Al Gordon leads Saint, a thriving church in East London which has been seeing a remarkable upturn of young people gathering for all night prayer and worship in recent years.

Al is the founder of Renaissance - a movement to equip creatives and empower churches to be cathedrals of creativity.

Al's new book 'Spark' is aimed at igniting our God-given creativity.

Today Justin and Belle ask how, in an age of AI, distraction and noise, we re-enchant… creativity and imagination.

For 'Spark' by Al Gordon: https://algordon.co/spark/

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Angela Tilby is a broadcaster, writer, theological educator and priest in the Church of England, which is the topic of her latest literary offering - 'Good Faith: Why England needs its church'. Angela joins Justin and Belle for an episode (recorded on the day the Church of England installed a new Archbishop of Canterbury) to discuss whether people have good reason to be disenchanted with some of our oldest institutions and ponder the place fo the Church of England in our ever-changing cultural landscape.

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Amy Orr-Ewing is an international speaker, theologian, and public apologist for the Christian faith. Her new book ‘Forgiveness’ looks at how to reclaim the power of forgiveness in a culture of outrage and fear. She joins Justin and Belle to re-enchant the concept of forgiveness in an often unforgiving world.

For 'Forgiveness': https://forgiveness.amyorr-ewing.com/

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N.T. (Tom) Wright is Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. \Having written close to one hundred books, he is, undoubtedly, one of the most trusted and influential teachers of the Christian story in the 21st Century. In this conversation, he joins Belle and Justin to speak of 'God's Homecoming', arguably one of the most forgotten elements of the Christian worldview.

For 'God's Homecoming' https://spckpublishing.co.uk/when-god-comes-home

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Please note: this conversation was recorded prior to the war in Iran.

Daniel Taub is a former diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2015. He has been a senior negotiator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and a member of Israel's negotiation team in the Israel-Syrian negotiations.

His new book ‘Beyond Dispute’ draws on the wisdom of the Talmud to rediscover the Jewish art of constructive disagreement. He joins Belle and Justin to re-enchant… disagreement.

For 'Beyond Dispute': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Dispute-Rediscovering-constructive-disagreement/dp/1399815067

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Malcolm Guite is a beloved poet, storyteller, Anglican priest, and academic. He is author of numerous books including the Faith Hope and Poetry, Lifting thr Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God. As well as his latest offering - his first installment of a mighty four-volume work - Galahad and the Grail.

It really was only a matter of time until Malcolm found his way into the world of Re-Enchanting.

In this conversation, Belle, Justin and Malcolm speak of poetry, beauty, old stories and slow reading. Together, they seek to re-enchanting myths and legends.

For Galahad and the Grail: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Galahad-Grail-Merlins-Isle-1/dp/1786227126/ref=asc_df_1786227126?tag=bingshoppinga-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80470713939164&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=40877&hvtargid=pla-4584070184762788&psc=1&msclkid=4c396487aaa5167bd39a0d4109bc2dc3

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Martin Shaw is a storyteller and mythologist who joined Re-Enchanting two years ago to describe his mystical encounter during a forest vigil that led to his embrace of Christianity. His new book ‘Liturgies of the Wild’ weaves his own journey with the many folk tales and stories he has gathered throughout his life to re-enchant the God story for a new generation of seekers.

For Martin Shaw: https://drmartinshaw.com/

For 'Liturgies Of The Wild': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liturgies-Wild-Myths-that-Make/dp/1846048915

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Generosity changes things — in us, in others and in the world.

At Stewardship, we help Christians give well and see their generosity make a real difference.

Find out how a Stewardship Giving Account can help you give, grow, and live generously every day.

https://stwdshp.org/re-enchanting

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Adjoa Andoh MBE is an award-winning actress, passionate social activist, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Whether it be on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, on the screen as Bridgerton’s formidable Lady Danbury, or behind closed doors as a judge for the Booker Prize - Adjoa has helped to tell and share some of our most beloved and cherished stories.

So, in this episode of Re-Enchanting, Belle and Adjoa talk about just that – the stories that Adjoa breathes in and out, the ones she finds herself telling both on and off stage.

If you found this conversation interesting, Seen & Unseen, the creators of Re-Enchanting, offers thousands of articles exploring how the Christian faith helps us understand the modern world. Discover more here: www.seenandunseen.com

Generosity changes things — in us, in others and in the world.

At Stewardship, we help Christians give well and see their generosity make a real difference.

Find out how a Stewardship Giving Account can help you give, grow, and live generously every day.

https://stwdshp.org/re-enchanting

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