Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Intelligent Christian broadcasting, by design.
Twitter:
@small_voice1
Language:
English
Contact:
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Website:
http://www.smallvoice.org.uk/
Episodes
sv podcast – leaning into lament
9/2/2024
We’re delighted to welcome back Laura to chat with us for September’s podcast! Regular listeners may remember that she is a hospice chaplain and spoke with us before about spiritual practices. For this podcast, Laura joins Holly and Darren, to help us navigate the concept and practice of lament. What are …
Duration:00:32:14
sv podcast- Doppelganger, Indigo Girls and some starry nights
8/11/2024
Lots of culture and deep thinking in this podcast, but, fear not, Holly and Darren will guide you through! They have been reading Naomi Klein’s latest book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, the winner of the inaugural Women’s Prize for non-fiction. Very much a ‘pandemic book’, it is …
Duration:00:40:42
sv podcast – peacemakers
8/4/2024
Welcome to our latest small voice feature – where we find people and organisations which are small but make a big difference. We’re delighted that for this podcast, Margaret met up with Peter and Heidi Gardner who are artists – and much more. Their interactive installation, ‘Peacemakers’ is a huge …
Duration:00:29:59
sv podcast – vote Doctor
7/8/2024
The month of July finds Holly and Darren in a very peculiar twilight zone … They recorded this podcast on July 4th 2024 and they are still waiting for the UK election result! A great opportunity, then, to discuss thresholds, liminal spaces, waiting and hope. Staying with the timey-wimey theme, …
Duration:00:46:00
sv podcast – getting there and back
6/25/2024
Home 2 Hospital’s mission and strapline is “Supporting the community of Larbert and Stenhousemuir with free hospital transport service for people living with cancer”. A carefully-worded description which covers a well-organised support and an amazing relief for those in the area who receive a cancer diagnosis, and who face a …
Duration:00:19:57
sv podcast – a prayerful chat with Dave Tomlinson
6/4/2024
What is prayer? Ask Dave! We were delighted to have a chat with author and broadcaster Dave Tomlinson about his new book, OMG! A Bad Christian’s Book of Prayers. He spoke to Darren & Holly on Zoom from his ‘Holy Shed’ for our June podcast. Dave needs no introduction from …
Duration:00:52:30
sv podcast – Civil War and death!
5/6/2024
Hello faithful listener, it’s right there in the title – in this podcast we give you Civil War and death! Well, Darren and Holly review the new movie, Civil War, and we pick up some thoughts about death, grief and funerals. So, nice and light and breezy. The continuation of …
Duration:00:53:06
sv podcast – therapy dogs are go!
4/24/2024
Wexford K9 Search and Rescue Scotland is our latest featured ‘small voice’. Our roving reporter Margaret meets Rod Stoddart who tells the story of the organisation and his dogs’ rescue and therapy work. They can find themselves out in the open looking for a missing person or at a high …
Duration:00:20:59
sv podcast – Reading Genesis (and beyond)
4/9/2024
The one where we do a Bible study … well, sort of! For April’s podcast, Darren & Holly review Marilynne Robinson’s latest book, Reading Genesis. As our erudite listeners may know, Marilynne Robinson is a much-admired American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist. How can Holly and Darren match the AMAZING …
Duration:00:48:57
sv podcast – Rory Stewart on the edge
3/12/2024
In this podcast, Darren and Holly chat about former British MP Rory Stewart’s book Politics On The Edge. It’s had great reviews since it was published last year in hardback and is due out in paperback very soon. Does it live up to the hype and give a compelling insider’s …
Duration:00:50:54
sv podcast – beach wheelchairs
3/3/2024
We do like to be beside the seaside! Welcome to another special smallVOICE featuring ‘small voices’ – individuals, groups and organisations that are small but making a big difference. This time, our roving reporter, Margaret, speaks to two people involved with providing beach wheelchairs, a great project allowing people access …
Duration:00:16:56
sv podcast – the rise of the algorithm
2/18/2024
It’s February, and we join Holly & Darren, lost in a sea of online choices… Are the choices we make really our own or have we been shepherded towards them by ubiquitous AI algorithms? In the context of monetised apps and technology, how do we heed St Paul – no less …
Duration:00:39:17
sv podcast – Falkirk Street Pastors
1/28/2024
Welcome to this special smallVOICE feature about the great work of Street Pastors in Falkirk in central Scotland. Our roving reporter, Margaret, spoke to volunteers John, Nikki and Joanne, just a few days before Christmas. These volunteers aren’t just for Christmas though – they are out in the city centre …
Duration:00:23:53
sv podcast – January unresolved
1/16/2024
Happy 2024! In this January podcast, Holly and Darren delve deeply into the dark waters of New Year Resolutions. Is transformation possible? New new you? Lots of threads here in the chat, joining up honesty, faith, hope and redemption … Perhaps we need to embrace a bit of fragility too? …
Duration:00:50:53
sv podcast – “I have been in the whirlwind looking like a disco ball.”
12/18/2023
Some Christmas cheer from Holly and Darren in December’s podcast. Come away in and warm yourself with their reviews and recommendations for the festive period. There’s a helpful list below of links from the podcast but we recommend a spoiler-free listen first! And, for a treat, we finish with some …
Duration:00:47:34
sv podcast – Israel and Gaza
11/6/2023
Another tricky, but unavoidable, subject …. In this podcast, Holly and Darren talk about how best to talk about the violence in Israel and Gaza. What do we say? To what extent does social media make things worse? How do we pray? Links from this podcast: Wildgoose Publications …
Duration:00:39:05
sv podcast – for thy great pain, have mercy on my little pain
10/11/2023
In this month’s podcast Holly & Darren review the debut novel, For Thy Great Pain, Have Mercy On My Little Pain, by Victoria MacKenzie. It’s a short novel, published earlier this year, and is about the lives of two fourteenth-century mystics, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe. Vividly and beautifully …
Duration:00:41:59
sv podcast – “No … not nice Lucy.”
9/14/2023
A difficult one this month, as Holly and Darren explore some of the issues arising from the recent Lucy Letby murder conviction. On 21 August this year, Lucy Letby became only the third woman alive to be handed a whole-life jail term when she was sentenced for murdering seven babies …
Duration:00:38:18
sv podcast – songs for the good times and the tough times
8/31/2023
For 25 years Stephen Fischbacher and the Fischy Music team have worked with children, singing, song writing and healing their relationship with the world around them. But what happens when singing is not allowed? Our roving reporter, Margaret, found out that the value of Fischy songs to young people reaches …
Duration:00:28:20
sv podcast – we review Barbie!
8/5/2023
Welcome to our slightly pink and fluffy podcast for August as Holly & Darren bravely review the film sensation, Barbie. As ever, get back to us with your views – leave a comment on this website, go to our Facebook Page or contact us on Twitter! To live in Barbie …
Duration:00:34:38