More Christ

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this seventeenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the brilliant Katharine Birbalsingh. Katharine is a British education reformer and headteacher. She is the founder and headmistress of Michaela Community School, a free school (charter school) established in 2014 in Wembley Park, London.  Birbalsingh is the author of two books, Singleholic (2009) and To Miss with Love (2011), and editor of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way (2016) and Michaela: The Power of Culture (2020).  She also hosts a blog, To Miss with Love, where she writes about the education system.   In 2017 she was included by Anthony Seldon in his list of the 20 most influential figures in British education, and in 2019 she was awarded the Contrarian prize.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this sixteenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the terrific Tom Wright. Also known as N. T. Wright, he is a leading English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop.   Tom was the Bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He then became Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Oxford University.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this fifteenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the magnificent Dr Louis Markos. Dr Markos is a professor, author and speaker on topics mainly related to English Literature and The Classics.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this fourteenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the magnificent Dr Louis Markos. Dr Markos is a professor, author and speaker on topics mainly related to English Literature and The Classics.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this thirteenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the fantastic Frederica Mathewes-Green. Frederica is a world renowned American author and speaker on topics related to Eastern Orthodox belief and practice.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this twelfth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware.  Metropolitan Kallistos is an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is one of the best-known Orthodox hierarchs living today and author of classic works of history and spirituality such as The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this eleventh episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the marvellous theologian Dr Michael McClymond.  Michael is professor of modern Christianity at Saint Louis University and author of a number of excellent books about world Christianity, Jonathan Edwards, religious revivals and The Devil’s Redemption: A New History and Interpretation of Christian Universalism, which was chosen as a winner in TGC’s 2018 book awards.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this tenth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the terrific Catholic writer, Joseph Pearce.  Joseph is Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative. A native of England, Mr. Pearce is Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute, editor of the St. Austin Review, and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions.  He is the author of numerous books, which include The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth,  The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, and Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this ninth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the stellar writer, educator and farmer Dr Susan Wise Bauer.  Susan is an American author, English instructor of writing and American literature at The College of William and Mary.  She has written a number of brilliant and comprehensive books on classical education, world histories and a history of western science.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions.  In this eighth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the magnificent Orthodox psychologist, Fr. Dn. Stephen Muse of Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Georgia, USA.  Fr Dn Stephen, PhD is a pastoral psychotherapist, CPE supervisor and marriage and family therapist who directs the Clergy-in-Kairos program at Pastoral Institute in Columbus, Georgia. This is a personalized week-long crisis intervention and intensive retreat for clergy (and spouse) renewal.  He is a gifted speaker and the author of many books, including When Hearts Become Flame:  An Eastern Approach to the Dia-Logos of Pastoral Counselling and Treasure in Earthen Vessels: Prayer and the Embodied Life. He has also written a number of books for children, such as Isha’s Voice and The Peddler and the Disenchanted Mirror.   Fr. Dn. Stephen has a blog at the church website, seen below: http://orthodoxcolumbus.org/blog/.  You can also listen to him at Ancient Faith Ministries, read his articles at academia.edu and purchase his books on Amazon: