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In this Devotional podcast we explore the prayer of wordless longing, the common mystical experience described in Romans 8.

In this episode feminist and trauma theologian Karen O’Donnell shares her experiences of repeated reproductive loss. Describing the physical, emotional and spiritual impact, she explores the complexity of faith from the perspective of the miscarrying…

This meditation is a time to slow down and reflect on the concept of mystery. We draw from quotes by Sue Monk Kidd, Richard Rohr and Rilke and consider what mystery means to us.

Hello beloved listener! So let me introduce myself first. My name is Gerrianne (you’ve probably got no clue how to pronounce that– that’s okay, however sounds right to you). I’m turning 30 this year. The…

Philip Carr-Gomm is a Druid, psychologist and writer, who has a particular interest in combining psychological understanding with spiritual perspectives to help people lead richer, more fulfilled lives. Although his spiritual practice is rooted in…

DOWNLOAD In this Devotional podcast we explore questions of alignment and associations. With what kind of political imagination do we associate our image of God and our religious experiences? What kinds of social norms prevail in spaces of worship? Image used with permission SONG LYRICS Leave Your Princes in the Wind Praise ye the LORD,…

How do Tim and Nick feel about Nomad’s 2014 episode with Bob Ekblad? Has anything of their charismatic heritage survived their deconstruction?

Faith Van Horne left the fundamentalist Pentecostal tradition that she’d grown up in as a young person. Years later, after exploring various spiritualities, she was surprised to find herself drawn back to her Pentecostal roots,…

This meditation considers the storms of life and the inner storms that can threaten to overwhelm us.

This is a conversation between the priest Karen Rooms and transgender poet, author and educator Jay Hulme about what it’s like for them to be part of an ancient and LGBTQ+ affirming church. As they…

Priest Karen Rooms and transgender poet, author and educator Jay Hulme describe what it’s like for them to be part of an ancient and LGBTQ+ affirming church. As they recall the story of their developing…

I grew up in a brethren church in the 70’s and whilst I knew that God loved me unconditionally, I also felt that God was someone who needed to be kept on-side and pleasing him…

How do Tim and Nick feel now about their 2014 conversation with Elaine Heath, on mysticism and contemplative prayer and how they relate to healing and mission?

In this Devotional podcast we use psalm 87 to explore questions of place, conflict, and belonging.

We chat with author of With All Your Mind: Autism and the Church, Erin Burnett about her personal experience and research into autism and the unique ways Christians with autism understand and experience God.We ask…

I think a lot of my life has been about searching for a sense of belonging. In most communities I think to myself, “I kind of fit here, but not quite”. I feel this about…

This contemplation ponders the concept of a faith shift and deconstruction and spaces where we can be honest and open about questions and doubts.

In this Devotional podcast, psychologist and theologian Richard Beck explores what it means to take sides without becoming hardened, and how he remains hopeful in a world on fire. Nomad produces devotional podcasts like this…

We revisit a 2014 conversation with Greg Boyd about his conviction that a call to non-violence is at the heart of the gospel.

I was brought up in the Anglican church tradition and as a child, I understood God to be a loving, ever-present father figure. God wasn’t particularly threatening to me as a child and God was…

Nomad hosts Anna Robinson and Joy Brooks have a conversation about the challenges of joys of experiencing a shifting faith, their ambivalence to the word deconstruction, the deconstruction groups they’ve been hosting and what they’ve…

We can get quite far through a story thinking one thing, to then find out something significant which reinterprets and makes sense of everything that has gone before. I came to an evangelical expression of…

This month’s contemplation aims to bring stillness and rest to those of us who feel overwhelmed and anxious at this time.

In this episode we speak with social psychologist, theologian, activist and author of God Is a Black Woman, Dr Christena Cleveland. Christena speaks with us about her journey of unmasking the white male image of…

In this episode we revisit our 2014 interview with philosopher, writer and founder of the Ikon community, Pete Rollins.

In this Devotional podcast we meditate on the psalm of Moses and upon speaking truth in times of suffering.

In this episode we chat with native American, author, songwriter and storyteller, Terry Wildman. Terry was also the lead translator and general editor of the First Nations Bible, a fascinating project that produced a translation…

DOWNLOAD In this contemplation we consider the season of spring, of new life, seeds stirring, Imbolc and Candlemas. We look at seeds as an analogy for prayer and of life within us awakening, beginning and becoming. Anna then invites us into a stilling exercise and an ignatian style meditation walking through the life cycle of…

In this episode we speak with author and director of creative writing at Alma College, Sophfronia Scott. We speak with Sophfronia about how her faith has been shaped by the author, monk and mystic, Thomas…

Does Nomad’s 2013 episode with comedian Paul Kerensa still interest Nick and Tim? And more importantly, what amusing comedy scrapes have they go into while working for the church?!

In this Devotional we use images from psalm 23 as a space in which to consider how conflict and enmity can shape our lives.

I grew up in the North-Eastern Industrial town of Hartlepool, I was a child of the 50s, just about at the end of food rationing after the War. The early years were tumultuous, suffering three…

In this episode we chat with clinical social worker and a trauma-informed coach, Brian Peck. Brian grew up in a fundamentalist Christian church and upon leaving he began to realise the trauma this had caused….

This contemplation is a winding journey to help us consider and contemplate the year just gone and the New Year coming.

I was raised a nominal Catholic in Texas, the ultra conservative Bible Belt of the U.S. I thought all I got from Catholicism was guilt and the legalism that I learned from things like needing to…

In this episode we speak with former church pastor, author and teacher Keith Giles. Like many evangelicals, Keith inherited a dispensational understanding of the End Times. If you’re not sure what that is, think anti-Christ,…

In this episode we go back to 2013 to reflect again on a conversation with Michael Hardin about the cross and whether God really had to kill his own son in order to forgive us.

We begin the New Year with a meditation on why matter matters, and on how our posture to the earth is reflected in our posture towards our own bodies.

Merry Christmas to One and All from Nomad Podcast.  In this devotional episode, Fr Azariah France Williams recalls the story of Viraj Mendis, who sought sanctuary in the UK from Sri Lanka. He lived for several…

This contemplation helps us to consider where our ideas of the first nativity came from. Then using an Ignatian style meditation, we’ll walk through your own nativity scene.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams carries a lifelong love for the theology and practice of the Eastern Church. His recent book, Looking East in Winter gives a window into the beautiful contemplative…

We travel back to 2013 to look again at Tom Wright’s third appearance on Nomad, having just released his major new academic work Paul and the Faithfulness of God.

When Hannah Malcolm was approached to write a book on climate grief, she chose, instead, to edit a book compiling voices from across the global church. The resulting picture is an extraordinary collage of very…

In this contemplation, Anna reflects on the Danish concept of Hygge, the art of intimacy and cosiness

Claire Gilbert is a theologian, writer, and founding director of Westminster Abbey Institute. When she discovered that she had Myeloma – terminal cancer in the blood – she began her way by writing letters to…

Back in 2013 we headed down to London and visited The Atheist Church, as it’s become known, and interviewed one of its co-founders, Pippa Evans.

This Devotional podcast sits with psalm 42, exploring what it means to find ourselves in a liminal time, when we feel the loss of some past, but don’t yet feel settled in a new normal.

Cop26 is a gathering of world leaders, meeting this November in Glasgow to review agreements to reduce carbon emissions. While the meeting was being confirmed, the Young Christian Climate Network planned a relay pilgrimage from…

This month’s contemplation is based on the Diana Butler Bass book ‘Freeing Jesus’.

This is a conversation between Alex Clare-Young and Sarah Hobbs about their trans experience.Alex is a transmasculine non-binary minister with the United Reformed Church, currently completing doctoral research into trans theology. Sarah is a trans woman,…

In this episode we listen in on a conversation between Alex Clare-Young and Sarah Hobbs about their trans experience.Alex is a transmasculine non-binary minister with the United Reformed Church, currently completing doctoral research into trans theology….

We explore what it means to pursue the politics of gentleness in the face of violent and dominating powers, with the help of gardener and theologian, Sam Ewell.

In this episode we travel back to July 2013 to revisit a conversation with Forest Church pioneer, Bruce Stanley.

In this episode we’re joined by religion and contemporary spirituality commentator, Diana Butler Bass. Diana talks about her latest book Freeing Jesus, in which she tracks the evolution of her understanding and experience of Jesus….