The Irreverend New Year re-start is delayed due to family illness. Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin gives an update, asks for your prayers, and shares some spiritual reflections on times of suffering and difficulty.

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Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time:

• Controversy around incoming Archbish Sarah Mullaly: did she follow up safeguarding dossier sufficiently before London priest committed suicide?
• The Church of England says Christmas is not cancelled in new promotional video. But who was saying it was?
• Tommy Robinson carol service in London. We bring you eyewitness reports from progressives who actually went along to see for themselves what it was like.
• Reform open “Christians for Reform” group with service at London church. But how does this square with their welcoming of “producer of adult content” Bonnie Blue?
• And Lord Falconer says that being pregnant would not be a bar to euthanasia in the House of Lords. A new low for this nation?

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with equally out-of-step cleric Sam Norton. Rev Sam is a "green" climate sceptic, a former Brexit MP candidate and advocate for what he calls "civic nationalism". In this special interview we cover the following topics:

• Sam's early work for the Department of Environment and how he became a "Green" Sceptic.
• Peak Oil and Limits to Growth.
• Left-Hemisphere Capture and how to break out of it.
• The interplay between politics and religion.
• Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) and why the IPCC's approach is fundamentally flawed.
• Sam's involvement in the Brexit Party.
• "Civic Nationalism" and the difference between Steve Laws and Tommy Robinson.

All that and a little more as always! 

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Let us be Human: Christianity for a Collapsing Culture, Sam's Book: https://amzn.eu/d/cQuq96c 

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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk about the biggest and most interesting issues in church and state. This time:

• CofE bishops bash Christian Nationalism AGAIN and start a counter-campaign against Tommy Robinson’s Christian carol service.
• Pope Leo says people who think Islam is a threat to Christianity are really anti-immigration and want to keep other people out.
• And Chris Whitty appears to have suppressed an ethics advisory group that was giving him advice he didn’t like at the time of the Covid lockdowns and vaccination programme. Quelle Surprise!

All that, some Question the Rev, and much more as ever. Enjoy!

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with author, classicist and medical doctor Alexander Chula to talk about his most recent book Goodbye, Dr Banda: Lessons for the West from a Small African Country.

In the book and conversation, Chula argues that the legacy of colonialism in countries like Malawi, although flawed in some respects, was overwhelmingly positive and including the eradication of various types of indigenous and Arab slave trading. 

The conversation also touches on the reasons for the surprisingly high levels of happiness and contentment in materially poor non-Western countries and why Western people appear to be so estranged from the social, material and spiritual landscape.

There's also a bit about "witch aeroplanes".

For Alexander's X Account: https://x.com/alexanderchula

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Revs with a true difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most interesting stories in church and state this week. This time:

• The hilarious Your Party conference shenanigans: they couldn’t organise a bun fight in a bakery and yet they want to take over the whole economy!
• The Dean of Salisbury says wear tacky Christmas jumpers because God is “tasteless” and “doesn’t make cultural or aesthetic judgments”.
• And churches warned not to let the Quiet Revival be stolen by evil “Christian Nationalists”: but what exactly is Christian Nationalism and is it really so evil?

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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about a packed couple of weeks of news. This time:

• The Covid Enquiry says it should have all been harder, faster and quicker. Guess what our reaction is?
• Rev Kate Bottley hits the headlines for saying she watches reality TV and has doubts. But is this the best approach to ministry today?
• Christian Nationalism is all the rage in the media. Why now and how should the church respond to the resurgence of interest in Christianity?
• And the right to jury trial is being curtailed by David Lammy, who only five years ago was saying that it was a cornerstone of the British constitution. What is going on?

All that, a discussion about how to prepare for the Second Coming of Christ and much more as ever. Enjoy!

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This is a free clip of the regular podcast Uncollared which is available to subscribers to Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs. In Uncollared, Revs Jamie, Daniel and Tom talk in-depth about relevant theological, ecclesiastical and cultural issues, often in response to direct questions from listeners.

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin responds to the recent Sky News investigation into an apparent resurgence of "far right" Christianity in Britain. But what exactly is the nature of this ostensibly extreme and politicised version of Christianity and might it not altogether be a bad thing? All with be revealed in this special episode!

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about King Charles III's trip to the Sistine Chapel to pray with the Pope, the Wild Card campaign group's plea to the new Archbishop to focus her efforts on "rewilding" church lands, and more in-depth thoughts on the GAFCON/Church of England split at the end of the episode.

He also interviews founder of The School of Contemplative Life Chris Whittington about many topics associated with his new book The Missing Peace: meditation and the Christian life, the spiritual benefits of meditation, how to engage with surface thoughts, how to be more present to others and how to maintain attention during the day.

Thank you for downloading and please enjoy!

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The Missing Peace Book Launch: https://schoolofcontemplativelife.com/product/the-missing-peace-book-launch/

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