Anna on living in Uganda, Rwanda and the UK, searching for justice | Justice Worriers Episode 48
Release Date: 12/01/2024
Readings 015: Prayer for rich and poor | Justice Worriers Episode 67
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Andy reads a prayer from 2022 that encourages empathy and sharing between people rich and poor in financial and spiritual terms. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us on . Subscribe and rate us on , , Stitcher, tunein, or .
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Readings 014: Prayer for broken relationships | Justice Worriers Episode 66
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Andy reads a prayer from 2009 which includes prayer for people going through divorce and other types of relationship breakdown. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us on . Subscribe and rate us on , , Stitcher, tunein, or .
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Readings 013: It was always me | Justice Worriers Episode 65
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Andy reads a poem about a rare spiritual experience(!) If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us on . Subscribe and rate us on , , Stitcher, tunein, or .
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Readings 012: Longing for knowledge that you are with us | Justice Worriers Episode 64
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Andy reads a prayer from way back in 2014 that talks about conflict, building, resisting sexual violence, and a longing for God. If you have something you'd like to share in this series, do contact us on . Subscribe and rate us on , , Stitcher, tunein, or .
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Readings 011: Beneath Contempt | Justice Worriers Episode 63
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Andy reads a prayer he wrote in 2023 that concludes with a request for us to learn companionship with people considered beneath contempt, to learn with and from people who are different and make us uncomfortable. As may be a familiar feeling now, there was a lot of war happening in the world at the time, and the prayer starts with lots of asking for peace and reconciliation. 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 .
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Palestine and Israel with Bethany (part 2) | Justice Worriers Episode 62
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Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Bethany, whose personal encounters in Palestine and Israel led to academic study, giving her a rare depth of insight which she brings to her introduction to the history of the devastating conflict in this region. The group tries to engage with how to respond as people who are collectively implicated in the mistakes of the past and largely powerless as individuals in the present. This is part 2 of the conversation. Apologies for the background noise of traffic and aeroplanes. You can find Bethany's research about the encounters between volunteers and Palestinians at...
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Palestine and Israel with Bethany (part 1) | Justice Worriers Episode 61
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Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Bethany, whose personal encounters in Palestine and Israel led to academic study, giving her a rare depth of insight which she brings to her introduction to the history of the devastating conflict in this region. The group tries to engage with how to respond as people who are collectively implicated in the mistakes of the past and largely powerless as individuals in the present. This is part 1 of the conversation. Apologies for the background noise of traffic and aeroplanes. You can find Bethany's research about the encounters between volunteers and Palestinians at...
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Readings 010: Prayer | Justice Worriers Episode 60
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Andy reads a reflection on prayer sent in by a listener who also happens to be called Andy! He leads us to see prayer in some of our day-to-day activities, and maybe even to believe again that we can engage with the divine. 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 .
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Readings 009: Deaf Song | Justice Worriers Episode 59
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Andy reads another angry poem, this time about us singing ourselves deaf while we burn our world to the ground, and step on the poor. 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 .
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AI | Justice Worriers Episode 58
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Andy, Leah and Jörg discuss AI: its utility, ethical problems and potential to change how we see ourselves and God. By building machines that reflect the totality of human knowledge and dress themselves up as truth machines, are we building idols? Does all this text cheapen our communication? Are we becoming yet more isolated? How should we respond? Contact us on or look for JusticeWorriers on , , , or . Subscribe and rate us on , , , Stitcher, tunein, , or .
info_outlineAndy, 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 instagram.com/annauwerapoems.
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