In our final episode in the advent series we sit with Mary the mother of Jesus. Mary is completely neglected in one of the two retellings of the birth story, but becomes the main character in Luke’s version.

What might it have meant for our early listeners to have Mary revered and celebrated so strongly - indeed depicted as the ideal follower whom we should emulate? As listeners and followers today, how might we in our lives be a womb, or be a manger? How might we become a holding place for love to be born anew?

The featured song in this introduction was ‘We Are Bethlehem’, written by song and chant writer Alana Levandoski. To find more of her work including a children’s meditation album project visit: alanalevandoski.com.

The featured poem was Cheryl Lawrie’s Instead – A Christmas Prayer(2016). Find more of Cheryl’s writing at holdthisspace.org.au

Supporting music and sound design was also done by Adam Ball. Check out:

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We look at both Elizabeth and Joseph – the only characters in the birth narratives privy to the claims about this ensuing baby. Both characters play brief yet pivotal cameos of support and care and help usher in the birth of Jesus. Joseph, in particular, must do so in the face of significant scandal –an often overlooked aspect of his journey.

Supporting music and sound design was also done by Adam Ball. Check out:

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Beyondering was created with the help of:

* the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria

- Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au

* and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Visit www.commondreams.org.au

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In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed...

In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed in our midst, but yet which are often glossed over or suppressed.

In Advent 1 Beyondering look at Herod the Great –an often neglected character in our recalling of the story. Despite missing out on Christmas carols and cards, he is the backdrop to the entire Christmas story in Matthew’s telling. Matt and Lucas explore who Herod was and what his role in this drama provokes and evokes. They will also explore what the voices of Herod might be today – in our political structures, our cultural narratives and even in our inner worlds.

The featured song in this introduction was ‘No Matter What Kings Say’, written by song and chant writer Alana Levandoski.

To find more of her work including a children’s meditation album

project visit: alanalevandoski.com.

Supporting music and sound design was also done by

Adam Ball. Check out:

www.adamballcomposer.com

soundcloud.com/adamballcomposer

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria -

Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at

pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and

the South Pacific. Visit www.commondreams.org.au to learn

about the next Common Dreams conference.

and acknowledges the support of private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

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www.beyondering.com.au

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Beyondering make their way across the USA to Albuquerque, New Mexico to speak with one of the most globally recognised teachers in the Christian world today – Fr Richard Rohr. In this interview he offers assistance in seeing life through the lens of contemplation, a practice he describes as a “long, loving look at the real”. Rohr, an acclaimed teacher on the contemplative life and Christian mysticism is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation.

For more Rohr check out the Center for Action and Contemplation website:

cac.org. There you’ll find seminars, articles and his books, including the book

referenced in the interview:

The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation, co-written with Mike Morrell.

The featured song in the introduction was ‘Metanoia’, written by song and chant writer Alana Levandoski. To find more of her work including her current children’s meditation album project visit: https://www.alanalevandoski.com/.

Episode 2.10 was produced by Adam Ball. Furthermore, supporting music and sound design was also done by Adam Ball. Check out:

www.adamballcomposer.com

@adamballcomposer

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

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Because one episode with Peter Rollins just isn’t enough.

We had to be quite brutal in our editing of our interview with Peter Rollins and feel there is some gold you will also appreciate. Having landed in LA the morning of Trump becoming President, this cutting room floor episode includes Pete’s initial reaction and insights.

We also felt we were way to lenient in our editing of his attempt to deal with Faith’s zinger so the unabridged attempt is in there too, along with an explanation of his most recent book The Divine Magician.

In order to find more information about that book as well as others, events, articles and more check out peterrollins.com.

Episode 2.9.1 was produced by Adam Ball. Furthermore, all music and sound design was also done by Adam Ball. Check out:

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Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

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Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria - Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at http://pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au.

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Visit http://www.commondreams.org.au to

learn about the next Common Dreams conference.

and acknowledges the support of the Westar Institute

https://www.westarinstitute.org as well as private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

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Beyondering finally land their long awaited interview with Peter Rollins to see what faith looks like through the lens of a philosopher. This is a way of seeing, a discipline that helps us question our questions, understand how we understand and allow us to see how we see. Peter Rollins is a philosopher who utilises psychoanalytic theory and in this episode helps us reflect on why we believe what we believe.

To access more of Pete’s work check outpeterrollins.com. There you’ll find information about upcoming events and books – including his most recent book The Divine Magician.

Episode 2.9 was produced by Adam Ball. Furthermore, all music and sound design was also done by Adam Ball. Check out: www.adamballcomposer.com soundcloud.com/adamballcomposerBeyondering

Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel Check out www.gotfink.com/

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria - Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at http://pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au.

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Visit http://www.commondreams.org.au to learn about the next Common Dreams conference. and acknowledges the support of the Westar Institute https://www.westarinstitute.org as well as private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

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What’s emerging? What forms and shapes of sacred community are in the process of being birthed but are not yet? Emergent thinkers are those with such a lens that they walk into this future with optimism and without fear. Desha Ubeda and Phillip Clayton are two such people. Matt and Lucas speak with them and consider what forms, practices and approaches of sacred community will emerge in the coming years.

Deshna is the director of ProgressiveChristianity.org. It’s a website worth checking out for resources, articles and liturgies. To find A Joyful Path, the Inner Wisdom Series, the progressive Christian spiritual curriculum referred to in the podcast check out http://progressivechristianity.org/.

To access more of Philip Clayton's work check out http://philipclayton.net/

Episode 2.8 was produced by Adam Ball.

Furthermore, all music and sound design was done by Adam Ball. Check out:

http://www.adamballcomposer.com

soundcloud.com/adamballcomposer

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

Check out www.gotfink.com/

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria - Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at http://pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au.

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Visit http://www.commondreams.org.au to learn about the next Common Dreams conference. and acknowledges the support of the Westar Institute https://www.westarinstitute.org as well as private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

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We take a breather from our season theme of lenses, to hear from some of our local prophets. In this special bonus episode we offer you a showcase of artists who have featured on our podcast from a live event we held earlier this year. In it we asked our poets and prophets to reflect on the role their art played in their lives and in the world. It features 2 performance poets in Joel McKerrow & Cameron Semmens as well as hip-hop artist Dylan Joel.

To listen to more of their work go to:

• www.joelmckerrow.com

• www.dylanjoel.com

• www.webcameron.com

The backing track featured was written and produced by Adam Ball. Check out:

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Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

Check out www.gotfink.com/

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria - Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at http://pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au.

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Visit http://www.commondreams.org.au to learn about the next Common Dreams conference.

and acknowledges the support of our donators and BeyonderBackers

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Episode 2.7 – Transformer: More than meets the (Alexander) Shaia.

Come on a journey with Lucas and Matt exploring the journey of growth and transformation. Alexander Shaia – psychologist, anthropologist and spiritual director, help us see what faith (and indeed scripture) looks like when we adopt this as our primary lens.

Specifically, he has developed a resource known as Quadratos – the name he has given to the discovery and creation of an ancient four-fold tool to aid the journey of growth and transformation. You can check it out at quadratos.com.

For further exploration check out his book “Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation.”

Episode 2.7 was produced by Adam Ball.

Furthermore, all music and sound design was done by Adam Ball. Check out:

http://www.adamballcomposer.com

soundcloud.com/adamballcomposer

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

Check out www.gotfink.com/

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria - Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events at http://pcnvictoria.blogspot.com.au.

• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Visit http://www.commondreams.org.au to learn about the next Common Dreams conference.

and acknowledges the support of the Westar Institute https://www.westarinstitute.org as well as private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

Visit www.beyondering.com.au to:

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