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Leadership Failure & the Power of Grace - Martin Dunkley (Part 1)10 Mar 202500:56:18

Season 5 | Episode 13

 

In this episode Jez speaks to Martin Dunkley about his conversion, life as a GP and a significant experience of failure that God led him through.

 

Martin is the pastor of Tees Valley Church (https://www.tvcchurch.org.uk/) and the leader of Taking Ground, an apostolic movement of churches in the North East of England (http://www.takingground.org.uk/).

Disability, Leadership and Assisted Dying - Neil & Sonya Chitty24 Feb 202501:11:52

Season 5 | Episode 12

In this conversation Jez speaks to Neil & Sonya Chitty about their experience of leadership and life with a disability. 

https://bethanycc.uk/ 

Dethroning Race - Ryan Saville21 Oct 202401:04:06

Season 5 | Episode 4

In this episode Jez speaks to Ryan Saville from Renew Church, Johannesburg about his book Dethroning Race. Ryan’s love for the church and his

For hard copies of the book email: orders@africansunmedia.co.za

For Kindle copies go here: https://www.amazon.com/Dethroning-Race-diverse-socially-engaged-ebook/dp/B0DF2K76KC

Mission & Ministry in the Workplace - Mark Greene07 Oct 202401:07:54

Season 5 | Episode 3

In this episode Jez Field & Siji Kolajo speak to Mark Greene about his book 'Thank God it's Monday'. they discuss the importance and need for greater discipleship for Christians within the workplace and the importance of working well as workers for God, who aim to witness about God. 

Mark is the Missions Director for the London Institue for Contemporary Christianity: https://licc.org.uk/ and the author of several books including:

Thank God it's Monday & Fruitfulness on the Frontline

 

The 5 Most Common Questions About Sexuality - Andrew Bunt23 Sep 202401:08:14

Season 4 | Episode 2

In this episode Jez speaks to Andrew Bunt about the five most common questions he gets asked about sexuality. Andrew is a same sex attracted Christian who works for Living Out, an organisation that exists to help Christians, churches and society talk about sexuality. (www.livingout.org).

Links to some of the resources mentioned can be found below:

https://link.livingout.org/kaleidoscope  https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/90/lgbtq-suicide  https://grovebooks.co.uk/product/e-214-three-or-more-reflections-on-polyamory-and-consensual-non-monogamy/    And a few other relevant resources:  https://www.livingout.org/resources/podcasts/64/misstep-3-if-youre-born-gay-it-cant-be-wrong-to-be-gay-the-plausibility-problem-3  https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/49/evaluating-the-top-biblical-affirming-arguments  https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/48/evaluating-the-top-affirming-arguments  https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/41/isnt-the-christian-sexual-ethic-harmful-and-repressive  https://www.livingout.org/resources/podcasts/26/isnt-the-christian-sexual-ethic-harmful-and-repressive-explore-questions-2  https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/7/does-living-out-support-gay-cure-or-reparative-therapy 

Books:

Glynn Harrison 'A Better Story': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Story-Glynn-Harrison/dp/1783594462/ref=sr_1_1? dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f8uJsL5JuA3Tka22ctpWz_QoT3dLHQO6ARzCZ1LTiXw.-P7pfa-QtqV-RQ2rAnj6m3dhCD-iUFZokph9HwFcJJY&dib_tag=se&keywords=glynn+better&qid=1726042399&sr=8-1 

Mary Harrington 'Feminism Against Progress' : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feminism-Against-Progress-Mary-Harrington/dp/1800752040/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bNRuKObB5d9sL95Y28_faZThif8BT4SQh2IE1XPBiEZp-Oo_HsIFBO9QOc7bODJqgwg7JdQoHwehPwidr3gTEFJ8rsn2WohC19m9EEWKdG2tur3S-wLQlNqKhAMz4uLSofJVbg7T12OvEpnIA5cmjizPQEDCV8jAaSASUPzsuGfrmbAM30SacWwRR820KrSQwJLR2qnWceAJRdO6coWHT8PvDHgnZ_ydY51oUwr1L64.oO25DRvx6tc6cXR66DNJG8NQ4zo1eVvw9nqrpdAWRbs&qid=1726042444&sr=8-1  

An Honest Conversation About Healing - Chris Siggs09 Sep 202401:21:20

Season 5 | Episode 1

In this episode Jez speaks to Chris Siggs, elder at Kings Church Heathfield (https://www.kcheathfield.org.uk/) about the subject of healing and his experience of seeing God at work.

 

One of the books Chris recommended was 'Power Healing' by John Wimber, available here

The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God - Justin Brierley22 Jul 202401:12:41

Season 4 | Episode 23

For the final episode of the season Jez spoke to Justin Brierley about his work at the intersection of faith and atheism.

You can check out Justin's work here: https://justinbrierley.com/ 

His latest podcast: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/

and his books:https://justinbrierley.com/the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god/ 

A Brief Theology of Periods - Rachel Jones08 Jul 202400:55:38

Season 4 | Episode 22

In this episode Jez speaks to Rachel Jones and Katherine Brown about the rarely discussed subject of periods and the Christian life.

Buy Rachel's book here: shorturl.at/WEklL

Discovering Delight Through Darkness - Katherine Brown24 Jun 202401:06:12

Season 4 | Episode 21

In this episode Jez speaks to Katherine Brown about her journey to faith along with the work she's doing for the Evangelical Alliance and as an evangelist with a passion to see the church engage with Gen z.

Shorts | Urban Centres & Innovative Mission - Lex Loizides10 Jun 202400:34:59

Season 4 | Episode 20

The latest in our Shorts series 'mission in the modern age' features a conversation between Lex Loizides and Jez on the subject of establishing church in urban centres. It features practical insights into all that the team at Jubilee have been up to at their Kloof Street congregation.

Check out their youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@JubileeKloof/videos 

How to Develop a Prophetic Culture in Church - Charlene Frammingham27 May 202401:06:12

Season 4 | Episode 19

 

In this episode Jez caught up with Charlene Frammingham from the Kings Arms Church in Bedford.

They discuss the nature of prophecy, it's value within church life and for mission as well as exploring how we might better develop prophetic ministry within our churches.

To contact Charlene or find out more about her upcoming ministry school you can get in touch with her via email here: charlene.frammingham@kingsarms.org 

SHORTS | Digital Mission - Sam Arnold13 May 202400:31:52

Season 4 | Episode 18

In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold about how to make effective use of digital space to share the gospel.

SHORTS | Discipleship | Practices, Rhythms and Routines to Discipleship - Matt Hatch10 Feb 202500:47:34

Season 5 | Episode 11

SHORTS | Discipleship

In today's episode Jez speaks ot pastor and author Matt Hatch about discipleship. This it the final of three conversations exploring this vitally important subject.

For more information about Matt's work or to buy a copy of the book visit: https://shorturl.at/yX0Qr 

For a free training resource on transformation visit: https://www.matthatch.org/ 

A Pastor To Prisoners - Heather Fellows29 Apr 202401:00:08

Season 4 | Episode 17

In this episode Jez spoke to Heather Fellows about her ministry among prisoners, her love for the lost and her desire to bring God's presence to the people she lives around.

SHORTS| Where Adventure Takes You - Kate Sycamore15 Apr 202400:35:33
Season 4 | Episode 16

Mission in the Modern Age. 

For this episode Jez spoke to Kate Sycamore (not her real name) someone, who for the past 6 years has been on mission in the middle east hoping to share the gospel with muslims.

Kate shares some of the lessons she's learnt along the way as well as some encouragements from things God has done.

The Church Needs the Holy Spirit - Dave Holden31 Mar 202401:03:12

Season 4 | Episode 15

In this episode Jez speaks to Dave Holden about his passion for the Holy Spirit and his desire to see more churches operating in the full ministry of the Spirit.

For more information about Dave Holden, New Ground or the Leadership Conference mentioned at the start visit: www.newgroundchurches.org

Charismatic Gifts In Church History - Lex Loizides18 Mar 202401:00:12

ISeason 4 | Episode 14

 

In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lex Loizides, elder at Jubilee Community Church Cape Town, Evangelist, Bible Teacher, Evangelist and Musician.

 

In the course of their conversation Lez mentioned a few books, among them:

 

They Speak in Other Tongues: https://shorturl.at/jouvU

9 O’Clock in the Morning: https://shorturl.at/giST9

 

For more information about Lex or to read his blog you can find him here: https://lexloiz.wordpress.com/

The Unity of the Church is Spiritual - Phil Fellows04 Mar 202401:04:11

Season 4 | Episode 13

In today’s podcast Jez speaks to Phil Fellows, pastor of Hershey Baptist church and doctorate student at Aberdeen university.

Some of the resources mentioned in the conversation are linked to below:

 

Timothy Ware on the Orthodox church: https://shorturl.at/ptJV9 

Pope Benedict, Jesus of Nazareth: https://shorturl.at/ersO4 

 

Design, Creation & Alabaster Jars - Sam arnold19 Feb 202401:05:48

Season 4 | Episode 12

 

In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold, creative media lead at Kings Church Eastbourne (www.kings.church).

Sam is an incredible designer, a filmmaker, web designer and coder and has been on church staff producing gospel content for 20 years.

More information about Sam and his work can be found here:

www.sa-design.co.uk

and here:

wovendesign.uk

SHORTS | Small Town Jesus - Donnie Griggs05 Feb 202400:36:46

Season 4 | Episode 11

In the first of a new series of Shorts looking at 'Mission in the Modern Age' Jez speaks to author and pastor Donnie Griggs about Contextualisation and specifically the opportunities and challenges involved in ministering in Small Towns.

Donnie Griggs is pastor of One Harbor Church: oneharborchurch.com/

and is the author of Small Town Jesus: smalltownjesus.com/ andthe newly released Pastoring in Small Towns: www.amazon.co.uk/Pastoring-Small-…er/dp/1087764920

The Toxic War on Masculinity - Nancy Pearcey22 Jan 202401:09:19

Season 4 | Episode 10

In today’s episode Jez spoke to Professor Nancy Pearcey.

Professor Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.”

For more information about Christian University go here: https://hc.edu/

And Professor Pearcey’s website: www.nancypearcey.com

Spiritual Harm & Church Leadership - Marcus Honeysett08 Jan 202401:12:00

Season 4 || Episode 9

In this episode Jez speaks to Marcus Honeysett about the distinctions that mark Christian leadership out from other forms of influence.

Marcus Honeysett is the founding director or Living Leadership an organisation that exists to grow disciple-making leaders. He is also the author of several books including Powerful Leaders: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong and How to Prevent It.

Helpful Links:

Spiritual Abuse report by ThirtyOneEight:

https://thirtyoneeight.org/media/4upcux21/spiritual-abuse-position-statement.pdf

 

Evangelical Alliance:

https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/reports/reviewing-the-discourse-of-spiritual-abuse

 

Living Leadership’s Spiritual Leadership Audit:

https://spckpublishing.co.uk/pub/media/PDFs/Powerful_Leaders_Digital_Resource_Final.pdf

 

Marcus’ Book ‘Powerful Leaders’:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Powerful-Leaders-Christian-Leadership-Wrong/dp/1789743222/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I8XN9NBO2JTZ&keywords=powerful+leaders+marcus+honeysett&qid=1704448753&sprefix=powerful+leade%2Caps%2C312&sr=8-1

Sex Work, Women & the God of Love - Rosie Hopley18 Dec 202301:06:55

Season 4 | Episode 8

In today’s episode Jez spoke to Rosie Hopley. Based in Bristol Rosie, for many years ran her own communications, PR and research business, whilst also founding the Christian charity ‘Beloved’ which works with women in prostitution in Bristol.

Rosie has since gone on to create networks and prayer gatherings and, more recently, has been involved speaking on and producing materials on the critical importance of God’s reconciling love lived out.

In our conversation we discuss her work with Jubilee+: www.jubilee-plus.org

Along with referencing the recent Jubilee+ conference: https://jubilee-plus.org/ctcc23/

And a WomanAlive article written by Rosie: https://www.womanalive.co.uk/reaching-out-to-women-in-prostitution/5541.article

Jez also made reference to a book written by Louise Perry on the impact of the Sexual Revolution: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702546720&sr=8-1

At the start of the episode Jez made reference to the conference material now available on the New Ground website. You can find that here: https://newgroundchurches.org/media/

Adoption & the Church - Matt Davis27 Jan 202501:04:32

Season 5 | Episode 10

In this episode Jez speaks to Matt Davis, elder at Emmanuel Church Brighton (www.weareemmanuel.com) about his experience of infertility, adoption and the church.

A Praying Church - Paul Miller & Colin Millar04 Dec 202301:08:49

Season 4 | Episode 7

In this episode Jez speaks to Paul Miller & Colin Millar about the work of SeeJesus and the value of prayer for a local church.

Paul is Executive Director of seeJesus, a global discipleship mission which he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus is working in over 30 countries and has books and interactive Bible study materials translated into more than a dozen languages. Also author of Author of several books including: A praying Life, the J Curve and the Praying Church.

Jez was also joined by Colin Millar the European director for SeeJesus.

For more information about SeeJesus please visit: https://seejesus.net/

On Prayer, Men, Masculinity & Mission - Jon Tyson20 Nov 202301:03:40

Season 4 | Episode 6

 

In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jon Tyson, author and senior pastor of the Church of the City New York (https://www.church.nyc/). Jon is the author of nine books including Sacred Roots, The Beautiful Resistance and The Intentional Father: subtitled a practical guide to raising sons of rouge and character. It’s this book and the discipleship course that came out of it that forms the basis for much of our conversation today, particularly the second half of the episode.

Jon’s discipleship course for Fathers ‘The Primal Path’ can be found here: https://www.formingmen.com/

The books mentioned in the episode were:

The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contemplative-Pastor-Returning-Spiritual-Director/dp/0802801145/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L2DMR9ZMZE0H&keywords=contemplative+pastor&qid=1699904846&sprefix=contemplative+pastor%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1

Adam’s Return by Richard Rawl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adams-Return-Promises-Initiation-Paperback/dp/B015HVHYX2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=121BCQNDF6WES&keywords=adams+return&qid=1699904826&sprefix=adams+return%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-2

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/B07T7L39TN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33JMLWCRGEQC9&keywords=never+split+the+difference+chris+voss&qid=1699904790&sprefix=never+split+di%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

Having a Heavenly Focus & a Kingdom Mindset - Jenni Calcraft06 Nov 202300:57:08

Season 4 | Episode 5

In this episode Jez speaks to Jenni Calcraft, mum of 3 and found of Someone Cares a ministry serving people at Alder Hey hospital. 

More information about Jenni and the ministry can be found on:

here: https://www.freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk/someone-cares 

and here: Jubilee-plus article: https://jubilee-plus.org/blog/1293/someone-cares/ 

A Message For Young Men - TJ Koleoso22 Oct 202301:04:04

Season 4 | Episode 4

In today's episode Jez speaks to Mercury Award Winning artist TJ Koleoso with the aim of encouraging  and offering strength to young men.

To hear more fromTJ you can find his newday talks here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hp0R1PVNbQFN20X3dkzdX 

Find out about Jubilee Church London here: https://jubileechurchlondon.org/ 

Learn about The Ezra Collective or listen to their music here: https://ezracollective.com/ 

 

Church, Singleness & the Family - Dr Dani Treweek09 Oct 202300:59:51

Season 4 || Episode 3

 

In today’s episode Jez speaks to Dr. Danielle Treweeek.

Dani is a Christian theological researcher, author and speaker, the founding director of Single Minded ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney.

Dani publishes regular articles on singleness, sexuality, marriage and complementarianism on her substack which is titled: ThatGirlBoss Theologian.

She is also the author of this recent book “the meaning of Singleness: retrieving an eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church.” You can find more about Dani, buy a copy of her book and engage with her substack here: https://www.danielletreweek.com/

The Pastor, the Prophet & the Healthy Church - Clive Cernik25 Sep 202300:59:40

Season 4 // Episode 2

In this episode Jez speaks to Clive Cernik about his life and ministry sharing some of the things that he's most passionate about. They discuss the valubale and life giving role of the pastor and also the need for more than a pastor for a church to remain healthy. 

The Outpouring at Asbury - Taylor, Rebecca & Ajay11 Sep 202301:05:12

Season 4 // Episode 1

Jez speaks to Taylor Collingsworth, Rebecca & Ajay from Asbury University in the States about the remarkable outpouring of God’s goodness they experienced in February of 2023.

Generosity, Grace & the Goodness of God - Margaret Law02 Aug 202300:54:00

Season 3 // Episode 24

In this episode Jez speaks to Margaret Law about her experience of the Charismatic renewal in the early eighties, along with lessons she learnt under the ministry of pastor and teacher Arnold Bell.

Faith For Healing? - Adrian Holloway09 Jul 202301:24:18

Season 3 // Episode 23

In this episode Jez speaks to Adrian Holloway about his journey to faith and then on to then have faith that God could use him in healing others through prayer. 

Married to Julia, adrian is the father of four daughters. He is a pastor, a preacher and an itinerant evangelist speaking extensively throughout the UK with the John3:16 trust the ministry he established for evangelism. Information about which can be found on his website: https://www.adrianholloway.com

Adrian has ministered at the Newday youth festival since it began where he regularly prays for the sick and preaches the gospel. Over the years he has seen literally hundreds of young people respond to the call for both salvation and to give testimony about a healing they’d received.

Formerly a BBC radio and TV presenter, Adrian started his working life as a reporter on The Times newspaper. In 2004 he moved to from Birmginham to London to help plant ChristChurch London. He now leads the team at Beacon Church Camberley: https://beaconchurch.co.uk 

Stop For The One - Paul Brown25 Jun 202301:01:28

Season 3 | Episode 22

In this episode Jez speaks to pastor and evangelist Paul Brown about all things outreach. In a post-christian, post-covid world such as ours how can we effectively communicate the gospel and reach out to those outside of the church?

The details about the conference Paul mentioned can be found here: https://cityhope.churchsuite.com/events/icv1qlqk

For information about the book Paul co-authored with Natalie Williams  'Invisible Divides' see here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Divides-culture-barriers-belonging/dp/028108520X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=invisible+divides&qid=1687274316&sr=8-1 

SHORTS | Discipleship | Three Essentials to Discipleship - Matt Hatch13 Jan 202500:47:02

Season 5 Episode 9

Jez continues his series of Shorts in conversation with Matt Hatch author of 'Metamorphosis'.

Youtube Fame, Identity & Worry - Joel Harris12 Jun 202301:05:58

Season 3 // Episode 20

 

In this episode Jez speaks to Joel Harris, youth and students co-ordinator for Kintsugi Hope a christian mental health charity that helps equip local churches in establishing Wellbeing groups across the country. Wellbeing groups are places where people can experience safety and support, gain self-confidence and have a deeper understanding of God’s love.

 

Website: https://kintsugihope.com/

 

Book recommendation:

 

The Secret Place of Tunder - John Starke https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Place-Thunder-Trading-Noticed/dp/0310139848/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1686080834&sr=8-1

 

Statistics shared:

 

  • 39% increase in a year of referrals for NHS mental health treatment for U18s
  • Sharp increase in number of 18s who say that they have psychological disorder
  • 46% more 15-19yr olds committed suicide in 2015 than in 2007
  • Spikes seen around 2012 after snapchat was created
Insights From the Majority World - Tongai Mahobele29 May 202301:00:15

Season 3 | Episode 19

Jez speaks to Tongai Mahobele about life and leadership in Zimbabwe and his work among rural tribes. He shares insights on pastoring people through suffering as well as offering rhythms for spiritual health: 

- First Hour - First Day - First Friday of the month - First Friends

The Surprising Appeal of Jesus - Glen Scrivener14 May 202301:16:29
Season 3 // Episode 18   In this episode Jez speaks to evangelist and author Glen Scrivener.   Originally from Australia, Glen has lived in the UK for more than half his life. He was curate at All Soul’s Church, Eastbourne, where he and his family still worship. Since 2010, Glen has been Evangelist here at Speak Life and, in August 2014, he became Director. Glen is passionate about people meeting Christ and equipping Christians to share their faith. He’s often found speaking at Churches and Universities, producing online media in the studio, or in his office, writing books and other evangelistic material. Glen is married to Emma, and they have a daughter, Ruby, and a son, JJ.   For more information about Speak Life visit: www.speaklife.org  or to order a copy of Glen's book 'The Air We Breathe': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-We-Breathe-Kindness-Christian/dp/1784987492/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7OVUBFNDUGOB&keywords=air+we+breathe&qid=1684101227&s=books&sprefix=air+we+breathe%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C321&sr=1-1 
Prioritising the NextGen - James & Hannah Silley01 May 202301:01:00

Season 3 // Episode 17

In this episode Jez speaks to James & Hannah Silley about the importance of prioritising the emerging generation.

In the course of the conversation they share their observation that healthy church families share four key hallmarks:

1) They are intergenerational 2) They spot emerging problems 3) They tell the big story of God 4) They share stories of God's people

Spiritual Authority - David Devenish17 Apr 202300:56:51

Season 3 // Episode 16

 

Today’s conversation features David Devenish in conversation with Jez about Spiritual Authority.

Before being involved in full time ministry David worked as a Civil Servant and in international banking, and was part of the first UN working party looking at the problem of debt in developing countries.

Alongside this David planted Woodside Church in Bedford and served as part of the apostolic leadership team of Newfrontiers, as part of which he became involved (in the year 2000) working in the Russian-speaking world, which involved laying foundations in churches and training leaders - a work which has grown to include over 150 churches.

As well as this he has overseen New Frontier’s church planting efforts in the part of the world known as the 10/40 window which includes much of northern Africa and southern and eastern Asia.

David has also lead Catalyst a family of churches within NF, something he handed over to Simon Holley in 2017.

David is the author of several books including:

Demolishing Strongholds: shorturl.at/EIV26

What on Earth is the Church For: shorturl.at/jmX35

Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission: shorturl.at/joxL4

Succession or Multiplication: shorturl.at/gpJKP

Jez and David also reference Marcus Honeysett’s book ‘Powerful Leaders?’ Available here: shorturl.at/anZ02

Children, Church & Mission - Rachel Turner & James Archer02 Apr 202301:09:12

Season 3 // Episode 15

 

Rachel Turner is the founder of Parenting for Faith and has worked in churches for over 15 years as a Family Life Pastor, Children's Pastor, and a Youth Pastor. She runs training days for church leaders, consults and speaks at conferences on parenting and faith in the home. Rachel has also produced the Parenting for Faith course and is the author of nine books.

 

James Archer. Has worked in education for over 20 years and was a primary school educator and science advisor before becoming a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. James started his Doctor of Ministry in 2018 from York St John University and is now the CEO for The Institute for Children, Youth and Mission.

 

Rachel’s book ‘It Takes a Church to Raise a Parent’ is available here: shorturl.at/glwE5 along with her author page for all the books she's released: https://www.rachelturner.org.uk/ 

 

A great quote from today:

“Talk and questioning and enabling the child to explore for themselves supported in a community of believers is the most authentic way to support and nurture faith in children.” - James Archer

 

James mentioned Sarah Holmes. Her work is available here:https://www.nurturingyoungfaith.org/post/families-faith-and-covid-19

 

The questions and format James mentioned for the Discovery Bible Study are:

 

1) Retell last week’s story.

2) How was your week? Anything need help with?

3) Read passage aloud three times

4) What does this tell me about god

5) What does this tell me about people?

6) If this is God’s word to me, what am I going to do about it?

7) Who am I going to tell about it?

 

Information about James, Rachel and the courses at the Institute for Children’s & Youth Mission is available from here: www.cym.ac.uk

Anxiety, Acceptance & Therapy - Jo Johnson20 Mar 202301:05:13

Season 3 // Episode 14

 

In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jo Johnson a clinical psychologist who specialises in MS and brain injury. She has written a range of family related publications and is now offering psychological intervention and workplace training using the acceptance commitment therapeutic model (a more recent version of CBT). Jo has also released several publications including two psychological novels Surviving Me (shorturl.at/hpuBN) in 2019 and more recently Surviving Her (https://tinyurl.com/muh85adk)

 

Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) summary:

  1. Get in contact with and consider your core values
  2. Develop small action patterns that help move toward those values

 

Jo said to ask the question: what would my values lived out look like on a camera?

For example:

“I want to be a supportive mum.” Followed by the question: “What’s the smallest action I could do in support of that value?”

Jo said that ACT is about: values driven action vs actions driven by negative thoughts and feelings.

 

A great quote and insight from today's episode was: "avoidance increases anxiety"

Addiction, Dating & the Church - Lauren Windle06 Mar 202301:04:58

Season 3 // Episode 13

 

In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lauren Windle about her story from addiction to discipleship.

 

For more information about Lauren along with links to her writing and media visit: https://laurenwindle.com/

SHORTS | How to Prepare a Sermon - Andrew Wilson20 Feb 202300:25:02

Season 3 // Episode 12

Part of our Shorts series, this is part 3 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores how to prepare a sermon. 

The video for today's podcast can be found here: VIDEO 3 https://youtu.be/BVj4m5oal_k Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c Part two is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUc

 

Violence Against Women and The God Who Sees - Claudine Roberts06 Feb 202301:07:07

Season 3 // Episode 11

In today's episode Jez speaks to Claudine Roberts about her recently released book: Violence Against Women, El Roi discovering the God who sees. 

Copies of the book are available to buy here: https://equippingthechurch.com/Products/ViewOne.aspx?ProductId=147096 

Half the World Away - Lou & Aled Cousins30 Dec 202401:07:37

Season 5 | Episode 9

In this episode Jez interviews Lou and Aled Cousins about their decision to uproot themselves and move to the Philippines in service of mission. 

More information about Lou and Aled along with links to their Stewardship givign page can be found here: 

https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20372289 

SHORTS | The Journey of Good Preaching - Andrew Wilson23 Jan 202300:28:02

Season 3 // Episode 10

Part of our Shorts series, this is part 2 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores the journey of good preaching. 

Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c and the video accompanying the audio for today is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUc

Discerning God’s Leading - Phil & Sarah Varley09 Jan 202300:59:43

Season 3 // Episode 9

Today’s episode features a conversation with Phil & Sarah Varley about how God spoke to them and ultimately led them to move city, country and church to plant a new work of God in Rotterdam. 

If you want to find out more or connect with Phil & Sarah please visit their website: https://www.360degreeview.nl/ 

SHORTS | Preaching’s Purpose - Andrew Wilson19 Dec 202200:23:42

Season 3 // Episode 8

As part of our Shorts series Jez speaks to Andrew Wilson about preaching. In this episode they discuss the purpose of preaching. Look out for further episodes on how to communicate well and advice on preparing a sermon.

The video that accompanies this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c

Stories of Faith from the Margins - Andy McCullogh05 Dec 202201:03:18

Season 3 // Episode 7

In this episode Jez speaks to cross cultural missiologist, church panter and Bible teacher Andy McCullogh about what God's doing around the world, his latest book 'The Bethlehem Story' and Jesus' love of the margins and marginal people across the world.

For more information about the Unreached Network Internship programme and more visit: www.unreached.network/internship/

For links to Andy's books go here:

Global Humility - www.amazon.co.uk/Global-Humility-…aps%2C245&sr=8-1

The Bethlehem Story - www.amazon.co.uk/Bethlehem-Story-…aps%2C144&sr=8-1

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