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Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly continue our tour of the sites associated with St Patrick around Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. What is St Patrick’s Breastplate? What is at Slieve Patrick? What can we see at Struell Wells and Down Cathedral? Where is St Patrick’s grave? I truly hope that not only will you enjoy the two […]

Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly (see Episode 28) are qualified tour guides and offer walking tours of sites around Downpatrick, Northern Ireland that are associated with Patrick. Who was Patrick? In Part One we find out where he first came ashore as a missionary and visit the site of his first church. This episode will

What was it like growing up as a Christian in the 80 and 90s in the USA? Why were so many people discussing or even arguing about dispensationalism? Baggage, what baggage? Sara has just had her first book, Orphaned Believers released by a major publishing group. You may be one of those that became disillusioned

Wayne shares why his wife left him in April ’22. She had been given bad advice by her therapist. The trauma and forgiveness that followed is incredible. Maybe you are part of or can identify with a new movement called The Dones. who is a Done? What happened when Wayne collaborated with the author of

What is Edible Theology? What is so special about making and eating bread? How many similarities are there between bread making and being a Christian? Author of We Will Feast and By Bread Alone, Kendall answers these questions and more. If you don’t want to run out and buy and share even a pizza after

In this full length episode, Martina Purdy (former BBC NI Political Correspondent) and Elaine Kelly (former Barrister) share what is was like to tell families, friends and work colleagues that they were leaving to join a convent. However, this podcast is much more than that. They discuss what forgiveness means to them. Lynda Gould (episode

I honestly thought that this episode would be a chance to hear the wise words from legendary Christian Broadcaster Ron Hutchcraft and highlight some of his ministry past and present. Ron suggested that it would be good to have Wes Francis from the On Eagles Wings project. Want to have a laugh? Want to know

Today’s guest grew up in poverty and was forced out of home whilst still at school aged 16 yet was still able to rise to the top of academia. What is an Abbess? Why and how would you set up a modern day monastic community in North Carolina? Her latest book, Trauma – Informed Evangelism

What’s it like to be caught up in an African Coup D’Etat as a missionary? What’s it like to have Malaria and also Typhoid? What is a Prayer Consultant? Andrea Van Boven answers these questions and also discusses why she wrote a book about someone that the majority of Christians have never heard of. However,