sv podcast – predicting the year with Kelvin Holdsworth

Happy New Year faithful listener! We hope that 2026 has good things in store for you. Well, we sort of hope that for all of us, as things are looking a bit scary out there just now. But in the winter gloom, we’re delighted to welcome Kelvin Holdsworth along to the first podcast of the year, and he chats with Holly & Darren about his predictions for 2026. Kelvin is Provost of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow, a prolific blogger and friend of the podcast.   We also delve into experiences of the ‘Quiet Revival’, picking up on recent reports about church growth here as well as in the USA, especially amongst young men. Are the reports overblown? (Yes.) Is there something really going on? (Yes.) Lots of interesting stuff to mull over. Oh, and this in from Holly: “The Bible is really strange … and that’s ok!”   Links for this podcast Kelvin Holdsworth’s blog ‘Quiet Revival’ Bible Society report Church Times article about US church attendance Church growth article in The Guardian A Thousand Words for September 11 with Kelvin Holdsworth A Thousand Words: Kelvin Holdsworth This podcast was recorded on Thursday 8 January 2026. Available from Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, and via your favourite podcast App. Theme music and stings by Nicolai Heidlas. Duration:  47’07 minutes. Please consider rating the smallVOICE podcast in your podcast app as it helps others out there to find us. Thanks!