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Restless Sanctuary Ep. 011: What are you waiting for?
2w agoTap to summarizeRestless Sanctuary Episode 11: What are you waiting for? Come on, what are you waiting for!? This week James flies solo in a short episode asking: ‘What are you waiting for?’ Because there’s two types of waiting: the type that’s out of our hands and the type that is very much IN our hands. James reflects on two things humans are really good at, a parrot print dress, and why we’re not always the best judge of our own happiness… Listen every fortnight to our new podcast about faith, restlessness and the search for meaning! James Cathcart and Albert Bogle from Sanctuary First share what it’s like to be restless Christians, wrestling with the Bible and spirituality as they try and live it out today. Right now our world is very restless — politically, economically, culturally, technologically and environmentally. We are living through an age of disruption and upheaval. Many of us are longing for a sense of sanctuary, for belonging, and direction to help us face new and unprecedented challenges. At the root of Christianity James and Albert uncover a restlessness in God’s heart that mirrors our own. A deep longing and restless love that searches out for each one of us. We glimpse God in the faces of one another in need and in God we glimpse our own human yearning for wholeness and love. James and Albert reckon Jesus offers sanctuary and respite for our restless souls, but that it is often a restless sanctuary, a temporary makeshift shelter in a world that we are called in turn to go out and love. The ship in their logo, designed by Jack Steel, is itself a restless sanctuary on the open water — not a shelter from the storm but a shelter through the storm. Join them every fortnight for fascinating discussions about being restless Christians in a restless world! The series is a collaboration between James Cathcart and Albert Bogle and features the track ‘Symphony of Lies’ by The Bogle Band. References: The study James refers to throughout this episode is Decisions and Revisions: The Affective Forecasting of Changeable Outcomes Daniel T. Gilbert Harvard University & Jane E. J. Ebert Massachusetts Institute of Technology it can be read here. Find out more about Daniel T. Gilbert here. Find the podcast here on Sanctuary First, in our Sanctuary First App, and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most other podcasting platforms!
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After The Cross - Connect Podcast - Ep.4
Apr 26Tap to summarizeThis week we are looking at the Leap, thinking on how Sometimes coming face to face with the cross leads to people leaping into life following Jesus. It’s the start of an adventure that physically moves people, motivating them to catch up with where Jesus is working in the world. Join us for a four part podcast series as we explore in real time the Sanctuary first connect material for the theme ‘After The Cross’. Never done a connect group or bible study before? Perhaps your interested in starting one but havn’t yet, or maybe your looking for more to explore from this weeks theme. Each week we will run through the weeks readings and questions as we explore together what happens ‘After The Cross’. Explore this months Connect Material to follow along: After The Cross Add your questions and thoughts from this weeks readings down below and we will read them out next week!
Transcribe →After The Cross - Connect Podcast - Ep.3
Apr 26Tap to summarizeThis week we are looking at the kneel, thinking on how humility and obedience play a part in our lives. Join us for a four part podcast series as we explore in real time the Sanctuary first connect material for the theme ‘After The Cross’. Never done a connect group or bible study before? Perhaps your interested in starting one but havn’t yet, or maybe your looking for more to explore from this weeks theme. Each week we will run through the weeks readings and questions as we explore together what happens ‘After The Cross’. Explore this months Connect Material to follow along: After The Cross Add your questions and thoughts from this weeks readings down below and we will read them out next week!
Transcribe →Restless Sanctuary Ep. 010: Kneeling and/or leaping?
Apr 23Tap to summarizeRestless Sanctuary Episode 10: Kneeling and/or leaping? What happens when we kneel before the cross? What happens when we take the leap with Jesus? In this episode James and Albert are joined by long time contributor to Sanctuary First retired minister and incredible writer and thinker Peter Neilson! They continue to reflect on what it means to live ‘After the Cross’ as we respond to Jesus’ universe-changing act of love. They discuss disillusionment, hope, culture clash, brokenness, wholeness, the intimacy of kneeling, and the power of sitting across from someone at Communion. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann and John Zizioulas all get namechecks! Listen every fortnight to our new podcast about faith, restlessness and the search for meaning! James Cathcart and Albert Bogle from Sanctuary First share what it’s like to be restless Christians, wrestling with the Bible and spirituality as they try and live it out today. Right now our world is very restless — politically, economically, culturally, technologically and environmentally. We are living through an age of disruption and upheaval. Many of us are longing for a sense of sanctuary, for belonging, and direction to help us face new and unprecedented challenges. At the root of Christianity James and Albert uncover a restlessness in God’s heart that mirrors our own. A deep longing and restless love that searches out for each one of us. We glimpse God in the faces of one another in need and in God we glimpse our own human yearning for wholeness and love. James and Albert reckon Jesus offers sanctuary and respite for our restless souls, but that it is often a restless sanctuary, a temporary makeshift shelter in a world that we are called in turn to go out and love. The ship in their logo, designed by Jack Steel, is itself a restless sanctuary on the open water — not a shelter from the storm but a shelter through the storm. Join them every fortnight for fascinating discussions about being restless Christians in a restless world! The series is a collaboration between James Cathcart and Albert Bogle and features the track ‘Symphony of Lies’ by The Bogle Band. Find the podcast here on Sanctuary First, in our Sanctuary First App, and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most other podcasting platforms!
Transcribe →After The Cross - Connect Podcast - Ep.2
Apr 19Tap to summarizeIn what ways do we shrug in apathy at faith, the cross and God? Do we shrug at the hurt in the world wondering what can be done to fix such a mess? Join us for a four part podcast series as we explore in real time the Sanctuary first connect material for the theme ‘After The Cross’. Never done a connect group or bible study before? Perhaps your interested in starting one but havn’t yet, or maybe your looking for more to explore from this weeks theme. Each week we will run through the weeks readings and questions as we explore together what happens ‘After The Cross’. Explore this months Connect Material to follow along: After The Cross Add your questions and thoughts from this weeks readings down below and we will read them out next week!
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Emerging Emmaus - Inviting Jesus In
Apr 15Tap to summarizeInviting Jesus In Find more episodes on Sanctuary First This week on the Emerging Emmaus Podcast we spoke with Sarah Johnson, Mission Support Manager for the Church of Scotland. Sarah sees her varied life & career to this point has prepared her well for her present role. Here she shares her excitement about what Jesus is up to across Scotland today & her privilege in enthusing, encouraging & enabling congregations & groups to meaningfully engage with their parishes & many people who have still to experience & explore the Good News of Jesus Christ. She has a team of skilled & servant hearted facilitators ready to come along side to help grow vision, plant new ventures & develop mission across our beloved land of Scotland. Be encouraged & inspired! Find all past episodes of the podcast on the Sanctuary First website, via our App and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Join us as we discover, faith hope and stories of grief in the Church of Scotland. Come! Emmaus, Emerge from the gloom. Come Holy Spirit Come!
Transcribe →After The Cross - Connect Podcast - Ep.1
Apr 11Tap to summarizeWhat does it mean to flinch before the Cross? To turn away in shame or frustration? Join us for a four part podcast series as we explore in real time the Sanctuary first connect material for the theme ‘After The Cross’. Never done a connect group or bible study before? Perhaps your interested in starting one but havn’t yet, or maybe your looking for more to explore from this weeks theme. Each week we will run through the weeks readings and questions as we explore together what happens ‘After The Cross’. Explore this months Connect Material to follow along: After The Cross Add your questions and thoughts from this weeks readings down below and we will read them out next week!
Transcribe →Restless Sanctuary Ep. 009: Flinching and shrugging from the cross?
Apr 9Tap to summarizeRestless Sanctuary Episode 9: Flinching and shrugging from the cross? In this episode James and Albert are joined by preacher, piper, poet and publisher Jock Stein to talk about what it means to flinch or shrug from the cross. For many of us our reactions to the cross will be a mix of sorrow, scepticism, awe and hope. Indeed if the cross never makes us flinch — is it the cross we’re looking at? Or just an empty symbol? And if we have never shrugged, scratched our heads, and been frustrated by the cross — is it the cross we’re looking at or just a logo? How can flinching and shrugging be part of going deeper into what the cross means in our lives? Listen every fortnight to our new podcast about faith, restlessness and the search for meaning! James Cathcart and Albert Bogle from Sanctuary First share what it’s like to be restless Christians, wrestling with the Bible and spirituality as they try and live it out today. Right now our world is very restless — politically, economically, culturally, technologically and environmentally. We are living through an age of disruption and upheaval. Many of us are longing for a sense of sanctuary, for belonging, and direction to help us face new and unprecedented challenges. At the root of Christianity James and Albert uncover a restlessness in God’s heart that mirrors our own. A deep longing and restless love that searches out for each one of us. We glimpse God in the faces of one another in need and in God we glimpse our own human yearning for wholeness and love. James and Albert reckon Jesus offers sanctuary and respite for our restless souls, but that it is often a restless sanctuary, a temporary makeshift shelter in a world that we are called in turn to go out and love. The ship in their logo, designed by Jack Steel, is itself a restless sanctuary on the open water — not a shelter from the storm but a shelter through the storm. Join them every fortnight for fascinating discussions about being restless Christians in a restless world! The series is a collaboration between James Cathcart and Albert Bogle and features the track ‘Symphony of Lies’ by The Bogle Band. References: Jock Stein’s book Temple and Tartan: Psalms, Poetry and Scotland from Handsel Press. Find the podcast here on Sanctuary First, in our Sanctuary First App, and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most other podcasting platforms!
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Five Tastes of Holy Week: Episode 1 Bitter
Apr 3Tap to summarizeEpisode 1: Bitter “A small palmful of these bitter leaves are picked for Thursday for the meal that will become the last supper they are sought out of this dense overgrown garden while outside even now there are voices clamouring for a saviour, for a rebel, a warlord, an avenging angel…” Listen as James takes us to the brooding atmosphere as Holy Week begins, tensions mount, and bitter herbs are gathered. A series of five audio meditations running daily during Holy Week. Poetry, drama, music, and prayer come together and invite us to rediscover the wonder of Easter through our tastebuds. Each day we focus on one of the five tastes to experience the vividness of these timeless events in a new way. We will see how harshness, deliciousness, acidity, richness and tanginess can draw us further and deeper into this world-changing, universe-changing, week. The series is a collaboration between James Cathcart and Laura Digan and features music from ‘Have You Room For Love?’ by The Bogle Band. Listen to Episode 1: Bitter Listen to Episode 2: Sweet Listen to Episode 3: Sour Listen to Episode 4: Umami
Transcribe →Restless Sanctuary Ep. 008: Longing for renewal?
Mar 26Tap to summarizeRestless Sanctuary Episode 8: Longing for renewal? In this episode James and Albert talk about what it means to long for renewal — for the breath of new life to sweep through old bones! They discuss Ezekiel, Lazarus, restoration, storytelling and jellyfish! Listen every fortnight to our new podcast about faith, restlessness and the search for meaning! James Cathcart and Albert Bogle from Sanctuary First share what it’s like to be restless Christians, wrestling with the Bible and spirituality as they try and live it out today. Right now our world is very restless — politically, economically, culturally, technologically and environmentally. We are living through an age of disruption and upheaval. Many of us are longing for a sense of sanctuary, for belonging, and direction to help us face new and unprecedented challenges. At the root of Christianity James and Albert uncover a restlessness in God’s heart that mirrors our own. A deep longing and restless love that searches out for each one of us. We glimpse God in the faces of one another in need and in God we glimpse our own human yearning for wholeness and love. James and Albert reckon Jesus offers sanctuary and respite for our restless souls, but that it is often a restless sanctuary, a temporary makeshift shelter in a world that we are called in turn to go out and love. The ship in their logo, designed by Jack Steel, is itself a restless sanctuary on the open water — not a shelter from the storm but a shelter through the storm. Join them every fortnight for fascinating discussions about being restless Christians in a restless world! The series is a collaboration between James Cathcart and Albert Bogle and features the track ‘Symphony of Lies’ by The Bogle Band. References: Listen to our episode about following Jesus in a world on fire here. Listen to our episode about what Jesus has to say about burnout here. The quote James refers to about shipbuilding is from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince “If you want to build a ship,” he counsels, “don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” And was found in James K. A. Smith’s book You Are What You Love. Find the podcast here on Sanctuary First, in our Sanctuary First App, and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most other podcasting platforms!
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