Scripture is clear, my identity is not in my relational status, my sexuality, my gender, my profession, my ministry, or my position in society. My identity is in God. An identity based on my culture will always be flawed because every culture has been infected by the power and brokenness of sin. An identity based on my internal dialogue and emotion will always be flawed because I am flawed – loved by God but flawed – if I base my identity on my emotion and my thoughts, it will change with the tide. But an identity based on what God says about me is eternal!

God's Better Story on Identity – Simon Elliott

"Freedom is not a gift from anyone; it is a birthright of every human being." Mahatma Gandhi
 
Marking the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth
 
The human spirit always seems to be searching for freedom. This enduring quest has shaped civilizations, sparked revolutions and inspired countless individuals to challenge tyranny and oppression, often at the risk of imprisonment or loss of life.
 
Our speaker will explore this important topic including the following questions:
• What is true freedom and how can it be achieved?
• What is the relationship between inner freedom and external freedom?
• What are the obstacles or challenges to inner freedom and how can they be overcome?
• What is the relationship between freedom and happiness?

 Speaker: Dipty Naran 
For the past 40 years, Dipty Naran has been a student and senior teacher at the Brahma Kumaris in Johannesburg, South Africa.  She is a dedicated educator with a deeply caring nature who has worked with a variety of groups within the community including vulnerable and young people.  Her ability to make the teachings of the Brahma Kumaris practical and accessible has enabled countless people to positively integrate spirituality into their daily lives.

The Pursuit of Freedom - A Timeless Quest - Dipty Naran - Thursday 3rd October 2024

Discover the transformative power of vulnerability in your faith journey. Explore how embracing intimacy with God and others can lead to deeper connections and a fuller life. Join us as Pastor Jeremy Haines reflects on the risks and rewards of true intimacy.

03-02-25 | The Risk of Intimacy | Jeremy Haines

The brilliant collective @crossword_lyric perform an open mic poetry and singing in the studio for an hour set.

Featuring Milli-Rose, Mally, Ruth Elora, Salma, Aya Elgool, Sam Carder! 

Crosswords w/ Milli-Rose - 09/03/25 [Voices Radio]

Dave Brisbin 3.9.25
Years ago, at the lowest point in my life, a friend invited me to her church, marking a return to Christianity after fifteen years away. First thing, I booked a lunch with the pastor, and halfway through, across my untouched plate, he said he saw “divine dissatisfaction” in me. Strange phrase. I didn’t see anything divine in my dissatisfaction or speed-questions, but then, there I was. Asking a pastor.

Years later, I looked it up. I’m pretty sure he didn’t know he was quoting a dancer. He was much more a football quoter. But Martha Graham said that artists have a divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest, that keeps them marching and more alive than others. Pastor saw that unrest in me. Though it didn’t feel divine or blessed, it certainly was motivating. Kept me marching, desiring, seeking, doubting. I doubted everything I’d ever been taught about spiritual life, which only made me desire it more.

Remember Doubting Thomas?

When the rest of the Twelve of Jesus’ inner circle said they had seen Jesus risen and alive, Thomas says he would not believe until he literally put his hands in Jesus’ wounds. That one line has made Thomas a meme for faithlessness for two thousand years and counting. But is that fair? Every one of Jesus’ friends doubted. None of them recognized him when they first saw him again, their doubting minds filtering out the possibility of the impossible until they had a personal experience that broke them through to new reality. Thomas was the only one honest about his doubt, bold enough to state it, and we’ve punished him for it.

All Thomas said was that he was dissatisfied with a second-hand report, hearsay. That only a personal experience could break him through to trust the impossible. Thomas is our hero, showing us doubt as a gift. It stokes us with the dissatisfaction we need to admit that even the Bible is a second-hand report. It points us toward our own personal experience, but it’s not the experience itself.

This Lent, can we see our doubt and dissatisfaction not as weakness, but a gift…a divine call past hearsay to a personal experience of the new life Easter represents?

The Gift of Doubt

What does knowing God as Father, Son, and Spirit have to do with living whole and healthy? Why did God reveal Himself in this way?

Living Whole in Him (Father, Son, Spirit)

'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance to. I wish everyone would.' Sofie Hagen

‘Uncompromising, anguished, combative: culture wars have victims, and this is an agonising story told with honesty and passion.’ Richard Beard

'An intimate, beautifully told memoir' Elinor Cleghorn 

 When my third child was born, I was told I had a boy. The baby was given a boy’s name and raised in that gender. But when she died, twenty years later, she died as my daughter, and will forever be remembered that way.

Alice Litman died by suicide in May 2022, aged just twenty years old, having already waited almost three years for her first appointment at a gender identity clinic.

In stunningly beautiful prose, Caroline Litman captures the realities of an often-messy journey navigating both her daughter’s transition and the days, weeks and months after Alice’s death.

Searing, urgent and utterly unique, Her Name is Alice is the raw, human story of a mother’s love and grief for her child – and of a young trans woman who is impossible to forget and who must be remembered.

Her Name Is Alice: My Daughter, Her Transition and Why We Must Remember Her, By Caroline Litman, Read by Caroline Litman

This sermon is based on Luke 4:1-13, Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. We are tempted in many ways, and this account highlights the temptations to doubt our identity as Children of God and then to be derailed from God's mission for our lives. Jesus stands up under temptation as our Savior, giving us confidence that He has won the victory and gives it to us for the sake of His love. 

1st Sunday in Lent - March 9 2025

LYRICS

In the rhythm of the drums, I find my soul,
A story untold, in the beats that roll.
From the roots of the earth, to the skies above,
I'm searching for the truth, in the echoes of love.

Rhythm of the soul, calling out my name,
In the heart of the rhythm, I find my flame.
Rhythm of the soul, guiding me along,
In the melody of life, I find my song.

Through the trials and the pain, I find my way,
In the light of the day, I see the ray.
From the past to the future, I make my stand,
In the rhythm of the soul, I take my hand.

Rhythm of the soul, calling out my name,
In the heart of the rhythm, I find my flame.
Rhythm of the soul, guiding me along,
In the melody of life, I find my song.

In the dance of the stars, I see my fate,
In the rhythm of the soul, I create my state.

Rhythm of the soul, calling out my name,
In the heart of the rhythm, I find my flame.
Rhythm of the soul, guiding me along,
In the melody of life, I find my song.

Eclipsed Futures

Rhythm of the Soul

Rhythm of the soul

Looking for a Bible-based sermon podcast that teaches deeper truths and challenges the status quo? Join Pastor Heath Harris on a journey of following Christ at Sanctuary, an interdenominational Spirit-filled church, in Central Louisiana, USA. 
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Rock City Church is a full-gospel Spirit-filled church in Corpus Christi Texas that focuses on experiencing God’s love and power in a profound way. It’s His presence and love that changes lives, and that’s what we seek above all else. Spirit-led worship, Wind-driven teaching, and a unified family that loves well is what makes the Rock City experience so life impacting. So, expect to feel His love and life the minute you walk through the front doors.

Audio podcasts delivered at theeffect church in San Clemente, CA. theeffect is a community of imperfect people working together to find the emotional recovery and spiritual transformation that is theeffect of God’s love by unlearning limiting perceptions, beliefs, and compulsions, and engaging a first century Jesus in a non-religious and transforming way. See more at theeffect.org.

God loves London. A lot. So do the people of Everyday Church. We meet every Sunday for services across South London, as well as during the week to spur one another on to follow Jesus every day. Young or old, christian or not too sure, new to town or London born and bred – there is a place for you in the adventure which is Everyday Church.

True North with Dave Brisbin is a podcast about the things that can bring you back to center, whether God, spirituality, community or family or all of them. Never esoteric or abstract for its own sake; always practical and full of common sense, we’re interested in exploring the effect of what we believe on our lives and questioning what we believe in light of the deep connection we’re meant to live. Dave Brisbin is an author, speaker, coach, and songwriter. He is the teaching pastor of theeffect, a faith community and recovery ministry in San Clemente, CA and executive director of Encompass Recovery, an addiction treatment center in San Juan Capistrano. For more on finding deeper spiritual expression free from limiting beliefs and behavior, go to davebrisbin.com.

The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK), a registered charity since 1975, opens its doors every day of the year to students from all walks of life, cultures and backgrounds to study Raja Yoga meditation. Students find that meditating in this way daily brings a lot of peace and positivity to their lives.

We also join together with many national and local organisations and diverse communities, helping to enhance the wellbeing of people in different spheres of society.

We work across the UK in more than 40 locations and are part of a network of organisations offering activities in over 110 countries. Our spiritual headquarters is in Mount Abu, in the Aravali mountain range, Rajasthan, India.

Brahma Kumaris, UK was established as a Registered Charity in 1975 and charges no fees for any of its activities, being funded by voluntary contributions.

Registered Charity No: England & Wales (269971) and Scotland (SC040512).

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