Irrelevant, Academic and Boring: Why Study Theology?

Dave sits down with Dr Delroy Hall to look at the spiritual discipline of Pastoral Journaling. Delroy shares how paying attention to your walk with God can be so helpful for us as followers of Christ trying to live healthy lives. Dr Hall is Lecturer, freelance trainer, academic, counsellor and pastoral counsellor He has worked in a variety of settings, via Delwes Consultancy, which offers on-line consultancy, training, seminars, and webinars on a variety of subjects, but his focus is dealing with loss and grief, depression, anxiety, and clergy stress. Primarily, Dr Hall is a people development consultant committed to dealing with human pain while developing trust, so people can recover and thrive. He is an active leader in his community. His teaching experience includes giving lectures at Harvard University and Boston College Massachusetts, USA, Durham University, UK and has taught at Leeds Beckett University. He was appointed as the Sports Chaplain for Sheffield United Football Club in September 2017.

Dave & Theo sit down with Matt Hatch to discuss his excellent book Metamorphosis. Many of us want to grow and mature in our faith yet feel stuck or have plateaued spiritually. We long for a more meaningful spiritual life yet feel frustrated and exhausted at the lack of growth. We can feel disappointed and even guilty from our lack of progress. Or we’ve tried really hard yet seemingly failed to grow. We can be left wondering, is transformation even possible? With its inspiring blend of real-life stories, biblical wisdom and practical tools, Metamorphosis will help you move from spiritual stagnation to transformation and start your journey of healthy discipleship. The book is available on Amazon Matt Hatch is the founder and senior pastor of Mosaic, a multi-congregational church in Leeds, UK. He leads a Catalyst Hub team that starts and strengthens churches locally and globally. He is married to Philippa and has three adult children. He is a dark chocolate connoisseur and loves chopping wood. To find out more about our upcoming courses head to https://leeds-school-of-theology.org/

In this Episode Dave sits down with Abi Flavell a church planter and leader who shares her story of living with disagreement while maintaining church unity particularly in the area of women in Leadership. Abi helps to lead River City Church Hull https://www.rivercityhull.co.uk/ a vibrant Christian church in the East of Hull that wants to bring life in all its fullness to people across the city.

In this episode Dave sits down with our very own Dr Daniel McGinnis to talk about his new book "Missional Acts".  In this study of the Book of Acts Daniel analyses Luke’s story of the first Christians in light of ancient rhetorical conventions, concluding that Luke presents his stories to strengthen the missional commitment and practice of his readers.  The book analyses the missional content of Acts in four important categories: stimuli, structures, strategies, and suffering.  Daniel says: “Missional Acts has been more than 11 years in the making and I’m absolutely thrilled that it’s finally available.  If you’re interested in the book of Acts, the early church, or mission then this is the book for you!" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missional-Acts-Rhetorical-Narrative-Apostles/dp/172527843X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=daniel+mcginnis&qid=1643817545&s=books&sprefix=daniel+mc%2Cstripbooks%2C112&sr=1-1

Ian Parkinson joins the podcast to share his wealth of expertise on all things Christian Leadership. Sharing insights from his book "Understanding Christian Leadership" along with many years of leadership in a variety of contexts this is a helpful introcution to some of the big ideas within the field.  https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334058748/understanding-christian-leadership In 2020 Ian Parkinson took on a newly created role within the Diocese of Sheffield as an Associate Archdeacon specialising in training Christian Leaders. After reading Law at Durham University Ian went on to train for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall Oxford during which time he also gained a BD from the University of London. After curacies in Hull and Middlesbrough he served as incumbent of Emmanuel Saltburn (York) and All Saints Marple (Chester), and was the first New Wine Regional Director for the North of England. From 2014 Ian joined the faculty of St Mellitus (St Aidans centre) Liverpool as an associate member to develop postgraduate teaching in Christian leadership. From January 2016 to October 2020 Ian was employed by Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS) as a Leadership Development Specialist working in theological education. He has taught extensively in the area leadership studies in ten different TEIs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our Dayschool is currently open for registration and we will be back in person in Leeds City Centre. Join us for an accessible grounding in Christian Theology and see your relationship with God go deeper. https://leeds-school-of-theology.org/dayschool/ 

Dave and Theo talk about the hugely popular Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast from Christianity Today. We begin to try and think about how we can learn from the Mars Hill experience and what healthy church leadership cultures could look like.  Our Dayschool is open for registration and is back in person. To sign up head to the website https://leeds-school-of-theology.org/dayschool/

What makes us human? How do we understand what it means to be made in God's image and how does that affect how we answers questions of ethics, disability, sexuality, relationships and much more...

Welcome to Chat Theology! We have relaunched the podcast and have lots of exciting content and guests coming up, on this episode we look at the question of why study theology? So often it is seen as irrelevant, academic and boring but it doesn't have to be! (reuploaded due to audio error)

We sat down with James Barnett to chat about how his rule of life helps him grow as a disciple of Jesus. We discuss how to sustain your faith when you don't "feel it" and how important it is to be proactive and intentional.  James Barnett is a vicar at St Matts Leeds and is a member of the Order of St Cuthbert, a non residential religious order based on the Rule of St Benedict. 

In this episode Theo sits down (virtually) with the Rev Alex Shiells to discuss how his faith and theology interact with his passion for football. Alex has been following the controversy surrounding the takeover of Newcastle United and so we chat about how as Christians we could respond to ethical questions around the sports teams we support.   Alex is Assistant Vicar (curate) at Chris Church Worksop & St Lukes Shireoaks. He is also club Chaplain at Worksop town FC and can be found on twitter at @revalexshiells