Best Faces Amp Voices Of Recovery Podcasts (2025)

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Humpty Trumpty is Falling Off the Wall - Summer Solstice Special 11:00

14m ago11:00

11:00

The collective is deciding Humpty Trumpty is falling off the wall. He's cracking and failing and we began to really notice with the coming of the sun and the Beneficence of Jupiter at Summer Solstice 2025! Give a listen. As we will it, so shall it be. The Collective Consciousness creates it's reality!…

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We Endure Abuse to Survive Pt. 1 - Could that be You? 14:44

24h ago14:44

14:44

So many of us are saturated in abuse and exploitation. It can be coming from family, the workplace, religion, the media, police. It might be institutional. It can be mild or blatant, even life threatening. Even though it might not feel good to talk about it, we must. We must shed light on it, heal it, so the trauma doesn't affect our decisions movi…

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Re-enchanting... Blaise Pascal - Graham Tomlin 1:05:17

2d ago1:05:17

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Graham Tomlin is the Director of the Centre For Cultural Witness, and Editor in Chief of Seen and Unseen. As the former bishop of Kensington he has been involved in theological education and cultural engagement for several years. His latest book is ‘Blaise Pascal: The man who made the modern world’. Justin, Belle and Graham explore the life and leg…

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Our Real Wealth & How We Measure Success 14:39

8d ago14:39

14:39

Let's examine what our REAL wealth might be beyond the material and consumerism and what are our metrics to measure success. Might we measure our wealth and success differently in capitalism/patriarchy versus in a divine feminine oriented world?By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... Conversion - Lamorna Ash 1:04:07

9d ago1:04:07

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If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com. Lamorna Ash is an award-winning writer and journalist, she’s the author of Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fish…

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Grace Without Remorse - Should MAGAs Say Sorry? 14:57

16d ago14:57

14:57

So as MAGAs begin to wake up and realize the leopards are going to eat their faces too, should we expect some remorse for them being complicit in bringing the country its knees? Aren't we all tired of seeing Trump and people associated with him get a get out of jail free card?By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... The end of the world - Alex Evans 1:05:04

16d ago1:05:04

1:05:04

If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com Alex Evans is the founder and Executive Director of Larger Us - a community of change-makers seeking to bridge divide…

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I'm Gonna Just Say It! Stifled No More! May Patriarchy Fall! 13:22

23d ago13:22

13:22

Talking about being stifled no more. Whether signing a NDA, or being stifled by religion or culture, allowing ourselves to be stifled does not serve us. Have you allowed yourself to be stifled as well? Also, this is what the call "May Patriarchy Fall" looks like but we couldn't have imagined it. Wake up. Stand Up. Faith and prayer requires action. …

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Re-enchanting... Motherhood - Chine McDonald 57:12

23d ago57:12

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If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com. Chine McDonald is the Director of Theos, the religion and society think tank. She is also a regular contributor to T…

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Society Reviles Women's Anger & White Women's Tears 14:35

30d ago14:35

14:35

I discuss in our anger-phobic culture, how women have been conditioned to avoid the normal feelings of anger, convinced it is a negative emotion, resorting instead to the passive-aggressive strategy of White Women's Tears which is more acceptable. Take a listen. Reclaim your sacred rage without guilt!…

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The Day Fires & The Power of Prayer 12:10

1M ago12:10

12:10

A true story of the Day Fires in California and the power of prayer, faith and trust in the Divine. At times I still find myself in a battle between my left and right brain, my analytical versus my intuitive self. Foremost analytical, I am sometimes slow to trust intuition and feelings, so for my own good, God/dess or my Divine Self, speaks to me i…

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Escaping the Wasteland & Road to Recovery 13:52

1M ago13:52

13:52

I share a magickal series of events from escaping the wasteland of the city during a traumatic time to the pieces that fell into as I connected with Spirit during shamanic journeys that healed my psyche. Maybe it can be inspiration and guidance for you.By Karen Tate

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I Can Hear Her Breathing - A True Story of Magic and Mystery 14:39

2M ago14:39

14:39

Today's sharing with you is the story of my trip to Wisconsin to teach a weekend workshop. As I was getting ready to depart I sat among a grove of trees and had the most mysterious experience I can only describe as everyday magic. A true story.By Karen Tate

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Life is Like a Lazy River - An Unexpected Sacred Travel Short Story 14:35

2M ago14:35

14:35

We never know from where wisdom might flow. I tell the short sacred travel story of our fortuitious trip to a Lazy River outside Las Vegas where I found wisdom and got my mojo back!By Karen Tate

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From Malaise to 5-Alarm Anxiety 15:00

2M ago15:00

15:00

It's hard sometmes to keep our emotions in check with all that's going on and I talk about that as well as offer some personel anecdotes, tools for coping; balance, discernment, divine guidance and resilienceBy Karen Tate

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The Ugly American Syndrome - Be An Ambassador Not a Philistine 14:46

2M ago14:46

14:46

Inspired from sacred journeys abroad meeting Ugly Americans and from watching what's going on in the news I talk about let's be an ambassador, not a philistine at home and in far away lands.By Karen Tate

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How to Connect with the Sacred on Spiritual Journeys & Staying Safe 13:14

3M ago13:14

13:14

So we've talked a bit about the nuts and bolts of sacred travel in other episodes in the preceding weeks (check the schedule) but today in our final episode on Sacred Travel I cover the esoteric aspects of connecting with the energies of sacred places. I also throw in some tips for staying safe on your journey. Please check out my book, Sacred Plac…

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Re-enchanting... God & suffering - Esther Maria Magnis 1:05:55

3M ago1:05:55

1:05:55

Esther Maria Magnis is a German writer whose book ‘With or Without Me’ is a memoir of her journey with faith and the perception of reality. With unflinching honesty Esther takes us through her childhood and adolescence as she, along with her brother and sister, deals with the grief of her father’s cancer diagnosis, her prayers, and her journey thro…

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Purposeful Travel - Escorted or Independent Travel Pros/Cons 12:08

3M ago12:08

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There is a lot to consider when taking a sacred tour, which some call purposeful travel. What are the pros and cons of taking an escorted vs independent tour. What are some of the questions to ask? Most important might be what is your intention and purpose for the journey.By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... Experiential Spirituality - Tyler Staton 58:00

3M ago58:00

58:00

If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com Tyler Staton is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon and the head of Prayer 24/7, USA. He's also …

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Spring Meditation - Ostara, Consorts of Goddess, Inter-Faith 14:32

3M ago14:32

14:32

Enjoy this Spring Meditation with elements of the season, the Goddess, particularly Ostara, as well as her consorts, including Jesus making this a unique interfaith meditation for springtime, with suggestions how you might turn this into a lovely ritual. No intro. I just jump right into the meditation so you can download it without any housekeeping…

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Sacred Sites of Goddess - What Are They? Why Go? Why 108? 14:30

3M ago14:30

14:30

Continuing the sacred travel series I explain the many varied types of sacred sites of Goddess and what they represent to pilgrims, as well as the emotional feeling of making a connection at these sacred sites. We'll also delve into the meaning of the number 108. For more information check out Sacred Places of Goddess:108 Destinations.…

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Re-enchanting... The Eastern Orthodox Revival - John Mark Reynolds 1:02:29

3M ago1:02:29

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Dr John Mark Reynolds is the president of the Constantine Schools and College in Texas and the author of numerous books including 'When Athens Met Jerusalem: an Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought'. He is a frequent blogger and lecturer on a wide range of topics including ancient philosophy, classical and home education, politics, faith…

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Learning About Goddess & Her Sacred Places Including Hecate's Sacred Temple 14:10

3M ago14:10

14:10

Today I begin sharing about Goddess, who She is around the world and exploring her sacred sites. I explain the material we'll cover in the weeks ahead: Connecting with Sacred Sites, Staying Safe, What Makes a Journey Sacred, Etiquette of Sacred Travel...and much more. For more information check out Sacred Places of Goddess:108 Destinations.…

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Re-Enchanting... Shakespeare - Dr Kate Flaherty 1:06:37

3M ago1:06:37

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Dr Kate Flaherty is Senior Lecturer in English and Drama at the Australian National University. She researches how Shakespeare’s works play on the stage of public culture. Her insights have been published in Contemporary Theatre Review, New Theatre Quarterly, Australian Studies and Shakespeare Survey. She is also the author of the book ‘Ours as we …

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Sacred Travel Story - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Temple - Alarming Aswan! 11:18

4M ago11:18

11:18

Today I'm sharing a bit about my book, Sacred Places of Goddess, as we're about to go into Spring and our thoughts might be turning to travel. You'll hear one of my travel stories from Egypt and more about Goddess Advocates, naming American destinations as "sacred goddess sites" and why we should consider museums sacred sites of Goddess. For more i…

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Re-enchanting... Reality - Andrew Davison 1:14:32

4M ago1:14:32

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Revd Professor Andrew Davison is Regius Professor of Divinity at The University of Oxford. Andrew has both a scientific and theological background and has frequently worked on the intersection of science and faith, as well as writing on ‘participation’ and the ’sacramental theology' of blessing in books such as ‘Participation In God’ and ‘Blessing’…

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Are Your Shackles Showing? Hyperbole, Metaphor or Reality? 12:12

4M ago12:12

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Spoiler Alert: This episode about captivity and abuse might be triggering. Do use self care. It is intended to have listeners ask the question if they are being held captive, traumatized, exploited or abused. Are they wearing blinders to abuse in their lives? Do we just accept or endure abuse and say "that's just the way it is." Are they looking fo…

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Re-enchanting... Hospitality - Jo Swinney 1:00:05

4M ago1:00:05

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Jo Swinney is director of communications for the Christian environmental conservation charity A Rocha International. Jo's parents Miranda and Peter Harris were the founders of A Rocha. Miranda's tragic death in 2019 was a shock to all those who knew her. Jo’s book ‘A Place At The Table: Faith, hope and hospitality’ pairs her own words with writings…

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Lion, Tigers & Bears - Guardians or Guides? 12:59

4M ago12:59

12:59

Karen is telling the story of two bear encounters on the mountain and asks the question, are they spirit animals, guardians or guides? Do we see everyday magic?By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... The natural world - Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg 1:00:01

4M ago1:00:01

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Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is rabbi of New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism, here in the UK. He’s also the author of numerous books, including ‘Walking with the Light: from Frankfurt to Finchley’, ‘Things My Dog has Taught Me: about being a better human’ and his latest – ‘Listening for God in Torah and Creation’ Justin and …

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Malaise and Numb Are We? Is it Kakistocracy? 15:00

4M ago15:00

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Karen begs the question what's that feeling going around? Malaise is it? Or are we numb? And what exactly is kakistocracy?By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... Death - Dame Sue Black 1:01:20

4M ago1:01:20

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Professor Lady Sue Black is one of the world’s leading forensic scientists. Police forces, the Foreign Office and the UN have called upon her evidence in countless high-profile investigations. She is currently President of St. John’s College, Oxford, and in 2021 entered the House of Lords as a cross-bench peer. She has penned numerous books, includ…

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City of Broken Sidewalks Sacred Travel Story - You Can't Go Home Again 10:24

5M ago10:24

10:24

For travel buffs and foodies, Karen shares a sacred travel story about not being able to go home again and seeking the wisdom in finding joy today.By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... The death of Christianity - Rupert Shortt 58:10

5M ago58:10

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Rupert Shortt is an author and research associate at the Von Hugel Institute, University Of Cambridge and a former Religion Editor for the Times Literary Supplement. His latest book ’The Eclipse of Christianity… and why it matters’ has been praised by Tom Holland as ‘ A brilliant survey of Christianity’s decline in Britain- how it happened and why …

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Radical Gratitude 15:01

5M ago15:01

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Sometimes the most difficult of challenges are indeed actually a gift of immense proportions, we just can't see it right away. I talk about our time healing "parked in the handicap zone."By Karen Tate

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Re-enchanting... The streets - Les Isaac 1:02:33

5M ago1:02:33

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Rev Les Isaac OBE is founder of Ascension Trust. Les came to national attention in 2022 when his message about integrity and the common good at the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast set in motion a chain of events that led to the resignation of Boris Johnson in the following days. Les is best known as the pioneer of the Street Pastors movement. Every …

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Dreaming, Inspiration and the Sleeping Goddess of Malta 40:18

5M ago40:18

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Today in our sacred message I discuss the Sleeping Lady of Malta found in the famous Hypogeum on the tiny island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. We'll delve into our dreams, how people in ancient times utilized their dream time and what more contemporary teachers say dreams are all about.By Karen Tate

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Sun Goddesses - Return of the Light - Resolutions & Transformation 25:06

5M ago25:06

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Happy New Year everyone! Join me today as I share an inspirational message that captures the energy of the season as well as the Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu, Celtic Brigid's "motivational steam" and light as life. And please remember to go to Spreaker.com and hit the FOLLOW button for the show which soon will be fully migrated from Blog Talk to …

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Voices of the Sacred Feminine is MOVING....Find Out the Details/Please Follow Us 30:25

6M ago30:25

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VSF has had a very long run here since 2009. There have been many technical glitches in the last year but the end has come so that something new can be reborn. If this show has meant something to you. If, as some of you have told me, its been your lifeline because you live in a sea of red. If I'm the only one talking about what you think or want to…

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The Gift: Kamala Archetype of the Sacred Feminine and Tim the Divine Masculine 37:05

6M ago37:05

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Mamala Sekhmet as I began to call Kamala and Tim, the embodiment of the Sacred Masculine, are the topics of today's final show of Voices of the Sacred Feminine on Blog Talk. Listen as I talk about the gift they've both given us. All we need do is recognize it and grasp it in our minds and hearts. As for this being the final show, it's been a long r…

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Resistance is Not Futile. The Borg Just Wants You To Think It So. 41:34

6M ago41:34

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If you're a fan of Star Trek, you remember the Borg. The Borg who assimilated everyone. No one could think for themselves. Everyone was a loyalist to The Queen. (Interesting how they made the Ultimate Evil a female!) Their subject's brains were taken over and the conquered just became mindless robots for the Borg Collective. Well, I see similaritie…

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Remember Braindead on CBS? Satirical Comedy or Real Life? 34:02

6M ago34:02

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Remember that satirical comedy by the producers of The Good Wife and Elsbeth, Michelle and Robert King, titled BrainDead? It was good for a reliable belly laugh each week. It was smart and insightful. Well, today I'm going to take the premise of that old gem and put a new twist on it. Just who are the ET insects eating the brains of humans out ther…

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Re-enchanting... Wisdom - Francis Collins 1:07:44

7M ago1:07:44

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Francis Collins is a physician and geneticist whose groundbreaking work has led to the discovery of the cause of cystic fibrosis among other diseases. He led the Human Genome Project which first sequenced the entire human DNA, established the science-faith organisation BioLogos, and has gone on to serve 3 US presidents as the director of the Nation…

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How the Brains of Liberals & Conservatives Actually ARE Different - Says Science 27:55

7M ago27:55

27:55

Who hasn’t confided to their most trusted friends their amazement at how different some people are in terms of what seems to be clearly black and white issues. Well, it turns out there is science behind general differences about liberal and conservative brain construction and thinking styles. Tune in and hear more. It's important because if we want…

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Re-Enchanting... Julian of Norwich - Claire Gilbert 1:02:40

7M ago1:02:40

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Dr Claire Gilbert is an author, lecturer, mentor and retreat leader and was the founding director of the Westminster Abbey Institute. She is the author of books including ‘Miles To Go Before I Sleep: Letters on Hope, Death and Learning to Live’ and her most recent publication ‘I, Julian’ a novel about the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich. Belle an…

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Can Democracy Survive Free Speech? 16:13

7M ago16:13

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I’ll humbly say I’m no Constitutional scholar nor have I majored in Political Science, but from my Everywoman’s seat on my barcalounger, I’m just going to ask the quiet part out loud: Can Democracy survive the current state of Free Speech provided for in the 1st and 14th Amendments? If we allow disinformation and misinformation, lies and distortion…

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Re-Enchanting... An ahistorical age - Sarah Irving-Stonebraker 59:14

7M ago59:14

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Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is an Australian historian whose new book ‘Priests of History: stewarding the past in an ahistoric age’, says that, in our age of self-invention, modern people are profoundly disconnected from the stories, practises and history that once gave them their identity. Justin and Belle talk to Sarah about re-enchanting an ahistor…

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God: The Unauthorized Biography with Thomas Quinn 1:00:10

7M ago1:00:10

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Producer, author and colleague of mine, Thomas Quinn returns to VSF so we can chat about his new satirical and courageous book, God: The Unauthorized Biography - God's Old Testament memoir is how I refer to it. We'll be chatting about the morally-dubious history of the Israelites and their prophecies, surprising research in the Old Testament you ne…

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Re-Enchanting... Comic books - Siku 1:03:39

7M ago1:03:39

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Siku is an artist, author, theologian, musician, and a leading comic book artist. He has worked for 2000AD as artist on titles such as Judge Dredd as well as Marvel UK and COM X. He is the author of the book ‘Batman Is Jesus’ and is of course well known for the graphic novel, The Manga Bible. Siku sits down with Justin and Belle to discuss the crea…

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