Inheritance – Boring Sermons, Beautiful Buildings & The Courage to Disagree

This month, Tim and Elliot explore inheritance — not just beliefs handed down through church and family, but the atmospheres, freedoms and anxieties that quietly shape a life. They recreate Tim and Hannah’s 11-year-old worlds (egg and chips, Blue Peter, Red Dwarf, ZX Spectrum games), revisit the pre-internet universe of mixtapes and missed TV shows, and imagine what might one day sound unbelievable about Elliot’s childhood. There are Komodo dragons, Minecraft music, bread-and-butter pudding, and a brilliantly irreverent Red Dwarf take on the “first page” of the Bible.Beneath the nostalgia and quizzes lies something deeper. Through a timeline exercise and a playful round of Keep / Leave / Not Sure Yet, Elliot begins to notice what makes faith come alive for him — creativity, movement, outdoorsness — and what drains it — passivity and being told what to believe. There are honest moments about anxiety, boredom in pews, and the courage it takes to say, “This isn’t working for me.” Rather than chasing tidy conclusions, this episode leans into experiment, permission and the freedom not to decide too quickly.If you’re enjoying Homegrown Faith and want to support what we’re doing, you can head over to our Patreon page for bonus episodes and a bit of behind-the-scenes goodness.If signing up isn’t your thing but you’d still like to send some encouragement our way, a quick rating or review on your podcast app makes a big difference.Since the podcast is all audio, if you’d like to see what we’ve been up to, you can find photos and little glimpses of our journey over on Instagram and Facebook.And if you’d like to share your own experiences, ask us a question, or suggest a practice for a future episode, you can drop Tim an email here.Like the podcast, our theme music is also homegrown—written by Elliot and produced by our friend Wilderthorn.