Nomad Podcast

Dave Randall - Songs that Change Society (N159)

23 Nov 2017
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has played guitar for some huge acts, including , and . As he's reflected on his career and the industry he's been a part of, he has begun to see the huge potential of music to change society. This prompted him to write...

Muhanad Al Qaisy - Palestinians and Ploughshares (N158)

9 Nov 2017
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Muhanad Al Qaisy's grandfather, grandmother and seven children were driven from their home in Palestine and into a refugee camp in 1948. Nearly 70 years later, the family is still struggling to make a life in the same camp. So we ask Muhanad what...

Nick Spencer - Doing Good: The Future of the Church? (N157)

23 Oct 2017
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Well, this is it, Dave Ward's final episode. After six years of podcasting, he's decided to go on to other things (probably something to do with horses...).  In his final episode, we're chatting with , the Director of Research at Theos Think...

Ruth Dearnley, Julia Pugh and Hannah Flint - Stop the Traffik (N156)

9 Oct 2017
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A recent report into human trafficking revealed that the problem is significantly worse than previously thought. In fact, it is believed that in the UK alone, every large town and city will have trafficked people in it who are effectively enslaved,.....

Elizabeth Edman - Queer Virtue (N155)

22 Sep 2017
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 believes she has learnt more from the LGBTQ community about what it means to be a Christian, than she has from the Church. Why? Well, she believes the church has forgotten what it means to be scandalous, to struggle for identity...

Malcolm Guite - Finding God with the Poetic Imagination (N154)

8 Sep 2017
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is a poet, priest and theologian. Years of inhabiting these roles has led him to the belief that we're relying far too much on reason and thought in the formation of our faith, and are overlooking the significance of the 'poetic...

Walter Brueggemann - Kingdom vs. Cash? (N153)

23 Aug 2017
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I know, we only just interviewed ! But he's just brought a book out entitled  and we've still got unresolved questions after our chat with  on that subject. So why not spend another hour in the digital...

Walter Brueggemann - Sabbath as Resistance (N152)

10 Aug 2017
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is widely considered to be one of the most influential theologians of our time. So who better to help us get a handle on the idea of the Sabbath. Especially as he wrote the fascinating and insightful . That's right, Sabbath is so much more than simpl...

Shane Claiborne - A Faith Not Worth Fighting For (N151)

24 Jul 2017
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has been an inspiration to many ever since his book  came out, with its 'What if Jesus really meant what he said' message. For the last 20 years Shane has been trying to live out Jesus's message in a deprived area of Philadelphia, where he...

Richard Beck - Why We Don't Love Like Jesus (N150)

7 Jul 2017
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It's pretty clear what Jesus was about. Love you neighbour (and if that's not challenging enough, love your enemies) was at the top of his manifesto. So why do we find it so hard to follow his example? Professor of...

Brian Zahnd - How to Deconstruct Without Quitting Church (N149)

22 Jun 2017
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In many ways is like many of Nomad's guests in that he deconstructed (although he doesn't like that term) what he came to see as a very narrow faith, and reconstructed something much deeper and broader. The difference with Brian, though, is that...

Justin Brierley - Is Reason Relevant? (N148)

6 Jun 2017
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Every now and then we like to interview a fellow podcaster who, like us, is creating a space for an open and honest exploration of the Christian faith. And Justin Brierley is one such person. Over the last 11 years he's been producing , on which he.....

David Blower - Spirit, Soil and Sojourner (N147)

31 May 2017
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As much as we love some good old fashioned theological cut-and-thrust, we're increasingly aware that if this journey is going to be sustainable, it's got to be an holistic one. So each month we'll be producing Nomad Devotionals, through which we'll b...

Rowan Williams - The Problem of Prayer (N146)

24 May 2017
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What actually is prayer? What happens when we do it? What difference can it make, if any, to the events and circumstances we find ourselves in? Should we expect to sense God in prayer, or perhaps even hear him communicate to us? And if so, why do so....

Greg Boyd - The Crucifixion of the Warrior God (N145)

8 May 2017
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Greg Boyd is back on the show. This time he's tackling the tricky issue of violence in the Old Testament. How is it, for example, that the God revealed in Jesus loves his enemies and lays down his life for them, when the God we see in the Old...

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