Nomad Podcast

Bruce Stanley - Finding God in the Forest (N61)

9 Jul 2013
43:27

As well as life coaching, creative project management, tea making, and helping run the popular ReJesus website, Bruce Stanley has also helped pioneer the Forest Church movement. Forest Church is an experiential community group that helps people...

Stuart Murray - Anabaptist Spirituality for a Post-Christendom World (N60)

10 Jun 2013
47:47

Stuart Murray is chair of the Anabaptist Network in the UK and author of The Naked Anabaptist. So we ask him what's so special about the Anabaptists tradition, and what the it has to say to our post-Christendom culture. If you want more from Nomad,.....

Brian McLaren - Finding God in the Religion of Others (N59)

10 May 2013
40:38

Brian McLaren is an internationally recognised and sort after author, speaker and activist. In this episode we're chatting with Brian about his latest challenging and provocative book that explores the vital topic of Christianity's...

Carl Medearis - Jesus vs. Christianity? (N58)

10 Apr 2013
44:37

Carl Medearis worked as a missionary for many years in Beirut, Lebanon and as a result is recognised as an international expert in Muslim-Christian relations. Carl has some fascinating insights into cross-cultural mission from his years of working...

Alastair Gordon - Finding God in the Arts (N57)

9 Mar 2013
37:28

Alastair Gordon is a professional and accomplished artist who exhibits around the world. He's also a follower of Jesus. Apparently following Jesus and being a professional artist is a rather tricky thing these days, so we spoke to Ally about this...

John Polkinghorne - Science vs. Religion? (N56)

9 Jan 2013
31:34

John Polkinghorne has spent more years than we've been alive inhabiting the world of science and faith. He's a theoretical physicist, theologian and Anglican priest. He's been Knighted by the Queen and has received the coveted Templeton Prize for his...

Matt Russell - Church for the Spiritually Homeless (N55)

9 Dec 2012
44:53

Matt Russell planted Mercy Street about 15 years ago in the US. Starting from scratch it quickly grew to around a 1000, many of whom were recovering addicts. The church developed a culture of gritty authenticity and honesty. Needless to say, he's got...

Andrew Marin - Love is an Orientation (N54)

8 Nov 2012
43:40

Andrew Marin grew up in a conservative church, and much to his surprise developed a calling and passion to build bridges between the Church and the LGBTQ community. So he moved into a gay part of town, and spent all his time getting to know...

John Hayes - Moving into the [Poorest] Neighbourhood (N53)

9 Oct 2012
38:16

John Hayes is founder and director of the mission order InnerChange. InnerChange supports missional communities who are living incarnationally in the poorest areas of cities around the world. So brace yourself for a challenging and inspiring...

Chris Rose - The Street Child World Cup (N52)

10 Sep 2012
41:21

Inspired by a glorious summer of sport, Nomad thought we'd bring you a story that seamlessly links mission and sport. So we met up with the Amos Trust's Chris Rose. Chris has got an amazing story to tell of gathering together street child from around...

Mike Sares - Loving the Scum of the Earth (N51)

9 Aug 2012
37:28

Mike Sares is a fairly normal, middle-aged, middle class type of guy. But he somehow managed to connect with a group of young artists and skater punks and planted and pastors the Denver based church Scum of the Earth. It's an inspiring story of...

Ian Adams - How to Start a Missional Community (N50)

9 Jul 2012
31:57

Ian Adams co-founded mayBe, a fresh expression of church in Oxford. He also works for the Church Mission Society as a missional community developer. So we thought he'd be the right chap to talk about how to start new forms of church.  If you want...

Liz Babbs - Celtic Rhythms of Life (N49)

10 Jun 2012
35:30

Liz Babbs is an author, speaker and evangelist and one who has been deeply influenced by celtic spirituality. So we chat with Liz about celtic spirituality and its potential as a tool for mission. If you want more from Nomad, check out our , and...

Chris Wright - The Mission of God (N48)

12 May 2012
45:57

Chris Wright is an Old Testament scholar who reckons the biblical narrative only makes sense if mission is seen as its overarching theme. So we test this theory with him and ask him to explain some of the trickier Old Testament stories! If you want.....

Andrea Campanale - Finding God in the New Spiritualities (N47)

24 Apr 2012
31:52

Andrea Campanale is a Church Mission Society 'Mission Partner'. Andrea does some really interesting work among people involved in the new spiritualties. This has caused her to reflect deeply on mission and what it means to be church.   If...