Poema Podcast
Episodes
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Poema S7 032 | Dalaina May is a Deconstructing Missionary
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
In today's episode, recorded early on in the pandemic, I'm joined by Daliana May, who lives in South East Asia doing anti-trafficking work and advocacy for social justice.
Daliana tells us her story of being a missionary, and then how she moved into deconstructing her faith.
She talks of the challenges she faced in her deconstructing her faith, leaving patriarchy behind and decolonising as a white woman with experience in missions, and how she discovered new meaning and purpose in anti-trafficking work and social justice activism.
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Poema S7 031 | Kate Boyd on Spiritual Community in a Post-Pandemic World
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Writer, speaker and podcaster Kate Boyd is my guest today. Together we explore and discuss how spiritual community has evolved and changed as more people deconstruct their faith, and how the pandemic will impact spiritual communities.
Kate shares what she's learned through her own story and work, and the challenges she's faced and that spiritual communities need to confront as we move forward post-pandemic.
We also talk about how churches can become safe spaces for those deconstructing, who've been hurt by the church. Finally we talk about the tough questions which leaders of spiritual communities - and the communities themselves - need to ask going forward.
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Poema S7 030 | Maria French on the Pandemic, Church, Certainty & The New Normal
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Today my beloved friend Maria French joins me for a discussion on the post-pandemic world and it it will impact culture, our day to day lives and the church.
We dive deep into the concept of the 'new normal', and discuss the myth that our lives will ever 'go back to normal' and how people and even institutions may try, unsuccessfully, to act like the pandemic never happened. We also talk about how people may try to find a new form of certainty, to try and avoid dealing with the collective trauma we've experienced.
Finally, we discuss what the post-pandemic world will look like for the church, and how it will need to adapt and change, to stay both accessible and relevant as the world moves forward.
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Poema S7 029 | Grief Stories: J Elizabeth Hanson
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Today I'm joined on the podcast by J Elizabeth Hanson. She shares with us the story of losing her son to suicide several years ago and how this impacted both her and her family.
J Elizabeth talks about how her experience of processing and carrying grief, and how this led her to do work alongside others grieving.
She talks about the work she does in giving people processing loss practices and rituals which allow them to process grief in a healthier way, alongside the vital work of professional therapy, and how often creativity can play a part in the healing process.