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Manx Radio's Praise
by Manx Radio
Judith Ley hosts the weekly programme featuring inspiring stories, interesting interviews, great music & moments for quiet reflection from around the Isle of Man's Christian community.
Episodes
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Praise FOR 22 MARCH 2020
Churches have now stopped all public worship services, to avoid the spread of the corona virus, so we're launching a new programme here on Manx Radio. Starting on Sunday 29 March, AT YOUR SERVICE will be an ecumenical act of worship - presented each week by at least two different denominations,...
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PRAISE FOR 15 MARCH 2020
Rev Daniel Norris was born and educated on the Island before leaving to study modern foreign languages and theology first at Durham and then at Cambridge Universities. In 2015 he was ordained priest in the Church of England, and now serves in the Diocese of London, where he is part of the…
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PRAISE FOR 8 MARCH 2020
Today is International Women's Day so it's appropriate that PRAISE should feature two very different women, linked by their deep faith. The Rt Reverend Dr Emma Ineson, Bishop of Penrith, made history when she became the first woman to hold the position of Central Chaplain to the Mothers' Union,...
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PRAISE FOR 1 MARCH 2020
On PRAISE today we're celebrating St David's Day with a great hymn - For All The Saints .... Reverend Nigel Uden is the Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly - we find out why he's on the Island, and why he wants us to think differently about Christmas and Easter. He also…
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PRAISE FOR 23 FEBRUARY 2020
Russ Bravo and Patrick Woodward discuss Shrove Tuesday, pancakes, Ash Wednesday and the positive purpose of the church's season of Lent. They mention that Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness. Have you ever felt you're in a 'wilderness' ? There are many reasons we can find ourselves feeling lost...
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PRAISE FOR 16 FEBRUARY 2020
For the last 20 years, Ramsey based husband and wife Steve and Alison Taylor have been raising funds for projects, and delivering humanitarian aid, to help some of the world's poorest people, through their Drop Inn Ministries charity shops here on the Island. Now their focus has slightly altered...
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PRAISE FOR 9 FEBRUARY 2020
Hugh Stowell Brown was the older brother of our National Poet Thomas Edward (T.E.) Brown. At the age of only 23 he went to Liverpool to preach at Myrtle Street Baptist Church - and stayed there for the next 40 years! What he achieved was astounding, and has so inspired Baptist Minister Wayne…
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PRAISE FOR 2 FEBRUARY 2020
Gemma Simmonds is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus - the religious order for women based on the spirituality of St Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits - but what does that really mean? We find out, in conversation with Sr Gemma, whose own ministry isn't just global - it even includes the...
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PRAISE FOR 26 JANUARY 2020
Holocaust Memorial Day invites us to stop and reflect upon the millions of people murdered in the Nazi holocaust, and the genocides in later years in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. On PRAISE this week, through listening to the stories of holocaust survivors, we are made to realise that...
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PRAISE FOR 19 JANUARY 2020
This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the Christian churches in Malta have chosen the theme "Unusual Kindness" - inspired by the shipwreck of St Paul, as recorded in the Bible (Acts of the Apostles Chapter 27 vs 18 to end, and Chapter 28 up to vs 10) When Paul and his companions were...
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PRAISE FOR 12 JANUARY 2020
On PRAISE today we've something old and something new ..... Methodist Minister Andrew Roberts talks about his book HOLY HABITS - a way of life for anyone exploring - or already actively living out - the call of Jesus to 'follow me'. HOLY HABITS is a way of life for anyone of any age or culture…
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PRAISE FOR 5 JANUARY 2020
The Coming of the Magi - Epiphany is the Christian festival that draws the Christmas season to a close, and it is celebrated on PRAISE today in Bible readings, poetry and music - Plus there's the first in our new series - PRAISE ON PILGRIMAGE - interviews with those who went on pilgrimage to the...
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PRAISE FOR 29 DECEMBER 2019
On PRAISE today we start with a challenging little reflection on the TRUE meaning of Christmas (and a beautiful piece of music) then we find out why John Anderson's 1,000-mile journey from Land's End to John O' Groats became his "Walk For Freedom" So far, he's raised a staggering £37,500! This is...
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CHRISTMAS PRAISE - 25 DECEMBER 2019
A traditional celebration of the Birth of Jesus in Bible verses, poetry and some of the most beautiful carols and seasonal music. In the space of one hour you will hear : Once in Royal David's City (The Choirboys) Bible Reading - Isaiah Ch9 Vs 1-7 read by David Suchet For Unto Us Child Is Born...
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PRAISE FOR 22 DECEMBER 2019
Rev Alex Brown, pioneer minister in Douglas, reflects on some good, positive things which can come from changed plans, and explains why he loves being Chaplain to the Island's Scouts- and 9-year-old Jorja Bradshaw shares some thoughts on a memorable trip to Zimbabwe - plus we have some great…
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PRAISE FOR 15 DECEMBER 2019
On PRAISE this week - Lt Dylan Nieuwoudt talks about taking part in CHRISTMAS LIVE on December 19th, and taking the Salvation Army on the Island 'out of its comfort zone' as it looks at new ways to be a church serving the community. There are extracts from the recent Tynwald Carol Service in St...
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PRAISE FOR 8 DECEMBER 2019
Cafe Lingo was established at the Promenade Methodist Church to offer English language teaching and general support to people moving to live on the Island. Founder Karen Norton joins us today, to explain how Cafe Lingo is now so much more than just language learning - and if, after listening to...
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PRAISE FOR 1 DECEMBER 2019
Today is the start of the four weeks of December which the church calls Advent - a time of preparation for the great feast of Christmas - preparation that has nothing to do with money, shopping or stress! We've got some great music, and an exchange of very different views on Christmas cards - are...
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PRAISE FOR 24 NOVEMBER 2019
Reverend Ken Benjamin, a visitor to the Island, talks about his 23 years as senior pastor in Chichester Baptist Church, his present additional role as President of Baptists Together, and the new position he'll take. up next year when he joins the London School for Contemporary Christianity ....…
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PRAISE FOR 17 NOVEMBER 2019
Recent visitor to the Island - Reverend Helen Bent - is Head of Ministerial Development at the Royal School of Church Music. Her greatest wish is for people to discover that the RSCM isn't a stuffy old-fashioned organisation, but instead is a place where all types and genres of church music are...
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PRAISE FOR 10 NOVEMBER 2019
A special programme of thoughts, music, readings and prayers for this Remembrance Sunday, including the story of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium; the Women in Song choir directed by Karen Elliott, singing 'Flanders Field'; Rev'd Alec Smith with the story of 'Woodbine Willie'; Folk group...
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PRAISE FOR 3 NOVEMBER 2019
A Jesuit priest who describes himself as a 'jovial Lancastrian' and loves every moment of being a priest, talks with searing honesty and understanding about brokenness - he's Father Denis Blackledge, Parish Priest of a busy inner-city church in Liverpool - and a conversation recorded with Terry...
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PRAISE FOR 27 OCTOBER 2019
God and The Big Bang - how does scientific fact fit with belief in God? That's the question we're asking on PRAISE today- in conversation with three scientists who work for 'God and the Big Bang' - a project developed for young people aged 10 and 18, to support the teaching of Evolution, and to...
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PRAISE FOR 20 OCTOBER 2019
This week's PRAISE podcast has extra value - it includes a much longer version of a fascinating conversation I had with two members of Mission Aviation Fellowship - the charity that quite literally is 'flying for life' A team from MAF visited the Island this weekend - they came to celebrate the...
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PRAISE FOR 13 OCTOBER 2019
The making of a Saint - and a popular BBC presenter, author and tireless charity worker returns! In this edition of PRAISE we reflect on the road to Sainthood for an exceptional English priest - John Henry Newman - and we feature two of his best-loved hymns, too. And we welcome back Pam Rhodes…
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PRAISE FOR 6 OCTOBER 2019
On PRAISE today - we hear from Rev'd Susan McIvor, District Safeguarding Officer for the Methodist Church in Nottingham and Derby, who was the guest speaker at an Ecumenical Safeguarding Seminar organised by our Safeguarding Officer, Tony Connell, and attended by members of local churches of all...
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PRAISE FOR 29 SEPTEMBER 2019
On the programme this week, we explore the hidden powers of storytelling - finding out more about Godly Play in conversation with trainers Rachel Bainton and Susie Steel (the national website is www.godlyplay.uk) Then we take a first look at local farmer John Anderson's Walk For Freedom - he's...
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PRAISE FOR 22 SEPTEMBER 2019
Looking back on Spring Harvest Local, as some of the hundreds of people who gathered at Mountain View Innovation Centre share their thoughts on an evening of music, worship, prayer and teaching. Alongside comments from Onnee Ayres, Ruth Walker of Scripture Union Ministries Trust, Rev Alex Brown…
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PRAISE FOR 15 SEPTEMBER 2019
A week of local campaigning for climate change starts on Friday 20th September - Christian Aid rep Louise Whitelegg is one of the organisers, and has all the details - the Right Reverend Frank White is on a flying visit to the Island and calls into the studio to talk about his concern for those…
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PRAISE FOR 8 SEPTEMBER 2019
A new Isle of Man registered charity has its official launch next Saturday - Elly Duchars and Paul Halliday explain what The Leprosy Mission IOM will achieve and why its needed - and everyone is welcome to the official launch on Saturday 14 September at 6.30pm in the Cathedral in Peel. And we go...
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PRAISE FOR 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
Gavin Calver wants everyone to come and meet him when he's in Ramsey later this month - on PRAISE today we find out why; Georgia from Churches Bookshop in Douglas is organising another free admission 'Meet The Author' event, and joins us with all the details, and my special guest is Rosie...
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PRAISE FOR 25 AUGUST 2019
Nowadays, it takes a brave person to go into a church building alone, or to start a conversation about God. Michael Harvey believes that we have to overcome this by developing a culture of invitation, which will lead to transformation. On PRAISE today he explains why he thinks it's so important…
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PRAISE FOR 18 AUGUST 2019
It's a tale of two books in this edition of PRAISE - Methodist Minister Steve Ingrouille explains how he came to write a book by accident, and Father Nicolas Stebbing, of the Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield, believes that a book written over 1,500 years ago could offer solutions for…
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PRAISE FOR 11 AUGUST 2019
On PRAISE today - being a Mother and a Minister; bravery at the Beach Mission - and music from featured artist Katherine Jenkins. Vicar's wife and grandmother Mary Sumner founded the Mothers' Union over 140 years ago. Today it's the largest Anglican movement in the world, operating in 84…
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PRAISE FOR 4 AUGUST 2019
If you're currently finding life a bit of a challenge, then I hope my special guest on PRAISE today might give you a little bit of inspiration and encouragement to face whatever lies ahead. EMILY OWEN is an author and speaker - with a remarkable story to tell. And we'll hear from a priest in the...
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PRAISE FOR 28 JULY 2019
The true story of a travelling Bible which came home to Kirk Braddan this week - 185 years since it left the Island! We meet Margaret Fourie - loving her life as a (retired) Anglican priest, and there's an update on Spring Harvest Local that's coming to the Island on 17 September. It's just been...
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PRAISE FOR 21 JULY 2019
On PRAISE today we reflect on some of the lesser-known aspects of that historic moon landing, 50 years ago; Pioneer Minister Reverend Alex Brown shares some more of his vision for churches that aren't churches; we have a first mention for SPRING HARVEST LOCAL that's coming to the Island on 17th...
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PRAISE FOR 14 JULY 2019
On PRAISE today, I'm talking with Zoe Anderson, who's left the family farm in Patrick to work with the world's largest anti-slavery charity in the world. But surely slavery belongs to a bygone age? Sadly, it doesn't - it's modern, it's massive - and most worryingly, there's a good chance that -...
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PRAISE FOR 7 JULY 2019
This week's programme is all about music - it's also about teenage rebellion, maternal love - and lots of FAITH! On PRAISE today, we discover a new CD of beautiful harp music that's been recorded with a unique purpose - and take a first look at the Miss M.L. Wood Song School at the Cathedral in...
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PRAISE FOR 30 JUNE 2019
Reverend Andy Fishburne talks about his road to ordination in the Methodist Church. Rosemary Clarke previews the new exhibition about the origins of the Bible in Manx which forms part of the Cathedral's involvement in the IOM Flower Festival. This year's festival involves 18 venues all around the...
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PRAISE FOR 23 JUNE 2019
On this week's programme - Dr Richard Hubbard, Valerie Kinrade and Reverend Jo Dudley, tell the story of the background to the new Visit Laxey Valley Heritage Trail which opens next Saturday, 29 June, at 12 noon. Christ Church in Laxey will be the Welcome Centre for visitors to the trail, in...
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PRAISE FOR 16 JUNE 2019
We celebrate Father's Day with a selection of stories, as three people each remember their Dad - and we travel to Ramsey for a Service of Celebration in which a Declaration of Commitment was signed between the Ramsey Methodist Church and Trinity United Reformed Church in Ramsey. After 4 years of...
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PRAISE FOR 9 JUNE 2019
On PRAISE today, we reflect on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day with thoughts from some of the Veterans as they returned to the Normandy beaches. If you're looking for a summer holiday suggestion, there's something for everyone at a quality Christian camp site in the Vendee region of France, and...
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PRAISE FOR 2 JUNE 2019
Meet The Racing Preacher! In a special PRAISE programme for TT, Methodist local preacher and sidecar passenger Andy Haynes shares his life story. With wisdom and gentle humour, he talks about faith, family, choices and challenges (and much more!) and there's music too!
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PRAISE FOR 26 MAY 2019
The Firestarter Youth Camp is 22 years old but it's fresher and brighter than ever - team leader Tommy Harrison and Natalie Brennan update us on this year's event - but be prepared for a VERY unexpected side to the story! Check out the festival, and book, via www.firestarter.im Simon Brown is a...
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PRAISE FOR 19 MAY 2019
On PRAISE today, members of two Ramsey churches - Trinity United Reformed Church and Waterloo Road Methodist Church - describe the process that's led them to sell their existing church buildings, and plan a future sharing their weekly services together, and working together to serve the local...
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PRAISE FOR 12 MAY 2019
Looking ahead to Praying the Keeills Week, discovering the power of sunflowers, and a first meeting with the inspirational Emily Owen - it's all on PRAISE today - plus The Deer's Cry - ancient words set to beautiful music
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PRAISE FOR 5 MAY 2019
On PRAISE today we catch up with Bishop Michael Burrows, from our 'twinned' diocese in Ireland, and discover the link between Our Lady of Walsingham and the Isle of Man - plus brass band hymn tunes from this years Guild
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PRAISE FOR 28 APRIL 2019
A much-loved Manxman is remembered, and we discover some fascinating insights into the real life of Vincent Van Gogh Reverend David Gordon was pastor at Broadway Baptist Church in Douglas, and left some 18 years ago to become National Mission Advisor for the Baptist Church in Scotland. He's now...
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PRAISE FOR 21 APRIL 2019
The message of Easter is at the very heart of the Christian faith - but what does a gift of new life mean to ordinary people like us? Georgie and Nigel Dempsey-Moore know exactly what it means to them, and they share their searingly honest story on today's programme. Bishop Gavin Ashenden…
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