Homegrown Faith

What if an archaeologist dug up the Nash family home five hundred years from now? What would they conclude we worshipped? This month, we set out to explore ritual, hoping to find a few spiritual practices worth keeping. Instead, we discovered we already had plenty: Friday night burgers and chips in front of the TV, reading together, cycling at Sherwood Pines, Secret Sandra, high-fives and a bewild...

This month on Homegrown Faith, Tim, Hannah and Elliot explore the power of words — not as supernatural declarations, but as small everyday things that can shape the atmosphere of a home, a friendship, or even a passing interaction. Along the way they experiment with speaking encouragement to strangers, hiding affirming pebbles around the neighbourhood, writing to David Attenborough, and discoverin...

This month we set out to practise awe and wonder — not just talking about it, but going looking for it. That took us from the vast space of Liverpool Cathedral to the deep time of the Natural History Museum, and on a road trip through Glencoe and the Isle of Skye. Along the way we found it in unexpected places — a blinding moonrise, dinosaur footprints, waterfalls, strange moss-covered trees, and...

This month on Homegrown Faith, Tim and Elliot explore music not just as something to listen to, but as something to notice, feel, and play with. Together they try a series of simple music meditations, listening to everything from ambient soundscapes and classical piano to Radiohead, jazz and Gregorian chant. Along the way they discover that music can calm the body, stir the imagination, and someti...

This month, Tim and Elliot explore inheritance — not just beliefs handed down through church and family, but the atmospheres, freedoms and anxieties that quietly shape a life. They recreate Tim and Hannah’s 11-year-old worlds (egg and chips, Blue Peter, Red Dwarf, ZX Spectrum games), revisit the pre-internet universe of mixtapes and missed TV shows, and imagine what might one day sound unbelievabl...

This month, Tim and Elliot set out to explore Jesus not through tidy answers or big beliefs, but through stories, games, and things you can actually hold in your hands. Along the way, they build stormy Lego worlds filled with monster waves and unlikely villains, notice small, “Jesus-y” moments in everyday life — from a duck breaking ice for others to quiet acts of kindness at home and school — and...

In this month’s Homegrown Faith practice, we explore Play — not as something to squeeze in around “more important” things, but as a way of loosening our grip and paying attention. For Tim, play doesn’t come easily. It still bumps up against an inherited sense that faith is meant to be serious and useful. So this month became an experiment in letting go — and noticing what emerges when we stop tryi...

Join Tim and his eleven-year-old son Elliot for a month of sacred reading — a journey that begins with a mustard seed and ends on a pebble-strewn beach in North Norfolk. What starts as classic Lectio Divina soon widens into something bigger: meditating on Bible stories, listening for meaning in His Dark Materials, tuning in to birdsong in a pine forest, and reading the shifting shapes of clouds an...

It’s hard to believe, but Homegrown Faith is one year old!  So this month, Tim and Elliot look back over twelve months of exploring spiritual practices together — from gratitude and Sabbath to activism, nature connection and pilgrimage. There are stories of sawing coconuts, disassembling Hi-Fis, and holy moments found in bird song, sea air, and the world’s most transcendent ice cream. There’s laug...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they set off on a two-part pilgrimage — one ancient, one modern — in search of something sacred. From tidal crossings to priory ruins, caves of silence to cathedrals of grandeur, they trace the footsteps of saints like Aidan and Cuthbert across the Northumbrian landscape. Then, swapping caves for tents and saints for circus acts, they head to the Greenbe...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they trace the winding flow of faith through four generations of their family. From stories of provision, protection, grief, and mystical light, they explore what gets passed on, what gets left behind, and what slowly begins to grow in new soil. Along the way, Elliot interviews Tim about his parents’ and in-laws’ spiritual journeys. Together, they reflec...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they spend a month reconnecting with the natural world—through forest bathing, garden sound meditations, seal watching, foraging, and a street graffiti tour that celebrates so-called weeds. Along the way, they reflect on what nature might reveal about God, why church became an indoor religion, and whether listening to birdsong could be a form of prayer....

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they dive into a month of activism—raising money, writing letters, marching for libraries and endangered birds, and quietly standing in solidarity at a Gaza vigil. Along the way, they explore what activism actually means, how faith might connect with social action, and whether small acts of kindness and courage can make a difference. With honesty, curios...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they reflect on four very different children’s Bibles. From garden fruit and floods to talking donkeys and fat kings, they wander through ancient stories that are sometimes inspiring, sometimes confusing, and sometimes just plain weird. Along the way, they wrestle with big questions: Is this real? What does it mean for a story to be true? And what makes...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they spend a month exploring creativity as a spiritual practice. From meditating with clay to dismantling a vintage Hi-Fi, from stick art beneath a tree to listening to music designed to last a thousand years, they experiment with how art and imagination can open up new ways of connecting with themselves, each other, and the world around them. Listen in...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they embark on a month-long exploration of church. From the high-energy worship of a charismatic megachurch to the incense-filled traditions of a Catholic cathedral, from a creative café-style gathering to a simple yet meaningful home church, they step into different expressions of faith and community. In this episode, they share their honest reflections...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they explore hospitality—not just the kind that involves offering someone a cup of tea, but the kind that reaches toward others, the earth, God, and even passing strangers. Over the month they cook for friends, plant hedges for birds and bees, paint animal faces onto pebbles for strangers, and attempt listening prayers in a den made of blankets and fairy...

In this episode of the Homegrown Faith Podcast, father and son, Tim and Elliot, explore the practice of prayer. Over the course of a month, they experiment with different forms of prayer, reflecting on how it shapes their understanding of faith, self, and connection to God. From breath prayers to sacred spaces, Tim and Elliot share the challenges, surprises, and doubts that arise when prayer becom...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they spend a month experimenting with the ancient—and surprisingly tricky—practice of Sabbath. From pancakes and parakeets to muddy walks and fake candles, they explore what it means to slow down, let go of productivity, and make space for rest, reflection, and reconnection. Listen in as they share honest moments of peace, frustration, laughter, and reve...

Join Tim and his ten-year-old son Elliot as they begin their Homegrown Faith journey with a month exploring gratitude. From painting pebbles and sniffing sage to watching ants and stumbling through an awkward dinner prayer, they discover that gratitude isn’t always easy—but it might be as simple as learning to notice what’s already here. Listen in as they reflect on bugs, sunsets, tie-dye feathers...