a catalyst for human flourishing, what AI can teach us about what it means to be human, and whether it could create it’s own religious texts, and lead it’s own Church of AI? After the interview Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Joy Brooks ...
Nicola Slee - Abba Amma: Improvisations on the Lord's Prayer (N304)
September 10, 2023 08:15 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBReflecting on the Lord's Prayer, theologian, writer, and poet Nicola Slee delves into some of it’s problematic language, and through a process of improvisation reimagines the prayer as one that brings a universal message of hope in a world marred by injustice. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Anna Robinson reflect on their own journeys with the Lord’s Prayer, and ponder its role in their current spiritual practices. Interview starts at 17m 28s Show Notes → The creation...
David Blower - Farewell and Godspeed (N303)
August 24, 2023 07:53 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBWell, this is it. After over six years of hosting, interviewing, music and creativity, David Blower is bowing out. In his final episode Tim and David reflect on David’s nomad journey, answer listener questions, and listen to some music. And, of course, talk about the Nah Box and signs of hope. So raise a glass, wipe the tear from your eye, and enjoy a final hour in the company of DBB. Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by ...
Michael Frost - Deconstructing the Christian Narrative of Power (N302)
August 10, 2023 07:15 - 2 hours - 124 MBHost of the In the Shift podcast Michael Frost is a researcher, writer and theologian. In this episode he shares from his own experience of faith and church, as he unpicks the language that has so often been co-opted in Christian spaces to enforce power and perpetuate unhealthy systems of control. Afterwards Nick Thorley and Joy Brooks consider the impact of this misuse of power on their own lives and reflect on how they have found healthier ways of engaging with their own faith. Intervi...
Sam Ewell - A Convivial Faith (N301)
July 24, 2023 07:20 - 2 hours - 117 MBTheologian and community gardener Sam Ewell reflects on his years as a missionary and a neighbour, and how a radical priest called Ivan Illich led him back to the soil. After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Anna Robinson ponder how the life and teaching of Illich might help shape their evolving faith. Interview starts at 10m 50s Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally thoughtful, wonderful listeners. ...
Claire Gilbert - Revelations of Divine Love (N300)
July 10, 2023 07:37 - 1 hour - 101 MBDuring two and a half years of cancer treatment, Claire Gilbert found a spiritual companion in Julian of Norwich. We speak to Claire about her experience of writing Julian's fictional autobiography. She considers the tensions between Julian's visions and Holy church, whilst reflecting on the possibilities that open up when we are transformed by both suffering and love. Following the interview, Anna and Joy consider the themes of Julian's life and how they apply to their experiences of fait...
Doug King - Spiral Dynamics, Deconstruction and the Future of Faith (N299)
June 23, 2023 07:15 - 1 hour - 109 MBWe speak with Doug King about the evolution of his faith, progressing from Christian fundamentalism to a post-Christian identity. At the heart of Doug’s understanding of this journey is the historical framework of Spiral Dynamics, a model that illuminates the evolution of worldviews across cultures worldwide. This model reveals that the journey many of us have been on - from fundamentalism, through deconstruction, to a more expansive, inclusive spirituality - are not isolated personal experi...
Sally Mann - Encountering the Neighbourhood (N298)
June 09, 2023 09:15 - 2 hours - 111 MBSally Mann has lived on the same road in East Ham that her family have lived on since the 1800s. She and Dave have worked and played with their neighbours to form all kinds of shared spaces for common life: community halls, gardens, sports fields and more. This is a story about faith shaped more by encounters with people and place than by institutions and dogma. After the interview David Blower and Joy Brooks reflect on their own experiences of place and encounter with others. They conside...
Rachel and Simon Jay - Complex Families (N297)
May 24, 2023 08:23 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBOver the last 20 years Rachel and Simon Jay have been parents to many children through fostering and adoption as well as raising their own biological children. In this conversational episode, we listen in as they reflect on their experiences, discuss what they've learnt, and explore the expectations, challenges and delights of being family. Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally thoughtful, wonderful listeners. Supp...
Brad Jersak - The Great Deconstruction (N296)
May 10, 2023 08:28 - 1 hour - 101 MBWe speak with author and teacher Brad Jersak about his book Out of the Embers: Faith After the Great Deconstruction, and how his dark night of the soul led him to a 12 Step program, the Eastern Orthodox Church and to a new kind of faith. Brad also reflects on the roots of what he refers to as The Great Deconstruction, and the wider cultural shifts that situate our evolving faith. After the interview Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley ponder their own evolving faith journey, how they’ve...
Olivia Jackson - Stories of Deconstructing Faith (N295)
April 20, 2023 07:56 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBFrustrated at the lack of literature on faith deconstruction, Olivia Jackson carried out her own research as she sought to provide hope and solidarity to others on a similar journey. Here she talks about her own story, alongside the impact of receiving hundreds of questionnaires and listening to 140 individual experiences in order to draw together 'a collective memoir of deconstructing faith'. Following the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Joy Brooks consider their own experiences and h...
Ched Myers - Easter and Empire (N294)
April 06, 2023 08:59 - 1 hour - 70 MBIn this Easter special we interviewed the theologian Ched Myers about the politics of the passion narratives, exploring what the cross and its religious atonement ideas have to do with colonialism, capitalism and the power structures we live in today. Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally thoughtful, wonderful listeners. Supporting us gives access to Nomad's online communities through the Beloved Listener Lounge, E...
Pete Enns - Curveballs, the Bible and Finding a Bigger God (N293)
March 24, 2023 08:09 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWe speak with Bible scholar and author, Pete Enns about his new book Curveball, and how he allowed his crisis of faith and deconstruction to open him up to new ways of engaging with the Bible, and to a God who was bigger and more mysterious than he could have previously imagined. After the interview Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Anna Robinson talk about their journey with the Bible, the curveballs life has thrown them, and how their faith has evolved and shifted as a result. Interview star...
Carmen Acevedo Butcher - Practice of the Presence (N292)
March 10, 2023 07:56 - 1 hour - 105 MBIn this episode we speak with award-winning translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher. Carmen’s latest work is a new, inclusive translation of Brother Lawrence’s classic Practice of the Presence. Brother Lawrence was a poor, uneducated, disabled monk who worked in a monastery kitchen, who found the divine in the depths of his soul, and learnt to experience the divine presence throughout each day. So we ask Carmen how immersing herself in Brother Lawrence’s writings and spiritual practice helped gui...
Gareth Higgins - The Stories We Tell Ourselves (N291)
February 24, 2023 08:09 - 2 hours - 111 MBGrowing up during the northern Ireland Troubles, author Gareth Higgins experienced some of the devastation stories can effect on individuals and communities. He joins us to talk about his subsequent development and growth, reflecting on the role of story telling and inviting us to consider its role in our own beliefs, relationships and communities. Following the interview Nomad hosts Joy Brooks and Tim Nash reflect on Gareth’s journey, and ponder how it might inform their own evolving fait...
Katelyn Beaty - Celebrities for Jesus (N290)
February 10, 2023 09:21 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBIn this episode we chat with journalist and editor Katelyn Beaty about Christian celebrity. After distinguishing between celebrity and fame, Katelyn explores the ways celebrity has shaped the church and Christian faith in unhealthy ways, how it has led to the abuse of power, the pursuit of growth at all costs, and the fall from grace of so many celebrity Christian leaders. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley reflect on their own relationship with Christian celebrit...
Mark Vernon - Spiritual Intelligence (N289)
January 24, 2023 09:23 - 2 hours - 119 MBPsychotherapist and philosopher Mark Vernon chats with us about his evolving faith journey, and his conviction that nurturing our spiritual intelligence is crucial if we are to survive and thrive in these troubled times. Known by many names, spiritual intelligence, Mark contends, is the foundation of who we are and the foundation of peace, purpose and solidarity. After the interview, Nomad hosts Anna Robinson, Joy Brooks and Tim Nash reflect on the framing of spirituality as an intelligenc...
Jo Dolby & Azariah France-Williams - When Leaders Deconstruct (N288)
January 09, 2023 09:49 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBIn this episode we listen in on a conversation between Jo Dolby, Hub leader of Oasis Church Bath, and Anglican Priest Azariah France-Williams. Together they reflect on their faith shifting experiences alongside navigating church leadership roles. With honesty and humour they communicate the challenges and rewards of growing towards a wider understanding of faith, whilst carrying responsibilities within a Christian setting. Conversation starts at 16m 26s Show Notes → The creation of No...
The Christmas Episode (N287)
December 22, 2022 08:42 - 54 minutes - 62.8 MBSince the world has all been a bit much lately, here are your loving Nomad hosts talking about Christmas songs and films, weird dreams, family gatherings, the smell of tinsel and other varying shades of Christmas nostalgia, with songs and jingle bells included. Merry Christmas one and all. Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally thoughtful, wonderful listeners. Supporting us gives access to Nomad's online communities ...
Kyle Roberts - Born of a Virgin? (N286)
December 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBChristmas is just round the corner, so we’ve invited Professor Kyle Roberts to help us ponder the idea of Jesus’s virgin conception. Kyle helps us wrestle with questions like, where did Jesus get his Y chromosome from? What’s so great about virginity? And can Jesus stand in solidarity with humanity if he came into the world in a way that no other human has before or since? After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Anna Robinson talk about the understanding of the virgin birth they inhe...
Kathy Escobar - Shifting Faith in a Weary World (N285)
November 24, 2022 08:52 - 1 hour - 110 MBPassionate about creating safe spaces for people on the margins of faith and life, Kathy Escobar talks to us about the values and practices that help us to connect with ourselves and others at difficult times. Through shifting faith and traumatic loss, she shares principles that have guided her towards a more congruent and healthy spirituality. Following the interview, Nomad hosts Nick Thorley and Joy Brooks consider how they have related to emotional and physical challenges alongside the...
Hillary McBride - The Man Box (N284)
November 10, 2022 08:59 - 1 hour - 102 MBTherapist, researcher and writer Hillary McBride is back on the show, this time to talk about toxic masculinity. Hillary takes us through some of the various characteristics and manifestations of toxic masculinity, reflects on why it has become so pervasive in Western society, why it often show up in our images of God and in the religious leaders we follow, and how men can begin to recognise and move beyond these limiting and oppressive social constructions. After the interview, Nomad ho...
Joy, Nick and Tim Read The Bible (N283)
October 23, 2022 07:24 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBHaving read the Gospel of John, Nomad hosts Joy Brooks, Nick Thorley and Tim Nash get together for a chat about the Bible. They reflect on the view of the Bible they inherited, the role it played in their deconstruction, how it felt reading the Bible again after a number of years, and what role the Bible might play in the ongoing evolution of their faith. Conversation starts at 26m 16s Show Notes → The creation of Nomad's thoughtful, wonderfully ad-free content is entirely funded by o...
Heather King - The Little Way (N282)
October 10, 2022 09:25 - 1 hour - 108 MBWe chat with author Heather King about how the faith she inherited was profoundly reshaped both by recovery from addiction to alcohol and the discovery of the 19th Century French saint Thérèse of Lisieux. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash, Anna Robinson and Nick Thorley, reflect on their own experiences of brokenness and addiction and how it contributed to the deconstruction of the evangelical faith they inherited. They also ponder the role Thérèse’s Little Way might play in the ...
Lisa Miller - The Spiritually Awakened Brain (N281)
September 23, 2022 07:39 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBWe chat with professor, researcher and clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Miller about her fascinating research into the benefits of spirituality. Dr. Miller’s groundbreaking research has revealed that humans are universally equipped with a capacity for spirituality, and that our brains become more resilient and robust as we engage with healthy spiritual beliefs and practices. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley talk about out how Dr. Miller’s research fundamentally ch...
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza - Body Becoming (N280)
September 09, 2022 07:38 - 1 hour - 95 MBWe chat with activist and scholar Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza about their journey towards reconnecting with their body, and the role bodies play in dismantling oppression. Robyn inhabits a non-binary, autistic, trans, Latinx body, and we ask if they were able to find a safe space within church for their embodiment journey, whether the Christianity they inherited needed deconstructing, and whether they could find a home in a more progressive Christianity. After the interview Tim Nash and...
Catherine Keller & Mark Maslin - The Anthropocene (N279)
August 24, 2022 07:27 - 1 hour - 59 MBThe last two decades have seen a growing consensus that we have entered a new geological epoch, triggered solely by human behaviour. The anthropocene is an idea with huge implications for how we see ourselves as part of the living planet. Mark Maslin is Professor of Earth Science at UCL and co-author of The Human Planet. Catherine Keller is professor of constructive theology at Drew University, New Jersey, and is the author of many books including Facing Apocalypse. This is an Everyb...
Alastair McIntosh - Reflections from a Quaker (N278)
August 10, 2022 07:58 - 2 hours - 110 MBWriter, academic and activist Alastair McIntosh became a Quaker as a young adult. In this interview he reflects on how the Quaker tradition has shaped his life and his practice, how it intersects with mystical experiences, and where Jesus sits amidst his own generous worldview and in the Quaker tradition. After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Nick Thorley talk about other religious traditions, what it might mean for a religious tradition to be Christ-centred, and how they unde...
Brian McLaren - Do I Stay Christian? (N277)
July 25, 2022 08:41 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBWe welcome back to Nomad author, activist, and public theologian Brian McLaren. This time we talk with Brian about his new book Do I Stay Christian?, in which he helps us reflect on the pros and cons of holding onto a Christian identity and, more importantly, what kind of human beings we want to be. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley talk about their own faith deconstruction and move towards a more progressive spirituality, and whether they now still identify as Ch...
John Bell - Finding Celtic Faith (N276)
July 11, 2022 08:25 - 1 hour - 103 MBWe talk to the hymn-writer John Bell, who is a member of the Iona community, about the roots and traditions of Celtic Christianity, which took shape in the British Isles and modelled a very different way to the Roman church that followed shortly after. After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Anna Robinson talk about their own experiences of Celtic Spirituality, and the role it’s played in the evolution of their faith. Interview starts at 14m 40s Show Notes → Nomad is able...
Karen O’Donnell - The Dark Womb (N275)
June 24, 2022 08:07 - 2 hours - 115 MBFeminist and trauma theologian Karen O’Donnell shares her experiences of repeated reproductive loss. Describing the physical, emotional and spiritual impact, she explores the complexity of faith from the perspective of the miscarrying person. Karen brings thoughtful sensitivity to a reality that has often been ignored and offers her responses to some of the many questions we are likely to encounter in the face of trauma, suffering and grief. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Jo...
Philip Carr-Gomm - The Druid Way (N274)
June 10, 2022 05:13 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBPhilip Carr-Gomm is a Druid, psychologist and writer, who has a particular interest in combining psychological understanding with spiritual perspectives to help people lead richer, more fulfilled lives. Although his spiritual practice is rooted in Druidry, he believes we have entered an era in which we can move beyond attachments to labels, drawing instead upon the Perennial Tradition, being inspired by the wisdom in all spiritual paths and teachings – following the way of the Universal Myst...
The Druid Way - Philip Carr-Gomm (N274)
June 10, 2022 05:13 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBPhilip Carr-Gomm is a Druid, psychologist and writer, who has a particular interest in combining psychological understanding with spiritual perspectives to help people lead richer, more fulfilled lives. Although his spiritual practice is rooted in Druidry, Philip believes we have entered an era in which we can move beyond attachments to labels, drawing instead upon the Perennial Tradition, being inspired by the wisdom in all spiritual paths and teachings – following the way of the Universa...
Faith Van Horne - Healing Pentecostalism (N273)
May 24, 2022 08:43 - 1 hour - 108 MBFaith Van Horne left the fundamentalist Pentecostal tradition that she’d grown up in as a young person. Years later, after exploring various spiritualities, she was surprised to find herself drawn back to her Pentecostal roots, allbeit on very different terms. In this podcast we talk to Faith about her academic studies in atonement theories, embodied spirituality, and healing from traumatic experiences. After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Joy Brooks talk about their own expe...
Karen Rooms and Jay Hulme - The Gayest Church in the City (N272)
May 11, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBPriest Karen Rooms and transgender poet, author and educator Jay Hulme describe what it's like for them to be part of an ancient and LGBTQ+ affirming church. As they recall the story of their developing friendship, their conversation guides us through the pandemic, Jay's early faith experiences and Karen's reflections on being a cisgender heterosexual woman entrusted with the care of a diverse and fully inclusive congregation. With humour, insight and creativity they offer a unique perspecti...
Erin Burnett - Religious Not Spiritual: An Autistic Perspective on Faith (N271)
April 22, 2022 07:54 - 1 hour - 109 MBWe chat with author of With All Your Mind: Autism and the Church, Erin Burnett about her personal experience and research into autism and the unique ways Christians with autism understand and experience God. We ask her why she was initially attracted to more fundamentalist expressions of Christianity, what triggered her deconstruction, and why she’s now more at home in progressive Christian spaces. After the interview Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Joy Brooks reflect on what neurotypical peop...
Richard Beck - Hope in a World on Fire (N270)
April 11, 2022 09:50 - 31 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this Devotional podcast, psychologist and theologian Richard Beck explores what it means to take sides without becoming hardened, and how he remains hopeful in a world on fire. Show Notes → Nomad produces devotional podcasts like this one every month. To access them simply make a small monthly donation through Nomad’s membership platform or Patreon. We also produce group discussion questions to help you and your community dig deeper into the issues raised in the devotionals.
Anna Robinson and Joy Brooks - Hosting Deconstruction Spaces (N269)
March 25, 2022 13:07 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBNomad hosts Anna Robinson and Joy Brooks have a conversation about the challenges of joys of experiencing a shifting faith, their ambivalence to the word deconstruction, the deconstruction groups they’ve been hosting and what they’ve learnt from them. If you'd like to be part of one of these group, contact Anna through her website. Show Notes → Nomad is able to produce episodes like this one because a group of faithful listeners help us pay the bills. Our supporters gain access to th...