Spiritual Misfits Podcast

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Episodes: 141

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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. 


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