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We think more about the personalisation of the good news. What is the evidence for fullness of life in our lives? Are we the best judges of our own spiritual development? Does salvation look different for different people? Also, Joe has been birdwatching and Nick has had enough joy, thank you very much. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Knepp - Rewilding Pioneers Violin Concerto | Elgar What is the good news? Nick's version - Mid-faith Crisis

We discuss truth and fakery, the simplicity and complexity of the good news, and about how we can encounter the risen Christ through art, music and, crucially, other people. Also Nick gets annoyed and Joe hasn’t put in his holiday request form yet. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course BBC Radio 4 - Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares The Repair Shop - Series 15: Episode 11 - BBC iPlayer U2 - Easter Lily EP Andrew's story - The Returning King

After a false start last week, Joe is back with a bit of clarity about his theme for the year. Also, as we approach Easter, we think about what it means for us in this year of uncertainty and conflict. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: You Are Not a Frog: Podcast for Doctors The Shipwright's Arms

Yes, it's the fabled Mid-faith Crisis New Year's episode. We talk about how our themes worked out last year (spoilers: not so good) and what we want to focus on for the next 12 months. How appropriate for episode number 365! Also Nick eats a doughnut and Joe has been to a play. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: I Swear Louis Theroux - Inside the Manosphere The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Prospect of Whitby - Wikipedia St Paul's Bow Common The Nap Ministry | Rest is Resistance

Mid-way through Nick's writing month and it's time for a catch up. Nick has an apology to make and Joe wants to be Supreme Leader. Also we think more about all that sheepy and goaty stuff, and we discuss how best to prepare for the official Mid-faith Crisis New Year themes episode. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course Pachomius the Great

In this week's episode we think about goals and training, coping with overwhelmingly needy emails and, most importantly, dealing with the mubble fubbles. Also, Nick has an epiphany and Joe has dressed up for the occasion. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course Four temperaments - Wikipedia mubble fubbles | Oxford English Dictionary Episode 358: 'We've invented a new category of sin' Matthew 25:40 NIV Pachomius the Great - Wikipedia Ultralearning - Scott H Young

We revisit genial sin, consider discipleship as an investment account and revel in the origins of the word 'Lent'. Also, Nick shows off and Joe is actually fully clothed. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course With great power comes great responsibility Isaiah 35:1-2 Lent - OED Alexei Navalny Episode 358: ‘We’ve invented a new category of sin’

As we enter Lent, how can we make space in our lives to hear from God? In this episode we talk about the role of the wilderness in our lives and how it can actually be a place of encounter and change, a place where you hear the voice. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course Wahaca | Tacos, Margaritas, Sunshine Simon de Voil Bridgerton | Netflix Official Site Church of the Wild | Victoria Loorz Strong's Hebrew: 4057. מִדְבָּר (midbar) -- Wilderness, desert Desert Fathers - Wikipedia Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14) | John Donne

More feedback this week on the key questions: are we friends of Jesus or are we followers? Can we really be friends with a tree? What is a soul friend? Just how great is Kate Bush? And what happened to Nick's head? So many questions… Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course Arnolfini - Bristol's International Centre for Contemporary Arts Kate Bush Moments of Pleasure - YouTube Martin Buber - Wikipedia I and Thou - Wikipedia Overview — The Works of George MacDonald What a Friend We Have in Jesus - Wikipedia

In this episode we think about the metaphors we use for our relationship with Jesus. Are we friends of Jesus? Or followers? Or slaves? Does the relationship feel different at different times in our faith? And will Joe and Nick's relationship survive the revelations about tea? Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: “Resurrecting Faith” – A Lent Course The Traitors H Is for Hawk (2025) Del Amitri Del Amitri - Don't Come Home Too Soon (Official Team Scotland Song World Cup '98) Icon of Christ and Abbot Mena - Wikipedia Thomas Aquinas - Wikipedia

We return to the subject of grace, forgiveness and justice. Are all sins really the same? If so, what do we make of 'serious sin'? Is the evangelical view of sin secretly Catholic? And has Nick accidentally created a new category of sin? Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: "Resurrecting Faith" A Lent Course with Joe Davis and Dave Tomlinson Slime Family Portrait Wildlife Photographer of the Year Natural History Museum The Ayoub Sisters Odyssey Ensemble The Terrible Takes on Philip Yancey's 8-Year Affair Venial sin - Wikipedia Mortal sin - Wikipedia

We talk about self-understanding (and our apparent lack of it), and reflect on whether you can have seasons of spirituality. And, in the light of revelations about another major Christian teacher, we discuss how you can never fall from grace, you can only fall into it. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: The Traitors Kate Bowler Mid-faith Crisis 212: An Interview with Oliver Burkeman Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman Meditations for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman

New year, new podcast. But same old us, sadly. Anyway, good to be back with you. This week we visit some old emails and talk about the 'right' way to grieve, how names for God are a bit like old streets, and why Jesus might be a dance teacher. Normal service has resumed, then. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Pluribus The Divine Dance - Richard Rohr Mar 25 Lady Day Perichoresis

In our final (probably) podcast for 2025, we each look back on the three things we've learned this year. Which doesn't, apparently, include (a) watching the Ashes and (b) not eating mince pies while recording. Happy Christmas everyone and a massive thank you to everyone who has supported the podcast this year. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Wake Up Dead Man A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia Gerald Dickens - Website

Joe is back from Mexico and Nick has recovered from man flu. We talk about who we really are as individuals, and how that affects our relationship with others. Also, we think about what it is that we really need to prepare for Christmas, and the difference between entertaining people and hospitality. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mid-faith Crisis Facebook Page Nick's Blog Mentioned in this episode: Palestine 36 Winter solstice - Wikipedia When is the winter solstice in 2025?