Spiritual Misfits Podcast

After interviewing Dean Johnston I came away feeling like someone needs to make a movie about this guy’s life. Alternatively Dean needs to write a memoir. While we wait for Dean to write his memoir or for Terrence Malick to make the film, this podcast episode will have to do the job. This is a story of losing and finding God — and whether you feel more lost or found, at this point in time, I hope this story connects with your heart like it did mine.  Come say hi at one of these upcoming events!CANBERRA, JUNE 8 https://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-canberra-book-launch-readingMELBOURNE, June 10https://events.humanitix.com/spiritual-misfits-live-poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-melbourneSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Our panel conversation from Spiritual Misfits live in Newtown on 'wisdom for the wilderness', with the wonderful Joel Hollier, Becca de Souza, Carolyn Meers & Simon Nixon. Join us at upcoming Spiritual Misfits Live events!NEWCASTLE, May 28, The Rogue Scholarhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-newcastleMELBOURNE, June 10, Brunswick Salvoshttps://events.humanitix.com/spiritual-misfits-live-poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-melbourneSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

This one is being released on Mother’s Day.And in the lead-up to Mother’s Day I’ve been thinking about God, gender and metaphors. And I wanted to share some thoughts that may be helpful for you.  Afterwards, there’s space for a moment of stillness and contemplation, to help you engage with Spirit in a way that may be a little different to what you’re used to. Let me start by telling you a story....Join us at upcoming Spiritual Misfits Live events!NEWCASTLE, May 28, The Rogue Scholarhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-newcastleMELBOURNE, June 10, Brunswick Salvoshttps://events.humanitix.com/spiritual-misfits-live-poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-melbourneSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Since childhood, Matt has found a deep sense of spirituality and connection beyond the walls of the church. For many years he was a pastor, seeking to help others experience the same. For Matt, loving, including and affirming LGTBQI+ people was an obvious aspect of Christianity. Not everyone else saw it that way though, and Matt ended up facing a significant cost for his stance on inclusion. Matt’s story is both harrowing and inspiring. And whilst you would never wish Matt’s experience on anybody, it’s his own personal experience of religious trauma that plays a big role in the work he does today, supporting survivors of spiritual abuse and trauma to experience healing. Get your tickets to our upcoming Spiritual Misfits LIVE events: SYDNEY, May 13, Newtown Missionhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-sydNEWCASTLE, May 28, The Rogue Scholarhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-newcastleMELBOURNE, June 10, Full details coming shortly!Sign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Hannah, Mitch and Will discuss violence and the Bible and what they make of it at this point in time.Get your tickets to our upcoming Spiritual Misfits LIVE events: SYDNEY, May 13, Newtown Missionhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-sydNEWCASTLE, May 28, The Rogue Scholarhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-newcastleSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

This week on the pod I’m joined by Alexis Halverson.Alexis is an incredibly thoughtful, considered and philosophical human being. She is also a trans person of faith with a fascinating story that includes growing up in church, leaving institutional Christianity and then returning and finding new beauty in old traditions.Get your ticket to our first Spiritual Misfits LIVE events: SYDNEY, May 13, Newtown Missionhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-sydNEWCASTLE, May 28, The Rogue Scholarhttps://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-newcastleSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Jon Owen, CEO and pastor at Wayside Chapel is the kind of person whose life really looks like the ethics of Jesus embodied. We explore the tensions that exist between different forms of Christian faith — such as the kind that prioritises the dreams of Western culture in contrast with the kind that inhabits the fringes and the margins, in solidarity with those who suffer. We also talk about the concept of calling, and listening to your life, and finding the spaces where who you are aligns with what you can offer the world around you. Get your ticket to our first Spiritual Misfits LIVE event in Sydney: https://events.humanitix.com/poems-for-when-the-world-is-ending-spiritual-misfits-live-sydSign up to receive the Sunday Message:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastReach out to us by email: spiritualmisfits@outlook.com Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Happy Resurrection Sunday if you’re listening on the day this episode is being released. To coincide with the Easter long weekend, this is a longer serving of podcast goodness with a very special guest. Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity, legendary podcaster, brilliant theologian, prolific talker, very generously said yes to a conversation with myself and Simon Nixon. Shout-out to Simon who teed this one up. If you want to meet Simon and myself, and many other misfits in person, we are organising our first ever Spiritual Misfits live in Sydney. Saturday 13th of May at Newtown Mission. More details in the Facebook group, or if you’re not in there, keep an ear out and we will no doubt share more details in coming weeks on the pod. I did considered editing out parts of this conversation that may be a little more theologically niche, but I decided to keep them in, because if you’re one of the people that care about that niche, you’ll probably be pretty interested in those sections. However, if that’s not you, don’t worry, I’m going to give you some navigation tips up the top here. The first 45 minutes of this episode is a combination of Tripp’s story with a decent overview of open and relational theology. If you listened to the episode with Becca De Souza a couple weeks back and were curious about some of the questions raised about whether or not God is in control, this is a further dive into that. And I think many of you will find it very interesting. Around 45 minutes in, I ask Tripp a question about the compatibility or not of open theism with David Bentley Hart’s arguments for universal salvation. This is where things get a little nerdy and a little niche until around the 75 minute mark.   After that the remainder of the episode is essentially an Easter sermon from Tripp, about resurrection. And it’s great. And I recommend you listen to that. Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Last year on Good Friday we shared this meditation on Psalm 22. We've had a bunch of listeners join us since then, so we're sharing this for those who might want to engage with it this year. Grab a candle, find a comfortable place to sit and spend 15 minutes listening.The meditation begins with a moment to help you become grounded and aware of your body and breath, followed by a reading of the Psalm, and a simple thought at the end for you to meditate on. Whatever Easter holds for you, we hope this meditation encourages you and connects you with the love of Christ. Wishing all our fellow spiritual misfits a Happy Easter. Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com

Mitch and Will are taking a break from alcohol during Lent. Hannah didn't get the memo. We spend the first half of the chat discussing reasons for and against participating in Lent (and things like fasting and other religious seasons more generally.)During the second half of the chat we turn our attention to discussing this stunning, recent essay from Anna McGahan (kind of an 'exit letter' from Christianity), which the three of us all read and felt deeply moved by. We give some context, but it's well worth you taking a few minutes to read:http://www.aforbiddenroom.com/spirit/the-starling/Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a message here; we’d love to hear from you.The Spiritual Misfits Survival Guide (FREE): https://www.spiritualmisfits.com.au/survivalguideSign up to our mailing list:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/Join our online Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualmisfitspodcastSupport the pod:https://spiritualmisfits.com.au/support-us/View all episodes at: https://spiritualmisfits.buzzsprout.com