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Spiritual Misfits Podcast

If you’ve ever felt on the fringes of Christian faith this is a safe space for you. Your questions, doubts and hopes are all welcome here. We’re creating conversations, affirmations, meditations and other resources to support you on your spiritual journey and let you know that even if you feel like a misfit, you don’t have to feel alone.

Is the Resurrection Just a Metaphor?

64 hours 4 mins; April 04, 2026

On Shedding: a Contemplation (Carolyn Meers)

24 mins; March 28, 2026

Beyond Binary: AI, Paul, Jesus and Human Consciousness (Ken Davidson)

64 hours 9 mins; March 21, 2026

Stories from the Edges: "Edgewalkers" Book Launch (LIVE)

57 mins; March 14, 2026

'My Body is Not a Prayer Request' (Amy Kenny) [Replay]

60 hours 20 mins; March 07, 2026

"Queer Blood and Fire" — the Experience of LGBTQ+ Salvation Army Officers (Brad Watson)

65 hours 58 mins; February 28, 2026

Poetry, Identity, and the Search for Belonging (Andrew Cox)

48 mins; February 21, 2026

A Hidden Life in the Attention Economy (Justine Toh)

58 mins; February 14, 2026

What if 'picking and choosing' is actually fine? (James McGrath, Beyond Deconstruction)

61 hours 42 mins; February 07, 2026

Pub Theology: the breakdown of our shared reality

57 mins; January 31, 2026

Second-time-around spirituality: 'To Rebehold the Stars' (Tiffany Yecke Brooks)

62 hours 38 mins; January 24, 2026

If the world doesn't end and we're still neighbours (Amar D. Peterman)

58 mins; January 17, 2026

Can AI be ethical? Can it make us wise? (with Simon Buckingham-Shum)

71 hours 38 mins; January 10, 2026

Holding in the Light (a Contemplation)

27 mins; December 27, 2025

O Come All Ye Misfits (with Carolyn Meers and Linda Pesavento)

72 hours 5 mins; December 20, 2025

The Earth is a Prophet Now (Anne Lanyon)

60 hours 56 mins; December 13, 2025

Advent Anticipation in a Time of AI Anxiety

38 mins; December 06, 2025

Creating Communities of Sacred Curiosity with Mike Hardie

63 hours 55 mins; November 29, 2025

Embodied Human Wisdom in AI Times (Mikenzie Ling)

71 hours 3 mins; November 22, 2025

How to Pray to a Triune God Beyond Gender (Sally Douglas on Rewilding Prayer)

60 hours 31 mins; November 15, 2025

Pub Theology: Christians, please chill and everyone stop trying to be authentic

66 hours 12 mins; November 08, 2025

(Not) Rescuing the Text (Michelle Eastwood)

49 mins; November 01, 2025

Eco-Theology: Tending Soil & Soul (Samuel Dow)

56 mins; October 25, 2025

Toxic Theology, Mental Health, Gravity & Grace (Jon Reichardt)

76 hours 39 mins; October 18, 2025

Sara M. Saleh on Palestine, liberation and poetry [Replay]

45 mins; October 11, 2025

On Naming God: a Contemplation (Carolyn Meers)

28 mins; October 04, 2025

Brian Recker: Reframing Hell, Exchanging Fear for Love

64 hours 53 mins; September 27, 2025

Pub Theology: James Dobson, Charlie Kirk & Universalism

59 mins; September 20, 2025

The Divine Gift of Trans Lives & Faith with Steff Fenton

66 hours 20 mins; September 13, 2025

'An Honest Faith': When philosophy & theology meet (Keith Mascord)

59 mins; September 06, 2025

Words for Those Who Wander (Poetry by Will Small & Boy Renaissance)

41 mins; August 30, 2025

Spiritual Misfits, On the Way (LIVE at 'Words for Those Who Wander')

56 mins; August 23, 2025

An Emergency Devotional: Faith in Times of Crisis with Hanna Reichel

64 hours 32 mins; August 16, 2025

The Death of the Whiteness Gospel with Danny Bryant

57 mins; August 09, 2025

Safety is Love in Action with Joyce Tangi

56 mins; August 02, 2025

Staying Tender in a Hard World | David Gate's 'Rebellion of Care'

62 hours 44 mins; July 26, 2025

A More Christlike God: Bradley Jersak on Faith After Deconstruction

62 hours 25 mins; July 19, 2025

The Future Church Transcends Culture Wars (Panel: Jarrod McKenna, Josephine Inkpin, Mikenzie Ling)

72 hours 23 mins; July 12, 2025

The Future Church is Trans (Josephine Inkpin | FC Conference Keynote)

52 mins; July 05, 2025

The Future Church is Nonviolent (Jarrod McKenna | FC Conference Keynote)

60 hours 13 mins; June 28, 2025

God in the Dark: a Winter Solstice Reflection (Carolyn Meers)

24 mins; June 21, 2025

The Future Church is Anti-Racist (Radhika Sukumar-White | FC Conference Keynote)

55 mins; June 14, 2025

The Future Church is Disability Inclusive (Shane Clifton | FC Conference Keynote)

44 mins; June 07, 2025

The Future Church Remembers the Poor (Gershon Nimbalker | FC Conference Keynote)

63 hours 15 mins; May 31, 2025

Should We Use the Word Mission? And How Mysticism Saved My Faith (Karina Kreminski)

57 mins; May 24, 2025

In the Doorway: Feminist Complaint Collectives in Australian Christianity (Tracy McEwan, Rosie Clare Shorter and Tanya Riches)

72 hours 43 mins; May 17, 2025

The (Not So) Great Baptist Schism (with Andrew Dodd & Scott Higgins)

63 hours 33 mins; May 10, 2025

Hardwired for Wholeness: The Neuroscience of Embodied Spirituality (with Jana Holland)

61 hours 45 mins; May 03, 2025

The Political Power of Apocalyptic Literature (Robyn Whitaker)

58 mins; April 26, 2025

Blood, Wrath & Love: What Actually Happened on the Cross? (with Mitch Forbes)

69 hours 57 mins; April 19, 2025

Reclaiming the Language: Sin and Repentance? (with Karl Hand)

64 hours 2 mins; April 12, 2025

The Cosmic Christ and the Concrete Jesus with Kevin Sweeney

61 hours 26 mins; April 05, 2025

Reclaiming the Language: Salvation? (with Becca De Souza & Carolyn Meers)

63 hours 30 mins; March 29, 2025

Pub Theology: an hour in hell with Mitch and Will

61 hours 28 mins; March 22, 2025

A Non-Binary God // A Fluid Faith with Boy Renaissance

60 hours 45 mins; March 15, 2025

Is Christianity Still Good News? [Replay] with Sally Douglas, Gregg Morris, Will Nicholas & Carlynne Nunn

88 hours 9 mins; March 08, 2025

The Religious Trauma Collective: understanding faith, harm and healing (Jane Kennedy, Sam Sellers & Elise Heerde)

68 hours 26 mins; March 01, 2025

Living 'Wholefarted': Poetry, Protest & Permission with Marla Taviano

60 hours 47 mins; February 22, 2025

Mikenzie Ling: God my Father, Land my Mother

63 hours 56 mins; February 15, 2025

Jonathan Cornford: What if Jesus meant what he said about money?

70 hours 56 mins; February 08, 2025

Sarah Bacaller on 'Apostate: Stories of Deconversion'

76 hours 7 mins; February 01, 2025

Geoff Bullock: after Hillsong...and after that

59 mins; January 25, 2025

Jono Ingram on everyday spirituality and sustainability

68 hours 27 mins; January 18, 2025

Liz Charlotte Grant on seeking God in Genesis after losing faith in the Bible

72 hours 45 mins; January 11, 2025

Summer replays: Carolyn Meers on pastoring through deconstruction

61 hours 53 mins; January 04, 2025

Summer replays: Michael Frost & Shane Meyer-Holt on the other side of 'mega'

77 hours 48 mins; December 28, 2024

ad-Vent Live: a Merry Christmas Rant with Mitch Forbes & Ella Evans

65 hours 4 mins; December 21, 2024

Simon Nixon on navigating hard conversations at Christmas

74 hours 6 mins; December 14, 2024

Tanya Riches on leaving Hillsong, church with wombats and real-world theology

59 mins; December 07, 2024

Kelly Latimore on Icons, Advent and learning how to see

62 hours 20 mins; November 30, 2024

Joel Hollier and Christine Redwood: Why Future Church?

66 hours 13 mins; November 23, 2024

Tim Whitaker on The New Evangelicals, Christian Nationalism and resisting Trump’s America

56 mins; November 16, 2024

David Gushee: After Evangelicalism [a timely post-election Replay]

61 hours 13 mins; November 09, 2024

Will and Joel Small debrief Tim Winton’s CPX lecture (on climate crisis, toxic positivity and today's prophets)

64 hours 56 mins; November 02, 2024

Anna Robinson (from Nomad podcast) on wilderness, wonder and contemplative practices

68 hours 54 mins; October 26, 2024

Sally Longley on violence, silence and Ignatian spirituality

57 mins; October 19, 2024

Pub Theology: politics, faith and community action (with Jack Turner)

73 hours 38 mins; October 12, 2024

Scott Erickson (Scott the Painter) is creating a visual vocabulary for the spiritual journey

65 hours 17 mins; October 05, 2024

Pub Theology: Listener questions (hedonism, lament and the limits of language)

84 hours 17 mins; September 28, 2024

Scott Parker: 'Hillsong Boy'

62 hours 12 mins; September 21, 2024

Jason John on sex, evolution and a poem you’ll never forget

67 hours 55 mins; September 14, 2024

Amy Kenny: 'My Body is Not a Prayer Request'

60 hours 19 mins; September 07, 2024

Mental Health and Loneliness with James Aaron and Sarah Bishop

60 hours 19 mins; August 31, 2024

Technology, AI and Spirituality with Aditee Vora, Somerset Drayton and Jonty Cornford

57 mins; August 24, 2024

Racial injustice and the Church with Nathan Tyson, Radhika Sukumar-White and Liesl Homes

63 hours 4 mins; August 17, 2024

Navigating eco-anxiety, finding ways forward with Joyce Tangi, Karina Kreminski & Jono Row

48 mins; August 10, 2024

‘My Generational Deconstruction’ with Joanna Drayton, Ken Day and Ella Evans

62 hours 50 mins; August 03, 2024

Christine Redwood, Belinda Groves & Nathan Nettleton on the Open Baptists

61 hours 6 mins; July 27, 2024

Karen Pack on starting loved and restoring the erased

63 hours 4 mins; July 20, 2024

Thomas Jay Oord on 'God After Deconstruction'

61 hours 26 mins; July 13, 2024

5 Big Ideas for the Future Church (Future Church Conference Night: Joyce Tangi, Jessica Morthorpe, Karen Pack, Mitch Forbes & Joel Hollier)

72 hours 33 mins; June 01, 2024

The Future Church is...Intersectional (Will Small at Future Church Conference)

46 mins; May 25, 2024

The Future Church is....LGBTQIA+ Inclusive (Karen Pack at Future Church Conference)

52 mins; May 18, 2024

The Future Church is...Decolonising (Safina Stewart at Future Church Conference)

48 mins; May 11, 2024

The Future Church is....Trauma Informed (Joel Hollier at Future Church Conference)

49 mins; May 04, 2024

Scott M. Coley on 'Ministers of Propaganda'

75 hours 40 mins; April 24, 2024

Adis Duderija on progressive Islam and process theology

67 hours 17 mins; April 20, 2024

Rachel Collis on doubt, faith and showing up either way

59 mins; April 13, 2024

Pub Theology (with Carlynne Nunn) on shame and disappointment

61 hours 32 mins; April 06, 2024

Josephine McDonnell Inkpin on Trans Resurrection Reflections

70 hours 2 mins; March 30, 2024

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