Sackcloth & Coffee

A brilliant start to the new year, as Revd Dr Helen Collins joins me on Sackcloth & Coffee to tell us her story and journey with Jesus. Join us as we discuss what it means to follow Jesus, speaking honestly about how motherhood changes how we worship and spend time with God, what it means to be a woman in leadership, and how when we reach for the bible we should always do so in humility, recognising that we do not have all the answers. 

Join us, for this last Sackcloth & Coffee of 2020. An hour with Revd Sophie and Nicola Davies talking about all things Christmas. Join us for a bit of festive fun as we reflect on Christmas and what it means to us. The traditions we keep, the songs we sing, the services and things we love to do. Wrapping presents, Advent wreaths, silly Christmas hats and so much more. Sit back and enjoy!

In this Advent/Christmas special, as we think about the coming of our Lord Jesus, Richard and I talk about the journey he has shared with Jesus, and how that has lead him to be CEO with the Nazareth Trust, an organisation that has been healing people in the name of Jesus since 1861, engaging with 400,000 people every year. We talk also about Christmas in Nazareth, about serving and helping people become complete. 

http://www.nazarethtrust.org

OUT OF CONTROL: Couples, Conflict and the Capacity for Change, the title of Natalie Collins new book (Triggers include, domestic and sexual abuse). In this episode, I talk to Natalie about her journey with Jesus, growing up in a very conservative evangelical family, finding herself in a toxic and abusive relationship, and finally the road that led to Natalie becoming an advocate for an attitude change towards sex, relationships, divorce, forgiveness, and many other topics within the church. We talk about how allowing Gods will be done, and learning to let go, is the only way to live life. Natalie talks with a frankness and humour, whilst being articulate about and totally committed to making change happen.

http://www.ownmylifecourse.org
http://www.womensaid.org.uk
https://spckpublishing.co.uk/out-of-control

Oh my, this episode was an absolute hoot to record. Rev Cei is so much fun. From a school child faith, to finding hanging in bus stops with his mates more exciting than going to church, Rev Cei describes his faith journey as typical, when as a teenager he stopped going to church. However, at age 17 that began to change, and whilst a career in leisure and tourism was what Rev Cei had in mind, God had other ideas, which included a brief stint as a political aid. 

This Armistice Day I speak with Rev Gavin Smith, Padre or Chaplain to the 160th Welsh Brigade. In it we talk about his journey to re finding Jesus, in some unlikely circumstances. We talk about Gavins call to ordained ministry and how that led him to become a Chaplain in the Army. We talk about how that calling has been both joyful and heartbreaking, rewarding and a privilege, whilst being hard beyond imagination. 

In this episode I talk with Rev Gareth Reid about his faith journey, about growing up and studying in Aberystwyth, about working for the Salvation Army, getting married, and embarking on a journey to ordination. 

In this episode Rev Sophie talks to Sally about being adopted, about church as a child, and how faith changes and grows with age. They talk about identity, knowing where you come from, about value and worth, and how your identity is not about what you do, but rather about who you are in Christ. 

A heart wrenching, deeply personal account of life, before, during and after Domestic Abuse. Jenny had never heard the term domestic abuse, and didn't know that she was not alone. Her childhood was so drastically different from the abusive relationship she found herself in when she got married, it took her many years to have the courage and strength to leave and make a new life for herself.

If you have been affected by anything we have spoken about in todays episode, or are a victim of domestic abuse, then the following are links to organisations who are there to help you.

http://www.welshwomensaid.org.uk
http://www.womensaid.org.uk
http://sheltercymru.org.uk
http://www.refuge.org.uk
http://supportline.org.uk

Today I talk with Amy and Andrew about their growing faith, and how whilst they both have always had a faith, how its changed from a Sunday school faith, to a faith where they both feel they can question, explore and ask things of God they previously had felt unable to. They talk about their growing sense of vocation in the church, and how they are excited about sharing their faith with others around them.