Podcast
Mid-faith Crisis
Hosted by Nick Page & Joe Davis · EN
A podcast for every Christian who has ever asked ‘Is that it?’
Mid-faith Crisis explores the Christian faith with honesty and humour. If you feel that you have more questions than answers, if you feel as though your faith is changing, if you feel that if the worship leader sings that chorus one more time you will strangle him with his own guitar strap, then this is the podcast for you. Warning. Contains traces of theology and occasional innuendo.
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Episode 360: The one where we carry on talking about friends
Feb 700:38:30Tap to summarizeMore 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
Transcribe →Episode 359: What a friend we have in Jesus?
Jan 3100:40:17Tap to summarizeIn 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
Transcribe →Episode 358: ‘We’ve invented a new category of sin’
Jan 2400:39:42Tap to summarizeWe 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
Transcribe →Episode 357: Sitting on an enormous grace hill
Jan 1700:43:37Tap to summarizeWe 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
Transcribe →Episode 356: No, you can’t get an Amen
Jan 1000:40:29Tap to summarizeNew 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
Transcribe →Episode 355: So, what have we learned?
Dec 2000:46:55Tap to summarizeIn 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
Transcribe →Episode 354: Who do you say you are?
Dec 1300:38:22Tap to summarizeJoe 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?
Transcribe →Episode 247: Nature boy v Churchy boy
Jul 8, 2023Tap to summarizeWe talk about how we experience God in nature. If your 'church' is the mountains or the countryside what does that mean? Is there anything you can do to enhance the experience? Also we talk about images of God, more on the incarnation and, of course, it's a happy new financial year to Joe. You see? Interesting and fun. Support the podcast Contact the podcast through your email machine Mentioned in this episode: Secret Byrd William Byrd BBC: Wiltshire church hosts summer Christmas carol service William Inge Four typologies of God – Samuel's email Botolphs Mary Oliver, Wild Geese Prunella vulgaris - Heal all, or Woundwort Wilderthorn
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