Matt and Lucas join American author, speaker, scholar and independent researcher specialising in American religion and culture Diana Butler Bass to explore whether research has a place in the realm of faith, and whether it can aid the faith experience.

You can (and should!) find Diana’s books and upcoming speaking events at www.dianabutlerbass.com

Contributors to Episode 2.3 include:

Heatherlyn Music – Modernity

www.heatherlynmusic.com

Music supplied by Adam Ball – Marimba Man, Rain

Check out his work here

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

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Beyondering was created with the help of:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Common Dreams⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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Matt and Lucas join internationally renowned author, speaker and former mega-church pastor Rob Bell to explore his way of looking at the world and particularly at faith – a lens that can best be described as Curiosity.

You can (and should!) find Rob’s books and information about his events and offerings at https://robbell.com

Contributors to Episode 2.2 include:

Cheryl Mullens and Lance Peele – Thank you for the generosity of your stories, and for your generosity with your stories!

Ben Sounds – ‘Relaxation’, ‘November’ & ‘Sad Day’

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Intro music to Rob Bell interview was “Hell’s Bell’s” – AC/DC from Back in Black (1980) Atlantic Records.

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel. Check out www.gotfink.com/

Beyondering was created with the help of:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
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• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
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An intro to Beyondering – Season Two.

Rejoin your hosts Matt and Lucas, catch up on what they’ve been doing in the off-season and scope out some of the territory to be covered in Season Two as well as take a sneak peek (with your ears) at some of the amazing guests to be featured.

Contributors to Episode One include:

Ben Sounds – ‘Enigmatic’ & ‘India’

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Kasey Chambers – ‘Is God Real’?

From Bittersweet (2014) Warner Music Australia Pty Limited. Distributed by Warner Music Australia Pty Limited.

Beyondering and Beryl Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

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Beyondering was created with the help of:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Common Dreams⁠⁠⁠⁠: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

as well as private supporters, donators and BeyonderBackers like you!

Visit www.beyondering.com.au to:

• Join our mailing list
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In the season finale we look at Jesus of Nazareth – a person of immense intrigue. However, the layers of mythology that surround him as well as the various claims about his identity, his nature, and our expected response, have also made him an impossible pill to swallow for many people. Rather than deal with the Jesus of Christmas carols, what happens if we place Jesus and his teachings in their original historical context? What picture of Jesus will then emerge?

Join Matt and Lucas as we speak with one of the worlds leading historians of early Christianity and one of the major scholars in contemporary historical Jesus research, John Dominic Crossan.

Check out his: https://www.johndomcrossan.com/

For further reading and engagement as invited by John Dominic Crossan, check out:

• Paul Zanker’s book – The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.

Contributors to Episode 10 include:

Cam Semmens – Jesus and I Go Fishing (used with permission)

Check out www.webcameron.com

Michael Leunig – ‘Christmas’ (Read by Daisy Taylor)

bensound.com – November

Beyondering and Beryl Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

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Beyondering is supported by:

• ⁠⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and ⁠⁠⁠Common Dreams⁠⁠⁠: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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As our ideas of God expand and evolve, how might our prayer and spirituality do likewise? How are we to engage with a God not above and removed from earthly life, but intimately a part of it? And where is the soul in all this?

Parker Palmer, author, Quaker and educator, as well as Uniting Church Minister Alex Sangster, explore these questions and help us delve the depths of our own hearts and inner worlds.

To find out more about Parker Palmer, check out: www.couragerenewal.org/parker/ or his Facebook page

To find out more about Alex Sangster, check out her website.

Alex’s book The Mystic Bible can be found here

Contributors to Episode Eight include:

Cam Semmens – Inquisitions of a Theologaster… Prayer (used with permission)

Check out www.webcameron.com

Joel McKerrow and the Mysterious Few – Raindrops

Check out www.joelmckerrow.com

bensound.com – November

Beyondering, Faith and Beryl Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel

Beyondering is supported by:

• ⁠⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and ⁠⁠Common Dreams⁠⁠: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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If Darwin has helped open our eyes to some sort of creative impulse that is ever evolving and creating, what does this mean for how we are to see God? If the universe is on the move and going somewhere, how can we partner with this energy and be opened up to greater expressions of love? Bruce Sanguin, an evolutionary mystic, attempts to offer us such a pathway.

To find out more about Bruce Sanguin, check out: www.brucesanguin.com

Contributors to Episode Eight include:

Cam Semmens – The Dwelling Scent of Damp Earth and Freshly Broken Meaning (used with permission). Check out www.webcameron.com

Music: November, Slow Motion: www.bensounds.com

Beyondering, Faith and Beryl Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel. Check out www.gotfink.com

Beyondering is supported by:

• ⁠the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria⁠ – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and ⁠Common Dreams⁠: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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Beyond Bruce Sanguin:

For further reading and engagement as invited by Bruce, check out:

John F. Haught – God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution

Ilia Delio

Pierre de Chardin –

Brian Swimme – www.storyoftheuniverse.org

Henry Bortoff – The Wholeness of Nature

Why can’t we all just get along? Why is difference such a threat to us? What is at the heart of the conflict and violence and intolerance we find all around us and also within ourselves? In a completely globalized, multi-cultural, multi-faith world, we are surrounded by difference and diversity as never before. Our special guests Carolyn Francis, Dave Andrews & Bishop Spong help us explore what it means to inhabit such a world and to navigate an inclusive pathway forward.

Episode Seven guests were:

Carolyn Francis. Find out more here

Bishop John Shelby Spong. Here is a link to an episode in which Bishop Spong is the feature interview.

Dave Andrews. To find out more, check out Dave's website or wecan.be

To hear another episode in which Dave Andrews features alongside Val Webb, click here

Other contributors to episode seven include:

Dave Andrews: Don’t Be Afraid (used with permission)

Cameron Semmens (poetry) with Mike McCarthy (music): Every Bush is Burning – I Carry an Axe (used with permission)

Check out poetryofhome.bandcamp.com

Cameron Semmens – Help us be Kind Lord (used with permission)

Check out www.webcameron.com

Heatherlyn – ‘Modernity’ (used with permission). Check out www.heatherlynmusic.com/⁠

Beyondering Theme music created at Got Fink Studios by Caleb Garfinkel.

Beyondering is supported by:

• the Progressive Christian Network of Victoria – Join the network, find resources and learn about upcoming events.
• and Common Dreams: An alliance of religious progressives in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

To find out more or join our mailing list: ⁠beyondering.com.au⁠

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Mike Morrell reflects on the political and cultural aftershocks of the 2016 US election, the rise of populism, and what it means to build a more compassionate future in a time of division. He shares a powerful vision for “the third way” — a deeper, more relational path that moves beyond binary thinking and toward bridge-building, wisdom, and transformation.Mike also explores the spiritual and anthropological roots of human civilization, drawing from hunter-gatherer history, the rise of agriculture, and the biblical imagination to make sense of alienation, empire, and the human longing for belonging. Along the way, he discusses Trinitarian spirituality, contemplative practice, indigenous wisdom, permaculture, community life, and the role of authentic relating in healing isolation.This episode is a thoughtful, challenging, and hopeful invitation to rethink progress, spirituality, and what mature humanity might look like.

Show Notes:Mike Morrell - https://mikemorrell.org/

Mike spoke of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff: https://ggurdjieff.com/ and Shane Claiborne - https://www.shaneclaiborne.com/

Some of the communities mentioned were:

The Simple Way Community - https://thesimpleway.org/

Earth Haven - https://earth-haven.com/

The Mankind Project - https://mankindproject.org and Women Within - https://www.womanwithin.org/

Matt & Lucas - https://www.facebook.com/beyondering

Beyondering - http://www.beyondering.com.au/