Oakham Church Podcast

By Stephen Parkes

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Audio nuggets of goodness from a local family church

Episode Date
a WHOLE new world
May 27, 2026
PENTECOST people
May 20, 2026
{Zechariah} GOD DWELLS
May 13, 2026
{Zechariah} GOD JUDGES
May 06, 2026
{Zechariah} GOD RESTORES
Apr 29, 2026
{Zechariah} GOD REIGNS
Apr 22, 2026
{bonus episode} COMFORT
Apr 15, 2026
{Zechariah} GOD COMFORTS
Apr 08, 2026
{bonus episode} HOLY WEEK: two tables
Apr 01, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: the father’s feast
Mar 25, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: the father’s generosity
Mar 18, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: the father’s greeting
Mar 11, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: coming to our senses
Mar 04, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: staying outside
Feb 25, 2026
[Lent] PRODIGAL: running away/towards
Feb 18, 2026
{JESUS AND} the friends
Feb 13, 2026
{JESUS AND} the children
Feb 04, 2026
{JESUS AND} the ineffective
Jan 28, 2026
{JESUS AND} the thing beneath the thing
Jan 21, 2026
{JESUS AND} the discouraged
Jan 14, 2026
{JESUS AND} the ordinary
Jan 07, 2026
{JESUS AND} the desperate
Dec 31, 2025
ADVENT: the ruler
Dec 24, 2025
ADVENT: the Warrior
Dec 17, 2025
{bonus episode} ADVENT: joy in the waiting
Dec 10, 2025
ADVENT: the refiner
Dec 03, 2025
ADVENT: the branch
Nov 26, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: living stones
Nov 19, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: love
Nov 12, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: living hope
Nov 05, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: mirror
Oct 29, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: grace
Oct 22, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: repent
Oct 15, 2025
SIMPLE GOSPEL: church
Oct 08, 2025
PRAYER: lead and deliver
Oct 02, 2025
PRAYER: as we forgive
Sep 27, 2025
PRAYER: forgiveness
Sep 24, 2025
PRAYER: bread
Sep 20, 2025
PRAYER: kingdom
Sep 17, 2025
PRAYER: holy
Sep 13, 2025
PRAYER: heaven
Sep 10, 2025
PRAYER: our Father
Sep 06, 2025
PRAYER: reflections
Sep 03, 2025
The God of YES
Aug 20, 2025
Yokes and Burdens
Aug 13, 2025
PROVERBS how to jump
Aug 07, 2025
DAVID being and seeing human
Jul 30, 2025
JONAH the big story
Jul 23, 2025
NEHEMIAH trowel and sword
Jul 16, 2025
JOB suffering and scaffolding
Jul 09, 2025
PROPHETS a new day
Jul 03, 2025
PROPHETS the lives and times
Jun 25, 2025
JUDGES one bad (sort of) example
Jun 18, 2025
JUDGES two good examples
Jun 11, 2025
JOSHUA the difficulty with walls
Jun 04, 2025
Unusual delivery systems
May 28, 2025
Genesis sibling rivalry
May 21, 2025
Exodus sabbath
May 14, 2025
Exodus showdown
May 08, 2025
Break the cycle
Apr 30, 2025
Dynamic Participation
Apr 23, 2025
LENT: Passover
Apr 09, 2025
LENT: prayer
Apr 02, 2025
LENT: sabbath
Mar 27, 2025
LENT: silence & solitude
Mar 19, 2025
LENT: Water
Mar 12, 2025
LENT: Lament and the power of “yet”
Mar 05, 2025
Ephesians REVEALED
Feb 26, 2025
ALIVE in the armour
Feb 19, 2025
ALIVE in relationships
Feb 12, 2025
sitting/walking/standing ALIVE
Feb 05, 2025
ALIVE in growth and maturity
Jan 29, 2025
ALIVE in the unity, mystery and ministry
Jan 22, 2025
ALIVE together
Jan 15, 2025
ALIVE in Christ #1
Jan 08, 2025
this is MAJESTY
Jan 01, 2025
Language of LOVE
Dec 18, 2024
JOY in wilderness
Dec 11, 2024
posture of PEACE
Dec 04, 2024
song of HOPE
Nov 27, 2024
[MESSIAH] follow me
Nov 20, 2024
[MESSIAH] gone fishing
Nov 13, 2024
[MESSIAH] surprise breakfast
Nov 06, 2024
[MESSIAH] early news
Oct 31, 2024
[MESSIAH] eyewitness
Oct 23, 2024
[MESSIAH] passion
Oct 16, 2024
[MESSIAH] choices
Oct 09, 2024
[MESSIAH] is questioned
Oct 02, 2024
[MESSIAH] “I AM”
Sep 25, 2024
[MESSIAH] Jesus prays
Sep 18, 2024
MESSIAH: three ‘bees’
Sep 11, 2024
MESSIAH: a warning for peculiar people
Sep 04, 2024
MESSIAH: Abide, Serve, Love
Aug 28, 2024
MESSIAH: love and obedience
Aug 21, 2024
MESSIAH: troubled hearts?
Aug 17, 2024
MESSIAH: one small act
Aug 09, 2024
MESSIAH: welcome to the matrix
Jul 31, 2024
MESSIAH: wanting what Jesus wants
Jul 24, 2024
MESSIAH: costly love
Jul 17, 2024
MESSIAH: Past, Present, Future
Jul 13, 2024
MESSIAH: the event and the sign
Jul 03, 2024
MESSIAH: warning and invitation
Jun 26, 2024
MESSIAH: the relationship between shepherd and sheep
Jun 19, 2024
MESSIAH: a new way of seeing
Jun 12, 2024
MESSIAH: the One who never leaves the one behind
Jun 05, 2024
MESSIAH: go, wash, see.
May 30, 2024
MESSIAH: reconciliation and renewal
May 22, 2024
MESSIAH: people, not problems
May 15, 2024
MESSIAH: water and light
May 08, 2024
MESSIAH: what’s a tabernacle?!
May 01, 2024
MESSIAH: recap, refresh, and refill
Apr 24, 2024
MESSIAH: bread, work, and believe
Apr 17, 2024
MESSIAH: seeing, present and peace-making
Apr 10, 2024
MESSIAH: the multi-directional power of ‘bread’.
Apr 03, 2024
MESSIAH: {bonus episode} Good Friday
Mar 27, 2024
MESSIAH: two temptations and an invitation
Mar 20, 2024
MESSIAH: revelation and response
Mar 13, 2024
MESSIAH: observation, belief, request
Mar 06, 2024
MESSIAH: ministry, purification, humility, and testimony
Feb 28, 2024
MESSIAH: a conversation undercover
Feb 21, 2024
MESSIAH: the God who comes towards
Feb 14, 2024
MESSIAH: water to wine
Feb 07, 2024
MESSIAH: discipleship
Jan 31, 2024
MESSIAH: the point is to point to The Point
Jan 24, 2024
MESSIAH: light and life
Jan 17, 2024
MESSIAH: the glory of God
Jan 10, 2024
MESSIAH: the one and only
Jan 03, 2024
Past and Future in the PRESENT
Dec 29, 2023
Advent: LOVE_Ahaz & Joseph
Dec 21, 2023
Advent: JOY_John & Mary
Dec 14, 2023
Advent: PEACE_Zechariah & Elizabeth
Dec 06, 2023
Advent: HOPE_the mountain of the Lord
Nov 29, 2023
“The Way…”
Nov 22, 2023
Are you wavering between two opinions?
Nov 08, 2023
{hesed} reckless love
Nov 02, 2023
{hesed} its not what you expect
Oct 26, 2023
{hesed} is WHAT we do and WHO we are
Oct 19, 2023
{Hesed} endures forever
Oct 11, 2023
{Hesed} shapes community
Oct 04, 2023
{Hesed} words and actions
Sep 27, 2023
{Hesed} shapes relationships
Sep 20, 2023
{Hesed} More than a word
Sep 07, 2023
PSALM 23
Aug 30, 2023
PSALM 42
Aug 16, 2023
PSALM 146-150
Aug 09, 2023
PSALM 84
Aug 02, 2023
PSALM 4
Jul 27, 2023
PSALMS 120-134
Jul 19, 2023
PSALM 23
Jul 13, 2023
PSALM 8
Jul 05, 2023
PSALM 137
Jun 28, 2023
PSALM 139
Jun 22, 2023
PSALM 46
Jun 14, 2023
[Bonus episode] HALLEL
May 24, 2023
PSALM 133
May 17, 2023
PSALM 18
May 11, 2023
PSALM 8
May 03, 2023
PSALM 147
Apr 27, 2023
Who do you say I am?
Apr 19, 2023
[Bonus episode] EASTER WEEK
Apr 12, 2023
[Bonus episode] HOLY WEEK
Apr 05, 2023
When is an ‘epic’ an ‘epic’?
Mar 30, 2023
A tale of two titles…
Mar 15, 2023
Who’s thirsty?
Mar 09, 2023
In the waiting…
Mar 01, 2023
Garments or hearts?
Feb 22, 2023
The violence of silence…
Feb 15, 2023
Fear, guilt and shame…
Feb 08, 2023
Show up, see, and someday…
Feb 04, 2023
Revelation and Response
Jan 25, 2023
On the road…
Jan 18, 2023
Constantly ‘on the go’ vs sitting down
Jan 11, 2023
“What got into you?!”
Jan 04, 2023
ADVENT: Ruth
Dec 14, 2022
ADVENT: Manasseh
Dec 07, 2022
ADVENT: David
Nov 30, 2022
ADVENT: Abram
Nov 23, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: At the well… again?!
Nov 16, 2022
At the well… again! #4
Nov 09, 2022
At the well… again! #3
Nov 02, 2022
At the well… again! #2
Oct 26, 2022
At the well… again! #1
Oct 19, 2022
BONUS EPISODE!
Oct 12, 2022
GROUNDED in church
Oct 05, 2022
GROUNDED in contentment
Sep 28, 2022
GROUNDED in place
Sep 21, 2022
GROUNDED in community
Sep 14, 2022
GROUNDED in Christ
Sep 07, 2022
Are you paying for your (lack of)attention?
Aug 17, 2022
We are ALL ‘preachers’
Aug 10, 2022
Down in the dirt or rocks in hand…
Aug 04, 2022
The ancient art of winning…
Jul 27, 2022
Hallelujah PSALMS
Jul 20, 2022
What’s holding you back?
Jul 13, 2022
The Jesus hermeneutic?!…
Jul 06, 2022
Wetsuits, FOMO and imposter syndrome…
Jun 29, 2022
Are you a loser?
Jun 22, 2022
[BONUS EPISODE] A rebel’s guide to joy…
Jun 15, 2022
Bold claims, charcoal fires, and the truth about failure…
Jun 08, 2022
Comparison, competition, and the crisis of identity…
Jun 01, 2022
Empathy leakage?
May 25, 2022
God is CLOSER than you think…
May 18, 2022
How’s your ‘empathy muscle’?
May 12, 2022
The many, the few, and the ONE…
May 04, 2022
Motivations, energy, and why we do what we do…
Apr 27, 2022
Are you a ‘nine’ or are you a ‘one’?
Apr 20, 2022
A very strange dinner party…
Apr 13, 2022
Lent descent #6
Apr 07, 2022
Lent descent #5
Mar 30, 2022
Lent descent #4
Mar 23, 2022
Lent descent #3
Mar 16, 2022
Lent descent #2
Mar 09, 2022
Lent descent #1
Mar 02, 2022
The lost art of connection and what really makes the world go around…
Feb 23, 2022
How and why we answer the question…
Feb 16, 2022
The art of missing the point…
Feb 09, 2022
How to train your elephant and the stories we tell ourselves…
Feb 02, 2022
The miracle catch and the movement of see/like/want/need…
Jan 26, 2022
Read, Think, Pray, Live…
Jan 19, 2022
Hotel Rwanda, the armour of God, and how to stand…
Jan 12, 2022
Hexagonal skylights, foundational relationships and the story of God…
Jan 05, 2022
Living a life of worship…
Dec 29, 2021
Advent JOY: The overwhelming difference between happiness and joy…
Dec 15, 2021
Advent LOVE: The ‘top-down’ view and how to be a worshipper instead of a worrier…
Dec 08, 2021
Advent PEACE: Raging storms and the ancient art of kintsugi…
Dec 01, 2021
Advent HOPE: Celebrating the arrival of the King…
Nov 24, 2021
Identifying your soil, dark versus light, and the trap of the sweet rice…
Nov 17, 2021
What are you wearing?
Nov 10, 2021
Unity, diversity, maturity… and the greatest of these is love!
Nov 03, 2021
How your “nothing” can actually be “everything”…
Oct 27, 2021
The mystery of unity and the gospel according to Kanye West…
Oct 20, 2021
Breaking down ‘dividing walls’ and the peace-filled power of mayonnaise…
Oct 13, 2021
“The light has come to take back everything the darkness stole…”
Oct 06, 2021
The glorious gospel of the “and yet”…
Sep 29, 2021
From Paul’s lips to your streets…
Sep 22, 2021
The freedom of predestination & the election of free-will…
Sep 16, 2021
GRACE & PEACE: How you can live a sent life…
Sep 08, 2021
The absence is where the presence is and the resurrection of hope…
Sep 01, 2021
The truth about shepherding and the call to be ‘sheep-shepherds’…
Aug 25, 2021
[BONUS EPISODE] Musings and music with a VERY special guest…
Aug 17, 2021
The word is light and the light is life…
Aug 11, 2021
The gateway to being love, free, and fully human…
Aug 03, 2021
What it means to rely daily on God, and the miracle of carbs from heaven…
Jul 29, 2021
Questions, awkward silences, and the best baptism ever!
Jul 21, 2021
The ‘blame game’ vs the ‘real game’…
Jul 14, 2021
How to conquer the conquerors… and it’s not with the next fruit-based product!
Jul 07, 2021
Francis Spufford, the Apostle Paul, and how privilege will only get you so far…
Jun 30, 2021
What on earth pleases God?!
Jun 23, 2021
Now THAT’S what Paul calls church!
Jun 16, 2021
The beautiful mystery of being unqualified…
Jun 09, 2021
Jesus turns over the executive table at Pixar…
Jun 02, 2021
Batman, Ironman & Paul walk into a church in Crete…
May 26, 2021
In the garden with a message for Titus…
May 19, 2021
Thoughts on Philippians from ‘the street’ and a Cistercian monk…
May 12, 2021
Great love, great suffering, and self-emptiness (in order to be filled)…
May 05, 2021
How NOT to cross the gap, calling Abram, and the end of elitism…
Apr 28, 2021
The colossal Colossians poem...
Apr 21, 2021
It’s the end of the world... as we know it.
Apr 14, 2021
Keep on doing what you’re doing!
Apr 07, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [REUNION] Good Friday/Easter Sunday
Mar 31, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [TRIUMPH] Palm Sunday
Mar 24, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [DISTRESS] Thirsty?
Mar 17, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [ABANDONMENT] the gritty a real truth...
Mar 10, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [Relationships] family responsibility & flipping tables.
Mar 03, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [Salvation] tree-hanging & tree-climbing.
Feb 24, 2021
Famous Last Words: the end is the beginning [Forgiveness] Ash Wednesday...
Feb 17, 2021
The first ‘email’ in the Thessalonians’ inbox...
Feb 10, 2021
Paul, Philemon, freedom, family, and coffee...
Feb 03, 2021
METAMORPHOSIS: Gratitude, Honouring, Seeing, and What now?...
Jan 27, 2021
Church as people, announcement, and priests...
Jan 20, 2021
Doing what’s good in our own eyes and how to reclaim STORY...
Jan 13, 2021
Reclaiming FAITH in an age of cynicism...
Jan 04, 2021
“The disciple Jesus loved”, Ariana Grande, and the difference between darkness & light...
Dec 29, 2020
Hurry, immediacy, worry, and the cultivators of real JOY...
Dec 16, 2020
The bubonic plague, tragedy at sea, and the true sending and giving of PEACE...
Dec 09, 2020
Longing, patience, and the real hope of Advent...
Dec 02, 2020
Trespassing in fields, naked with pearls, and what lockdown has to do with the ‘Kingdom of God’...
Nov 25, 2020
Child sacrifice, issues of blood, and what needs to be ‘Altared’ for us to be altered...
Nov 18, 2020
God/Love does(n’t) change
Nov 11, 2020
Faith, hope, love, and the distraction, distance, and distortion of our ‘kitchens’...
Nov 04, 2020
You can cancel anything... but you can’t cancel LOVE.
Oct 28, 2020
The invention of the telegram, the source of breath, and waging ‘withward’ peace...
Oct 21, 2020
Buckets v Cushions, and the importance of silence, slowness & sabbath...
Oct 14, 2020
Disappointment, dopamine, and donkeys...
Oct 07, 2020
Feelings wheel, today’s bread, and burning bushes everywhere...
Sep 30, 2020
Magnolia walls, the power of Instagram, and ‘ones’ and ‘zeros’
Sep 23, 2020
31,536,00000 seconds, sleeping on a cushion, & the difference between getting ‘fixed’ & getting well
Sep 16, 2020
Hurry-sickness, pots & pans, and the radically generous love of God.
Sep 09, 2020
Oakham Church Podcast (Trailer)
Sep 05, 2020