The Power of the Book

In these Wednesday Dialogues, host of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs Jamie Franklin speaks with special guests on different topics and from different perspectives. This week, Jonathan Wright, lawyer and writer from Vancouver, Canada. Jonathan is the creator of the excellent new podcast "Hello, Unknown". In this dialogue, we spoke about the nature of faith and experience, the appeal of the unknown, approaches to Christianity that have not been helpful for us in our pasts, universalism and salvation, existentialism, the problem of death, the creative process and what to do when it dries up, and more besides.To support the show -Please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Find these details and more at https://irreverendpod.com.Links:Hello, UnknownNotices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the Show.

Join Revs Tom, Daniel and Jamie for the one-year anniversary special of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! Our Scripture is taken from Philippians 4:8-9. We reflect on a year's worth of pertinent, theological analysis of current events through the medium of the "Irreverend Awards", a full list of the winners (and losers) is below these notes, but, please, don't spoil the surprise! Thanks to all who have been with us through this year and here's to another year of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comThe Irreverend AwardsBest Bible verse/passageMatthew 11:28-30 (Tom), Hebrews 2:15 (Daniel), Romans 12:21 (Jamie)Best book of BibleRevelation (Jamie), Genesis (Daniel), Job (Thomas)Best hymnFather, hear the prayer we offer (Thomas), Let all mortal flesh keep silent (Daniel), I bind unto myself today (Jamie)Best songUprising (Muse), Wake Up (Jamie), Blinding Lights (Daniel)Best filmV for Vendetta (Tom), A Hidden Life (Daniel), Greenland (Jamie)Best television showThe Great Pottery Throwdown (Tom), Loki (Daniel), The Last Kingdom (Jamie) Best novelWar and Peace, Tolstoy (Jamie), That Hideous Strength, CS Lewis (Tom), The Circle, Dave Eggers (Daniel)Best spiritual/Christian/theological bookThe Benedict Option, Rod Dreher (Tom), Live not by Lies, Dreher (Daniel), City of God, St Augustine (Jamie)Best priest/church leaderBernard Randall (Daniel), Douglas Wilson (Jamie), Phill Sacre (Tom)Best bishop St Augustine (Tom), Michael Nazir-Ali (Daniel), Bishop Carlo Maria Vigano (Jamie)Best journalistCalvin Robinson (Daniel), James Delingpole (Jamie), Lionel Shriver (Thomas)Best politicianSir Robert Simms (Tom), Charles Walker (Daniel), Ron DeSantis (Jamie)Best podcastIrreverend: Faith and Current Affairs (Tom), London Calling (Daniel), The Rest is History (Jamie)Biggest inspirationLaura Dodsworth for A State of Fear and general engagement (Daniel), Zoe Willis on home education (Jamie), Alan Titchmarsh (Tom)Best foodSteak (Jamie), Sweet and Sour Chicken (Tom), “Winking Prawn” BBQ (Daniel)Best episode of IrreverendLaura Dodsworth, Hearing our Fears (Tom), Esther O’ Reilly, Legend of Banter (Daniel), Eucharist Debate w/ Tom and Jamie (Jamie)Best news (excluding the “Good News”)Firing of Matt Hancock (Jamie), Churches staying open over third lockdown (Tom), Best Tweet@bennyjohnson, Oct 5Scientists at Pfizer are saying the same things that get regular people deplatformed and labelled conspiracy theorists. Project Veritas does it again.Best blogEsther O’ Reilly, Young Fogey (joint award)Most likely destination outside of the Church of England?Free Church of England (Tom), Anglican Church of North America (Daniel), Eastern Orthodox (Jamie)Raspberry AwardHarry and Meghan (Jamie), Bath and Wells DiocesSupport the Show.

Church of England revs Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most significant issues in the culture today. We take a brief foray into the strange world of Canadian education in which a man came to school dressed in enormous comedy breasts and was defended on the grounds of diversity and inclusion, after which we return home to merry England and discuss the spiritual and cultural significance of Elizabeth II's funeral. Is this an opportunity for spiritual renewal within our land or was it "a bit much", as Tom appears to think? In addition, we answer your questions in Question the Rev and that's all for this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!To support the show -Please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Find these details and more at https://irreverendpod.comNotices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the Show.

Revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back bringing up all the big stories. Today, talking about "faith leaders", including Rowan Williams, backing Sadiq Khan's ULEZ tax raid on car owners, the Church of England's questionable ethical policy around financial investment, particularly concerning the areas of pornography, guns and stem-cell research, and a reverend is debanked: could we be next?That and much much more as ever in this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!Please Support!Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend). Subscribe to Jamie's Blog here: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comFor your merchandise needs: https://irreverendmerch.bss.designLinks:Rowan Williams Back ULEZLabour lose "ULEZ" by-electionCofE’s ethical investment fundDebanked ReverendNotices:Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpodFind links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the Show.