Loved Called Gifted

Howard is a baptist minister who chose to leave his successful church in the posh part of Birmingham to move with his wife, Iona, to Cobridge, one of the most deprived areas of Stoke on Trent. He no longer leads a church. Instead, working as part of Urban Expression, he and Iona seek simply to be a blessing to the community they have grown to love. He talks honestly about the challenges and joys of leaving behind his previous role and what he has learnt about the radical acceptance of Jesus. 

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Do you feel like your faith suddenly isn't making sense any more? Have the answers you've been relying on stopped making sense? Feeling like you've outgrown church...but you don't really want to abandon it? Like you're too far along and this should all be sorted by now? Where the worldview you formed from reading the Bible doesn't properly fit your actual  real life, and, like having one foot each side on a cracking iceberg, you need to take a leap in order to be left with any hope at all? And, ever felt like you're all on your own with it?

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Catherine is joined again by Hannah Lamberth, who has been redecorating recently. She shares reflections about faith, Jesus, life and Farrow and Balls paint charts. 

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Catherine talks with Felicia, who founded and pastors New Life Family Church. In their conversation together, Felicia shares the story of how that happened.  

It's a story of welcome, of tears, of considered decisions and second chances. And a story of reading the times, knowing when to move forward and when to wait. It’s about the fact that calling is far more about who we are than what we do. Above all, it’s about love. There’s a lot to learn from Felicia in this episode!

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Sally Bubbers is a level 3 trained, certified IFS therapist 

Further information about Internal Family Systems and Dr. Richard C Schwartz PhD can be found at  www.ifs-institute.com 

While studying theology, Katie discovered that there were women and women's movements in church history that she knew nothing about. Incredible, creative, humanitarians, writers and revolutionaries who have been largely forgotten. People like Julian of Norwich, whose writings only survived because they were hidden by nuns for centuries. Desert mothers, Marie D'Oignies and the Beguines. Katie shares her discoveries, the way her learning has given her insights into the lives of women today and her passion for supporting the women around her. 

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This is the third in our series on personality, users the lens of the Myers-Briggs model. This time, Catherine is joined by Sean Kennedy to discuss thinking and feeling. How do you process information? When faced with a situation, do you work out what you think about it before you decide what you feel about it? Or are you one of those people who doesn't know what they think about something until they've understood what they feel about it? What difference might that make to your life, your relationships with others and the way you like to work? 

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This podcast is just one of the things we do at Loved Called Gifted. We offer the Loved Called Gifted course in person and online, to help you explore your life calling. There is also coaching and spiritual direction available and other resources. Just visit the Loved Called Gifted website to  explore.

If pregnancy, birth and motherhood are not living up to the ideals you imagined and you're experiencing way less sleep and way more difficulties than you bargained for, this episode is for you. Even if that's not your situation, there is lots to learn here. 

In this episode Catherine interviews Sarah Page about the gruelling glory and redemption she experienced in the transition from monastic prayer warrior to severely sleep-deprived mother of a suffering baby, and then stepping into the balance between the two as they've grown up, with lessons learned and a call to the church to do it differently.

It's a story of when dreams and expectations don't end up lining up with reality, and the choice to either let them go, or live with them being ripped from you. The God who is there in both the bad and the good.

It's one woman's very personal, difficult story. And a universal story about finding -- and being found by -- God, during difficult times. Inside and outside of church.

Content warning for pregnancy/birth/breastfeeding, birth trauma, miscarriage, and a baby that would not stop screaming.

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Finding what we're called to do in life often involves putting together a number of puzzle pieces. This episode looks at one of them. Noticing the things that give us life. Drawing on the work of Daniel Pink around motivation, Catherine explores how we can do more of what gives us joy.

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In this episode we meet another podcaster! We hear his story about why he does what he does, how he feels about being on the listening end of other stories and some of the challenges he's overcome along the way. Some heavy topics come up in this episode, including suicide, alcoholism and gaming addiction. We discuss parental love and rejection. The challenge of hypoglaecemia and how living with visual impairment is considerably easier than managing the barriers and prejudices that society creates when faced with someone living with disability. This is a tale of hope, resilience, courage and adversity. In this episode, Catherine meets broadcaster Philip Francis Anderson. 

If you would like to take a look at Philip's podcast you can do so here.