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Mid-faith Crisis 359: What a friend we have in Jesus?
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 be damaged by his revelations about tea?
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Mid-faith Crisis 358: ‘We’ve invented a new category of sin’
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?
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Mid-faith Crisis 357: Sitting on an enormous grace hill
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.
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Mid-faith Crisis 356: No, you can’t get an Amen
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.
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Mid-faith Crisis 355:so, what have we learned?
In our final (probably) podcast for 2025, we 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.
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Mid-faith Crisis 354: Who do you say you are?
Joe is back from Mexico and Nick has recovered from man flu. So we talk about who we really are as individuals, and how that affects our relationship with others. Also, we think about what we really need to prepare for Christmas, and the difference between entertaining people and hospitality.
After Coke’s bizarre advert, another cash-strapped company decides to save money by using generative AI. This, though, has a double whammy: the message – avoid Christmas and hide in MacDonalds until January – is as crass as the AI.
“Thanks to the rise in popularity of generative AI, mainstream companies like Coca-Cola and Google are jumping on the bandwagon to plop out new advertisements. There’s just one issue: pretty much everybody hates it.”
If you care about typography – especially on the web – this is a brilliant resource.
Required Christmas listening.
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Mid-faith Crisis 353: The birds and the bees with Ros Gleadow
Joe talks to Professor Ros Gleadow, Emerita Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, Australia. They discuss the scale and impact of the climate crisis and, crucially, what we can do to make a difference.