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Beyondering
by Beyondering
Beyondering is a community that seek to venture beyond belief to find open-hearted, liberating ways of being in today’s world.Our podcast series seeks to step outside of the standard Christian stance and offer alternative voices to explore the questions that are often considered taboo.Join hosts Matt Cutler and Lucas Taylor as they ask the hard questions.
Episodes
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Advent 4 - Mangers And Wombs
In our final episode in the advent series we sit with Mary the mother of Jesus. Mary is completely neglected in one of the two retellings of the birth story, but becomes the main character in Luke’s version. What might it have meant for our early listeners to have Mary revered and celebrated so...
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Advent 3 - Joseph & Elizabeth: Midwives and Companions
We look at both Elizabeth and Joseph – the only characters in the birth narratives privy to the claims about this ensuing baby. Both characters play brief yet pivotal cameos of support and care and help usher in the birth of Jesus. Joseph, in particular, must do so in the face of significant...
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Advent 2 – MAGI: GIFTS AND REFUGE FROM BEYOND
In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed in our midst, but yet which are often glossed over or suppressed.…
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Advent 1 - Herod
In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed in our midst, but yet which are often glossed over or suppressed.…
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Episode 2.10 – Contemplating the rich and raw with Richard Rohr
Beyondering make their way across the USA to Albuquerque, New Mexico to speak with one of the most globally recognised teachers in the Christian world today – Fr Richard Rohr. In this interview he offers assistance in seeing life through the lens of contemplation, a practice he describes as a...
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Episode 2.9 - Trump dump, Faith stump and Book pump
Because one episode with Peter Rollins just isn’t enough. We had to be quite brutal in our editing of our interview with Peter Rollins and feel there is some gold you will also appreciate. Having landed in LA the morning of Trump becoming President, this cutting room floor episode includes Pete’s...
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Episode 2.9 – Peter Rollins: Philoso-raptor
Beyondering finally land their long awaited interview with Peter Rollins to see what faith looks like through the lens of a philosopher. This is a way of seeing, a discipline that helps us question our questions, understand how we understand and allow us to see how we see. Peter Rollins is a...
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Episode 2.8 – Emergence – See?
Episode 2.8 – Emergence – See? Deshna Ubeda & Phillip Clayton. What’s emerging? What forms and shapes of sacred community are in the process of being birthed but are not yet? Emergent thinkers are those with sucha lens that they walk into this future with optimism and without fear. Desha Ubseda…
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Bonus - Poets & Prophets
We take a breather from our season theme of lenses, to hear from some of our local prophets. In this special bonus episode we offer you a showcase of artists who have featured on our podcast from a live event we held earlier this year. In it we asked our poets and prophets to reflect on the role...
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Episode 2.7 – Shaia
Come on a journey with Lucas and Matt exploring the journey of growth and transformation. Alexander Shaia – psychologist, anthropologist and spiritual director, help us see what faith (and indeed scripture) looks like when we adopt this as our primary lens. Specifically, he has developed a…
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BeyonderingS2E6
Matt and Lucas are joined by Rev Dr. Sally Douglas. As a Lecturer at Pilgrim Theological College in Melbourne, Sally offers her passionate exploration of Jesus as the image of the feminine Divine and helps us explore what faith looks like when viewed through the (often heavily assisted) eyes of…
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Episode 2.5 – The Questionable David Felten
Matt and Lucas join David Felten – Methodist pastor from Arizona in the US of A to explore the resource he co-created called Living the Questions, as well as what it means to live the questions. You can (and should!) check out Living the Questions – a source of curriculum and media for both…
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Season 2 Episode 4 – Robin Meyers: The Pástor Résistance
Matt and Lucas are joined by Robin Meyers, American pastor of 30 years, peace activist, social justice professor and author of seven books. He helped us adopt the lens of resistance and enabled us to consider a faith that stands up to, and stands against if necessary, the systems and structures...
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Progressive Interfaith Panel - May 3rd 2017
An Interfaith Panel on Progressive Approaches to Faith. This event was hosted by the Yarra Interfaith Network at the Fitzroy Town Hall in Melbourne. It featured Beyondering’s own Matt Cutler, who appeared on the panel, and Lucas Taylor who hosted the evening. We were joined by two fabulous…
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Episode 2.3 – Diana Butler Bass – (Re)Search Engine
Matt and Lucas join American author, speaker, scholar and independent researcher specialising in American religion and culture Diana Butler Bass to explore whether research has a place in the realm of faith, and whether it can aid the faith experience. You can (and should!) find Diana’s books and...
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Beyondering S2 E2
Episode 2.2 - The curious lens of Rob Bell. Matt and Lucas join internationally renowned author, speaker and former mega-church pastor Rob Bell to explore his way of looking at the world and particularly at faith - a lens that can best be described as Curiosity. You can (and should!) find Rob’s...
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Season 2 Episode 1- Elephants and Spectacles.
An intro to Beyondering - Season Two. Rejoin your hosts Matt and Lucas, catch up on what they’ve been doing in the off-season and scope out some of the territory to be covered in Season Two as well as take a sneak peek (with your ears) at some of the amazing guests to be featured. Contributors to...
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Episode 10 - Jesus: The Christmas special
In the season finale we look at Jesus of Nazareth - a person of immense intrigue. However, the layers of mythology that surround him as well as the various claims about his identity, his nature, and our expected response, have also made him an impossible pill to swallow for many people. Rather…
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Episode 9 - Just Be(yond): Prayer and Spirituality
As our ideas of God expand and evolve, how might our prayer and spirituality do likewise? How are we to engage with a God not above and removed from earthly life, but intimately a part of it? And where is the soul in all this? Parker Palmer, author, quaker and educator, as well as Uniting Church...
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Episode 8 - Beyond 2000
If Darwin has helped open our eyes to some sort of creative impulse that is ever evolving and creating, what does this mean for how we are to see God? If the universe is on the move and going somewhere, how can we partner with this energy and be opened up to greater expressions of love? Bruce...
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Episode 7 - Beyond The Other - Inclusivity
Why can’t we all just get along? Why is difference such a threat to us? What is at the heart of the conflict and violence and intolerance we find all around us and also within ourselves? In a completely globalized, multi-cultural, multi-faith world, we are surrounded by difference and diversity…
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Episode 6 - Beyond Beings - Eco-Theology
This episode of the Beyondering Podcast might just save the world... Matt and Lucas are joined by two special guests as they break through the earthy-crust of eco-theology and explore the connection between spirituality, our faith and the environment. Our first guest is Fred Plumer, head of the...
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Episode 5 - To Eternity and Beyond - Sin and Salvation
Is it possible we actually need some saving … from our ideas about salvation? Is sin really something you’re born into? Has there been a defect in human manufacturing? Is salvation really handed out on the basis of agreeing with certain theological propositions? Is there really a cosmic balance...
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Episode 4 - Beyond, Behind and Between the text
Is the Bible boring? Can that dusty old leather bound set of scriptures speak any truth into today’s globalised, digitalised, super-sized world? Our sacred texts have come to be so many diverse things, from literal truth to a collection of wisdom. From God’s very words transcribed to humans, to...
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Podcast 3 - Many Ways - Beyond My Idea of God
Everyone else is wrong - its MY idea of God that is closest to the truth, right?! This week we are exploring the question of whether or not there is only one way to God. To help us come at this huge topic we have enlisted the help of not one, but two of the brightest and best in the country: Dave...
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Podcast 2: Peace and Justice - Beyond Ourselves
Episode 2 - Peace and Justice - Beyond ourselves Chances are if you are a “justice-y” type and are on social media in Australia you have probably liked or shared something Jarrod McKenna has posted. If not, let us introduce you to this amazing man. To find out more about (and perhaps get involved...
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Podcast1: Beyond What And To What
The Beyondering Podcast seeks to connect listeners with a range of voices in exploring authentic, liberating and open-hearted faith for today's world. Matt Cutler and Lucas Taylor speak with local and international guests to explore difficult faith questions. To come Beyondering means: · Asking…
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Beyondering is a community that seek to venture beyond belief to find open-hearted, liberating ways of being in today’s world.Our podcast series seeks to step outside of the standard Christian stance and offer alternative voices to explore the questions that are often considered taboo.Join hosts Matt Cutler and Lucas Taylor as they ask the hard questions.
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