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Rector’s Cupboard Podcast

Rector’s Cupboard

Conversations about hopeful faith and hopeful theology.

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"Love and Love's Energy" with Tara Boothby

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/11/21

In this episode, we’re joined by Tara Boothby, a registered clinical psychologist, working in BC and Alberta for nearly 20 years. She is an Experiential Attachment Focused Therapist and a certified Emotionally Focused Couples, Family, and Individual Therapist and Supervisor. She is also currently doing a second Master's degree at St. Stephen's University, where she is studying themes of theology, social justice, and literature.We speak to Tara about her new book Love and Love’s Energy. Tara

64:55

Nevertheless, Hope with Julian Davis Reid

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/11/07

We are very happy to welcome back returning guest and friend of the podcast, Julian Davis Reid. Julian is a gifted writer, musician, speaker, theologian, and pastor and spoke with us about his new album, Vocation, in particular the song Moan: For Hearts of Flesh. Julian’s work is deep and thought provoking. It often walks a line between joy and pain, mixing the two together, demonstrating how one informs the other. His work articulates musically what can often be so difficult to articulate in other

64:12

Faith and the Land, Part Three: Regenerative Farming...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/10/24

For the final instalment of our Alberta mini-series we visit Happiness by the Acre a regenerative farm run by Marcus and Sarah Reidner.Rector’s Cupboard met Marcus and Sarah three years ago and things were tough then in the farming world. We hear about what has changed since and about what the future might look like. You might not be a farmer, but you are likely familiar with the count-the-cost type of conversations like that which Marcus has with us. What keeps us going when we feel like doing

40:40

Faith and the Land, Part Two: Everything Can Be...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/10/10

You have likely noticed that hope is apparently in short supply these days. Talk of politics, rising authoritarianism, and political unrest reveals a present despair felt individually and collectively. Stories of effective hope can change the world.Land of Dreams is changing the world for many people. Hearing the stories of this place might well inspire hope for you. Because someone had hope, there is life in a place that was lacking life. If Rod and the crew at Land of Dreams can picture life and

48:31

Faith and the Land, Part One: Winter is Coming

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/09/26

Rector’s Cupboard in Alberta, Canada.We set out on a road trip to visit some regenerative farmers we first met three years ago. In this episode, Todd and Allison and Amanda speak about the trip and about a visit to the Pine Haven Hutterite colony. It is the season of harvest, the autumn. Winter is coming. Looking at the skies and reading the news can bring about the feeling that an apocalypse is imminent. However, in the context of obvious challenge, without denying the real difficulties that are

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Charismatic Christianity and American Politics with...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/09/12

Welcome to season 7 of Rector’s Cupboard!Do you sometimes feel like all we do is talk about America? While many Canadians would see Canada as distinct from the States, we are influenced by our neighbours to the south. In Alberta, the provincial government is supporting the banning of books. Some of the political and religious currents in Canada look very similar to those in the United States. In the first episode of our new season, we speak with a Canadian writer and professor who has described the

55:59

Blessed are the Undone with Angela Reitsma Bick

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/06/27

In our final episode of season 6, we are pleased to speak with Angela Reitsma Bick, editor of Christian Courier and co-author of the newly released book Blessed Are the Undone, which explores faith deconstruction in the Canadian context.Angela joined us while in Vancouver on the national tour for the book, and we talked about why so many people in Canada are stepping away from church—and how we might begin to understand, rather than fix, that reality. Blessed Are the Undone doesn’t rush to offer

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Hope Instead of Fundamentalism with David Goa, Part 3

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/06/13

This is our third and final instalment of our series with Orthodox theologian and friend of the Cupboard, David Goa. This series has focused on the topic of fundamentalism, how it is expressed within the church, from several sides. If you haven’t listened to the first two episodes in this series, we’d encourage you to go back and take a listen to them before diving into this conversation.In today’s episode, Todd and David speak of the challenge that encountering the living God presents to

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Hope Instead of Fundamentalism with David Goa, Part 2

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/06/06

This is the second of three conversations we had with friend of the Cupboard, David Goa, on the topic of fundamentalism. If you haven’t listened to part one, we’d encourage you to do so before diving into this conversation.In this conversation, Todd and David consider the question, If not fundamentalism, than what? David observes that our capacity for conversation, particularly with those with whom we have profound disagreement, has shrunk, exacerbating the polarization that many feel. How can we

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Hope Instead of Fundamentalism with David Goa, Part 1

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/05/30

You have likely heard, and perhaps said, that we live in a world that is very polarized. Too often, communities of faith have contributed to this polarization rather than offered help or healing to a divided world.David Goa has been, and continues to be, a formational voice for Rector’s Cupboard and for the work of Reflector Project. David has been running Philosopher Cafés in his home province of Alberta, Canada around the topic of “The New Fundamentalisms and How They Divide Us.” He has drawn

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Preaching In a New Key, a Conversation with Mark...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/05/02

Those in Christian circles have likely spent many a Sunday morning sitting in a pew (or, perhaps, a more comfortable seat) listening to someone preach. While the length of sermon or its place in a service may vary from denomination to denomination, or pastor to pastor, the act of hearing the Word of God preached regularly is part of the Christian tradition.We were please to speak to Mark Glanville about this topic. Mark is a pro at sermons, quite literally. Having spent much of his career preaching

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Good Friday 2025

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/04/18

Today is Good Friday.In Christian faith, today and Easter Sunday are two of the most important days of observation. We often, on Rector’s Cupboard, refer to what is happening in the world, the news, politics, culture. In Christian faith, Good Friday is always more than news of the week. It is at the heart of the faith. With that in mind, we offer a Good Friday reflection. The reflection is intended as an invitation to spiritual contemplation. What does it mean that Jesus was alone on Good Friday

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Live Recording: An Evening of Conversation and Music...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/04/04

A special episode.Recorded live at the Rector’s Cupboard studio. John Swinton is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen. Before becoming a mental health professional and then a writer (of at least four books) on faith and mental health, John wanted to be a rock star. He brought together his interests in recording an album called Beautiful Songs about Difficult Things. We speak with John in studio, hear him reflect on some of his work and the personal nature of some of the

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Vocation and Church with Matthew Brough

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/03/21

It might be that being a full-time pastor is now untenable. It is a job that pulls in so many directions that it becomes virtually impossible. One of the things that can help is accepting that for pastors, spiritual energy often comes from outside of the church in which they work.We speak with Matthew Brough, a Presbyterian pastor in Winnipeg, who is also an author and podcaster. Matthew has written books on spirituality (Let God series) as well as five fantasy/adventure books for kids (Del Ryder

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Biblical Storytelling with the Ven. Dr. Rob James

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/03/07

We are pleased to speak to the Ven. Dr. Rob James (which he said we could shorten to Rob), about his latest publication, 50 New Testament Stories for Storytellers, a new illustrated, beautifully illustrated we might add, children’s Bible. Rob is an Associate Professor and the Director of Anglican Studies and Formation at the Vancouver School of Theology. He also holds six degrees from five universities and has many years of experience as an Anglican perish priest. Rob speaks to us about his approach

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"Money, Lies, and God" with Katherine Stewart

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/02/21

In the 20th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells His followers what power is like in the kingdom of God. He says that real greatness is servanthood and that we ought not aim to “lord it over” others.There is a movement in the United States, and in many countries around the world, that apparently utterly rejects Jesus’ way of power. This movement, called Christian nationalism, is a parasite upon Christian faith that is proudly taking up a crusade against anything and anyone deemed as

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The Need for a Christian Christianity with Jonathan...

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2025/02/07

Jonathan Rauch is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book, out this week, is called Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy. We speak with Jonathan about the book, about why he, as a non-Christian, self-identifying atheist, makes the claim that democracy in the United States is at risk if Christian faith is not sufficiently Christian.Host Todd Wiebe is joined by friend of the

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Christmas Special 2024

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2024/12/13

Our annual hosts only Christmas special. Cupboard Master Ken Bell presents his take on a B5-2, using Nocciola, a hazelnut liqueur from one of our favourite local distilleries, The Woods Spirit Co. We ask one another three questions about Christmas: 1. What do you miss about Christmases past? 2. What are you glad that is gone? 3. What is needed to properly celebrate Christmas? Our hope is to take the pressure off. The world was not ready for the first Christmas. God is good beyond your readiness or

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Defrocked and Excommunicated with Thomas Jay Oord

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2024/11/15

We speak with theologian and philosopher Thomas Jay Oord about his church trial and his book Open and Relational Theology. Thomas, who was a minister for many years in the Church of the Nazarene, faced a trial for being inclusive on matters of LGBTQ+ and church participation and blessing. Thomas outlines a theological view that is about love more than it is about traditional concepts of power. This means that he calls for better understanding of what it means that God is all powerful or all

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The Changing Nature of Christianity with Rev. Dr....

Rector’s Cupboard Podcast ·

2024/11/01

We speak with friend of the show Ross Lockhart about his recent book (and PhD work) called West Coast Mission: The Changing Nature of Christianity in Vancouver.The book takes an in-depth look at 12 churches and two faith-based organizations in the Vancouver area. It takes up themes that are familiar to almost everyone who has been part of a church in the last couple of decades. We talk about differences in approach to the “outside world” and how things have changed in regards to how churches relate

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