Amy Boucher Pye comes from the USA but is now a London-based author, speaker, retreat leader, and spiritual director. She oozes gentle wisdom, and shares openly from her own painful life experiences. Most of us in the frenetic West could do with slow...
Wow! We’ve now reached 250 episodes of Inspired, so this week we’re digging into the archives to bring you some beautifully crazy stand-out stories from older episodes. I’ve no doubt that you’re going to be blown away, stirred and encouraged, on the...
Christian Hacking’s life swung when he broke his back in a rock-climbing accident. His high-octane lifestyle came to a smashing spinal-cord-severing halt, leaving him wheelchair-bound and grappling with God’s purpose for his life. He tells his story...
Rachel Gardner shot to prominence as Founder of the Romance Academy on the BBC. She is part of the Youthscape team and has always been a passionate advocate for youth. Over the last few years she has planted a church in Blackburn with her husband Jas...
I think we’d all like to work for Peter Vardy! When starting up his businesses, he set the ground rules as doing the best for 1) his employees, 2) his customers, and 3) the surrounding community. The results have been (un)surprisingly spectacular. Pr...
Paul Bulkeley’s story is that of an underachieving, average student architect being transformed through an encounter with the Living God into an award-winning, high-achieving, distinguished leader in his field. And his passion as founder of BizMin is...
Eric and Erika Andersson lead Ark church in Copenhagen. The last few years have rocked their world both negatively and positively with her cancer diagnosis, dramatic healing, and an encounter with Jesus that has completely redefined their philosophy...
When marks appeared on Charlotte’s body after experiencing repeated night terrors, she knew something was seriously wrong, and that all her spiritual seeking had taken her to a dark place. Was Jesus more than just an ascended master? It’s a great lis...
Paul Skelton spent years sat in a church pew as a spectator before realising that he could be used by God ‘out on the pitch’. Having seen God manifest His kingdom power and presence across different nations, Paul’s desire is to equip everyday believe...
Profiled by Guardian Newspapers as one of the UK’s top social entrepreneurs, Chris Mould has been involved in over twenty start-ups and new ventures. Between 2007 and 2017 he led the Trussell Trust through its transition from a small Christian Charit...
After some years living with trauma and off the rails, Daphne was divorced and raising her young son. Reconnecting with God transformed her inwardly and outwardly - from bringing God into the workplace, sharing Jesus at New Age events, or working wit...
Happy Christmas from Simon and all the Inspired... team! Thank you for listening this year.Please consider giving us a Christmas present of a top-quality review to help spread the word. And can you think of 3 friends/family members/colleagues you cou...
Phil Roberts was England’s Strongest Man in 2017. Behind the success was a trainwreck of womanising, violence, cocaine, and more. He describes the day in front of 10,000 in competition when he dropped a 160kg Atlas stone on his knee as the best and m...
From an early age, Peter has heard God’s voice, be it in Wales, the Philippines, India or England. After a recent heart-attack, his heart stopped for 20 minutes, and yet here he still is, with story after miraculous story of God’s faithfulness, heali...
Choosing to send her kids to an inner-city failing school, choosing to leave her Western comforts for the carnage and danger of post-war Liberia, choosing to stay on in Ghana after her husband died… Renita has made a succession of bold faith-filled c...
