The Keswick Convention Podcast

Am I good enough as I am? What does it mean to be made in God’s image? What even is to be human? How do we live out our Christian faith in an age of flattery, self-actualisation and narcissism? 

In this episode, we are exploring how we think of ourselves and others in a culture of self-esteem and identity and how we approach this within our churches. We also pick up the conversation on trans-humanism with John Wyatt again.

Join Matthew Mason (Pastors' Academy, Crosslands Cultivate), Professor John Wyatt (Professor of Ethics and Perinatology at University College London and University College London), Ros Clarke (Priscilla Programme, Church Society), and Ben Cooper (Cornhill Training Course) as we interview Keswick Convention speakers, exploring the human obsession with building self-esteem and how the Bible speaks into this culture.

Further resources: 

• Ros Clarke: Human - Made and Re-made in the Image of God will be available at Keswick Convention 2023 and from IVP Books
• Got Questions: What does the Bible say about self-worth?
• Ros Clarke: Forty Women

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Spoiler alert: the answer is no! But, why is this good news for us? What makes Jesus a relatable God and can this help us in the face of temptation? What does the incarnation mean for our bodies? How do we respond to this as Christians?

In this episode, we're joined by Sam Allberry (pastor, apologist, author), Matthew Mason (Pastors' Academy, Crosslands Cultivate), Ben Cooper (Cornhill Training Course). Join us as we interview Keswick Convention speakers to dig deeper into the nature of Jesus and his humanity.

Further resources: 

• Sam Allberry - A Better Hope
• The Gospel Coalition - Was it Possible for Jesus to Sin?

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 1.28 billion people are on Instagram and by the end of 2023, the global fashion market is estimated to be worth $1.7 trillion. Why do we care so much about beauty? Why would God allow us to age? How does the church provide a helpful and alternative view of beauty in an age of social media?

In this episode, we're joined by Sam Allberry (Week 1 bible reader) Ros Clarke (Week 3 seminar leader), Nathan Weston (Week 3 evening speaker), and Professor John Wyatt (Week 2 seminar leader). Listen in as they tackle this trending question… Am I beautiful?

Further listening: 

• Human | Episode 1 - Could I be Stored on a Memory Stick?
• Sam Allberry - What God Has to Say about Our Bodies
• Think Theology blog - Ink and Identity
• Ros Clarke - Forty Women

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Do we still value human dignity over usefulness? What is transhumanism and will this solve all our problems? Can we become everlasting AI holograms like ABBA? How does Jesus point us towards a better eternal life?

Welcome back to the Keswick Convention podcast with James Cary and Rachel Redeemed! The theme for Keswick Convention 2023 and this podcast series is Human. We will be exploring big questions around this theme, hearing from 2023 Convention speakers, and unpacking what it is for humans to be made in God's image. In this series, we are also joined by Matt Holden (Children and Youth Ministry Leader for Keswick Ministries).

In this episode, we speak with Nathan Weston, Matthew Mason, and John Wyatt sharing thoughts on this oddly relevant question - Could I really be stored on a memory stick?

You  might also like:

• Matthew Mason's podcast - Church Podmatics episode on Incarnation, Posthumanism and Performative Anthropology.
• John Wyatt's podcast - Matters of Life and Death
• John Wyatt's book - Matters of Life and Death on IVP

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

How can I actually get more grateful? What is it that grateful people do? Do you have some tips on building habits for being and staying a more grateful person for the rest of our lives? We come into land on the last episode in our latest series of The Keswick Convention Podcast on gratefulness with fresh new content from the fab guests we have heard from in previous episodes. Huge appreciation to all who have contributed and are helping us all, by The Spirit, become more grateful. Onwards to The Keswick Convention itself! You'll hear these speakers over the 3 weeks and you'll catch James Cary and Rachel Redeemed at the last week - Week 3 - hosting The Night Shift as part of Keswick Unconventional.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Our local churches can look small and unimpressive. Up close, we really see the flaws and the problems. But what else can we see? And how can we give thanks for this most precious gathering of God's people? James gets some answers from Director of Co-Mission, Richard Coekin; James also talks to Anna Putt, Keswick Trustee and co-host of the Shielded by Grace podcast, to hear the encouragements and challenges, plus reflections from co-host Rachel Redeemed too.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Here we go. Brass tacks folks! How are we genuinely grateful for our identity in Christ? We've heard it as a nut-shell phrase but how do we go about living out this identity and being grateful? What about when it's really hard and we just don't see it? Or it all just feels theoretical? We start by defining our terms and understanding why and how we've got here with our identity and hear from Professor Glynn Harrison and Author and speaker Karen Soole on our identity in Christ and how on earth we can be grateful for it. As ever, chit-chat and 'what does this feel like for you and me' with Rachel Redeemed and Jam Cary.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

For information on year-round training from Keswick Ministries, go to:
https://keswickministries.org/teaching-training-events/

Support the show

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

We want to be someone who gives thanks in all circumstances but what about when it's really hard? How can we genuinely be grateful for past battles and what can we learn from them? What about battles we have faced in culture, in church history and personally? We dive in deep with conversations with Niv Lobo, curate in Southampton for Highfield Church, and Glynn Harrison, retired academic psychiatrist now living in London.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

We want our kids to be grateful, right? We keep telling them to say 'thank you'. But how do we make it a heartfelt habit, rather than just lip-service. The truth is that parents have to be grateful themselves! Ed Drew, from Faith in Kids, explains how this works out in our messy families lives, along with comments from Anna Putt and Girma Bishaw.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, produced by James Cary.

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Being grateful doesn't come naturally? And when we are having a hard time at work and our boss is being a pain, it can feel a bit of a joke. How can we give thanks in those times? Rachel talks to Mark Greene, author of Thank God It's Monday, for more on thinking through our work as Christians. He's written a number of other titles and is Mission Champion for London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (Licc). Rachel also talks to Niv Lobo, the curate at Highfields Church in Southampton about being a Christian in 'Christian' work and things for those of us in 'boss-dom' should chew on as Christians.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.