Finding Common Ground

Our hosts they take a critical look at the church's weekly bible readings, getting at a fresh understanding through humour, irreverence and honest conversation.The short bible passages that are read each week in churches throughout the world can be puzzling to understand, as they are only parts of the overall text and the links between the different readings are not always clear. Listen in to our group of hosts each week to hear different perspectives and tough questions. Some of our hosts are trained in understanding the bible and some are doing their best to understand for themselves. All the hosts believe that the bible - and our conversations about it - must have an urgent and important impact on how we live: individually, collectively, politically, economically, socially and biologically. And sometimes humour and irreverence is the only way to a fresh and living perspective.

Episodes

Season of Creation - Finale

The finale of season 2 of Finding Common Ground, the Season of Creation. Join Megan and special guest Andrew Bennet as we look back over ideas of sustainability and facing up to the climate crisis with hope. Andrew shares some insights from his...

September 28, 2022 • Season 2 • Episode 6 • 30:05

Season of Creation - Cosmos

Paul is joined by David and special guest Michael Clarke to talk about environmental sustainability from a Christian perspective. Michael Clarke has studied environmental sustainability for many years, notably on the topic of bushfires in Austr...

September 21, 2022 • Season 2 • Episode 5 • 36:18

Season of Creation - Storm Week

Join Paul Minty, Sandy Brodine and Kristen Barnett as they discuss the reading for Storm Sunday in the Season of Creation. Produced by John Rowe.

September 15, 2022 • 32:25

Season of Creation - Fauna

Sandy, David and Paul explore readings from Job and Luke and discuss how our attitude to 'being saved' can have a big say in whether we engage with climate change with a sense of ugency. Check out

September 08, 2022 • Season 2 • Episode 3 • 35:21

Ocean Week - Season of Creation

Join Sandy, Paul, Megan and Kristen as they talk about Job 38:1-18 and Luke 5:1-11. These bible readings are from the 1st week of the 'Season of Creation' series C that you can find on

September 01, 2022 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 34:54

Intro - Season of Creation

Welcome back to a new season! We preview this season's theme - the Season of Creation, a series of Bible Readings from Uniting Church of Australia Season of Creation. Join u...

August 24, 2022 • Season 2 • Episode 1 • 26:09

Lent 6 - Palm Sunday

Sandy discusses the absence of palms while David considers the political themes and Paul is critical as usual.

April 08, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 20:57

Lent 5: Mary anoints Jesus' feet

Join Rev. Sandy Brodine, Paul Minty and David Landis Morse as they chat about this week's reading. Jesus is in the town of Bethany on his way into Jerusalem. He dines at the house of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, and Mary anoints Jesus' feet with h...

April 01, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 30:10

Lent 4: The "Prodigal Son."

Join Rev. Sandy Brodine, Paul Minty and David Landis Morse as they chat about this week's reading: The 'Prodigal Son.' It's a reading many of us have heard loads of times, so we hope that this time we hear it with fresh ears! Please subscribe t...

March 26, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 36:35

Lent 3: The Fig Tree

Join Paul Blacker and Paul Minty as they pull apart this week's readings: Luke 13: 1-9Isaiah 55: 1-13. Do you agree with their wrestlings? Why not share your response on the

March 19, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 16:24

Lent 2 - Jesus as the mother hen

Sandy enthuses about the imagery of Jesus as the mother hen in Luke 13:31-35, but David and Paul M are not so sure...

March 11, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 40:24

Lent 1 - Power and temptation

Paul Blacker and Paul Minty discuss Luke 4 and Deuteronomy 26, two of the church's bibles readings for Lent week 1. Feeding the resident alien is contrasted with the temptation of global power - themes that feel very urgent today.

March 05, 2022 • 24:47

Introduction

Our new podcast ‘Finding Common Ground’ will connect you with our hosts as they take a critical look at the church’s weekly bible readings.Our hosts are Sandy Brodine, Paul Blacker, Paul Minty and David Landis-Morse and they use humour,...

March 05, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 0 • 1:02