Mid-faith Crisis

Mid-faith Crisis

Nick Page & Joe Davis

A podcast for every Christian who has ever asked ‘Is that it?’

34 minutes 15 seconds

Episode 314: Whacking our Biblical moles
We return to the Bible this week, to the thorny topic of how we deal with difficult Bible verses, particularly verses about eternal punishment and divine vengeance. As our correspondent puts it, it's like Biblical whack-a-mole: you hammer one passage down, only to see new ones pop up. So we talk about the inadequacy of systematic theology, the need to recognise contradiction and mystery and how everybody, frankly, is whacking their moles. Most importantly, we consider how, despite the difficulties, we can continue to engage with and be inspired by the scriptures.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Wicked
- Dune: Part One
- Dune: Part Two
- Nick Page, The Badly Behaved Bible
- Gregory Macdonald, The Evangelical Universalist
- Midrash
11 January 2025, 1:15 am
42 minutes 32 seconds

Episode 313: A new year anniversary
Happy new year (although, as we all know, the official Mid-faith Crisis New Year isn't until March). Anyway we're back, and in this episode we mark a special anniversary - 45 years since Nick became a Christian. So, what's changed? How did we understand 'conversion' back then and how do we understand it now? And how do we see our purpose today, all those years later?
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4 January 2025, 1:15 am
36 minutes 21 seconds

Episode 312: Strictly Come Preaching Christmas Special
Happy Christmas! In this festive episode we share – and then judge – our Christmas micro-sermons. Also we think about the practices that will nourish us this Christmas and reflect on how the darkness and worry of the nativity stories does not diminish the life and hope. Remember everyone – you're still alive, and that's a wonderful thing!
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21 December 2024, 1:15 am
38 minutes 3 seconds

Episode 311: Go slow and repair things
After a brief debate about which of us is the more miserable, we discuss whether social media can help us engage with our shadow, detaching from the news without feeling guilty, and how hate actually tethers us to the object of our hatred. Also, as we enter Advent, where do we look for the hope? And what can we do to add to the hope and love that is really all around us?
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7 December 2024, 1:15 am
39 minutes 40 seconds

Episode 310: It’s the system
In this episode, we talk about the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and, more specifically, about the systems of thinking which lead almost inevitably to coercion and abuse. How can we challenge systems like this? Is there any hope? And is God relying on us to be the answers to prayer?
Mentioned in this episode:
30 November 2024, 1:15 am
47 minutes 43 seconds

Episode 309: Shame-slayer: An interview with Flamy Grant
Joe talks to award-winning and Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant, the 'shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen' from North Carolina. As well as sharing their story of growing up in the evangelical church, they talk about the need to trust peoples' experiences and how, so often, we have a view of God who 'doesn’t love very well'. Along the way, Flamy talks about mystical encounters, dealing with opposition and abuse and why, in the end, it's all about joy.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Paddington in Peru
- Flamy Grant- Website
23 November 2024, 1:15 am
42 minutes 52 seconds

Episode 308: What the heck, I’ll pray anyway
We talk about prayer and laughter, about creativity, and about the everyday acts of hope that help us transcend the news. Also we discuss judging a theology by the fruit it bears. Meanwhile Nick talks about his retreat and there is a lot about cheese. Business as usual, then.
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16 November 2024, 1:15 am
37 minutes 19 seconds

Episode 307: ‘Stick two fingers up to the forces of darkness’
In times of disappointment, darkness and fear, how should we respond? What difference can we make? We talk about joy as a revolutionary act, and how we can refuse to join in the game. Also, we discuss reclaiming labels such as 'Christian', and we have powerful stories about the power of prayer, mystical coincidences and, of course, parking spaces. Brought to you by Saint Joe of the Cheese and St Nick, patron saint of innuendo.
Mentioned in this episode:
9 November 2024, 1:15 am
47 minutes 8 seconds

Episode 306: An interview with Martyn Joseph
We have an interview with singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph. He talks about his career, the craft of song-writing, his campaigning worked the importance of just turning up. And we end, of course, with a song.
Mentioned in this episode:
2 November 2024, 1:15 am
43 minutes 6 seconds

Episode 305: The microphone in my heart
Is God really in charge of the universe? Do prophecies actually happen? We have some fascinating feedback about hearing from God and how he is calling us to collaboration and co-creation. Meanwhile, Nick quotes Ezekiel and Joe goes all mystical about Robins.
Mentioned in this episode:
26 October 2024, 12:15 am
42 minutes 31 seconds

Episode 304: Fetch the prophecy scales!
In this episode we explore one of the central questions of theology: is it right to pray for a parking space? If we believe in an interventionist God, then what kind of intervening does he do? Does Joe really have the spiritual gift of parking? Also, we touch on sadness as holy ground, grieving for past versions of ourselves, and how to respond when people present prophecies and words of knowledge. Oh and it was our eight anniversary this week. Not that one of us noticed…
Mentioned in this episode:
19 October 2024, 12:11 am
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