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Christian singer songwriter Philippa Hanna: "The music industry objectifies what is sacred"

30 Apr 2026
00:55:55

Philippa Hanna, the British Christian singer-songwriter, is best known for her heartfelt vocals that bridge worship and mainstream music and which have made her a familiar face at large-scale Christian festivals for the last two decades. Hanna wa...

Rich Johnson - Leading New Wine England and the challenges of keeping things fresh

30 Apr 2026
00:53:20

Rich Johnson wears two hats quite comfortably. On the one hand he's an archetypal parish vicar working out of a parish in Worcestershire, and, on the other, he is the leader of New Wine England a non-denominational charity supporting Christian leader...

Leadership Special Kathryn Segal: ‘Leading through vulnerability’

29 Apr 2026
00:27:41

In a repeat of a classic episode Andy Peck chats with Kathryn Segal about how God led her to share her challenges with depression on social media, and how she saw so many helped by her revelations. As a pastor’s wife in Canterbury, they look at the v...

Leadership Special Kathryn Segal: ‘Leading through vulnerability’

29 Apr 2026
00:27:41

In a repeat of a classic episode Andy Peck chats with Kathryn Segal about how God led her to share her challenges with depression on social media, and how she saw so many helped by her revelations. As a pastor’s wife in Canterbury, they look at the v...

BBC Radio 1XTRA's Swarzy Macaly on finding faith while shoplifting

23 Apr 2026
00:50:34

Broadcaster Swarzy Macaly is known for her infectious energy and can be heard on both BBC Radio 1 and the BBC Radio 1XTRA's Weekend Breakfast Show. She's not shy about being real about her faith and tells the story of finding God after being caugh...

Leadership Special Catherine McNiel & Jason Hague: ‘Leading people through a faith crisis

22 Apr 2026
00:28:27

In a repeat of a classic episode, Andy Peck talks to the co-authors of Mid-Faith Crisis: Finding a path through doubt disillusionment and dead ends, about their own journeys and how we might help those we know whose faith is 'not working'. How can we...

Mythographer Dr. Martin Shaw on his Eastern Orthodox faith and being re-enchanted by God in the wilderness

16 Apr 2026
00:58:01

Dr Martin Shaw the storyteller and mythographer - someone who studies myths - was well exposed to the ancient tales from an early age. He grew up in a Baptist household in Devon in 1970s with a preacher for a father ad in a house with no television...

Leadership Special Pete Carter: ‘Leading with a heavenly mindset’

15 Apr 2026
00:27:03

Andy Peck chats with one of the directors of Eastgate Church in Gravesend and author of ‘Unwrapping Lazarus: Free to live as God intended’ and ‘Faith: Discovering and using the resources of Heaven’. They discuss his new venture supporting a church i...

Church leader Al Gordon on sparking human creativity in the face of AI

9 Apr 2026
00:51:34

As the world waits to see how humanity might be reshaped by artificial intelligence, Al Gordon believes now is the time to protect human creativity. As rector of SAINT Church Hackney in East London, he is passionate about the idea that our creativity...

Leadership Special Chris Sinkinson: ‘Why the Resurrection?’

8 Apr 2026
00:28:08

Andy Peck talks with the Associate Minister, Lansdowne Church and Director of the School for Discipleship about how the importance and assurance of the resurrection of Jesus. They also talk about how the Discipleship School began and is run.The Prof...

Jews for Jesus' Aaron Abramson on a lifetime of taking Christ to the Jewish world

2 Apr 2026
00:53:20

With a Catholic mother and a Jewish father perhaps Aaron Abrahamson was always set to spend his life bridging two different traditions. He grew up in America and after his mother converted to Judaism his parents brought him up in the Jewish faith...

Leadership Special Dawn Stallwood: ‘Beautiful Leadership’

1 Apr 2026
00:27:31

Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘Beautiful Leadership: your personal framework for authentic impact’ about how the book came about and two themes explored in the book: listening and empowering. Can we listen too much? How does empowering differ fr...

Michael Wakelin: The ex-head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC talks about representing faith on air

27 Mar 2026
00:53:15

As the former head of Religious Broadcasting, Michael Wakelin knows a thing or two about producing programmes about God, often to audiences who have little or no faith. He spent his early life in Africa with his missionary parents, first in Sierr...

Leadership Special Lauren Crook: ‘Hearing God’s voice’

25 Mar 2026
00:26:20

Andy Peck chats with the founder of Kingdom Living Ministries about hearing God’s voice. How does she respond to the evidence that some church leaders have data mined information and claimed that God had given it to them? How does she understand prop...

Grace Jin Drexel: The Chinese Christian campaigning for her father's release

19 Mar 2026
00:47:49

Grace Jin Drexel was thrust into the spotlight because of her father Pastor Ezra Jin. On October 10th 2025 he was arrested and imprisoned by Chinese authorities along with other pastors from Zion Church in a suburb of Beijing. He is officially charg...