This is the podcast, Audio the Matters, where I take the ancient truth of God's Word, explain it, and show how it is relevant for today. I blog. I write. I eBook. I am currently undertaking another doctorate where I am researching the work of C.S. Lewis in regard to his theological contribution to our understanding of the imago Dei.
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The Women's Podcast, hosted by Róisín Ingle & Kathy Sheridan. Producers: Róisín Ingle and Suzanne Brennan. By women, for everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to the Uncovered Dish Christian Leadership Podcast - the podcast that uncovers stories, equips leaders, and changes the world. Join hosts Gabby Corbett and James Lee, and their expert guests as they dive deep into the world of ministry, leadership, and faith. From practical tips for effective time management to thought-provoking discussions about the ethics of AI in ministry, we explore the issues that matter most to Christian leaders today. With inspiring interviews, powerful insigh ...
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Ecclesiology Part 5 - The Prophetic Role of a Local Church
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31:31A church is more than just a building; it's more than just a meeting on a Sunday meeting; it's more than a global organisation - it is primarily a local community of Christ-followers. These believers are called together by the Holy Spirit to be a worshiping, witnessing, welcoming community of sons and daughters of God the Father. A local church is …
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The Macron 'wife shove' / Talking periods with Dr Hazel Wallace
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1:00:15What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? Can you tell your follicular from your luteal phase? Can masturbation ease period pains and why do so many women get the dreaded ‘period poo’? To answer all these questions and more we’re joined this week by Dr Hazel Wallace, medical doctor, nutritionist, and author of Not Just A Period, a groundbr…
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Kit de Waal on identity and belonging / Starving children of Gaza
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1:04:59This week, we’re joined by the brilliant Kit de Waal novelist, memoirist, and fierce advocate for working-class voices in literature. In conversation with Roisin Ingle, de Waal discusses her powerful new novel The Best of Everything, set in 1970s and 1980s England, which follows the interwoven lives of a single mother, her son, and their neighbours…
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How Jesus' Folded Grave Cloths Proved His Physical Resurrection
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46:37Christianity is grounded in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is now good evidence to believe that the folded grave cloths of the crucified Jesus of Nazareth, the shroud used to cover His body, and the face cloth to place over His face, have been preserved even to this day. In this presentation Dr. Corbett presents some of that evide…
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Jacqueline Connolly: ‘I didn’t know what coercive control was until my family were killed’
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1:14:22In 2016, Clodagh Hawe and her three sons, Liam (13), Niall (11) and Ryan (6) were murdered in their Co Cavan home, by their husband and father Alan Hawe, who took his own life shortly after. It was and still is Ireland’s largest murder-suicide and the brutal killings sent shockwaves throughout the country. In her book, Deadly Silence, Clodagh’s you…
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Down with that ‘skort’ of thing / Celebrating Tina Turner
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45:28Two years ago this month, Tina Turner died at the age of 83 at her home in Switzerland. The global superstar and rock icon had a career spanning more than five decades. Although she retired from performing in her late 60s, one of her final projects was to collaborate on Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, which debuted in London’s West End in 2018. This…
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It is known as Good Friday. But why? It is the penultimate moment in human history when the Creator of the Universe entered into His creation. In this message, Kim and I share why Good Friday really was GOOD Friday.By Dr. Andrew Corbett
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Irish woman detained by US immigration / The Steminists
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43:06In March, a group of secondary school students from Co Offaly made history when they became the first ever all-female team to win the VEX IQ All-Ireland Robotics Competition. ‘The Steminists’ will now represent Ireland at the World Championships in Texas this month. The team consists of five students aged between 12 and 14 years old, from the Sacre…
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Climate Changemakers: Three women on their fight against climate change
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47:03According to the latest European State of the Climate Report, 2024 was the hottest year on record for Europe and the fourth warmest year ever recorded in Ireland. As part of the global fight against climate change, Ireland has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 — but are we really on track to meet that goal? In today’s ep…
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Seven years after Amanda Knox was definitively acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, she flew to Italy to meet the man who had led the prosecution’s case against her, Giuliano Mignini. The now 37-year-old mother of two wanted to ask her former prosecutor why he had identified her as the chief suspect, pursued a murder conviction against…
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Ecclesiology_Part 4 - The Pathway of a Local Church
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32:24Ecclesiology is the study of the church. Local churches are all a part of the global Church which made up multiple denominations and traditions. There is one thing that is often neglected by a local church and it is not just their foyer or carpark - it is their pathway. In this session Dr. Andrew Corbett discusses how a local church can begin to de…
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Victim blaming on the rise / How to be a good grandmother
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1:00:41Bookshops and libraries are bursting with books on parenting and what to expect when you’re expecting, but there aren't nearly as many guidebooks out there on how to be a good grandparent. That’s why family psychologist Terri Apter has written her latest book all about the topic. Grandparenting: On Love and Relationships Across Generations offers r…
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Ecclesiology Part-3 - When a Church Assembles
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23:13Becoming a Christian is the entrance to belonging to a church family. There is a growing trend for Christians looking for a more meaningful engagement with their local church when they gather. The Apostle Paul described the gathering a church as being a time when the presence and power of the Lord Jesus Christ was experienced and obvious. In this e…
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Wedding fatigue / What teens really think of Adolescence
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1:06:02When Adolescense arrived on Netflix last month, it was streamed nearly 25 million times in just four days and sparked a global conversation on the dark side of social media and the lives of teenage boys. But what is it really like to be a teenage boy in 2025? How much attention do they really pay to masculinity influencers? What kind of pressures d…
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Ecclesiology Part 2 - Refocusing and Revitalising a Local Church
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29:31The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as Paul told the Corinthians. In this episode we discuss the principles for revitalising and refocusing a local church so that it can "gl…
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The Book Club: Confessions by Catherine Airey
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32:36This month on The Women’s Podcast Book Club, Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Róisín Ingle, and Ann Ingle discuss Confessions, the debut novel from Catherine Airey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Meghan & Gwyneth / The real cost of cancer
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1:01:38On Friday March 28th, the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) will celebrate Daffodil Day. It’s the charity’s biggest fundraising event and aims to raise millions of euros to support cancer patients and progress cancer research. In this episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined by Daffodil Day Ambassador Tara Doonan, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 at …
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Every Christian should know about ecclesiology. Ecclesiology, from the two Greek words ecclesia and logos is the study of the church. The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as …
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Conor McGregor at the White House / Sarah Corbett Lynch
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1:10:10Sarah Corbett Lynch was just eight-years-old when her father Jason was killed at their home in North Carolina by her stepmother Molly Martens and her father Tom Martens in 2015. Over the next decade, the Martens, who claimed self defence, were put on trial for murder, had their convictions quashed and later took a plea bargain for voluntary manslau…
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Rosie O’Donnell's move to Ireland / The importance of foster care
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1:08:58In Ireland, more than 5,500 children are currently in foster care. This could be because of illness in the child’s family, the death of a parent, neglect, abuse or violence in the home, or simply because the parent or family is not coping. Whatever the reason, foster carers are there to take care of children who cannot live with their own family, e…
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The Book Club Live: Books by women that challenged & changed us
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1:03:02To celebrate International Women’s Day, the book club gathered with a handful of podcast listeners for a live event at Kildare Village on Saturday morning. Niamh Towey, Ann Ingle, Bernice Harrison, and Roisin Ingle, explored the books by women that have challenged and changed them and that they think every woman should read. Book Club Choices: Ann …
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Thriving in male dominated industries / International Women’s Day event guide
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59:48International Women’s Day is on Saturday the 8th March and there are lots of events happening all around the country to celebrate the occasion. Irish Times features writer Ella Sloane joins Róisín Ingle on the podcast today to tell us about some of them, including a free guided tour exploring how women are represented in a selection of works at the…
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Andrew Tate’s new-found freedom / Rosie Schaap’s love letter to Northern Ireland
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1:01:55Born and bred in New York, the last place that Rosie Schaap thought she’d end up, was living in a rural village in Northern Ireland, miles away from the bustling city she once called home. But that’s exactly where she’s found herself. Five years ago, the writer and journalist moved from NYC to the tiny town of Glenarm in Co Antrim, in search of a n…
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What can be done about ‘sex for rent’ ads? / New women in the Dáil
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1:07:56After lengthy government formation talks and a chaotic first week in the Dáil, the new Government is finally settling into it's first few weeks of a new term. There’s a whole host of new faces in Leinster House, including 10 new women TDs. We wanted to hear what life is like for three of those women, so we’ve invited Labour’s Marie Sherlock, Fianna…
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Working from home / Single on Valentine's Day
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1:11:41This Valentine’s Day, we’ve decided to shift the focus away from love and relationships and onto the joy and excitement of the single experience. If you’re single and sick of dating apps, Irish Times relationships columnist Roe McDermott is here with some new dating ideas, from singles running clubs to mindful dating events. Later on, Róisín Ingle …
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The Grammys viral moment / Mamobo Ogoro on why diversity and inclusion matters
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54:48America might be rowing back on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, but one woman who is fighting to keep interculturalism at the forefront of people’s minds is Mamobo Ogoro, the CEO of Irish social enterprise GORM. Ogoro is a Nigerian-Irish Social Psychologist and multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, who is “on a personal missio…
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Portiuncula Hospital review / The Edna O’Brien story
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1:03:44Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien story is the brand new documentary by Irish filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea. It’s a portrait of one of Ireland’s finest writers, featuring extracts from O’Briens journals, contributions from the likes of Gabriel Byrne and Anne Enright and a remarkable final interview with O'Brien shortly before her death aged 93 last year. In th…
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Bishop Budde vs Trump / Becoming a mother at 49
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59:37Yoga teacher and wellness coach Kerry White was 48 years old when she finally decided to pursue her long-held dream to become a mother. As a single woman, who had just entered perimenopause, White used donor sperm and donor eggs to become pregnant. Then, in 2020, two months shy of her 50th birthday, her baby girl Freya was born. In this episode, Wh…
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Meta’s new masculine energy / Understanding ultra-processed food
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54:24These days, we’re hearing a lot more about ultra processed foods and the dangers of over eating these highly industrialised food products. But what exactly are UPFs, how bad are they really and how can you spot them when out doing the grocery shop? In this episode, nutrition consultant Sophie Morris joins Róisín Ingle to answer all these questions …
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Barnabas and Paul Part 2 - Their extraordinary world-wide legacy
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37:58This is the second part in this look at, The Book of Acts, which describes this most unlikely partnership between Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus. Barnabas, the older, genteel, devout, kind and gentle man, who sought out and brought into the attention of the world, a brash, younger, hold, confrontational, zealot, man named Saul (who would take on the n…
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What’s in and out for 2025 / Where’s our free HRT?
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1:03:17It’s a brand new year and to celebrate we’ve got a brand new segment to kick off the podcast each week. It’s our weekly news wrap covering the stories that affect women in Ireland and around the world. This week, Róisín Ingle is joined by Irish Times podcast producer Aideen Finnegan to talk about some of the stories that caught her eye this week an…
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The Book of Acts describes this most unlikely partnership between Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus. Barnabas, the older, genteel, devout, kind and gentle man, who sought out and brought into the attention of the world, a brash, younger, hold, confrontational, zealot, man named Saul (who would take on the name, Paul. These two men formed a formidable par…
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2024 was the year Americans chose a convicted felon as their next president, Afghanistan banned women from speaking or singing in public, and the slaughter of innocent women and children continued in Gaza. In Ireland, a record number of female candidates stood in November’s general election, but only seven additional women were elected to the next …
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Róisín Ingle: My breast cancer diagnosis
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1:06:43Each week on The Women’s Podcast, we hear from women from all walks of life who come on to talk about their lived experiences, their life stories, their passions and their challenges. This week, it’s the turn of podcast presenter Róisín Ingle, who in October 2023 received a life-changing breast cancer diagnosis. This is the first time she has spoke…
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Sober at Christmas: How to enjoy being alcohol free
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45:11For many people, alcohol and the festive season go hand in hand. It’s the season of excess when normal rules around eating and drinking seem to go completely out the window and a mimosa for breakfast becomes perfectly normal. But now, more and more people are deciding to cut down on their alcohol consumption over Christmas or are opting to go compl…
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Housewife of the Year winners: Ena Howell and Margaret Carmody
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1:02:11The Housewife of the Year competition ran for almost three decades, from 1969 to 1995. Thousands of women from all around Ireland entered, hoping to win a cash prize along with some home appliances, such as a luxury gas cooker. In later years, the competition was broadcast on RTÉ, featuring footage of contestants taking part in domestic duties at h…
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If you’re looking for a new book to curl up with over the festive period or to give as a Christmas gift, The Irish Times Women’s Podcast is here to help. We’ve gathered our book clubbers Niamh Towey, Bernice Harrison, Róisín and Ann Ingle in studio to share their favourite reads of 2024. Their recommendations include a comedy-crime novel, a “surpri…
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Arezo Rahimi: Fighting for the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan
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49:36When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, following the withdrawal of US troops, the lives of women and girls across the country changed almost overnight. Under Taliban rule, women and girls are removed from almost every aspect of daily life, are denied access to education and even face restrictions going out alone, speaking or s…
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Election 2024: What are the parties promising women?
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52:44With the General Election campaign in full swing and just over a week to go until polling day, political parties are making all sorts of promises to garner votes and ensure they make it into the next Government. On the campaign trail, the focus has been put on housing, the cost of living crisis and immigration, but what promises have each party mad…
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What teenage girls wish their mothers knew
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1:03:28In today’s episode, Chelsey Goodan aka the “teenage whisperer” joins Róisín Ingle to talk about her new book Underestimated: The Power and Wisdom of Teenage Girls. It’s an empowering guide to better understand our teen daughters, stemming from Goodan's 16 years spent mentoring young people from all different backgrounds. Goodan talks about the chal…
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Malachi - Part 11 - The Sun Will Rise To Bring Healing
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45:11The Prophetic Book of Malachi is written using a unique literary style called ‘a Disputational’. The Lord would bring a charge of wrongdoing and the people would dispute the charge. Malachi 1:2, '“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?”' This constant disputing by Malachi’s audience reveals their stubborn hearts. Wit…
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Malachi - Part 9 - Where Did All The Tithes Go?
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45:29In this powerful sermon, we explore the book of Malachi and its deep connections to the prophet Jeremiah's message. We will discover how Malachi's words—though not fully understood by his original audience—speak profoundly to us today, especially as we reflect on God's unwavering love and mercy. The closing verses of Malachi, some of the heaviest i…
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Malachi - Part 10 - Who Needs a 'Book of Remembrance'?
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34:10In this powerful sermon, we explore the book of Malachi and its deep connections to the prophet Jeremiah's message. Discover how Malachi's words—though not fully understood by his original audience—speak profoundly to us today, especially as we reflect on God's unwavering love and mercy. The closing verses of Malachi, some of the heaviest in the Bi…
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The Trump nightmare / Donna Ashworth’s soothing words
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1:06:21Yesterday, in what for many of us is an utterly depressing turn of events, the American people voted for Donald Trump to become the next President of the United States. It’s an historic development, as he becomes the first-ever convicted felon to be elected to office. He is also the first president-elect to have a civil conviction for sexual assaul…
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US Election Gender Divide / What Jenny and Mairéad Know Now
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1:18:25With the US election just days away, Irish Times columnist and co-presenter of The Women’s Podcast Kathy Sheridan joins Róisín Ingle to talk about how the election has become a battle of the sexes, with Donald Trump pulling strong support from male voters and Kamala Harris enjoying a comparable edge with female voters. Later on, broadcasters and po…
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Ep. 419 The Leader's Journey of Healing and Praise ft. Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi
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37:22In this episode of The Uncovered Dish Podcast, we sit down with Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi for a candid conversation about leadership, healing, and the future of the church. Bishop Moore-Koikoi shares her personal insights on collaborative leadership, reflecting on her own journey and the surprises she’s encountered in the Eastern Pennsylvania and…
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Malachi - Part 8 - When Did God Become a Silversmith?
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35:57After resistance from Israel's Priests, Malachi announced that the Lord “Would come to the Temple” (Mal. 3:1). “The LORD will come” is a warning of His judgment as the proceeding context indicates. In this life, the Lord’s judgment is merciful and redemptive. The Lord will come in Judgment as a Refiner to purify and launderer to wash clean (Mal. 3:…
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Simone Gannon is a content creator, digital marketing expert and the new beauty writer at the Irish Times. Since the beginning of the new year, she’s been entertaining us with her weekly beauty column, where she experiments with the latest trends, imparts her wisdom on all things skincare and makeup and shares her favourite beauty buys. In this epi…
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Malachi - Part 7 - How Did The Temple Become Godless?
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34:16The Book of Malachi is the 'Capstone' of the Old Testament prophets. Each of the elements of the Mosaic covenant are referenced in the Book's 55 verses. Each of the rebukes of the previous OT prophets are also echoed in this prophetic book. One of the major themes of Malachi is also one of the central features of the Old Covenant: the ‘Temple’. Thi…
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The Book Club: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
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54:28This month on The Women’s Podcast Book Club, Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Róisín Ingle, and Ann Ingle discuss Sally Rooney's long-awaited fourth novel, Intermezzo. The novel centres on the lives of two brothers: Peter, a lawyer, and Ivan, a chess prodigy, as they come to terms with the recent death of their father and navigate the complex relatio…
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