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Spirit Lounge
by JOY 94.9
Spirituality and sexuality for our community
Episodes
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Best of the Spirit Lounge
The Spirit Lounge is taking a break until November. For our final show before the break, Rachel, Claudine and Mark played clips from some our favourites of the last year: Introducing Rachel and Claudine (15 October 2015) Christmas and Festivus (24 December 2015) Rowena Allen visits the Spirit...
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Anglicans and LGBTI inclusion
Source: St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne Craig D’Alton, vicar of St Mary’s Anglican Church in North Melbourne, talks to Claudine and Rachel about Christian voices in the plebiscite debate, Anglican attitudes to marriage equality and LGBTI inclusion, and last month’s interfaith memorial for the...
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LGBTIQ education in Bangladesh
Holy day of the week was Asalha Puja (Theravada Buddhism). News item 1: The Anglican Church of Canada narrowly approves same-sex marriage after voting errors are identified. News item 2: Conservative and Reform Jews sue the Israeli government to allow mixed-gender prayer at the Western Wall....
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NAIDOC Week
Holy day of the week was Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. Gough Whitlam and Vincent Lingiari, photo by Mervyn Bishop (National Gallery of Australia) For NAIDOC Week, Mark and Claudine talked about the impact of Christianity on Indigenous spirituality. The AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia...
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Rain
On yet another cold, wet Melbourne night, Rachel and Mark talked about rain and rainbows in various spiritual traditions. Originally broadcast on Thursday 30 June 2016. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter! The post Rain appeared first on Spirit Lounge.
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Remembering Orlando – secular and religious memorials
Source: St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne Like many at JOY and in the LGBTIQ community, we in the Spirit Lounge have been shocked by the murder of 49 LGBTIQ people in Orlando, Florida. On Thursday 16 June – just before we went to air – Rachel and Claudine attended a vigil in solidarity for Orlando…
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Shavuot, celebrities, and coming out
Holy day of the week was Shavuot. Mark and Rachel talked about two Christian musicians who have recently come out as gay, Trey Pearson and Tyler Glenn. They also continued last week’s discussion of celebrities, religion and film. Originally broadcast on Thursday 9 June 2016. Join the conversation...
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Ramadan
Rachel talks to Senar about growing up as a Muslim, coming out as gay, and celebrating Ramadan, which begins this week. Rachel and Paige then talk about some celebrities’ religions. Originally broadcast on Thursday 2 June 2016. The post Ramadan appeared first on Spirit Lounge.
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Sorry Day and apologies
In this show we talk about recent government apologies and religious perspectives on apologising. Source: premier.vic.gov.au 26 May was National Sorry Day. An Aboriginal flag flew above Victoria’s Parliament House to mark the Government’s apology to Indigenous children who were taken from their...
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Daring Conference preview
Holy days of the week are the Declaration of the (Bahá’i) and Trinity Sunday (Christian). Source: Uniting Network Australia We talked to Robert Stringer and surprise guest Rowena Allen about the upcoming Daring Conference held by Uniting Network Australia, the national network for lesbian, gay,...
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Politics and religion
This Sunday is the Christian feast of Pentecost, celebrating the arrival of the Holy Spirit among Jesus’ disciples. As Australians prepare for a federal election, we ask: what place does religion have in politics, or politics in religion? And we look at some historical examples of how religion…
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Lutheranism
Martin Luther Holy days of the week were Yom HaShoah and Ascension. We talked to Philip Thiel about Lutheranism in Australia, and current discussions on the role of women and LGBTI people. Originally broadcast on Thursday 5 May 2016. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter! The post...
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Progressive Christianity
It’s Easter again: Orthodox Easter, that is. We talked to Tiffany Sparks about representing A Progressive Christian Voice on Q&A and about some of the issues that matter to progressive Christians. Originally broadcast on Thursday 28 April 2016. The post Progressive Christianity appeared first on...
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Pesach
Pesach Seder plate (source: Mark Sobey) Chag sameach! Mark talked us through the story of Pesach (Passover) and the fifteen steps that make up the Pesach Seder. Haggadot (source: Mark Sobey) For next week’s show, you may want to watch Q&A on ABC on Monday night first. One of the panellists…
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Clothes and religion
A tzitzit worn by Jewish men (source: Mark Sobey) Holy day of the week was the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi. This led us into a discussion of different types of clothes that are significant in religion, including: The Five Ks of Sikhism Tzitziyot and kippot in Judaism Chasubles and Hawaiian shirts…
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Religious FAQs, continued
Mark, Claudine and Rachel spent most of the show talking about one frequently asked question: the relationships between Hanukkah and Christmas, and Passover and Easter. Originally broadcast on Thursday 7 April. The post Religious FAQs, continued appeared first on Spirit Lounge.
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Religious FAQs
Stephen Fry has been nominated for a religious broadcasting award for an interview in which he suggested that God is evil. https://youtu.be/B5RtDpva7nE Rachel and Claudine asked and answered a few frequently asked questions about religion, including: What are the main Christian denominations?…
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Easter and Purim
Claudine was in church for Maundy Thursday so she was replaced by a bear in the studio. Rachel read the text from the Lego Easter Story by BW Animations. There are 14 or 15 Stations of the Cross depending on who you ask. Mark wore a bear-et to celebrate Purim. Here’s a short video of Mark and...
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St Patrick and Palm Sunday
Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit! It’s still St Patrick’s Day (17 March) somewhere in the world and we learned a bit about why St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Our second holy day this week is Palm Sunday (20 March). After we learned about palms, processions and donkeys, we talked to Sr…
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International Women’s Day special: The Bible and women
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we talked about the Bible, women, language and gender with Emily Payne, an Anglican priest. Originally broadcast on Thursday 10 March 2016. The post International Women’s Day special: The Bible and women appeared first on Spirit Lounge.
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Follow up on a couple of hot topics
Holy Days were the Bahá’í fasting days and the Hindu feast of Maha Shivaratri. Two weeks ago we discussed a few local controversies and we revisited them this week. Mentioned in the show: Q&A on 29 February ABC story on Catholic “Don’t mess with marriage” brochure Why I support Safe Schools as a...
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Music
Holy Day of the Week was St David’s Day. Nigel introduced The Junction, a new group where LGBTIQQ young adults and their friends can meet to explore Self, Sexuality and Spirituality in a safe space. The first meeting is this Sunday, 6 March. Find out more about The Junction and sign up on…
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Hot Topics!
Holy day of the week was Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá’i). Claudine, Mark and Rachel discussed some of the week’s hot topics, including: Sky News interview with Lyle Shelton and Jason Tuazon-McCheyne and MattGlover’s open letter to Lyle Shelton “Come Home (Cardinal Pell)” by Tim Minchin If you need to talk to...
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Lent
Southbank CNY Monkey (c) Betty Sujecki Happy Year of the Monkey! We talked to Michelle Trebilcock about Lent and various Lenten practices including fasting and meditation, and some of the different meanings of purple across different cultures. A four-minute video introducing Lent, by Rowan...
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Carly Greening
We started off talking about the initiative of some Australian churches to offer sanctuary to asylum seekers. Holy days of the week were Transfiguration Sunday, Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. We talked to Carly Greening about her missionary work with the Joshua School in...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day; Religion and Film
Mark talked about International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). We then talked about some of our favourite films with religious topics or themes. Here’s some of the ones we came up with: do you have any to add? Dogma Groundhog Day Harry Potter Legally Blonde Monty Python’s Life of Brian…
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; Hinduism
Holy observance was the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. We talked to Srini Madhavan about his experiences growing up in a Hindu family. Originally broadcast on Thursday 21 January 2016. The post Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; Hinduism appeared first on Spirit Lounge.
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Stuart Soley: Midsumma Mass at St Mark’s Fitzroy
Holy days were Maghi and World Religion Day. Claudine, Rachel and Mark talked to Fr Stuart Soley from St Mark’s Anglican Church in Fitzroy about Midsumma Mass and the parish’s ministry to the Fitzroy community. St Mark’s is holding Midsumma Mass on Friday 5 February at 7pm. St Mark’s is located…
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Kim Ettlinger: Pride Shabbat and Reform Judaism
Holy day of the week was Epiphany. Mark and Rachel talked to Rabbi Kim Ettlinger from Temple Beth Israel, about Pride Shabbat and the Union for Reform Judaism’s Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People. Temple Beth Israel is holding Pride Shabbat on Friday 15…
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Marhaba
Rachel and Claudine talked to Nur from Marhaba, a support group for LGBTI people from Muslim backgrounds, which recently celebrated their second anniversary. For more information, visit Federation Story and Global Queer Muslims, or email [email protected]. Originally broadcast on…
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