The Urban Mystic Podcast: Conversation about Deconstructing Church, the Problem of Godde, and Cultivating Relational Spirituality
Episodes
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
In this episode we continue the conversation around relational experience in relation to other people and in relation to God.
Here we distinguish between God’s non-relational relationships and God’s relational relationships. This might sound complex but it really comes together as we talk about our human to human relationships and the relationship we can have to 'the idea of God within us' as opposed to having ideas about God and relating to God as the Person who draws near and withdraws.
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
In this episode we begin establishing what Relational Spirituality is. As people we have diverse relationships – with ideas, values, objects, institutions, and persons – and it's important to shift from relating to God as an idea to relating to God as a Person who draws near and withdraws.
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Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
This is our introductory episode to Season 5 of the podcast of the urban mystic. Here Tim Victor and Steve Carter talk about the season and what's ahead. This is our most ambitious season yet and we'll be establishing Relational Spirituality in concept and in practice.
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Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Here is another bonus episode for you of quality conversation with a wise and humble guest, Wayne Jacobsen. Wayne generously gave us an hour and a half of his time to explore his experience, his thinking and current work and life. Wayne leads us to “new spiritual trailheads” as he works with “hungry people” – hungry people who are interested and yearning for engagement with God. It is a conversation which covers more than 40 years of life history; so a rich and insightful tapestry.
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Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
In This episode we speak to Phil Drysdale from The Deconstruction Network. With deconstructers standing as perhaps the fastest growing spiritual movement in the west, this research is tremendously important. Phil is among those doing research into deconstructers which evidences a different picture to what institutional supporters paint them out to be.
This is a bonus episode that best slots in with Season 2 where we spoke with fellow deconstructers.
The Deconstruction Network
https://thedeconstructionnetwork.com
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Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
This is the final episode of our miniseries on Open and Relational Theology. Tim and I wrap up our thinking following all of the conversations with our guests and take aim at some of what we hope the future holds for us.
It is also our book giveaway episode. Thomas Jay Oord, of the Center for Open and Relational Theology, was kind enough to send us some copies of his new book to giveaway to some fortunate listeners.
Thank you for listening, we look forward to hearing from you.
Apologies for one or two poor patches of audio in this episode.
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Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
In this week’s episode we squeeze in one final guest to our exploration of Open and Relational Theology. Tim stumbled across an article Bob had written and so we decided to extend the series and include our conversation with him. Bob has also published a number of books, some of which he speaks to in this conversation. You can find his work here if you would like to dig further into his thinking.
Next week will be our season conclusion, with an exciting extra thrown in! So look out for that.
Thank you for listening, we look forward to hearing from you.
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Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
This is a bonus episode we're squeezing in between conversations with our miniseries guests. It arises from a Facebook post Tim wrote (link) about healing and how we follow the Kingdom of Jesus behaviour to go in an ambassadorial way into the world to do as Jesus did/does.
It is a stand alone conversation, though in many ways it connects deeply with so much of our thinking and conversing over the past year.
At the root is a desire to take seriously the God who speaks and acts in this world, and draw near to that God, to self and to others in a way that acknowledges the living presence and desire of this alive God.
We'd love to hear from you in response. Drop us a message or email so we can connect.
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
TC Moore joins us this week on the podcast for a conversation about Open and Relational Theology. Of course, we start by digging into his life story and first experiences of God – and it’s a fascinating story.
We also spend some time looking into TC’s ROSE acronym which he offers in contradistinction to John Calvin’s 5 points of Calvinism – most often referred to by the TULIP acronym. You can access the Youtube link here to a longer and deeper dive into TC’s work on Open and Relational Theology.
We’re so grateful to TC and our other two guests, Delvyn and Rory, for joining us on this miniseries. Next week will be the last episode in this series as Tim and Steve wrap up and reflect on the guests and the three conversations.
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Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Rory Randall from the Center for Open and Relational Theology joins us in conversation on this week's episode of the podcast. Rory has published a book recently entitled, "An Open Theist Renewal Theology: God's Love, the Spirit's power, and Human Freedom". We asked Rory to share some handles with which to understand this emerging theology. As usual though the theory is woven into the backdrop of life story, and so Rory shares his first experiences of God within the telling of his life story. Towards the end of the episode we return to the question of how we experience God and what it means to 'practice the presence of God'.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We'd love to hear from you in response to any of our conversations or topics.
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