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Spiritual Misfits Podcast

If you’ve ever felt on the fringes of Christian faith this is a safe space for you. Your questions, doubts and hopes are all welcome here. We’re creating conversations, affirmations, meditations and other resources to support you on your spiritual journey and let you know that even if you feel like a misfit, you don’t have to feel alone.

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72:05

O Come All Ye Misfits (with Carolyn Meers and Linda...

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2025/12/20

Christmas can be wonderful...and complicated. Especially when your beliefs have shifted and you're heading into family gatherings or other contexts where not everyone understands or agrees with where you're at now. In this conversation, Will sits down with pastor and spiritual director Carolyn Meers and therapist Linda Pesavento to explore why Christmas amplifies these tensions, how to navigate relational minefields with integrity, and what it looks like to create new meaning while hono...

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60:56

The Earth is a Prophet Now (Anne Lanyon)

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2025/12/13

Anne Lanyon joins Will to discuss her work with the Faith Ecology Network (FEN), an interfaith network of people bridging conversations between science and religion. Anne shares about her formative years growing up as an Irish Catholic in rural Victoria, the work she has done for many decades at the intersection of peace, ecology and justice, and the way she hears the earth speaking a prophetic message we all need to heed. Anne and Will explore the powerful and underestimated role of wo...

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38:59

Advent Anticipation in a Time of AI Anxiety

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2025/12/06

We're living through wild times. In this episode I'm sharing how I'm holding anxiety about various AI possibilities within the season of Advent and its invitation. I talk about attachment hacking, cognitive atrophy, and the existential questions around artificial general intelligence. But more than that, I'm trying to practice what it means to face reality with courage while staying grounded in hope, embodiment, and the ever-coming Christ. The second half is a guided contemplative practice. A...

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63:55

Creating Communities of Sacred Curiosity with Mike...

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2025/11/29

Mike Hardie joins Will to share about his winding journey through various denominations and changes in faith, leading him to where he is today: helping establish a new community of faith called Oasis, part of the Uniting Church in Sydney. Mike and Will discuss how to create spaces that honour mystery alongside conviction, structure and freedom, holding space for children developing their understanding of God as well as people who have had their frameworks come undone. Learn more about O...

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71:03

Embodied Human Wisdom in AI Times (Mikenzie Ling)

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2025/11/22

Mikenzie Ling joins Will to explore three crucial tensions for our times: Can we be locally grounded with a global mindset? Can we stay physically embodied in an increasingly digital age? Can we be both ancient and progressive? A conversation that will spark your thinking and invite you into deeper listening. Will mentions the work of Vanessa Andreotti: Hospicing Modernity https://decolonialfutures.net/hospicingmodernity/ and 'Burn out from Humans' https://burnoutfromhumans.net/ Want ...

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60:31

How to Pray to a Triune God Beyond Gender (Sally...

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2025/11/15

What do you do when you realise you haven't prayed in months, and you haven't missed it? Sally Douglas joins Will to explore what it means to 'rewild' prayer: moving beyond formulas, gendered God-language, and the Zeus-like deity many of us inherited. A conversation about trinitarian prayer, holy demanding, and finding your way back to the real when your ability to pray feels dead. Get Sally’s new book, ‘Rewilding Prayer’ here: https://www.sallydouglas.net/rewilding-prayer Want to reach out...

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66:12

Pub Theology: Christians, please chill and everyone...

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2025/11/08

Mitch Forbes joins Will for another Pub Theology chat. They discuss topics like Christian indignation at Halloween, the existence of evil, thoughts about death, and questions about authenticity, performance and the essential nature of human beings. The Substack article Mitch and Will discuss regarding Authenticity: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/against-authenticity?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qtmh6&triedRedirect=true Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts...

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49:01

(Not) Rescuing the Text (Michelle Eastwood)

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2025/11/01

Biblical scholar Michelle Eastwood joins Will Small to discuss her journey from growing up Lutheran, journeying through multiple denominations and shifting in the way she engages the biblical text. Drawing from her PhD research on Psalm 71 and aging women, Michelle advocates for reading the Bible as a "flawed document" that can still inspire faith, without needing to explain away its difficult passages. For anyone who still wants to read the Bible, while acknowledging its violent and troublin...

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56:13

Eco-Theology: Tending Soil & Soul (Samuel Dow)

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2025/10/25

Rev. Samuel Dow joins Will Small to share how he found his calling at the intersection of faith and ecology through Baroona Farm, an urban farm in Brisbane that grows food with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Will and Samuel discuss eco-theology, links between agriculture and spirituality and how to build more gentle and sustainable communities. Follow Baroona Farm on social media: @baroonafarm Want to reach out and let us know your thoughts or suggestions for the show? Send us a messa...

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76:39

Toxic Theology, Mental Health, Gravity & Grace (Jon...

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2025/10/18

Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of suicidal ideation, intrusive thoughts, religious trauma, and mental health crisis. If you're struggling, please reach out to Lifeline (13 11 14) or Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636). Jon Reichardt is an ARIA-nominated music producer who's worked with some of Australia's biggest hip hop artists: Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso, 360. But this conversation delves into the deeper struggles Jon has faced in the past, at the intersection of mental i...

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45:52

Sara M. Saleh on Palestine, liberation and poetry...

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2025/10/11

This week we're revisiting a conversation from December 2023 with Sara M. Saleh - Palestinian-Australian human rights lawyer, poet, and activist. As we mark two years since the beginning of Israel's devastating assault on Gaza, and as news breaks of a fragile ceasefire agreement, Sara's voice offers crucial context and perspective that remains deeply relevant. In this conversation, Sara helps us understand the long history of settler colonialism in Palestine, disentangles anti-Zionism from an...

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28:25

On Naming God: a Contemplation (Carolyn Meers)

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2025/10/04

How do you address God when you pray? Has the way you name the divine changed over your lifetime? In this contemplative episode, Carolyn Meers invites us to slow down and explore the mystery of naming God. Drawing from biblical stories like Hagar's encounter with "the God who sees" and Moses' conversation with the burning bush, we reflect on how our names for God reveal as much about us as they do about the divine. This episode includes gentle questions for reflection, periods of space for co...

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64:53

Brian Recker: Reframing Hell, Exchanging Fear for Love

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/09/27

Brian Recker used to be an evangelical pastor. Growing up fundamentalist, hell was always core to his experience of Christianity. But when he started questioning the doctrine as a pastor, it unraveled more than he expected. His new book 'Hell Bent' argues that fear of hell fundamentally distorts Christian spirituality, disconnecting us from God, ourselves, and others. We discuss the power of hell-based religion, how it shapes our politics and relationships, and what a love-centred spiritualit...

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59:11

Pub Theology: James Dobson, Charlie Kirk & Universalism

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/09/20

Join Mitch and Will at the pub for an unstructured conversation about the recent deaths of James Dobson and Charlie Kirk, the challenge of responding maturely to political violence, and how universalist theology might offer a different way of thinking about these situations. Topics covered: The deaths of James Dobson and Charlie Kirk and the polarised online responsesWhy ‘and’ is better than ‘but’The problem with performative social media responses to tragedyHow universalism shapes our view o...

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66:20

The Divine Gift of Trans Lives & Faith with Steff Fenton

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2025/09/13

Steff Fenton joins Will to discuss their new book Gender Expansive Faith: How Trans Lives Are Illuminating the Divine, Transforming Feminism, and Ending Christian Patriarchy. The conversation explores Steff's interpretation of Matthew 19 and Jesus's teaching about eunuchs, how trans and gender diverse people offer healing to a world harmed by rigid gender binaries, and practical questions around inclusive spaces in sports and community groups. Steff also shares insights from their time ...

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59:55

'An Honest Faith': When philosophy & theology meet...

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/09/06

Keith Mascord joins Will to discuss his latest book 'An Honest Faith' after an East Coast tour. A former Sydney Anglican and Moore College lecturer Keith's views have shifted over time in an ongoing commitment to honest philosophical and theological inquiry. Keith now advocates for a radically inclusive and intellectually honest Christianity. Faith remains deeply important to Keith but he insists Christianity must change. In this wide-ranging conversation, Will and Keith explore how philosoph...

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41:37

Words for Those Who Wander (Poetry by Will Small &...

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2025/08/30

Following last week's collaborative conversation between Spiritual Misfits and On the Way podcast, this episode features the poetry that bookended our special evening at West End Uniting Church in Brisbane, performed by Will Small and Boy Renaissance. Related Episodes Spiritual Misfits, On the Way (Live from 'Words for Those Who Wander') - The panel conversation from this eventA Non Binary God & a Fluid Faith with Boy Renaissance - Previous conversation with Boy Renaissance Want to reach...

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56:30

Spiritual Misfits, On the Way (LIVE at 'Words for...

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/08/23

A special cross-over podcast episode between Spiritual Misfits and On the Way, recorded at 'Words For Those Who Wander' at West End Uniting Church in Brisbane. In this conversation, Will Small, Dom Fay, Sue Grimmett, and Peter Catt explore what happens when the old spiritual maps stop working and we need to become cartographers for our time. Together they wrestle with profound questions: What if we're all exiles seeking belonging? How do we build community when our frameworks for unders...

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64:32

An Emergency Devotional: Faith in Times of Crisis...

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/08/16

In this episode, we explore what it means to live faithfully during times of political and social upheaval with systematic theologian from Princeton Theological Seminary Hanna Reichel, author of "For Such a Time as This: An Emergency Devotional." Drawing on lessons from the Confessing Church's resistance to Nazi Germany, Hanna challenges us to move beyond simple answers and moral purity toward what they call "tolerance for complexity." We discuss why tradition can actually fuel progressive re...

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57:36

The Death of the Whiteness Gospel with Danny Bryant

Spiritual Misfits Podcast ·

2025/08/09

Danny Bryant joins Will to discuss his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel. Part memoir, part theological critique, Danny's work traces his journey from growing up in a fundamentalist cult to becoming a pastor who now practices what he calls "hospice ministry", allowing cancerous forms of American Christianity to die. In this deeply personal conversation, Danny shares about: Growing up as a "misfit among misfits" in a cult that prided itself on ...

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