Resonate Bristol

Chris and Michaela Goan and Tracey Wheeler: Creativity and Community

This month we continue our series and explore the topic of creativity and community. With Chris and Michaela Goan (https://seatreeargyll.com/) talking about creativity, community, poetry, pottery and living sustainably. Also featuring poetry from our April poet in residence Tracey Wheeler. Music Credits: 'Awake,' 'Postcards' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

Kevin Lewis, Luqman Ali and Lucy Magrath: Creativity and Performance

This month we continue our series and explore the topic of creativity and performance. With Kevin Lewis talking about poetry and performance as a priest and Luqman Ali talking about imagination and storytelling with the Khayaal Theatre Company and Amal. Also featuring poetry from our March poet in residence Lucy Magrath. Music Credits: 'Awake,' 'Postcards' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

Johnny Palmer and Emily Magrath: Creativity and the Environment

Series 3 kicks of with Johnny Palmer talking about Creativity and the Environment from his journey into sustainability, not managing to hi five with Greta Thunberg to improving water conditions at Warleigh Weir near Bristol. Also featuring poetry from our February poet in residence Emily Magrath. Music Credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

Jackie Elton and Ruth Edmonds: Inclusion and Intersections

Continuing our series theme on inclusion, this episode explores inclusion though the lens of two widely excluded groups in churches: Single people and the LGBTQ community. Firstly, Jackie Elton talks about Single Friendly church, what they have been doing in lockdown and how churches can be more inclusive of Single people. For more information on how to become a Single Friendly church: https://www.singlefriendlychurch.com/become-single-friendly/5-steps Next, Ruth Edmonds speaks about the intersections of identity (her own and others), mentoring, and how the LGBTQ community is excluded and included in churches. Suggested reading: The Book of Queer Prophets curated by Ruth Hunt. Music Credits: 'Awake' 'Inspirational Outlook' and 'Postcards' by Scott Homes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

Jessica Moody: History, Memory and Reconciliation

Featuring Adrian Howkins interviewing Jessica Moody to explore her book Persistence of Memory (https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/isbn/9781789622324/), and also hearing from Lee Barnes. This episode explores legacies of history in spaces, a comparison between Liverpool and Bristol's slavery pasts and reconciliation. Music credits: Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

George Smith: Race and Our Churches

This episode features George Smith exploring the intersections of race and church. To find out more we also recommend: Ghost Ship (A.D.A France-Williams) I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown); Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge) and Natives (Akala). Music Credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

 

The Church: What's next?

The conclusion of our three part series exploring Church in the current time. This episode features Ian Edgeson and looks to the future thinking about what the church might, could and should look like post lockdown. Also navigating how church changes, the Black Lives Matter movements, women in the church, creativity, language, and diversity of ideas. Music credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/

Literature in Lockdown

This episode continues our creative conversations series exploring literature including hearing about historical fiction, science fiction, travel writing, and an exclusive extract from Rachel Laurence from her upcoming book: The Wolfeagle Awakening. Music credits: 'Awake' 'Inspirational Outlook' and 'Postcards' by Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/ 

The Church in Lockdown

This episode is a conversation across a cross section of the Resonate community and their experiences of church and faith in Lockdown. There are celebrations on the positives, reflections on what is missed and consideration of where we might be headed... Music credits: 'Awake' and 'Inspirational Outlook' by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org

Poetry in Lockdown

The inaugural episode of the Resonate podcast. Exploring poetic responses to lockdown and showcasing the work of the poets from the Resonate community.