Rachel and Simon Jay - Complex Families (N297)
Nomad Podcast24 Maj 2023

Rachel and Simon Jay - Complex Families (N297)

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 expectations, challenges and delights of being family.

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Kallistos Ware - The Jesus Prayer (N173)

Kallistos Ware - The Jesus Prayer (N173)

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware is considered by many to be the leading theologian today in the Orthodox Church. He is perhaps best known as the author of the book The Orthodox Church, and more recently t...

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Rachel Held Evans - Loving the Bible Again (N172)

Rachel Held Evans - Loving the Bible Again (N172)

Rachel Held Evans was brought up in the 'buckle of the Bible Belt' and inherited a conservative evangelical faith. But shaken by the realities of our broken world, cracks began to form, and questions ...

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Stephen Backhouse - For God and Country? (N171)

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Political theologian Stephen Backhouse believes that the earliest Christians tended to see patriotism as a vice – a temptation to guard against. Now it seems most Christians assume it is a virtue. Man...

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Danielle Shroyer - Original Blessing (N170)

Danielle Shroyer - Original Blessing (N170)

Danielle Shroyer believes that more than any other idea, the doctrine of original sin has "slowly eroded our understanding of our relationship with God". Not only that, she believes it is unbiblical, ...

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Malcolm Guite - Poems on the Passion (169)

Malcolm Guite - Poems on the Passion (169)

Poet and priest Malcolm Guite helps us mark the death and resurrection of Jesus with poems from his series on the stations of the cross, and with his reflections on the Messianic Event. Nomad's David ...

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Thomas Oord - The Uncontrolling Love of God (N168)

Thomas Oord - The Uncontrolling Love of God (N168)

Professor Thomas Oord has spent years wrestling with the problem of evil. Why, if God is all powerful and all loving, is there so much evil in the world? This question has brought Thomas to the edge o...

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Georgia May - Can Radical Hospitality be Too Radical? (N167)

Georgia May - Can Radical Hospitality be Too Radical? (N167)

Georgia May's parents had an open-door policy. Literally. Most of the time the front door of their home was left open, so that people would feel welcome at any time. Consequently, Georgia grew up with...

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Jayme Reaves - Safeguarding the Stranger (N166)

Jayme Reaves - Safeguarding the Stranger (N166)

Jayme Reaves grew up in a home and a church that weren't safe environments. This later led to a passion to study and experience true hospitality. Through her study of church history and her experience...

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