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Leaving Christian Evangelical _undamentalism - We Got the “F” Out!

Finding Free Podcast - August 23, 2023 14:31 - 1 hour
In this episode, our friend Jeff Bell joins us to talk candidly about what it was like to grow up in and be a part of Christian fundamentalist evangelical organizations and churches in the 80's and 90’s.  We discuss what it was like to have this as our main faith experience during our formative ...

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Michael Frost - Deconstructing the Christian Narrative of Power (N302)

Nomad Podcast - August 10, 2023 07:15 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Host 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 contro...

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Our Response to the SBC Statement on Women in Ministry

Finding Free Podcast - August 04, 2023 14:03 - 48 minutes
This June, the Southern Baptist Convention approved an amendment to the Baptist Faith and Message to be approved next summer during their Annual Convention.  The amendment restricted women in ministry, who were already not supposed to hold lead pastor roles, from having any pastoral position, wh...

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Summer Sessions: Multifaceted Grace - S7E32

Round Hill Radio - July 27, 2023 14:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This summer, while Ed is on sabbatical, we are diving into the archives! Today, we’re visiting an episode from February 2021. Grace is a word that evokes many thoughts and feelings. On today's episode, Ed and Leslie discuss the how grace being felt in music and worship. Visit our website: roundh...

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Sam Ewell - A Convivial Faith (N301)

Nomad Podcast - July 24, 2023 07:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Theologian 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 t...

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Summer Sessions: #AskEd - S7E31

Round Hill Radio - July 13, 2023 14:53 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Summer Sessions: #AskEd - S7E31 by Round Hill Community Church

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LGBTQ Conversations in Local Churches - Part 2: A Conversation with Stan Mitchell

Finding Free Podcast - July 12, 2023 14:10 - 1 hour
Many organizations operate in shadowed ambiguity, rather than clarity when it comes to who can do what in the organization, and churches are no exception.  Unwritten rules are often enforced leaving individuals confused and hurt when they realize the “All are Welcome” slogan really doesn’t apply...

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Claire Gilbert - Revelations of Divine Love (N300)

Nomad Podcast - July 10, 2023 07:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
During 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 pos...

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LGBTQ Conversations in Local Churches - Part 1: Questions, Thoughts and Our Experience

Finding Free Podcast - June 26, 2023 16:11 - 1 hour
Difficult conversations in churches are…well, difficult.  Most of us simply aren’t taught how to disagree or discuss hard things in the context of faith within the church.  One of the most difficult conversations a church can journey through is a conversation on LGBTQ inclusivity.  Since there a...

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Limping Into the Kingdom with Layne Rogerson

Finding Free Podcast - June 26, 2023 16:05 - 38 minutes
Every experience we have in life impacts us.  Some experiences leave a huge impact, like a canyon in the desert.  Others might leave such a tiny ripple that we don't even notice the effects.  Religious trauma, hurts from the institutional Church, or any pain we experience at the hands of those w...

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Holding Space & Sharing Stories: An Interview with Zachary Pomeroy

Finding Free Podcast - June 26, 2023 15:13 - 1 hour
Stories matter.  Telling our stories matters.  And hearing the stories of others matters.   It is in the telling of our own stories that we claim our own beauty, claim our own experiences, claim that we matter.   And it is in hearing the stories of others, in holding space for what is real f...

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Doug King - Spiral Dynamics, Deconstruction and the Future of Faith (N299)

Nomad Podcast - June 23, 2023 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
We 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 cultu...

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Summer Sessions: When the Heart Waits

Round Hill Radio - June 21, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Summer Sessions: When the Heart Waits - S7E30

Round Hill Radio - June 21, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Summer Sessions: When the Heart Waits - S7E30 by Round Hill Community Church

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Sally Mann - Encountering the Neighbourhood (N298)

Nomad Podcast - June 09, 2023 09:15 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Sally 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...

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At The Threshold - S7E29

Round Hill Radio - June 08, 2023 15:31 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our last (live recorded) episode (for now!) Ed is headed off on a summer sabbatical and so we discuss what the next few months have in store for him, the plan for the podcast during that time, and how you can get involved!

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Sarah Drummond - S7E28

Round Hill Radio - June 03, 2023 15:02 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
We are thrilled to welcome back Sarah Drummond, Founding Dean of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School!

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Ed's Sabbatical Book Club - S7E27

Round Hill Radio - May 24, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Reading can be a spiritual discipline... drawing us closer to the wisdom of an author and the presence of God.

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Rachel and Simon Jay - Complex Families (N297)

Nomad Podcast - May 24, 2023 08:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Over 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 expectat...

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Better AND Older - S7E26

Round Hill Radio - May 17, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our 150th episode and it's Ed's turn to rant! So often, the world values the new and shiny over what's "old news". What if there's a middle ground where we can treasure the lessons & wisdom gained in what's come before and yet grant it new energy?

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Mothers Day Special 2023 - S7E25

Round Hill Radio - May 10, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our second annual Mother's Day Special! A lot has changed for Leslie and Shannon since last mother's day and they explore the experience of parenting, mental health, and community in today's world.

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Brad Jersak - The Great Deconstruction (N296)

Nomad Podcast - May 10, 2023 08:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
We 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 T...

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Holy In The Ordinary - S7E24

Round Hill Radio - May 03, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Following his resurrection, the disciples re-discover the spectacular ordinarienss of jesus in their lives.

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Earth Day - S7E23

Round Hill Radio - April 26, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Jesus said to his disciples, "I no longer call you servants, but friends." What if we also said words just like that to the Creation? And acted accordingly!

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Olivia Jackson - Stories of Deconstructing Faith (N295)

Nomad Podcast - April 20, 2023 07:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Frustrated 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...

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Food Systems with Ali Ghiorse - S7E22

Round Hill Radio - April 19, 2023 14:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Food Systems with Ali Ghiorse - S7E22 by Round Hill Community Church

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Food Systems with Ali Ghiorse - S7Ea22

Round Hill Radio - April 19, 2023 14:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Food Systems with Ali Ghiorse - S7Ea22 by Round Hill Community Church

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Jonah and the Big Fish- S7E21

Round Hill Radio - April 12, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The Book of Jonah: hilarious, disturbing, imaginative, thought-provoking. Let's see what its all about!

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Ched Myers - Easter and Empire (N294)

Nomad Podcast - April 06, 2023 08:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
In 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 th...

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Mt of Olives - S7E20

Round Hill Radio - April 05, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
There are many important characters in the Biblical story... and sometimes those characters are places, like the Mount of Olives!

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