Perspectives Magazine Substack Podcast

By Perspectives Magazine

Perspectives is the international journal of The Christian Community in the English speaking world. We publish weekly contemplations on the gospels, currently as poems

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The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.

Perspectives Magazine Substack Podcast episodes:

December 05, 2025 Signs
Contemplations on the weekly gospel readings in The Christian Community in poetic form.

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November 28, 2025 Standing
Contemplations on the weekly gospel readings in The Christian Community in poetic form.

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November 22, 2025 Waterfall
Contemplations on the weekly gospel readings in The Christian Community in poetic form.

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November 14, 2025 Salt-trace
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.
(Revelation 21:4)
‘Our thoughts and prayers’
weightless words
drift,
disperse,
leaving
no trace.
Petitions scroll,
light on screens;
they cannot write
the stories
of lives
erased.
A finger follows
a map of grief, traced in tears
shed without water
on ashen cheeks.
Steps sink through carpet
to laden tables;
wine enough to dull
the taste of distant pain.
Weighty deliberations
to calibrate
inhumanities:
a hundred
children
in the
balance
will not
outweigh
one
offended
sovereign
honour.
A joyful smile,
a playful tilt of the head,
a world imagined
thousandfold –
lost.
See, I make
this world –
its indifference its cruelty –
its beauty and its love,
all things –
He bears
the weight
of grief,
follows
the salt-map
of every tear
to hallowed places
where stories were lost
and ash dispersed
and bones lie unmarked,
unnoticed
by man.

He leans
to inscribe their names.
They live
new
- Tom Ravetz
We have two online events coming up: a talk on Art and the Threshold and a seminar on the Prologue of John. For more details and to book, please see this post

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November 07, 2025 Refined by Fire
Contemplations on the weekly gospel readings in The Christian Community in poetic form.

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October 31, 2025 The lean
Contemplations on the weekly gospel readings in The Christian Community in poetic form.

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October 25, 2025 ‘Our struggle is with spirits, mighty in the stream of time’
Weekly contemplations on the gospel readings of The Christian Community in poetic form. The music is by Peter Heathfield, played by Michael Bracewell.

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October 17, 2025 Broken palms
Weekly contemplations on the gospel readings of The Christian Community in poetic form. The music is by Peter Heathfield, played by Michael Bracewell.

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October 09, 2025 Dragon cast down
Weekly contemplations on the gospel readings of The Christian Community in poetic form. This week is the first week of Michaelmas, and the reading is from Matthew 22. The music is by Peter Heathfield, played by Michael Bracewell.

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October 03, 2025 Chosen for exile
Weekly contemplations on the gospel readings of The Christian Community in poetic form. This week is the first week of Michaelmas, and the reading is from Matthew 22. The music is by Peter Heathfield, played by Michael Bracewell.

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FAQs about Perspectives Magazine Substack Podcast:

How many episodes does Perspectives Magazine Substack Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.