Songs In A Strange Land

Foraging in the landscape of faith, culture and creativity

Subtitle: Foraging in the landscape of faith, culture and creativity
Summary: In a reckless game of philosophical rock-paper-scissors Ned Lunn and Peter Birkinshaw grapple with the relationship between culture, creativity and faith. Is there any space in church for art? Does culture have anything to gain from religion, and will creativity finally stop moping around like a teenager and give society the kick it deserves?
Author: Ned Lunn and Peter Birkinshaw; Category: Religion & Spirituality; Explicit: No

Track Listing

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An episode in which we fail to choose a name for this podcast and discuss a quote from Peter Brook's "The Empty Space". keywords:

Songs In A Strange Land / "For there our captors asked us for songs"	0:46:44	32kbps	22050	10.7 MB
It's episode 2 and we finally have a title! So we talk about it and where it came from, leading us into the always troubling psalm 137. After this we talk about the church in exile and, via The Cure, wonder whether it's just being a moody teenager. "For there our captors asked us for songs" keywords: faith, art, christianity, church, culture

Songs In A Strange Land / "At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook"	0:31:03	128kbps	44100	28.44 MB
After 40 days (more like 400) in the digital wilderness we final get down to recording Episode 3. We talk about curating spaces and creating prayer stations. In particular Ned talks about Threshold and Free To Be, two events in York Minster and Durham Cathedral respectively trying to use the buildings in new and welcoming ways. keywords:

Songs In A Strange Land / "A desert is a place without expectation."	0:34:57	128kbps	44100	32 MB
Recorded at the 2015 Riding Lights Summer Theatre School, we talk about symbols in both stories and church services. keywords:

Songs In A Strange Land / "Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn."	0:35:41	128kbps	44100	32.68 MB
We talk to Ross Meikle - friend and storyteller - about his trip to the USA to the Gathering Of Biblical Storyteller. We cover a bit of performance, a bit of preaching, the dynamics of learning scripture and writing fiction ,all while Ned and Peter struggle with the concept of talking to other people. keywords:

Ross Meikle / Songs In A Strange Land / Offshoots: "The Start Of The Road"	0:18:02	128kbps	44100	16.52 MB
Ross Meikle tells the first of his beatitude parables. keywords:

Songs In A Strange Land / "Finally shall come the Poets"	0:34:18	128kbps	44100	31.4 MB
Today we're talking about poets and prophets, and how prophets are poets and vice-verse. The key writer who set us off on this is Walter Bruggeman - in particular his book 'The Prophetic Imagination'. Circling around this topic we talk artistic communities, imagery in scripture, and where we find the poetic voice in the church today. Finally we throw in some Walt Whitman for good measure. keywords:

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