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Spiritual Misfits Podcast
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194 episodes
2 days ago
Rev. Samuel Dow joins Will Small to share how he found his calling at the intersection of faith and ecology through Baroona Farm, an urban farm in Brisbane that grows food with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Will and Samuel discuss eco-theology, links between agriculture and spirituality and how to build more gentle and sustainable communities. Follow Baroona Farm on social media: @baroonafarm Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a messa...
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Rev. Samuel Dow joins Will Small to share how he found his calling at the intersection of faith and ecology through Baroona Farm, an urban farm in Brisbane that grows food with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Will and Samuel discuss eco-theology, links between agriculture and spirituality and how to build more gentle and sustainable communities. Follow Baroona Farm on social media: @baroonafarm Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a messa...
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Christianity
Religion & Spirituality
Episodes (20/194)
Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Pub Theology: Christians, please chill and everyone stop trying to be authentic
Mitch Forbes joins Will for another Pub Theology chat. They discuss topics like Christian indignation at Halloween, the existence of evil, thoughts about death, and questions about authenticity, performance and the essential nature of human beings. The Substack article Mitch and Will discuss regarding Authenticity: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/against-authenticity?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qtmh6&triedRedirect=true Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts...
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6 days ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
(Not) Rescuing the Text (Michelle Eastwood)
Biblical scholar Michelle Eastwood joins Will Small to discuss her journey from growing up Lutheran, journeying through multiple denominations and shifting in the way she engages the biblical text. Drawing from her PhD research on Psalm 71 and aging women, Michelle advocates for reading the Bible as a "flawed document" that can still inspire faith, without needing to explain away its difficult passages. For anyone who still wants to read the Bible, while acknowledging its violent and troublin...
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2 weeks ago
49 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Eco-Theology: Tending Soil & Soul (Samuel Dow)
Rev. Samuel Dow joins Will Small to share how he found his calling at the intersection of faith and ecology through Baroona Farm, an urban farm in Brisbane that grows food with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Will and Samuel discuss eco-theology, links between agriculture and spirituality and how to build more gentle and sustainable communities. Follow Baroona Farm on social media: @baroonafarm Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a messa...
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2 weeks ago
56 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Toxic Theology, Mental Health, Gravity & Grace (Jon Reichardt)
Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of suicidal ideation, intrusive thoughts, religious trauma, and mental health crisis. If you're struggling, please reach out to Lifeline (13 11 14) or Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636). Jon Reichardt is an ARIA-nominated music producer who's worked with some of Australia's biggest hip hop artists: Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso, 360. But this conversation delves into the deeper struggles Jon has faced in the past, at the intersection of mental i...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Sara M. Saleh on Palestine, liberation and poetry [Replay]
This week we're revisiting a conversation from December 2023 with Sara M. Saleh - Palestinian-Australian human rights lawyer, poet, and activist. As we mark two years since the beginning of Israel's devastating assault on Gaza, and as news breaks of a fragile ceasefire agreement, Sara's voice offers crucial context and perspective that remains deeply relevant. In this conversation, Sara helps us understand the long history of settler colonialism in Palestine, disentangles anti-Zionism from an...
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1 month ago
45 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
On Naming God: a Contemplation (Carolyn Meers)
How do you address God when you pray? Has the way you name the divine changed over your lifetime? In this contemplative episode, Carolyn Meers invites us to slow down and explore the mystery of naming God. Drawing from biblical stories like Hagar's encounter with "the God who sees" and Moses' conversation with the burning bush, we reflect on how our names for God reveal as much about us as they do about the divine. This episode includes gentle questions for reflection, periods of space for co...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Brian Recker: Reframing Hell, Exchanging Fear for Love
Brian Recker used to be an evangelical pastor. Growing up fundamentalist, hell was always core to his experience of Christianity. But when he started questioning the doctrine as a pastor, it unraveled more than he expected. His new book 'Hell Bent' argues that fear of hell fundamentally distorts Christian spirituality, disconnecting us from God, ourselves, and others. We discuss the power of hell-based religion, how it shapes our politics and relationships, and what a love-centred spiritualit...
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1 month ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Pub Theology: James Dobson, Charlie Kirk & Universalism
Join Mitch and Will at the pub for an unstructured conversation about the recent deaths of James Dobson and Charlie Kirk, the challenge of responding maturely to political violence, and how universalist theology might offer a different way of thinking about these situations. Topics covered: The deaths of James Dobson and Charlie Kirk and the polarised online responsesWhy ‘and’ is better than ‘but’The problem with performative social media responses to tragedyHow universalism shapes our view o...
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1 month ago
59 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
The Divine Gift of Trans Lives & Faith with Steff Fenton
Steff Fenton joins Will to discuss their new book Gender Expansive Faith: How Trans Lives Are Illuminating the Divine, Transforming Feminism, and Ending Christian Patriarchy. The conversation explores Steff's interpretation of Matthew 19 and Jesus's teaching about eunuchs, how trans and gender diverse people offer healing to a world harmed by rigid gender binaries, and practical questions around inclusive spaces in sports and community groups. Steff also shares insights from their time ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
'An Honest Faith': When philosophy & theology meet (Keith Mascord)
Keith Mascord joins Will to discuss his latest book 'An Honest Faith' after an East Coast tour. A former Sydney Anglican and Moore College lecturer Keith's views have shifted over time in an ongoing commitment to honest philosophical and theological inquiry. Keith now advocates for a radically inclusive and intellectually honest Christianity. Faith remains deeply important to Keith but he insists Christianity must change. In this wide-ranging conversation, Will and Keith explore how philosoph...
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2 months ago
59 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Words for Those Who Wander (Poetry by Will Small & Boy Renaissance)
Following last week's collaborative conversation between Spiritual Misfits and On the Way podcast, this episode features the poetry that bookended our special evening at West End Uniting Church in Brisbane, performed by Will Small and Boy Renaissance. Related Episodes Spiritual Misfits, On the Way (Live from 'Words for Those Who Wander') - The panel conversation from this eventA Non Binary God & a Fluid Faith with Boy Renaissance - Previous conversation with Boy Renaissance Want to reach...
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2 months ago
41 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Spiritual Misfits, On the Way (LIVE at 'Words for Those Who Wander')
A special cross-over podcast episode between Spiritual Misfits and On the Way, recorded at 'Words For Those Who Wander' at West End Uniting Church in Brisbane. In this conversation, Will Small, Dom Fay, Sue Grimmett, and Peter Catt explore what happens when the old spiritual maps stop working and we need to become cartographers for our time. Together they wrestle with profound questions: What if we're all exiles seeking belonging? How do we build community when our frameworks for unders...
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2 months ago
56 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
An Emergency Devotional: Faith in Times of Crisis with Hanna Reichel
In this episode, we explore what it means to live faithfully during times of political and social upheaval with systematic theologian from Princeton Theological Seminary Hanna Reichel, author of "For Such a Time as This: An Emergency Devotional." Drawing on lessons from the Confessing Church's resistance to Nazi Germany, Hanna challenges us to move beyond simple answers and moral purity toward what they call "tolerance for complexity." We discuss why tradition can actually fuel progressive re...
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3 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
The Death of the Whiteness Gospel with Danny Bryant
Danny Bryant joins Will to discuss his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel. Part memoir, part theological critique, Danny's work traces his journey from growing up in a fundamentalist cult to becoming a pastor who now practices what he calls "hospice ministry", allowing cancerous forms of American Christianity to die. In this deeply personal conversation, Danny shares about: Growing up as a "misfit among misfits" in a cult that prided itself on ...
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3 months ago
57 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Safety is Love in Action with Joyce Tangi
Joyce Tangi is the Culture of Safety Pastor for the Uniting Church NSW & ACT Synod, and she cares deeply about building communities where everyone can thrive. In this conversation, we explore what safety actually looks like beyond policies and procedures, how to navigate power dynamics in faith communities, and why deep listening might be the most radical act we can practice. Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love t...
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3 months ago
56 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Staying Tender in a Hard World | David Gate's 'Rebellion of Care'
David Gate joins Will Small to discuss his new book "A Rebellion of Care" and what it means to stay tender in a world that often seems to demand hardness. David Gate is a poet, writer, and visual artist who grew up in London and now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. His work centres around care for the individual and the nurture of community, and his Instagram poetry has touched thousands with its accessible wisdom and raw honesty. This conversation explores the poems and essays within Davi...
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3 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
A More Christlike God: Bradley Jersak on Faith After Deconstruction
Bradley Jersak is a theologian, author, and Principal of St. Stephen's University. His books including A More Christlike God, A More Christlike Word, and Out of the Embers have helped countless people navigate faith transitions and discover a more expansive understanding of the gospel. This conversation explores some of the pivotal movements in Brad’s story as well as his views on things like penal substitutionary atonement, hell and the very character of God. If you've ever struggled with im...
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3 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
The Future Church Transcends Culture Wars (Panel: Jarrod McKenna, Josephine Inkpin, Mikenzie Ling)
About This Series Over six weeks, we're sharing keynote talks and discussions from the second Future Church Conference, held at the Tram Sheds in Glebe. This gathering brought together church leaders, pastors, and Jesus-followers passionate about creating safer, more inclusive faith communities. Whether you're leading church, leaving church, unsure about the whole thing, or just curious about what the future might hold, these conversations explore what it means to reimagine church for everyon...
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4 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
The Future Church is Trans (Josephine Inkpin | FC Conference Keynote)
About This Series Over six weeks, we're sharing keynote talks and discussions from the second Future Church Conference, held at the Tram Sheds in Glebe. This gathering brought together church leaders, pastors, and Jesus-followers passionate about creating safer, more inclusive faith communities. Whether you're leading church, leaving church, unsure about the whole thing, or just curious about what the future might hold, these conversations explore what it means to reimagine church for everyon...
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4 months ago
52 minutes

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
The Future Church is Nonviolent (Jarrod McKenna | FC Conference Keynote)
About This Series Over six weeks, we're sharing keynote talks and discussions from the second Future Church Conference, held at the Tram Sheds in Glebe. This gathering brought together church leaders, pastors, and Jesus-followers passionate about creating safer, more inclusive faith communities. Whether you're leading church, leaving church, unsure about the whole thing, or just curious about what the future might hold, these conversations explore what it means to reimagine church for everyon...
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4 months ago
1 hour

Spiritual Misfits Podcast
Rev. Samuel Dow joins Will Small to share how he found his calling at the intersection of faith and ecology through Baroona Farm, an urban farm in Brisbane that grows food with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Will and Samuel discuss eco-theology, links between agriculture and spirituality and how to build more gentle and sustainable communities. Follow Baroona Farm on social media: @baroonafarm Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a messa...