Poema S2 05 | Kent Dobson on Being Bitten By A Camel

By author | October 4, 2017 |

Today I’m joined by author, speaker and theologian Kent Dobson. Kent, with great vulnerability and wisdom, shares his own spiritual journey, including his pilgrimage up what is often known as Mount Sinai – where he was bitten by a camel, both physically and metaphorically. This is a story he tells in his new book ‘Bitten By A Camel’

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Poema S2 02 | Questions We Don’t Ask 2 – How Do I Believe?

By author | September 13, 2017 |

Today our ‘Questions We Don’t Ask’ series continues, with the fundamental question of ‘How Do I Believe?’

Continuing from where we left off last week, Charles Porter and I discuss how, whilst so often we discuss what we believe, that maybe the deeper, more fundamental question is how we believe.

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Poema 019 | The Sacred Art Of Wrestling

By author | May 17, 2017 |

On the show today I do a short reflection on the importance of wrestling with the divine, and how I’ve learned from my own experience that being honest with God, voicing your doubts, questions, frustrations and anger towards God is actually the sign of a healthy relationship with Him

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Poema 014 | Alexander Shaia & The Good Friday Resurrection

By author | April 12, 2017 |

Alexander Shaia returns to Poema today to share about the Quadratos journey through the Easter story. He takes us back to an understanding of the story older, and wider than the traditional ‘Holy Week’ we all know and takes us into the story of the Christ and how we can identity with Jesus as He walks His passion.

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Poema 013 | Jessica Aguilar-Christy on Yoga & Christian Spirituality

By author | April 5, 2017 |

Today I’m joined by my friend Jessica Aguilar-Christy. Jessica is a yoga instructor, and teaches yoga through the lens of Christianity with Soul Stretch Christian Yoga and at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church. Today Jessica shares about the history of yoga, dispels myths many Christians believe about yoga and the truth behind the science and spirituality of yoga.

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How I Found Church Can Be A Safe Space For Mental Illness

By author | March 29, 2017 |

It’s fair to say when you hear the two terms, ‘church’ and ‘mental illness’, the image which comes to mind often isn’t of bedfellows, but of people at war. Much of the Christian church today struggles to deal with matters of mental health. Either they brush them under the carpet and leave them unspoken, or, even worse, they deny the problems of mental health altogether.

Recently, on Twitter a Christian tweeted that PTSD was from God. A Christian actually tweeted that.

I’m a writer, I’ve had books out. But even I was dumbstruck at that.

Personally, I’ve never actually had a mental health condition diagnosed. But many of those close to me, those who know the mental health world, who’ve heard my story, have all said I show classic symptoms of some kind of condition.

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Poema 009 : Brian McLaren on the Great Spiritual Migration

By author | March 1, 2017 |

Speaker, author and theologian Brian McLaren joins me today. Brian is the author of many books, such as ‘A New Kind Of Christian’ and ‘A Generous Orthodoxy’. Today on the podcast we discuss his most recent work, ‘The Great Spiritual Migration’, which explores how our world is looking for a better way to be Christian. Brian shares with great wisdom and insight about why the traditional models of church and Christian faith are no longer working – and offers us hope of a new kind of church.

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