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Sometimes we need to listen to outside voices, to hear the prophetic voice of God.  In this podcast, Ian Mobsby reflects on a You Tube clip of a TV Show by Bill Maher who rightly points out the hypocrisy of many Christians.  This is not a smug go at the North American Church, but a challenge to all Christians to be followers rather than observers of Jesus Christ.

In this podcast recorded at the Moot Eucharist in Epiphany 2012, Ian Mobsby explores the issue of following rather than just observing the teaching of Jesus Christ as recorded in the gospels.  Jesus is pretty clear about expecting his disciples and followers to change the way they act.  This podcast seeks to explore this drawing on three scriptural passages – Revelation 19:6-10, John 2:1-11 and Galatians 5:19-24.

Do listen to the video below, and I apologise for the swearing and expletives in the video, but the points it raises requires engagement.  The podcast recording in free from any sensitive language.

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In this first Moot podcast of 2012 Aaron Kennedy talks to Tobias Jones about what inspired him to set up his community house in the woods near Bristol, what its like, and what communities like it are saying to the church today. Tobias Jones is a freelance writer, well-known for his books The Dark Heart of Italy and Utopian Dreams, and his regular column in the Observer, in which he relates his experiences of living in community. For information on the Windsor Hill Wood Community see their website .   For more information on New Monasticism see here. We apologise for the drop in sound quality in some parts of this podcast.

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And so we come to Christmas and the coming of God. This podcast is a short reflection by Ian Mobsby at the beginning of Christmas at the close of 2011.

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As part of this years art, spirituality and reflections on Advent, Vanessa Elston leads this fourth and final podcast exploring the theme of ‘Do not be afraid to look for joy in unexpected places’.  This year the Moot Community at St Mary Aldermary are hosting a number of spiritual events to promote engagement with the season.  For more details on this, see the Events section of the Moot Website www.moot.uk.net

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As part of this years art, spirituality and reflections on Advent, Ian Mobsby leads this third podcast exploring the theme of ‘Do not be afraid to respond to love’.  This year the Moot Community at St Mary Aldermary are hosting a number of spiritual events to promote engagement with the season.  For more details on this, see the Events section of the Moot Website www.moot.uk.net

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As part of this years art, spirituality and reflections on Advent, Vanessa Elston leads this second podcast exploring the issue of risk, peace and the undefended life. This year the Moot Community at St Mary Aldermary are hosting a number of spiritual events to promote engagement with the season.

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As part of this years art, spirituality and reflections on Advent, Vanessa Elston leads this first podcast exploring the issue of hope and being undefended.  This year the Moot Community at St Mary Aldermary are hosting a number of spiritual events to promote engagement with the season.  For more details on this, see the Events section of the Moot Website www.moot.uk.net

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In this second of two podcasts, Ian Mobsby dialogues with Professor Philip Sheldrake about Spirituality, Contemporary Culture and the Church. Philip is a well-known international authority in the areas of Christian Spirituality, Public Theology and inter-religious dialogue. He has written a number of leading books and articles on these significant subjects. This second podcasts looks at the themes of spirituality informed economics, and the understanding that the market was supposed to be about building a better world. Philip shares his hope that we begin to see that consumption is not an end in itself, and that we recover a sense of a just and human centred society.

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In this first of two podcasts, Ian Mobsby dialogues with Professor Philip Sheldrake about Spirituality, Contemporary Culture and the Church. Philip is a well-known international authority in the areas of Christian Spirituality, Public Theology and inter-religious dialogue. He has written a number of leading books and articles on these significant subjects. This first podcasts looks at the themes of spirituality as a principled life, an inner experience of transformation through encounter with God, the freedom of spirituality as a life away from self-centredness and the challenge of the Church to be spiritual in our current western contexts.

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In this more reflective podcast, Ian Mobsby leads a time of lectio divina on the words of Jesus around praying the Lord’s prayer followed by a reflection and a short homily. This podcast enables you the listener to actively stop, listen and respond to the words of Jesus, a meditation and homily on why we should pray in times of trial. This podcast was recorded at the Moot Community Eucharist, in the Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary in the City of London on Sunday 16th October 2011.

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