This week, Joe interviews author and speaker Danielle Strickland, about patriarchy – the male-centring and male-ordering of the world. They discuss the challenges of calling it out, the heretical concept of the male-ness of God, and the way in which patriarchal thinking and theology affects the world and the church. Most importantly, they talk about some practical things we can all do to make a difference.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Danielle Strickland - Website
• The Other Side of Hope
• Better Together: How Women and Men Can Heal the Divide and Work Together to Transform the Future
• The Liberating Truth - How Jesus Empowers Women
• baremarriage.com
• Christians for biblical equality
• Deep and Wide Academy

More on metaphors. We talk more about the idea of Jesus as 'Lord', and discuss how changes in culture, society or even technology might change our understanding of long-standing human metaphors. Also we talk about ritual and sacraments and how so many of them are simply heightened versions of everyday human activities. Meanwhile, Nick's preaching has some unexpectedly dramatic consequences and Joe thinks everyone should wear a tiara.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man
• Sacraments of the Catholic Church
• Sacrament
• Japanese tea ceremony

Happy Candlemas to one and all. In this episode we talk a lot about baptism: what is it, where did it come from and does it still matter? And did Nick really write a book on it without realising? Also we have more on the neurodiverse approaches to church, we touch on different ways of understanding justice, and we think about whether laying down your life for others means denying who you truly are. Finally, we have a worship song about Worthing and we launch the mystical experience helpline.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Candlemas
• Erin Burdett, With All Your Mind: Autism and the Church
• 'I want to love God with all my mind, but as an autistic Christian, my brain works differently to yours'
• Brains faggots
• Tapioca
• Is it Worthing? - song