Life and Faith Podcast with Litha and Remo

On this Episode Remo interviews Thandeka Jali about her experience with entrepreneurship as a Christian in South Africa. They speak about her journey in her faith, how her Christianity has formed her work life and how she has seen them overlap in her day to day life.  If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website. https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wixsite.com/mysite

On this episode Litha and Remo have a discussion about purity. They talk about how we’ve narrowed the view of what the bible says purity is, they talk about their perceptions of purity and how time has changed their perceptions, and they talk about the aspects of life that you can make pure so that you can be close to God. If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the web...

On this episode Remo interviews Adri vos a registered trauma counsellor. They have a discussion about mental health, about how to be there for those who struggle with their mental health, and how she’s seen God show up in her story.  If you would like to reach out to Adri, feel free to email her her: adri@dmaa.co.za If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: h...

On this episode Litha and Remo discuss the Christian practice of Lent. They talk about its context, what it is, and how the practice can teach about connection with Jesus and deepening your faith.   If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/    

On this episode Remo interviews Solly Kganyago on the history of Christianity in Africa. They have a conversation about how it arrived in Southern Africa, the difference between the spirituality inherent to Africans and Christianity and the negative and positive effects the arrival of Christianity had on the people in the continent.  If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us...

On this episode Litha and Remo kick off the new year for the podcast. They discuss what they’ve learnt from last year, what their goals and dreams are this, what they’re learning this year and what the podcast will look like going forward.  If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/    

On this episode we interview Thomas De Beer on the topic of justice. We have a conversation about what it is, why injustice exists, what God’s view is and the Role that we as people and the church can play in addressing injustice.   If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/    

On this episode Remo and Litha Interview Gilbert Kimeng. They have a conversation about the nature of work, the perspective we can have, and the role it plays in life with God What is work? With Gilbert Kimeng. Bible heroes and work: https://youtu.be/ceQaz8U88UI How we view work: https://youtu.be/oB18pTvgH2U If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://t...

On this episode Remo and Litha have a conversation about prayer. They talk about what it is, how prayer can help, what it’s meant to do and how you can expand the perspective you have on it.   Scriptures referenced;  Matthew 6: 9-13.             2 Kings 20: 1-5.   Book referenced: Simply Jesus N.T.Wright  Practicing the way: https://www.practicingtheway.org If you’d like to get in touch with us. P...

On this episode Remo and Litha return and talk obedience. They have a conversation about what it means to obey and the sort of impact obedience can have on a relationship with God.   The insta page is called “thriveinlifeandfaithpod” If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/    

On this episode Remo and Litha Talk conviction. They have a conversation about what it is and the ways they’ve gone about building them. They also talk about where it is that they got them from and where it is that those searching for conviction should go. If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/  

On this episode Remo and Litha are together again. They have a conversation about the survey that was sent out and discuss the ways that the podcast can be made better for you guys our listening community.  Please feel free to give us your thoughts in the survey: https://forms.gle/Jve44XLxbDWKQc58A If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlif...

Episode One hundred! On the 100th(!) episode Remo and Sonto talk about the podcast. They talk about what it means for there to be 100 episodes and about the impact the podcast has had on Remo and the impact he hopes it’s had on those who listen to the podcast.   If you’d like to get in touch with us. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/  

On this Episode Remo and Litha have a discussion about the practice of Lament. They talk about what it is, about how it’s much deeper than modern day sadness and about how it can bring us closer to God and help us heal in our communities.  The book referenced in this episode is “God matters” by Herbert McCabe  If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with us on the website: https:/...

On this Episode we have a conversation with Jaret about Easter. We talk about what Easter is, why it’s a big deal and about how we can connect with it in better ways that will ultimately help us thrive in life and in faith.  The philosopher mentioned in this episode is Dallas Willard  The Scripture Jaret reads is Romans 8:1-3 Sincere apologies for some of the audio issues we are trying to get bett...

Remo and Litha are back everybody! On this brief episode they explain why they’ve been away so long, what the plan is for the podcast moving forward and what it is they’ve learnt in the time away from the pod.  If you’d like to hear Remo’s sermon series:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-UQ09qd_w  If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with us on the website: https://thriveinlife...

Happy new year everybody! On this episode Litha and Remo have a conversation about the upcoming year. They talk about how instead of the usual new years goals and resolutions they want to focus on “becoming”. So who is Litha becoming or who is Remo becoming and what decisions can they make to support that journey? They explain how they believe that ultimately this is a more helpful for a thriving...

What have you learned this year? On this episode Remo and I answer that question. We talk about learning about life being out of our control about the kind of people we can be, about how God is bigger than just right and wrong and about how we can ask more questions, and about the importance of community. Books we mention: T he sin of certainty by Pete Enns This here flesh by Cole Arthur Riley The...

Have you ever realised you’re living a double life? On this episode we speak with Benjamin Ali a software developer from the DRC. He talks to us about how he tried to build a relationship with God based on lies and how that caught up to him. He then walks us beautifully through the story about how God forced him to look at the truth of his life and how in That he experienced how loving God truly i...

Have you ever wondered if worship is a big deal? On this episode We speak to Josh Taliaferro a worship minister in Texas about all things worship. We have an incredibly deep conversation about the way Worship has touched his life and affected his spirituality and we talk about the role that worship can and is supposed to play in our own walks with God, communally and individually. If you’d like to...

What do you have in mind when you make decisions? On this weeks episode we talk to Kyle Plum, an evangelist from San Diego and he shares with us how to keep thriving in your faith even in a world where it is becoming increasingly more challenging to do so. Kyle talks about his own journey to becoming a follower of Jesus and then an evangelist and a lot of the lessons he learnt along the way. If yo...

Have you had God only moments? On this episode we talk to Candice Butler, a full time minster, who shares her journey with God with us including all the ways he has shown up for her. From the beginning of her life till today she can see the hand of God in her life and that is what leads her to thrive in life as well as in faith. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on m...

What makes a friendship work? On this Episode Remo and I discuss what it is in the friendships that we’ve had that have helped us thrive in our faith. We discuss what it means for a friendship to be a safe space, how we can truly trust each other in friendships and why it’s worth truly committing to and investing in such relationships. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with...

On this weeks episode we speak to Dylan Peens a school teacher and teen ministry leader. He opens up about how his mental health struggles and the lessons he’s learned from have shaped his life, his view and his walk with Jesus today. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on my website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/

On this weeks episode we speak to Jake Graham about his life journey and his pursuit to becoming a full time minister. Jake shares about his life journey and how God has worked, along with some difficult decisions he has made to lead him into becoming the young minister he is right now. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on my website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wor...