Dr Diane Hockridge: Formation through Online Learning
This week I’m speaking to Diane Hockridge. Diane is an Australian educational designer and researcher, specialising in the design of online and distance-theological education, with a particular interest in spiritual and holistic formation of students. She is currently the Educational Designer at Ridley College in Melbourne and has a PhD in spiritual formation and online education.In this conversation we discuss the challenges and opportunities of online education, focusing on supporting students through diverse learning experiences and leveraging their existing contexts. We talk authentic learning, service-based assignments and reflective practices to foster student growth. We also explore the future of theological education, considering the role of new technology and AI.
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Dr Maja Whitaker: Bodies, Disability, and the Resurrection
This week I’m joined by Dr. Maja Whitaker. Maja is a New Zealand-based theologian, academic, and ordained pastor. She’s currently the Academic Dean and a lecturer in Practical Theology at Laidlaw College in Christchurch, New Zealand. She pastors Equippers Church in Timaru alongside her husband, Dave, and is a mother to four daughters.Maja’s research interests explore body theology, pastoral theology, spiritual formation, and disability theology. In this conversation we explore a lot of this, chatting through the resurrection and how to think through body ideals, how to think carefully about body difference, and how to let disability teach us.
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Josh Taylor: What is Sin?
This week I’m joined by Josh Taylor. Josh is an Anglican priest from the Diocese of Christchurch in New Zealand. He has experience in youth ministry, as a spiritual director, and several years as a Vicar in Timaru, New Zealand. He has just submitted a PhD through the University of Otago. His thesis is titled: “Speaking of Sin in 21st Century Aotearoa.”It’s his PhD that I’m talking to him about today. We explore why sin can feel like a foreign and awkward concept these days and then track other ways people have tried to express it. We talk about big ideas like total depravity and original sin and try to build a picture of thinking about the concept that’s actually hopeful, especially in light of cultural approaches to morality. This is a really helpful chat to help guide young people in a world that is pretty confused about what sin is and how we see God.
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Tony Golsby-Smith: Christ, Reality, Knowledge, and Business
In this episode I speak to Tony Golsby-Smith. Tony is the co-founder and chairman of Second Road, a strategy and innovation firm. He is also behind Gospel Conversations, a theological discussion group behind various events and with numerous online resources .This conversation is a dense one, as we cover Tony’s journey through teaching into consulting, and then the relationship between Jesus, knowledge and reality. We talk about some of the inadequacies of some current evangelical theology and the nature of God’s work in the world. This is a challenging conversation but hopefully a stretching one too. I really enjoyed this conversation, and really appreciate the way Tony is searching for a theology that speaks to all of life. I’ve got a link for the Gospel Conversations website in below - it’s really worth getting involved with! He mentions an event with John Behr, which has already happened, but there’s video resource on the website that is well worth checking out.https://www.gospelconversations.comhttps://2nd-road.webflow.io
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Dr David I. Smith: Everyday Christian Teaching
We kick off this new season with a return guest, the godfather of Christian education himself, David I. Smith. David is probably best known for his book, On Christian Teaching, and he’s just released a follow up to this, called Everyday Christian Teaching. This book is a more practical exploration of some of the concepts of the former book, and is full of suggestions for practices for the classroom, as well as powerful stories and reflection questions. CEN will be using his resources in a few different ways.https://calvin.edu/everyday-christian-teaching
Makerspace is a podcast run by Christian Education National, a network of Christian schools across Australia.Find out more about us at https://cen.edu.auHosted by Sam Burrows
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