Over the last year, Tim and his eleven-year-old son Elliot have been quietly experimenting with faith at home — exploring a different spiritual practice each month and discovering what happens when faith is lived, not just discussed.
From gratitude and Sabbath to activism, creativity, and pilgrimage; from sawing coconuts and dismantling Hi-Fis to marching for their local library and hiding painted pebbles — they’ve stumbled into moments of laughter, frustration, and the occasional glimpse of transcendence.
In this conversation, Tim and Elliot look back over their first year of Homegrown Faith — reflecting on what surprised them, what changed them, and how spirituality can take root in the ordinary rhythms of family life.
(This conversation is also being shared on the Homegrown Faith podcast feed, where you can follow Tim and Elliot’s ongoing monthly experiments in everyday spirituality.)
Conversation starts at 12m 56s
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“I thought prayer meant speaking words to God. But when we did the forest bathing and taking the Hi-Fi apart and all that stuff, I thought that sort of counted as prayer and not just speaking to God.” – Elliot Nash
“I was just really surprised how fun it was and like how it involved loads of art and outdoors and friends and creativity and all that stuff as well.” – Elliot Nash
“You have enough baggage to fill the pyramids.” – Elliot Nash
“Dad said we should go home because the sermon’s going to be really boring. And then he also said we need to slip out as stealthily as we can, like James Bond.” – Elliot Nash