Spirit Lounge

The Spirit Lounge is taking a break until November. For our final show before the break, Rachel, Claudine and Mark played clips from some our favourites of the last year. The post Best of the Spirit Lounge appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Craig D’Alton, vicar of St Mary’s Anglican Church in North Melbourne, talks to Claudine and Rachel about Christian voices in the plebiscite debate, Anglican attitudes to marriage equality and LGBTI... LEARN MORE The post Anglicans and LGBTI inclusion appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Claudine spoke about her visit to Bangladesh last November as part of a World Student Christian Federation program to educate young Christian women on LGBTIQ issues. The post LGBTIQ education in Bangladesh appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

For NAIDOC Week, Mark and Claudine talked about the impact of Christianity on Indigenous spirituality. The post NAIDOC Week appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

On yet another cold, wet Melbourne night, Rachel and Mark talked about rain and rainbows in various spiritual traditions. The post Rain appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Like many at JOY and in the LGBTIQ community, we in the Spirit Lounge have been shocked by the murder of 49 LGBTIQ people in Orlando, Florida. On Thursday 16... LEARN MORE The post Remembering Orlando – secular and religious memorials appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy day of the week was Shavuot. Mark and Rachel talked about two Christian musicians who have recently come out as gay, Trey Pearson and Tyler Glenn. They also continued... LEARN MORE The post Shavuot, celebrities, and coming out appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Rachel talks to Senar about growing up as a Muslim, coming out as gay, and celebrating Ramadan, which begins this week. The post Ramadan appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

In this show we talk about recent government apologies and religious perspectives on apologising. The post Sorry Day and apologies appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

We talked to Robert Stringer and surprise guest Rowena Allen about the upcoming Daring conference held Uniting Network Australia, the national network for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender people, their families, friends and supporters within the Uniting Church in Australia. The post Daring Conference preview appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

As Australians prepare for a federal election, we ask: what place does religion have in politics, or politics in religion? And we look at some historical examples of how religion and politics, or church and state, have gotten tangled up with each other. The post Politics and religion appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

We talked to Philip Thiel about Lutheranism in Australia, and current discussions on the role of women and LGBTI people. The post Lutheranism appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

We talked to Tiffany Sparks about representing A Progressive Christian Voice on Q&A and about some of the issues that matter to progressive Christians. The post Progressive Christianity appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Chag sameach! Mark talked us through the story of Pesach (Passover) and the fifteen steps that make up the Pesach Seder. For next week’s show, you may want to watch... LEARN MORE The post Pesach appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy day of the week was the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi. This led us into a discussion of different types of clothes that are significant in religion, including: The Five... LEARN MORE The post Clothes and religion appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Mark, Claudine and Rachel spent most of the show talking about one frequently asked question: the relationships between Hanukkah and Christmas, and Passover and Easter. Originally broadcast on Thursday 7 April. The post Religious FAQs, continued appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Stephen Fry has been nominated for a religious broadcasting award for an interview in which he suggested that God is evil. Rachel and Claudine asked and answered a few frequently... LEARN MORE The post Religious FAQs appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Claudine was in church for Maundy Thursday so she was replaced by a bear in the studio. Rachel read the text from the Lego Easter Story by BW Animations. There... LEARN MORE The post Easter and Purim appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit! It’s still St Patrick’s Day (17 March) somewhere in the world and we learned a bit about why St Patrick is the patron saint of... LEARN MORE The post St Patrick and Palm Sunday appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we talked about the Bible, women, language and gender with Emily Payne, an Anglican priest. Originally broadcast on Thursday 10 March 2016. The post International Women’s Day special: The Bible and women appeared first on Spirit Lounge.