Spiritual Misfits Podcast
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If you’ve ever felt on the fringes of Christian faith this is a safe space for you. Your questions, doubts and hopes are all welcome here. We’re creating conversations, affirmations, meditations and other resources to support you on your spiritual journey and let you know that even if you feel like a misfit, you don’t have to feel alone.
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Should We Use the Word Mission? And How Mysticism Saved My Faith (Karina Kreminski)
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May 24, 2025 |
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In the Doorway: Feminist Complaint Collectives in Australian Christianity (Tracy McEwan, Rosie Clare Shorter and Tanya Riches)
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May 17, 2025 |
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The (Not So) Great Baptist Schism (with Andrew Dodd & Scott Higgins)
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May 10, 2025 |
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Hardwired for Wholeness: The Neuroscience of Embodied Spirituality (with Jana Holland)
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May 03, 2025 |
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The Political Power of Apocalyptic Literature (Robyn Whitaker)
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Blood, Wrath & Love: What Actually Happened on the Cross? (with Mitch Forbes)
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Reclaiming the Language: Sin and Repentance? (with Karl Hand)
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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The Cosmic Christ and the Concrete Jesus with Kevin Sweeney
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Reclaiming the Language: Salvation? (with Becca De Souza & Carolyn Meers)
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Pub Theology: an hour in hell with Mitch and Will
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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A Non-Binary God // A Fluid Faith with Boy Renaissance
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Is Christianity Still Good News? [Replay] with Sally Douglas, Gregg Morris, Will Nicholas & Carlynne Nunn
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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The Religious Trauma Collective: understanding faith, harm and healing (Jane Kennedy, Sam Sellers & Elise Heerde)
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Living 'Wholefarted': Poetry, Protest & Permission with Marla Taviano
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Mikenzie Ling: God my Father, Land my Mother
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Jonathan Cornford: What if Jesus meant what he said about money?
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Sarah Bacaller on 'Apostate: Stories of Deconversion'
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Geoff Bullock: after Hillsong...and after that
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Jono Ingram on everyday spirituality and sustainability
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Liz Charlotte Grant on seeking God in Genesis after losing faith in the Bible
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Summer replays: Carolyn Meers on pastoring through deconstruction
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Summer replays: Michael Frost & Shane Meyer-Holt on the other side of 'mega'
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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ad-Vent Live: a Merry Christmas Rant with Mitch Forbes & Ella Evans
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Simon Nixon on navigating hard conversations at Christmas
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Tanya Riches on leaving Hillsong, church with wombats and real-world theology
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Kelly Latimore on Icons, Advent and learning how to see
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Joel Hollier and Christine Redwood: Why Future Church?
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Tim Whitaker on The New Evangelicals, Christian Nationalism and resisting Trump’s America
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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David Gushee: After Evangelicalism [a timely post-election Replay]
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Will and Joel Small debrief Tim Winton’s CPX lecture (on climate crisis, toxic positivity and today's prophets)
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Anna Robinson (from Nomad podcast) on wilderness, wonder and contemplative practices
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Sally Longley on violence, silence and Ignatian spirituality
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Pub Theology: politics, faith and community action (with Jack Turner)
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Scott Erickson (Scott the Painter) is creating a visual vocabulary for the spiritual journey
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Pub Theology: Listener questions (hedonism, lament and the limits of language)
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Scott Parker: 'Hillsong Boy'
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Jason John on sex, evolution and a poem you’ll never forget
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Amy Kenny: 'My Body is Not a Prayer Request'
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Mental Health and Loneliness with James Aaron and Sarah Bishop
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Technology, AI and Spirituality with Aditee Vora, Somerset Drayton and Jonty Cornford
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Racial injustice and the Church with Nathan Tyson, Radhika Sukumar-White and Liesl Homes
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Navigating eco-anxiety, finding ways forward with Joyce Tangi, Karina Kreminski & Jono Row
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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‘My Generational Deconstruction’ with Joanna Drayton, Ken Day and Ella Evans
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Christine Redwood, Belinda Groves & Nathan Nettleton on the Open Baptists
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Karen Pack on starting loved and restoring the erased
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Thomas Jay Oord on 'God After Deconstruction'
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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5 Big Ideas for the Future Church (Future Church Conference Night: Joyce Tangi, Jessica Morthorpe, Karen Pack, Mitch Forbes & Joel Hollier)
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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The Future Church is...Intersectional (Will Small at Future Church Conference)
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May 25, 2024 |
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The Future Church is....LGBTQIA+ Inclusive (Karen Pack at Future Church Conference)
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May 18, 2024 |
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The Future Church is...Decolonising (Safina Stewart at Future Church Conference)
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May 11, 2024 |
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The Future Church is....Trauma Informed (Joel Hollier at Future Church Conference)
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May 04, 2024 |
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Scott M. Coley on 'Ministers of Propaganda'
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Adis Duderija on progressive Islam and process theology
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Rachel Collis on doubt, faith and showing up either way
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Pub Theology (with Carlynne Nunn) on shame and disappointment
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Josephine McDonnell Inkpin on Trans Resurrection Reflections
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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James Watson wrote a song for Spiritual Misfits (and you can help name it)
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Rob Waters (National Poetry Slam champion) on reminders of truth and love
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Karen Pack, Tash Holmes & Karl Hand on Queer Christian Pride [Replay]
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Will & Hannah debrief 'Prosper'
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Emily Hayes (& Mitch Forbes) on learning to listen
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Sarah McCammon on 'The Exvangelicals'
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Peter Espevoll & Jon Reichardt: death metal, deconstruction & mental health
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Kristen LaValley on faith after the formulas fail
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Nils von Kalm on lifting people’s dignity
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Liz Cooledge Jenkins on 'Nice Churchy Patriarchy'
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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'Filthy Misfits' (Spiritual Misfits x Filthy Hope crossover episode)
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Summer replays: Becca de Souza on God as midwife
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Summer replays: Dave Tomlinson on how to be a bad Christian and a better human being
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Christmas Liturgy: Subversive Incarnation
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Advent Liturgy [Replay - New one coming next week!]
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: Tradition vs Progress
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Sara M. Saleh on Palestine, liberation and poetry
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Noah Small on the nature of God, love and kindness (a little episode with big heart)
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Radhika Sukumar-White on lament, suffering and inclusive community
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Michael Frost & Shane Meyer-Holt on the other side of 'mega'
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Mikali Anagnostis and Gabi Cadenhead on Gen-Z spirituality and Marion St
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Olivia Jackson on '(Un)Certain: a Collective Memoir of Deconstructing Faith'
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Gregg Morris: examining our 'cultural tales' after the referendum
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Is there hope in our heavy world? + Mitch reads the bible.
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Benjamin Hastings on honest worship and feeling alone in the flock [Replay]
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Grant Wilson, a quadriplegic pastor, on disability and grace
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Jarrod McKenna on liberating love and nonviolent resistance
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: 'The Experience of David Bentley Hart'
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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David Gushee: 'Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies'
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Safina Stewart and Bianca Manning: Season of Creation & the Voice
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Janet Kellogg Ray on religious science denial and its consequences
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Kelly Skilton on neurodiversity, spirituality and digital community
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Jesse Mawson on the prison and the monastery
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Sally Douglas on Jesus Sophia, the divine feminine and the trinity
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Will Nicholas on sci-fi spirituality, apocalypses and interplanetary meaning-making
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: Listener questions (Hannah, Mitch & Will)
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: should every Christian read the Bible?
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Mason Mennenga: theology for the people, from the internet’s youth pastor
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Larissa Minniecon on the Voice
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Post-evangelical parenting? (Becca De Souza, Carolyn Meers & Will Small)
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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LIVE: Is Christianity still good news? (Panel: Gregg Morris, Sally Douglas, Will Nicholas, Carlynne Nunn)
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Priyanka Bromhead on decolonising faith and 'We are the Mainstream'
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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LIVE: Pub Theology & Poetry at The Rogue Scholar
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Dean Johnston: 'can an atheist plant a church?'
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May 27, 2023 |
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LIVE: Wisdom for the Wilderness (Panel: Joel Hollier, Becca De Souza, Carolyn Meers, Simon Nixon)
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May 20, 2023 |
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God as Mother
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May 13, 2023 |
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Matt Glover on rejection, reinvention and connection
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May 06, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: is God violent? (Hannah, Mitch and Will)
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Alexis Halverson: (re)discovering Christianity as a trans person
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Jon Owen on 'no us and them'
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Tripp Fuller on open and relational theology and resurrection
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Good Friday Meditation: Psalm 22 [Replay]
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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(Dry-ish) Pub Theology for Lent (Hannah, Mitch & Will)
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Becca De Souza on God as Midwife
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Damon Gameau on 2040, meaning-making and creating social change
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Guided contemplation: self-compassion across time
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Dr. Rod Pattenden on art, religion and breaking the boxes
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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WorldPride Panel: Karen Pack, Tash Holmes, Karl Hand
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Nicola Morley on overseas mission, coming out and sincerity through changing faith
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Brad Brisco on covocational church leadership
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Dave Andrews on Christi-anarchy, rejections and interfaith dialogue
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Pub Theology: Will, Hannah & Mitch discuss prayer and miracles
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Joel Hollier & Steff Fenton on creating trauma-informed church
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Rob Buckingham on inclusion without limits
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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The unholy hustle and the sacred now [Replay]
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Dr. Christine Redwood on women, the Bible & the pulpit [Replay]
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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A poetic Christmas message (final episode of 2022)
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Christine Redwood, Josh Dowton & Hayley-Jayne Bernhardt: to be or not to be…Baptist
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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An Advent Liturgy
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Carolyn Meers on pastoring through deconstruction
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Tash Holmes on the centrality of creativity to community
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Leaving loud (emergency pub theology w. Mitch, Hannah & Will)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Dave Tomlinson on how to be a bad Christian (and a better human being)
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Pub Theology: Mitch and Will discuss Rob Bell (after seeing him live)
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Rev. Dr Karina Kreminski on the church of tomorrow (and its mission)
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Karl Hand on Queer Bible Commentary
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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The church of tomorrow with Simon Nixon
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Bruce Macauley on seeing through the eyes of the other
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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Dr. David Gushee on Christian humanism after evangelicalism
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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A 'belonging of misfits' (poems and stories live at Hamilton Baptist Church)
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Laurie Wevers on deconstruction, therapy and spiritual direction
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Monasteries, mustard seeds and all this mess
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Kissing purity culture goodbye (and the pursuit of a better sexual ethic for our kids?)
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Pub theology: fracturing denominations (with Mitch Forbes)
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Hannah interviews Will about all the things
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Jo Saxton on grief, lament, race and gender
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Joel McKerrow on removing the blindfolds
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Simon Buckingham-Shum on the DNA of communal, creative worship (and 90s dance music)
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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Graeme Anderson on following Jesus for the next 10 minutes
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Cheryl Andrews on shame-free spirituality
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Pub theology with Mitch Forbes
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Steff Fenton on gender expansive theology
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Benjamin Hastings on honest worship and feeling alone in the flock
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Mandy Smith on childlike faith and resisting the empire
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Scott Higgins & Andrew Dodd Pt 2: lessons of inclusion
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Scott Higgins & Andrew Dodd: how Hamilton Baptist became LGBTQI+ affirming
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Simon Nixon on a new approach to faith, church and ministry
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May 28, 2022 |
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Affirmations: trust > certainty
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May 21, 2022 |
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Mitch Forbes (pt.2) on why our beliefs about hell matter here and now
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May 14, 2022 |
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The unholy hustle and the sacred now
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May 07, 2022 |
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Mitch Forbes on heaven, hell and universal salvation
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Kris Halliday on being gay, Christian & called
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Good Friday Meditation: Psalm 22
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Dr Christine Redwood on women, the Bible and the pulpit
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Power, patriarchy, scandals & where is God in it all?
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Dr Joel Hollier on finding a place at the table.
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Affirmations: when others misunderstand or judge me
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Robyn van der Zee on spiritual abuse and trauma
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Hannah Macauley Gierhart on working through the cognitive dissonance
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Affirmations: God's love and my doubt.
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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At my parents table (faith renovations over decades)
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Jesus (still) weeps
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Guided Reflection (no music) - for when you haven't got it all figured out
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Guided Reflection (with music) - for when you haven't got it all figured out.
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Bronte Hughes on Jesus & Social Work
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Spiritual Misfits: Our Story
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Jan 23, 2022 |