Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

Clare Backhouse is a nutritional therapist who specialises in human system and lifestyle health. She joins the Tent to talk about the chemistry and biology of anxiety, safety and affection, and tackles the question of how what we eat helps us how to love.  You can find out more about Clare's practice and writing at www.transformationnutrition.org .  Has anything we make been interesting, useful or...

Thomas Jay Oord is the Professor of Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary and the author of a number of books on love, and what this might mean when we talk about power and God. You can find out more about Thomas Oord and his works HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page...

The love of enemies is the most famous, and least practiced, of all forms of love. We talk with Melissa Florer-Bixler, who is an Anabaptist activist, Mennonite pastor and author, amongst other things, of How to Have an Enemy. You can find our more about Melissa and her work HERE .  How to Have An Enemy is available widely. You can find out more about it HERE . Has anything we make been interesting...

Dr Chris Green is a theologian of great stature and a wise and gentle soul. He sits down with Stephen to discuss the theologies and movements of love: if love is so central to divine revelation then why do so many Christian systems seemed designed around anything but? All about Chris and his works can be found HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can suppor...

Tinasha LaRayé is an actor, poet, pastor, activist and a powerful force of goodness in this world. She joins the Tent to kick off our first episode in a new series on Love. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE .

Chris interviewed four women from different backgrounds asking them each the same questions about their experiences as women and leaders in the Church. He talks to Abbi Nye, archivist at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and researcher with CFCToo and ACNAToo, Dr. Emily McGowin, associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and canon theologian for the Anglican Diocese C4SO, Joy Qualls, d...

Chris interviewed four women from different backgrounds asking them each the same questions about their experiences as women and leaders in the Church. He talks to Abbi Nye, archivist at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and researcher with CFCToo and ACNAToo, Dr. Emily McGowin, associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and canon theologian for the Anglican Diocese C4SO, Joy Qualls, d...

This is the second episode of the new series "Women in Church Leadership." Today's episode is about the scrutiny women face as leaders and the issues they thought they would have been able to move passed by this point in their careers. If you have degrees and years of experience in your area of expertise should women still expect men to disrespect them? If you are at a retreat with male colleagues...

This is the first episode of the new series "Women in Church Leadership." Chris interviewed four women from different backgrounds asking them each the same questions about their experiences as women and leaders in the Church. He talks to Abbi Nye, archivist at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and researcher with CFCToo and ACNAToo, Dr. Emily McGowin, associate professor of theology at Wheaton...

Please enjoy the release of Chris Marchand's latest Christmas song recording "Coventry Carol," along with an excerpt from an extended conversation Chris and Sean had about sad Christmas songs. You can purchase and download Chris' song along with his other music here: https://chrismarchand.bandcamp.com/track/coventry-carol His album Gentle Spacemakers which consists of songs featured on the podcast...

Chris Marchand continues the tradition of giving an annual Christmas Tent Talk this year by acknowledging the role sad Christmas songs play in our lives. Sometimes we simply cannot sing a happy song and instead need to sing something with more weight, something that allows us to lament. Chris touches on some of the classic "sad" carols as well as the music of present day songwriter Sufjan Stevens....

The fourth and final episode in our series looking at the phenomenon of White Tears. This episode features Mark Charles, Rachel Clarke, and Golibé Omenaka. You can discover more about Mark Charles HERE .  Rachel Clarke's consultancy Apex Education can be found HERE . You can find out more about Golibé Omenaka ( a former guest on Tent Talks ) by listening to his podcast Of Saints and Sorrow. Has an...

The third of four episodes in our series looking at the phenomenon of White Tears. This episode features Sara Moslener and Lisa Sharon Harper.  You can find out more about Sara Moslener at her website: https://www.afterpurityproject.com/ You can find out more about Lisa Sharon Harper ( a former guest on Tent Talks ) at her website: https://lisasharonharper.com/ Has anything we make been interestin...

The second of four episodes in our series looking at the phenomenon of White Tears. This episode features John Goodfellow, Brad Onishi, and Sara Moslener.  You can find out more about Brad Onishi on his Straight White American Jesus podcast: https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/ and his website: https://www.bradonishi.com/ You can find out more about Sara Moslener at her website: https://www.aft...

Join us for a bonus recording of the live launch of Kester Brewin's latest YoHo Journal "Pirating the Pirates", published by Unfold Media.   Use the code TENT10 for a discount and get yourself a copy HERE. More about Kester Brewin and his books can be found HERE . More about Alex Barker and her book Be More Pirate can be found HERE . Play Dead, the punk band from south London, can be found HERE .

The first of four episodes in our series looking at the phenomenon of White Tears. This episode features Terry Wildman, Sheyi Martins-Allen and Golibé Omenaka.  You can find out more about Terry Wildman, Rain Ministries, and the First Nation's Version of the Bible at his website or wherever books are sold: https://firstnationsversion.com/ You can find Sheyi Martins-Allen ( a former guest on Tent T...

Richard Beck joins the tent once again to finish out Sean's Translation and Interpretation series to discuss how people wrestle through meaning as groups. What are the hills of meaning we are willing to die on and what areas of tension are we willing to live with if it means staying in community with those we love? Rather than coming to definitive conclusions on any one subject, Richard and Sean o...

Part 3 of Sean's Translation and Interpretation series is a conversation with author, speaker, and spiritual director Danielle Shroyer surrounding our conception of "original sin" versus "original blessing" and placed within the context of how the Hebrew language is interpreted within our Bible translations. You can find out more about Shroyer's work at her website: http://danielleshroyer.com or f...

The second episode of Sean's Translation and Interpretation series features a conversation with Neil Douglas-Klotz about reimagining how we approach speaking and praying the Lord's prayer by taking a look at its Aramaic roots and learning how to pray it in rhythm with our own breath. You can find more of Douglas-Klotz's teachings and books at his website https://abwoon.org/  and purchase his new b...

Host Sean McCoy introduces us to his four part Translation and Interpretation series through a conversation with Adam Hansen about the role bias plays in our lives by causing us to avoid difficult topics and ideas. After describing how anxiety and trauma have shaped our thought patterns throughout the generations, they then cover the different categories of bias and offer examples of each. Adam ha...

  Register for the Tent Autumn School on the Gospel of John HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE .

Register for the Tent Autumn School on the Gospel of John HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE .

Scholar and activitst Bob Ekblad joins Stephen in the Tent for a personal conversation and Bible study on the life of Elijah that ruminates on being wearied by a toxic and unchanging culture, wanting to give up and run away into the wilderness, and how to even begin considering facing the world again when self-exile (whether physical or emotional) is the default state we find ourselves in. You can...

Dr Richard Beck joins the Tent in partnership with the YoHo Journals for a Zoomposium on his latest piece “A Hope Sick World.” You can get a copy of Beck’s journal here https://www.unfold.media/fullshop. Use TENT10 at check out for 10% off. More of Dr. Beck's writings can be found on his website and you can subscribe to his Substack here . The Gospel of John Autumn School and other Courses and Res...

Sean and Chris interview Stephen and Avi Finegold about their ongoing conversation on the Hyphen podcast. Avi is a Rabbi in Montreal, and he launched the Hyphen as a way to talk with Christians about Christianity, and offer the chance to be grilled about Judaism in return! Sean and Chris ask questions about The Hyphen's origins, how Avi and Stephen approach tough questions surrounding their faith...