The Art of Ministry - A Christian Creativity & Arts Podcast

Greetings friends! Well, what an opportunity and privilege it was to speak with Alaina Frost from One50 Dance for episode 20! We hope you love the show this week! We cover God and dance, the Bible and dance, the organisation One50 Dance, and even touch on some famous dancers too. Also explored is creativity around dance, and how we can all dance before the Lord, just as David did. What a celebrati...

YES! We are back in 2024 and guess what... so many people have asked advice about how to create a podcast. So instead of continuing to give ideas and replies, why not create a whole episode full of advice about all aspects of podcasting?  If you want to make a podcast, look no further! We discuss ideas, tools, equipment, software, hardware, communication dynamics, passion for topic, prayer and mor...

Lochy and I have been so thankful for this year. We have a long list of thank yous!  We appreciate you all and can't wait to catch up with you again in 2024.  All of God's blessings, The Art of Ministry (Lochy & Jon)

Merry Christmas to you! It's nearly New Years, and we have a wonderful guest to cap off a big year for The Art of Ministry Podcast. We have Navy Jones - a singer/songwriter who shares God's love through song. His voice, I think you'll agree, is a wonderful gift from the Lord, as is his playing. And our chat went through a huge range of topics, from his testimony, performing music live, GK Chestert...

Introducing the Cafe, a virtual place where Lochy and I sit and discuss big issues! Today, it's how you can share Jesus through the arts in YOUR city! That's right, YOU could have a major role in doing this! This episode hopes to inspire everyone to think through the possibilities for sharing about Jesus in artistic ways.  We take an in-depth look at what we loved from our childhood to adulthood....

Poetry! Such a beautiful art form. Well, today we are in for a treat, with poet Claire Watson taking the guest seat and sharing all about God, poetry slams, writing poetry across different styles and genres, inspiration, and all sort of interesting stuff. We hope you have a great listen and remember you can chat with us on our social pages and leave your comments! Peace and joy in Christ, The Art...

Happy October! How are you? Hope you are well and all's good. This episode we discuss 'live performance'! And today's guest is... ME! :D Haha, anyway, we delve into (1) pre-'going live' advice from Len & Pete, (2) biblical ways of preparing for live performance, and (3) things to think through before preparing a setlist and getting ready to perform. As always - thanks for your support and comm...

Greetings friends! In this 2nd part of our two episode series on personal artistic journeys, Lochy shares his own artistic journey! It's an exciting adventure across multiple artistic and ministry endeavours and... ahem, no spoilers here, we'll let you find out for yourselves! :) Happy listening. 

Finding out you have a 1 in 40000 vision issue... accidentally offending someone with a cartoon (I didn't mean to!)... subjecting oneself to 'Double Art' in High School - and loving it! The wonderful Technics KN-930 Keyboard, with floppy disk (!) ... and aiming to glorify God through the Arts! Today I'm sharing my artistic journey, talking about the power of prayer (we have a mighty God), cartooni...

Welcome to our Australian and international listeners! Yes, you! :) Today, we chat to Thorin and Rebekah from Coro Uniting about how they put on 'The Mark Drama' at their church. And as part of our 'Mark's Gospel' theme of the moment, grab some great free Mark resources at our Facebook page. Thanks for listening and supporting - it means a lot!

It's here... Episode 10, an exploration of the Christian Fantasy genre - with SA Author Ben Morton! We talk about everything writing: publishing companies, AI technology, famous Christian Fantasy authors, Ben's current and upcoming works, Stone Table Books, and so much more!  We hope you have fun with this exciting episode!

Welcome all! How are you? We hope you are well: hey, guess what! Today we speak to Anglican priest and well-known theatre actor Dave MacGillivray! He shares some incredible insights from ministry and the acting world as we go in depth on both! It's our biggest ever show and we think it's going to be a fantastic listen. We certainly felt blessed by this time. Enjoy! 

It's the music episode! Today, Jon interviews Liv Christie from Heart Song Festival Adelaide, a big Christian music festival in Port Adelaide that is happening in March! As well as this, Lochy leads us through a thought-provoking talk on music and the church. Almost one hour's worth of podcast all about God and music. Any thoughts to share with us? We love your feedback and we look forward to hear...

It's 2023... Happy New Year! Our 7th episode (and first for the year) is with guests Len & Pete, local Adelaide Christian Radio legends! Lochy & I had a ball.  Apologies for the technical issues (we used an alternative recording engine that had hiccups). It did add to the hilarity though! :D

Technology... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! :) Here are fun bloopers from 2022 for your enjoyment. We've had so much fun; thanks for listening!

The Art of Ministry chats to 1079 LIFE all about the podcast during the LIFE FM Community Festival! And about those ice creams... (yes I did have one!)

In this episode, Lochy and I were thrilled to speak with Cherie, a talented visual artist with many amazing things to say about drawing, using digital art tools, and sharing about Jesus through visual art. 

Jon and Lochy interview Stephen Urmston, pastor and puppeteer, all about how to use puppets effectively in ministry. A fascinating and fun-filled show! 

Welcome to Show 2 - Peace Child Puzzles! Today our guest is Kerry Gray of 'Peace Child Puzzles'. She creates puzzles with a message! Come and listen about how she creates wonderful art that also serves to create conversation about Jesus. You can find out more about Kerry's puzzles by following Peace Child Puzzles on Facebook. 

Introducing the new podcast - The Art of Ministry!  Join us as we explore ministry and the arts together, over many episodes of fun, laughs and deep conversations about ministry and the arts.  We can't wait to spend time with you here!