294 episodes
Mid-faith Crisis Nick Page & Joe Davis
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.8 • 180 Ratings
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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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Now with added wrath
In this episode we dive deep into the idea of the wrathful God. Can we understand it in a different way? And what do we do with all the bits in the Old Testament where the almighty gets all smitey? Are the accounts of the tribal, violent, Old Testament God real? Or are they stories? And if they are, how do we read them? Meanwhile, Nick has been spending time with hundreds of dead people, and Joe thinks that all Independent Financial Advisors are out to get him.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Inside Out 2
Chaldon Mural
Hythe Crypt (Ossuary)
Mid-faith Crisis Episode 51: The Mystery of the Cross
Mid-faith Crisis Episode 50: The Scandal of The Cross
George MacDonald – The Consuming Fire
William Placher, Narratives of a Vulnerable God:
Nick Page, The Badly Behaved Bible -
Decluttering, deconstructing and sorting your life out
We're back! And after a long break there is a lot of catching up to do. Has Nick really stopped watching the news? Is there actually such a thing as a Purple Hairstreak Butterfly? Is the Mid-faith Crisis Podcast the Kendal Mint cake of spirituality? And what happened when Joe took Nick to the theatre?
Also - our friend Andy is carrying out some research looking at how podcasting is becoming a significant resource for those who are going through some sort of faith shift in their lives. Will you help by taking part in a short survey? Go here.
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Take a short survey on how podcasting is affecting your faith journey
No knead bread recipe
Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News
News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
Sgroppino
Church of St John the Baptist, Inglesham, Wiltshire
Treecreeper
Cathedral - Forest of Dean
Wilding movie
Purple Hairstreak
The Book of Mormon
Kendal mint cake
Stacey Solomon - Sort Your Life Out -
Walking the Camino with Claire Bradford
Joe interviews friend and fellow celebrant Claire Bradford about her experiences walking the Camino. They discuss the importance of doing things when you can, the Joy of Missing Out and and how the pilgrimage, far from being about solitary detachment, led to an amazing sense of community and connection.
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Claire Bradford - Creating Ceremony
Camino de Santiago
Episode 212: An Interview with Oliver Burkeman
The Way -
OMG - A Bad Christians Prayer book with Dave Tomlinson
Joe talks to friend of the podcast Dave Tomlinson about his book 'OMG, A Bad Christian's Prayer Book'. Dave also chats about prayer, and about the need for us to be committed to hope or, as he terms it, 'defiant imagination'.
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Dave Tomlinson on Facebook
Dave Tomlinson: The Holy Shed
OMG A Bad Christian's Prayer Book -
Start the week with a sabbath
We discuss the concept of the sabbath, mainly because Nick has heard an interesting sermon on the topic. What if we see sabbath as the start of the week and not the end? How does it help us escape the world of 'things'? And is it obligatory to have a bath? Also, we touch on whether you can have 'Stage 4' churches, talk a bit about demons and exorcism, and ponder whether mysticism, far from being an escape from reality, actually helps you to see it more clearly.
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Abraham Heschel, The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Rowan Williams on Mental Health -
Happy Be Kind to Clergy Day!
We carry on our discussion about churches and church leadership. Do churches need visible locations? How do we preserve their communal identity without creating barriers that keep others out? And, crucially, when Jesus said 'where two are three are gathered' does that include rabbits? Also, we reflect more on bad behaviour in the church – but in this case on how many clergy are on the receiving end of bullying by church members. Which is why we have declared this Sunday to be the international 'Be Kind to Clergy' day!
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Nick Page at St Andrews Literature Festival 22 June 2024, Great Missenden, Bucks
Rowan Williams, Being Christian - Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
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Where honesty, humour and helpful insights meet.
Saturdays are about football and this podcast. Not necessarily in that order. Grateful for the range of topics explored in a refreshing and authentic way. Nick and Joe don’t agree on everything but their mutual affection and appreciation for each other enhances the chemistry and dynamic of this excellent podcaster.
Just love these guys!
As a Minister of Religion, and following the death of my husband, my Mid-Faith wasn’t so much a crisis, but a cataclysmic mess. After taking a year out of Ministry, moving to a new area, my faith was pretty non existent. I asked a colleague for some help, and she pointed towards the Mid-Faith Crisis.
Now I wouldn’t say my faith is back to what it was before my husband was killed, but Nick and Joe have certainly helped me at least find the track of faith. I love their openness, integrity and transparency as to how they view the Bible and the conversational way they share their knowledge and thoughts is right up my street!
So thank you guys, for at least helping me find the track and as I continue trying to discover who I am as a single person, and what my relationship might look like with God following my loss, I shall keep on listening to your musings, and one day - you never know - my faith might be somewhere near restored to what it used to be. I’ve now caught up with all the episodes and eagerly await each week for the next one.
Keep up the good work!
Love this!
Joe and Nick - thank you so much for this. Refreshing. Fun. Real. Thought Provoking. Non judgemental. Lots of Laughter! Interesting. Challenging. Kind. Keep doing what you’re doing 👍🏻😊