Resonate Bristol: Recent Episodes
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Based at St Stephen's Church, Resonate is a community in Bristol that comes together to explore themes of Faith, Expression and Ideas. Now exploring digital formats...
In this episode we speak to Rev. Nic Harris about her work as the Chaplain for Housing for the Diocese of Bristol and with the Bristol Housing Festival. She discusses current issues with the housing crisis and temporary accommodation in Bristol, the theology of housing, innovation within the housing sector and what churches and individuals within churches can do. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
In this episode we speak to Nicola Saunders about inHope and the Spring of Hope Women's Centre in Bristol, as well as discussing the specific challenges women who live on the streets face and why homelessness services for women are needed. More information about the organisation can be found here: https://www.inhope.uk/ Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
In this episode we speak to Calum Dawkins from Bristol Refugee Rights who spoke to us about the organisation, what they do in Bristol as well as discussing the current climate for refugees and people seeking asylum in Bristol and the UK. Check out their website for more information about how you can support their work as well as their formal statement on their response to the Ukrainian refugee situation and a video about their early years project mentioned by Calum. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
We get a frontside seat to listen in to two friends discuss sushi, shoehorns and their retrospective journeys to end up living in Sweden - Lucy from the UK, and Lubna from Syria. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Ana Asatiani from Refugee Action talks the Lift the Ban campaign as well as giving insights from her own lived experience as to why it is so important. For more information: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/lift-the-ban/
Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Sarah Cooper talks about the work of Bristol City of Sanctuary, the current climate for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and their upcoming event: Show Your Heart Flotilla on 21st March 2022 in Bristol. For more about the organisation as well as things you can get involved with check out their website https://bristol.cityofsanctuary.org/what-can-you-do
Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Tim Snowdon talks about the work of Sixty One in Bristol with prisoners and ex-offenders including: how churches and individuals can partner in that work, challenges in the criminal justice system today, the importance of hope and a vision of a future with similar regional work around the UK. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Fran Key talks about being a musician, the transformative impact of music and a decade of working for Changing Tunes in prisons and with ex-offenders. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
The first in our autumn series and our focus on communities. This episode features Jill Rowe, Ethos and Formation director for Oasis UK. It explores the Oasis values and how they work in action, how to be inclusion driven, how to work in and with communities and ultimately how we might live our best, most fulfilled lives. Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
The first in our new Education series, a conversation reflecting on our schooling in the Church of England, positives, challenges, intersections of race, religion and the most important prayers we learned! Music Credits: 'Awake,' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
This month we continue our series and explore the topic of creativity and community. With Chris and Michaela Goan (https://seatreeargyll.com/) talking about creativity, community, poetry, pottery and living sustainably. Also featuring poetry from our April poet in residence Tracey Wheeler. Music Credits: 'Awake,' 'Postcards' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
This month we continue our series and explore the topic of creativity and performance. With Kevin Lewis talking about poetry and performance as a priest and Luqman Ali talking about imagination and storytelling with the Khayaal Theatre Company and Amal. Also featuring poetry from our March poet in residence Lucy Magrath. Music Credits: 'Awake,' 'Postcards' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Series 3 kicks of with Johnny Palmer talking about Creativity and the Environment from his journey into sustainability, not managing to hi five with Greta Thunberg to improving water conditions at Warleigh Weir near Bristol. Also featuring poetry from our February poet in residence Emily Magrath. Music Credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Continuing our series theme on inclusion, this episode explores inclusion though the lens of two widely excluded groups in churches: Single people and the LGBTQ community. Firstly, Jackie Elton talks about Single Friendly church, what they have been doing in lockdown and how churches can be more inclusive of Single people. For more information on how to become a Single Friendly church: https://www.singlefriendlychurch.com/become-single-friendly/5-steps Next, Ruth Edmonds speaks about the intersections of identity (her own and others), mentoring, and how the LGBTQ community is excluded and included in churches. Suggested reading: The Book of Queer Prophets curated by Ruth Hunt. Music Credits: 'Awake' 'Inspirational Outlook' and 'Postcards' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/
Featuring Adrian Howkins interviewing Jessica Moody to explore her book Persistence of Memory (https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/isbn/9781789622324/), and also hearing from Lee Barnes. This episode explores legacies of history in spaces, a comparison between Liverpool and Bristol's slavery pasts and reconciliation. Music credits: Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/
This episode features George Smith exploring the intersections of race and church. To find out more we also recommend: Ghost Ship (A.D.A France-Williams) I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown); Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge) and Natives (Akala). Music Credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/
The conclusion of our three part series exploring Church in the current time. This episode features Ian Edgeson and looks to the future thinking about what the church might, could and should look like post lockdown. Also navigating how church changes, the Black Lives Matter movements, women in the church, creativity, language, and diversity of ideas. Music credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/
This episode continues our creative conversations series exploring literature including hearing about historical fiction, science fiction, travel writing, and an exclusive extract from Rachel Laurence from her upcoming book: The Wolfeagle Awakening. Music credits: 'Awake' 'Inspirational Outlook' and 'Postcards' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/
This episode is a conversation across a cross section of the Resonate community and their experiences of church and faith in Lockdown. There are celebrations on the positives, reflections on what is missed and consideration of where we might be headed... Music credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org
The inaugural episode of the Resonate podcast. Exploring poetic responses to lockdown and showcasing the work of the poets from the Resonate community.