The Engage Worship Podcast

Sam wraps up season three. He shares about how you can delve further into The Rest Is Worship with books, songs and service plans. Plus more news about training events and new resources, and an invitation to feed back to us about this series.

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In this episode we speak to farmer Ali Birkett and author Steve Aisthorpe. They are both involved in consulting churches for mission and development, and they are both passionate about nature. They explore a range of views around metaphors we can draw from the natural world, such as seasons, leaving the ground fallow, and re-wilding, and how these images speak to our experiences of rest in life and in the church.

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Linda Fintling from Sweden shares her story of burnout, and how God has restored her through nature and gardening. She and Sara tall about growing up as high-achieving activists in a church culture with little room for rest. They also touch on Linda's rediscovery of things like silence, solitude and Lectio Divina as ways of knowing God's presence with her.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Hannah Hodges, Keiko Ying, Matt Weeks and Elise Massa talk about writing worship songs on themes of rest. They unpack the inspiration behind their songs, and deep insights emerge which will help whether or not you've ever written a song yourself. Themes include sabbath, simplicity, laying down our work and finding rest in joy and abundance.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDRjRlgErY (Hannah Hodges' Martha)

https://keikoeying.wixsite.com/website (Lord of the Sabbath)

https://www.mattweeksmusic.com/murmurs (O Still My Soul Within)

https://www.elisemassamusic.com/music (Now I Lay at the Altar)

https://youtu.be/Bm8OAXerfdg (Stuart Townend - Still My Soul Be Still)

Ruth Rice runs Renew Wellbeing, a network of quiet shared spaces where it's okay not to be okay. She tells her story of how these grew from her own burnout and learning new, gentler, deeper ways of doing discipleship and worship. She also gives very practical tips for simple, contemplative practices that can deepen your relationship with God and improve your wellbeing.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Grace Sentamu Baverstock is back! The former host of this podcast talks about her own journey of rest, and what it has looked like to lead a church in Jesus' rhythms of grace. We discuss chronic fatigue, restful Sunday worship, sabbatical (AKA "the great unravelling") and much, much more!

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Sara and Sam chat to four worship leaders who have experienced levels of exhaustion and have come to the point of needing to take some time out of ministry. Timo Scharnowski, Andy Clark and Rebecca Beese speak from their experiences in the UK, and then we're joined by US worship leader and pastor Peter Assad. We pray their honest sharing around burnout, sabbatical and restoration will be an encouragement to you.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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We welcome back Rev Dr Kate Middleton: psychologist, author, curate and director of the Mind and Soul Foundation. She unpacks rest from a mental health perspective, and encourages us to let go of shame and guilt around rest. The conversation combines biblical insights, expert advice and usable ideas for exploring a more restful, healthy lifestyle.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Sara & Sam chat with Felicia Song, author of the excellent "Restless Devices". She is a cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life and teaches at Westmont College, California. We wrestle with the impact of the digital world on our rest and our spiritual formation. She outlines her Freedom Project and how we can experiment with changes to our relationships with our devices.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Sara & Sam interview Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith, author of Sacred Rest. She unpacks her seven types of rest, and how we can address rest deficits in our lives. She also shares how this can make a difference for pastors, worship leaders and churches, and how God's invitation to rest is connecting with those who don't yet call themselves Christians.

New episodes of Season 3 will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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