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New life through violence | Justice Worriers Episode 44

Release Date: 03/31/2024

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Andy, Jörg and Leah talk through our response to preparations for war, where the only people calling for peace seem to be doing it insincerely. How can we respond to Jesus' words about turning the other cheek and loving our enemies when we feel the need to be protected? Do we abandon these ideas as irrelevant? Do we sacrifice the safety of our fellow-people to make a point? Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 006: A Foreign Planet | Justice Worriers Episode 54

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Andy reads some prayers written in 2019 that express our alienation from this world as well as our citizenship, and prays for peace and openness to action. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 005: Our God Rains | Justice Worriers Episode 53

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Andy reads a poem, somewhat surprisingly (at least to him!), about God's joy in us and our joy in God. The poem is at If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 004: We reject the lie | Justice Worriers Episode 52

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Andy reads the prayers he prayed early in the first Trump presidency, which express despair and resistance, and reflect the fact that we need to try and behave well and build bridges no matter what is happening around us. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 003: Urgent love | Justice Worriers Episode 51

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Andy reads the first prayers he ever prayed at church in 2008, which speak of the urgent love of God for all people, and our desire to be changed. He reflects on what a different perspective he had 16 years ago, and also what threads still run through his more recent prayer. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 002: Whitewashed | Justice Worriers Episode 50

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Andy reads an angry poem he wrote about the harm he and others have experienced through a religion centred around a fierce and hateful God who takes the side of the powerful, and talks a bit about the accepting and compassionate God he spends his time trying to find. The words of the poem are at . If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Readings 001: Because you are good | Justice Worriers Episode 49

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In a new style of episode for this year, called "readings", Andy reads some prayers he wrote in 2015, and reflects on how they land for him now. These prayers ask for forgiveness for our part in an oppressive world, and express faith that God can and will engage with us. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us. Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Anna on living in Uganda, Rwanda and the UK, searching for justice | Justice Worriers Episode 48

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Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Anna, who has lived her life bouncing around the UK, Uganda, Rwanda and other African nations, working for charities and aid organisations. She's seen the best and worst of churches and well-meaning people and been through many joys and crises. She talks of her struggles with cynicism and hopelessness, and reflects on what it means to follow Jesus and to pursue justice, even as she finds herself forced to slow down from the frantic pace of her earlier life. You can find some of Anna's poems at . Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or ....

Streams in the Desert | Justice Worriers Episode 47

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Andy, Jörg and Leah bumble through Isaiah 35 wondering whether there is any hope to be found, or just nationalistic rhetoric. Some of the things mentioned: Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .

Shamilka on faith rocked by the Soul Survivor scandal | Justice Worriers Episode 46

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Content warning: brief discussion of coercive control and inappropriate sexual behaviour. Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Shamilka about her faith journey, especially the importance of her experiences at the Soul Survivor festival, and the impact of finding out about the scandal surrounding its leader, Mike Pilavachi. She describes how as a teenager she longed for a sign of God's acceptance, and Soul Survivor provided some chance for that, and then how that was thrown into confusion when its integrity was destroyed. Why do we look to hero figures to live our faith for us? Can we take good things...

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Andy asks Leah and Jörg for help writing some hopeful prayers for Easter Sunday in the face of appalling violence across the world. What hope is there, and what should we do when we see precious people treated so cheaply again and again? Does the resurrection of Jesus offer some kind of pattern of hope that our world repeats every Spring? Or is it a sign of something terrifying and new that is far outside of our control?

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