Could watching TV can make you a better writer? We think so. We’re a group of Story Grid editors analyzing hit TV series to help you understand how great writers create masterful crime, thriller, love, society stories and more. If you're writing a novel, screenplay or TV series, our show will help you look at storytelling from an editor's perspective. New episodes are released every Thursday and our Show Notes are available at www.sgshowrunners.com
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Find out what makes influential Christian leaders tick! Hear the faith stories of a huge range of church leaders, musicians, preachers and more, as they share how God has led and guided them through both valleys and mountain-top experiences. The Profile brings you in-depth interviews to help you learn from the wisdom and experiences of people who have gone all-in for God. Past guests include church leaders such as HTB’s Nicky Gumbel, the world renown DJ Moby, Bible teachers Joyce Meyer and J ...
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Stories about the aquatic experiences that shape us. Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they talk story with some of the most adept waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is a gathering place for our global ocean community to dive into the themes of watery lives lived well: ecology, adventure, community, activism, science, egalitarianism, inclusivity, meaningful play, a sense of humour. And, surfing, of course.
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Have You Ever Read...? is a podcast about books. Not just any books but Christian books. Once a month, Jean Kabasomi interviews an ordinary Christian about a book that has had a huge impact on their life or ministry.
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Leadership Special Prof John H Walton : ‘Leading through disagreement’
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28:11Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis: Advances in the Origins Debate’ about his journey of understanding of the first chapters of Genesis and the challenge of sharing his views when others disagree. What is Genesis 1 really about? Was there a real Adam and Eve?Further reading he recommended: Reconsidering …
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When was the last time you followed a spark of curiosity all the way to some distant shoreline? Kiana Weltzien's ocean adventures began in 2016 when she left her real estate career in Miami for a year of travel. Along the way, she met a mentor and moved onto his boat; a replica Polynesian double-canoe. She sensed that this was her new way of life. …
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Fr Jamie Franklin: From independent evangelical to catholic Anglican
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58:25As priest-in-charge at Holy Trinity in Winchester, an Anglo-Catholic neo-Gothic church built in the mid-19th century, Jamie Franklin is a far cry from the charismatic Christian upbringing he experienced as a child in Essex influenced by the Toronto Blessings. His parents divorced when he was young and although he admits his childhood made him recep…
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Leadership Special Kathryn Segal: ‘Leading through weakness'
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26:51Andy Peck talks to the pastor’s wife who shared her struggle with depression on Instagram and quickly found an audience of 4000 followers, many of whom were Christians blessed by her vulnerability. They chat about her story and how God can use each of us to be an influence where he has placed us.The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity…
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Ray Comfort - why the fear of God is healthy
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34:02Ray Comfort is a New Zealand-born Christian evangelist and author but is perhaps best known for his street preaching and bold public debates on atheism and Christianity. Though his parents called themselves Methodists he says he was not explicitly brought up as a Christian only later becoming born again. Comfort went on to start Living Waters Publi…
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Leadership Special Maureen C Chiana: ‘Thinking better as a leader’
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27:48Andy Peck talks with the author of ‘Rewire your brain with neuroscience and Scripture every day’, about how understanding the brain can enhance your understanding of yourself and those you lead. What does fear do? Why is vision so important and how might small actions repeated daily bring the outcomes you are looking for? They also look at her work…
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Pastor Colin Smith speaking on the Bible as a living seed
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53:05Pastor Colin Smith is a familiar voice to Premier Christian Radio listeners as he presents Open the Bible which can be heard every weekday evening at 7.30pm. As listeners will know from his accent he's originally from Scotland but for the last two decades has been the senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Illinois. He grew up in a…
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Leadership Special Marg Mowczko: ‘Leading and preaching as a woman’
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29:24Andy Peck talks with the theologian and blogger about her journey into Bible teaching from a church that didn’t believe women should. What were her key steps in the journey? How does she interpret tricky passages and what does she say to women in churches that take a different approach? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’…
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The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts on churchgoing and writing political satire
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59:34Quentin Letts is a British Journalist and political sketch writer best known for his satirical portraits of Westminster politics. Over the course of his career he's written for most major national newspapers, including the Daily Mail, The Times, and The Daily Telegraph since Tony Blair became Prime Minister. Growing up, his parents ran a prep schoo…
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Pioneer's Billy Kennedy on the highs and lows of church leadership
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58:57Billy Kennedy is the International Leader of the Pioneer Network. He was the Senior Leader at New Community Church in Southampton for 20 years from 2002 to 2022 and in 2014 was appointed one of the six Presidents of Churches Together in England. Kennedy was instrumental in forging partnerships particularly between the Pioneer Network and other deno…
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Leadership Special Ash Barker: ‘Ministry to the Urban Poor’
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26:34Andy Peck talks with the author of ‘No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of Shalom in your neighbourhood’ about his journey from Melbourne, Australia to Winson Green, Birmingham, via Bangkok Thailand What is Seedbeds? How might we minister to the urban poor and raise up leaders equipped to do so? How has Ash stayed resilient amidst setbacks? How mig…
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Hatun Tash - the ex-Muslim arrested and beaten in the UK for preaching to Muslims about Christ
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56:2543-year-old Preacher Hatun Tash is not backward in coming forward in her approach to sharing The Gospel with Muslims and has been described by some in the British press as 'colourful'. Tash grew up in Turkey during the 80s and 90s where she says the country was more 'secular' but nevertheless identified as Muslim. It was only when she came to the U…
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Leadership Special Andy Corley: ‘Leading prisoners into freedom’
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25:33Andy Peck talks with the CEO of Prison Fellowship International (PFI) which works in 120 countries on six continents. They consider the astonishing work of God through volunteers working in prisons. How does he find his priorities within a vast ministry and stay buoyant as a believer? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s …
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As the daughter of Delirious?'s Martin Smith Elle Limebar grew up with music all around her. Her father had received a word when she was born that she too would grow up to be a musician but it was not so clear to her. But that's exactly what she did and is now a well known singer songwriter and worship leader in her own right. Her latest albums is …
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Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges with Jago Wynne
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1:28:21A conversation about what it means to fully apply grace 'post salvation', the issues facing the Church, a framework for disagreement and a testimony about taking small steps of faith with God. Links mentioned in this episode: Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges Holy Trinity Clapham (HTC) Alpha Focus Times Article - Gen Z half as likely as their par…
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Leadership Special Arit Eminue MBE: ‘Leading into your better future’
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28:07Andy Peck talks to the award-winning Talent Management and Inclusion Specialist about her work helping others flourish, alongside parenting her daughter. How might you think through possible changes to your leadership? Is ‘work-life balance’ actually a myth? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine.…
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Tom Nelson on connecting Sunday worship to Monday morning.
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52:45Tom Nelson is the president of Made to Flourish, a network dedicated to empowering pastors to integrate faith, work, and economics in their congregations. He has served as the senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Kansas City for over 30 years. Nelson holds a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a council member …
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Strahan Coleman- on contemplative Christianity
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47:15Strahan Coleman is an award-winning musician, poet, writer, teacher and spiritual director from Aotearoa in New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoners Communion, which explores deep communion with God through spiritual retreats. He also has a podcast and an online prayer schools. Coleman has authored three volumes of poetic prayer books offering c…
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Leadership Special Letitia Shelton: ‘Pastoring the city’
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26:11Andy Peck talks to the founder of the charities ‘City Women’ and ‘City Free from Porn’ about her work serving women in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. How did she get women out of the church reaching women locally, and how might we be doing the same in women’s groups where we are? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading…
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Austin grew up in a Christian home but had a period of doubt in his youth. After wrestling with some of the fundamentals of faith he went on to become a theology graduate from Moody Bible Institute. He created the YouTube channel "Gospel Simplicity," which has now garnered over 40,000 subscribers and three million views. His channel features interv…
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Leadership Special Dave Landrum: ‘Leading in an anti-Christian world’
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27:45Andy Peck talks to the author of a new book entitled Seismos: Christian Citizenship in a Post-Christian West about his alarming analysis of how secularism ideology has pushed Christianity to the margins of society in the West. How are we to understand it and what might be the response of the church? How could Christian citizenship point people to a…
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John Bergsma grew up with a military chaplain as a father and his family were Dutch Calvinists. As an adult he went on to become a Protestant pastor but later felt the call to join the Catholic church which he joined in 2001. He's now Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio in his academic life has specialised in…
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Believe IT: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable by Jamie Kern Lima
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20:09Leadership hacks woven with a testimony of the goodness and faithfulness of God, thorough the eyes of a female founder of a billion dollar L'Oreal brand. Links mentioned in this episode: Lent Podcast Episode: 40 Days of Decrease by Alicia Britt Chole with Denise Chaney Believe IT: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable by Jamie Kern Lima Wort…
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Leadership Special Simon Cross: ‘Navigating AI as a leader’
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31:55Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: a guide for the perplexed’ about his work understanding the ethical implications of AI as part of the Church of England’s Faith and Public Life Team. What do we need to be concerned about? How should we use it ourselves? How do we find material that can inform our thinking?The Profile is br…
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Elizabeth Oldfield on intentional living and 'off limits' topics
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39:05As a writer, broadcaster and consultant Elizabeth Oldfield is passionate about helping people and organisations grow to align with their values, particularly in the third sector. She was Director of the religion and society think-tank Theos for ten years and now hosts the Sacred Podcast - a show exploring people's lives and the values that shape th…
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Leadership Special Peter Roberts: ‘Leading a new church plant’
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26:18Andy Peck talks to the founding pastor of Trinity Church Everton, north Liverpool, about how a small team planted a Gospel minded church in one of the poorest areas of the UK. How did they decide on Everton and what lessons has he learned over the last 12 years?The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazi…
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Alister McGrath is many things, an academic, a historian, a writer, a theologian but above all he is an apologist. McGrath was born in Belfast and went to study chemistry at Oxford University describing himself at the time as an 'aggressive atheist'. Whilst there he met Christians who were scientists but who were able to talk to him and debate his …
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Leadership Special Stewart McCulloch: ‘Stewarding finances as you lead’
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27:48Andy Peck talks to the CEO of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) about the need to be aware of finances as we lead. How well do we need to know our way around a balance sheet? What is wise practice with fundraising? How might your church support those in financial need?The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian …
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Brother Guy Consolmagno- The Pope's Astronomer
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55:42As Director of the Vatican Observatory Brother Guy Consolmagno has had his fair share of stargazing. He's a Jesuit priest who has a keen interest in considering space in God's creation and how it can feed us has humans. He grew up in Detroit in the 1950s into a Catholic family where faith was not "oppressive" but part of the fabric of daily life. F…
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Leadership Special Jason Mandryk: ‘Leading intelligently to fulfil the Great Commission’
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28:10Andy Peck talks with the editor of Operation World, a tool that helps Christian pray intelligently and act strategically as they seek to make worldwide. As Operation World celebrates 60 years of publication, they look at where the church is growing, where it seems to be struggling and the vital role of prayer as we look to serve God’s work. Where s…
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Glyn Barrett on Church planting and growth
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55:43With his Aussie accent you'd be forgiven for thinking Glyn Barrett was homegrown in Australia but he was in fact born to Welsh parents and spent the first two years of his life in Manchester before going down under. Glyn grew up in a Christian home and his parents were pastors. Decades later he felt the call to come back to the UK and plant a churc…
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How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People by Pete Grieg
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31:14The perfect guide to simplifying your prayer life. Links mentioned in this episode How to Pray by Pete Grieg Redeeming Your Time by Jordan Raynor Redeeming Your Time - Podcast Episode The Bible in One Year - Podcast Episode Called by Jonny Gumbel The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod Prepping for 2025 - Devotional How to Pray - Prayer Toolkit (I called …
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Leadership Special Karl Vaters: Leading a small church
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27:24Andy Peck chats with a man who has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years. Having pastored a church in the US which grew and then shrank, he founded a ministry supporting pastors of small churches. They talk about why some churches remain small, how you can be ‘heathy’ and small and what to do if you have tried to change things and faile…
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Putting Tech in its Place with Helena Norberg-Hodge + friends
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48:50What's lost when we hand over skills or experiences to technology ? We sat down with localisation pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge to learn more about the waves of radical economic and social changes she has experienced first hand. In 1975, as a student of linguistics amongst the glacial melt of the Himalayas, Helena witnessed the rapid erosion of trad…
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How do we make magic boards last longer? Gary McNeill and Dave have been experimenting with alternative, non-petrochemical materials for the last decade. The front runner in their experiments? Flax cloth, for board strength and durability. Stab recently ran The Electric Acid Surfboard Test, to explore the validity of their flax tinkerings. This epi…
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Shell Perris and Gary Spicer on Christian entrepreneurship
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45:55Shell Perris - once a singer in a Christian girl band - now leads Alive Ministries which helps families worship. She works with Gary Spicer at The Lions which guides Christians in setting up and running successful businesses, not just to make money, but to create social change. Through their work they hope to help, mentor, train and bring ideas int…
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Leadership Special Liz Taylor MBE: ‘Providing leadership training for Diaspora Christians’
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26:19Andy Peck chats with the national director of Development Associates International (DAI UK) about their leadership training and support of Diaspora Christians including overseas students. They talk about her background in community health and development in rural Nepal and urban India and what led her into leadership in the first place.The Profile …
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Podcaster Carey Nieuwhof has said being a pastor 'nearly killed' him. Not that he felt a particular call to church leadership initially. Nieuwhof grew up in a Christian home to immigrant parents who lived in Canada but it wasn't until he was 13 and his parents had moved to an Evangelical Presbyterian church that he felt he gave his life to Christ.M…
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Leadership Special Nicholas & Sheila Rowe ‘How your upbringing impacts how you lead’
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29:08Andy Peck chats with the authors of Healing Leadership Trauma: Finding emotional health and helping others flourish (IVP). They discuss how past trauma can impact a leader’s style and approach, what signs we should look for, and what we might do to get support.The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazin…
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After a tough year Wycombe Wanderer's Jason McCarthy was looking to assess his priorities. He was having a successful career as a defender but after a close relative died and during a nasty spell when he got held up at knifepoint he began to question what success was. One day he overheard teammates talking about Jesus and became intrigued. He asked…
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Singer and songwriter Victory Boyd grew up in a big musical family. She's one of nine children and credits her parents for her musical success and the investment they put into her and her siblings. As a family they moved to New York with little money but a lot of faith and sold CDs around the city which helped support their family. Now she's a succ…
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Leadership Special Phil Moore: ‘When what and how you lead needs to change’
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26:21Andy Peck chats with Phil Moore about his transition from serving as pastor at Everyday Church Wimbledon for a new kind of discipling based ministry. They explore his new book, ‘The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus’ and how new believers can become leaders within their sphere of influence. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s…
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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on standing up for the unborn
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1:00:39Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is one of the most outspoken pro-life activists working in the UK today. She is the Director of 40 Days for Life and March for Life UK which uses volunteers and prayer to encourage women to believe that their pregnancies are important. Last year she was arrested twice for praying outside abortion centres and has fought -succes…
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Leadership Special Kate Coleman & Cham Kaur-Mann: ‘Leading in a multi-racial setting’
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28:09Andy Peck chats with Kate, the founder of Next Leadership and her co-director Cham.As the first black and Asian ministers in the Baptist Union of Great Britain respectively, they share their experience as pioneers. They look at what racism is, and what we can do to tackle the issue in the settings where we lead. The Profile is brought to you by Pre…
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Australian-born Christine Caine is an author, and activist. She grew up to Greek immigrant parents in Sydney but from the age of 3 she was sexually abused by men living in her house. In her childhood and early adult life she lived with great shame but in this episode explains how Jesus set her free from it. As an adult she found out she and her bro…
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Leadership Special Alan Fadling: ‘Unhurried Leadership’
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25:59Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘The Unhurried Leader’, who is the founder of a range of ministries, resources and events for leaders who wish to slow down. They talk about Alan’s journey to near burnout, how he recovered and what he says to leaders who fear they can’t keep going at their present pace. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Ch…
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The Bible in One Year - A Commentary by Nicky and Pippa Gumbel
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20:51Have you ever wanted to read the Bible in a year or three? This is the perfect book for you. Links mentioned in this episode The Bible in One Year - A Commentary by Nicky and Pippa Gumbel - Hardback Book The Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel - NIV Bible and Commentary Hardback Book The Bible in One Year - A Commentary by Nicky and Pippa Gumbel - Ap…
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Actor David Gyasi (pronounced 'Josse') is on a career high. He's appeared in Hollywood films such as Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey and alongside Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas. You can also catch him as UK Foreign Secretary in the Netflix series of The Diplomat. But getting there had its struggles. He and his wife - became teenage parents unexp…
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Leadership Special David Instone-Brewer: ‘A Christmas narrative for leaders’
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28:24In a classic re-run, Andy Peck chats with the retired Baptist minister and Cambridge scholar about how we should best understand Luke and Matthew’s portrayal of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Does the likely scandal surrounding the events mean that there is rather more going on that we have imagined The Profile is brought to you by Prem…
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How do you better a culture? How do we better surf culture? Dr. Krista Comer is a scholar of American literature and cultural politics. She has written widely about women and surfing as a way "to build bridges between university and community, or subcultural knowledges. Because we need each other to understand the worlds we inhabit, and to make bet…
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