Australian-born Christine Caine is an author, and activist. She grew up to Greek immigrant parents in Sydney but from the age of 3 she was sexually abused by men living in her house. In her childhood and early adult life she lived with great shame bu...
Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘The Unhurried Leader’, who is the founder of a range of ministries, resources and events for leaders who wish to slow down. They talk about Alan’s journey to near burnout, how he recovered and what he says to leade...
Actor David Gyasi (pronounced 'Josse') is on a career high. He's appeared in Hollywood films such as Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey and alongside Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas. You can also catch him as UK Foreign Secretary in the Netflix series...
In a classic re-run, Andy Peck chats with the retired Baptist minister and Cambridge scholar about how we should best understand Luke and Matthew’s portrayal of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Does the likely scandal surrounding the events...
Gospel singer songwriter Michelle John has sung with some great names in the music industry including Eric Clapton and Maria Carey though as she says - she still feels like "Michelle from Peckham". John grew up on a council estate in South Londo...
Andy Peck chatted with the leadership enabler at CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society) about the work of equipping lay leadership to serve in the local church. They discuss how moving from Holy Trinity, Brompton to revitalise a church in Fulham helped s...
With parents in full-time ministry Joy Clarkson lived in several American states growing up including Texas, Tennessee, Colorado and California. She was often home schooled which lead, as she says to a 'transitory childhood.' But moving while you...
Andy Peck chatted with the founder of ‘The Stones Cry Out’ about how planned Holy Land tours were halted by the Israel v Hamas hostilities but ended up adjusting his work in even better ways. They also discuss why the traditional nativity scene is wa...
Evangelist Rico Tice had a classically English boarding school upbringing but his early life was more international. Born in Chile he grew up in Africa, later attending Sherbourne boarding school in Dorset in the sixties and seventies which he descri...
Andy Peck chats with the Principal of Cliff College, Derbyshire about the challenges of leading a Theological College. How has the focus changed over the years? How are issues regarding sexuality covered given the divisions with the national Church?...
Lex Renick has lived many different lives and she's still only 27-years-old. When she was still in middle school she began to experience gender dysphoria going on to identify as a transgender man taking testosterone and even having a double maste...
Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘On the way to work: a Christian approach to thinking differently about success and fulfilment’. Chris has 30 years’ experience working at director level in financial services and shares four important principles for...
At the age of just six Nancy Goudie felt the powerful presence of God to the point she was unable to move. She became a Christian and later with her husband Ray set up the band Heartbeat which had mainstream, international and TV success appearing on...
Andy Peck talks with the CEO of Food For Purpose (FFP) about how our diet and exercise levels affect our life as a leader. If we are to ‘love God with all our strength’, what should be eating and not eating to ensure we are capable of leading well fo...
The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani has been Bishop of Chelmsford for nearly 4 years. As a woman, she's one of 18 female bishops in the Church of England out of 42 in total. She was born in Iran in the sixties and it was her early life and exper...