How did we get to the place where schools were becoming the default parents for our children being involved in teaching subjects that belong firmly at home with the care of parents? Have we abdicated our responsibility? Are schools picking on our moral failure?

JP Chats with Dr. Tim Hawkes the recently retired long-serving Principal of  The King's School in Paramatta, Sydney. In. the Anglican tradition, Australia's oldest independent school was founded in 1831 by the command of King William IV of England.

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Marina Cantacuzino is a British journalist and storyteller, she is the founder of The Forgiveness Project and discusses with me the power and process of forgiveness in the face of tragedy and injustice. How do we restore those who have been imprisoned for crimes against humanity? What does the bible say about forgiving those who have committed sin against the community? Forgiveness is at the very heart of who we are in the Christian faith, but do we really forgive each other or do we hold fast to shame?

https://www.theforgivenessproject.com

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John Peachey talks with Becky Starkenburg, Dean of Students at Hope College in Holland, Michigan and Aaron Kuecker President of Trinity Christian College in Chicago Illinois about the idea of Radical Generosity we have been called to in living out the gospel.

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One child every five weeks is killed in this country in domestic violence.  JP Talks to Jane Searl the CEO of Child Matters a Kiwi Not for Profit that serves the needs of children and who has become a voice for voiceless children who suffer at the hands of violent parents and caregivers.

We also talk with Dave Atkinson the CEO of Parting Place who offers care, support, and training for parents struggling in 2022. We discuss how Prevention is better than cure.

If you think this matters, join JP on Sunday evening at 8.00 pm

https://www.childmatters.org.nz

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John Peachey talks with Donald McMenamin a Professional Teaching Fellow of Counselling in the School of Social Practice at Laidlaw College about Narrative Therapy and the power of the stories that form us. And I discuss the career choice of Counselling with Lisa Spriggens head of Counselling at Laidlaw College.
 
https://www.twoislandsandaboat.com
 
https://www.laidlaw.ac.nz/staff/donald-mcmenamin/

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This week we are talking Christian leadership in the secular world.

Michael Easley was the CEO of a large American Not for Profit for 22 years and shares his journey, mistakes, and successes as he discovered and applied how servant leadership and the intersection of self-awareness and empathy impacted in a non-Christan context.

Michael discusses his book "The No O's Of Leadership" and how this model fits across, faith, business, and not-for-profit leadership.

https://noosofleadership.com

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This Sunday evening I talked with Dale Ahlquist the President of the G. K. Chesterton Society of America.

Chesterton was a prolific author, theologian, poet, crime writer, and author of over 5000 broadly published articles on faith and biblical morality though sadly, hardly known in 2022 to the wider Christian audience.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton whose writing was the single biggest influence in C.S. Lewis's conversion from atheist to a Christian believer. J R R Tolkien. and T S Eliot became disciples of this mans thinking and perspective on faith.

https://www.chesterton.org

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Join JP and Ty Benbow, Associate Professor at Warner University to discuss the theology and practice of generosity in our Christian walk.  We are called to be radically generous with our resources, our influence, and our time. Why do we live in scarcity when one of the biblical themes is generosity and abundance? 

https://warner.edu/christianity-and-the-call-to-generosity/

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Sunday evening bible teacher, missions trainer and pastor Michelle Hoverson and I have a deep conversation about the person, personality and work of The Holy Spirit.

https://aboveandbeyondmissions.org

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The topic for this week's Talk Session with JP is about the RNZ article on deliverance and the harm being done by the Celebration Centre in CHCH https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/472109/ex-celebration-church-members-believe-deliverance-harmed-them

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