The Church Times Podcast

Podcast: Esther Swaffield-Bray on the global campaign to end slavery and human trafficking

On the podcast this week, Ed Thornton talks to Esther Swaffield-Bray, Director of England at International Justice Mission UK

30 Jul 2021

Podcast: Ways to ease mental-health worries post-lockdown, with Corin Pilling

Ed Thornton is joined on the podcast by Corin Pilling, UK director of Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries

22 Jul 2021

Podcast: Dave Walker’s guide to cycling to church (and elsewhere)

Ed Thornton is joined by Church Times cartoonist Dave Walker to talk about his new book on cycling: From A to B: A cartoon guide to getting around by bike

15 Jul 2021

Podcast: The character of Gareth Southgate’s England team, with Peter Crumpler

08 Jul 2021

Podcast: Rowan Williams on Looking East in Winter: Contemporary thought and the Eastern Christian tradition

01 Jul 2021

Podcast: ‘Betrayed by the heart’s need’: R. S. Thomas, pandemic, and lament — a talk by Mark Oakley

25 Jun 2021

Podcast: Miranda Threlfall-Holmes on How to Eat Bread: 21 nourishing ways to read the Bible

17 Jun 2021

Podcast: Paul Vallely on the cut to the international aid budget

10 Jun 2021

Listen again: Stephen Tomkins on The Journey to the Mayflower

03 Jun 2021

Chine McDonald on God Is Not a White Man: And other revelations

28 May 2021

Podcast: Pádraig Ó Tuama: Saved by the sonnet

21 May 2021

Podcast: How interim ministry can help parishes through change and difficulties

13 May 2021

Podcast: RSCM Music Sunday competition winning anthem, and creating worship that connects

07 May 2021

Podcast: Gareth Higgins on How Not to Be Afraid: Seven ways to live when everything seems terrifying

30 Apr 2021

Podcast: Claire Gilbert on Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Letters on hope, death and learning to live

22 Apr 2021

Podcast: Prince Philip’s questioning faith

15 Apr 2021

Podcast: Listen again: Brian McLaren: Worship that destroys (and saves) the world

09 Apr 2021

Podcast: Sir David Suchet on reading St John’s Gospel

01 Apr 2021

Podcast: John Pritchard on how pilgrimage can enrich our everyday lives

26 Mar 2021

Podcast: Theology Slam 2021: the finalists’ talks

19 Mar 2021

Podcast: Mark Oakley’s pandemic reading

12 Mar 2021

Podcast: Will the Budget help the most vulnerable? Justin Thacker assesses the evidence

05 Mar 2021

Podcast: Francis Spufford on Light Perpetual

25 Feb 2021

Podcast: Hannah Steele: a fresh perspective on evangelism

18 Feb 2021

Podcast: Rachel Mann: Lent with Elton John

11 Feb 2021

Podcast: Jarel Robinson-Brown: Prophetic rage: Fire shut in my bones

04 Feb 2021

Podcast: Bishop John Inge: how can bishops help clergy to thrive?

28 Jan 2021

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Forthcoming Events

13-14 September 2021
Festival of Preaching
Speakers include Barbara Brown Taylor, Alister McGrath, and Sam Wells.

25 September 2021
Festival of Faith and Literature: Food for the Journey
With Stephen Cottrell, Peter Stanford, Lucy Winkett, and Rowan Williams.

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Literary review: Miss Pym disposes

Barbara Pym’s own experiences, friendships, and relationships shaped her fiction, writes Paula Byrne