The Hopeful Activists' Podcast
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9 Sentences To Change The World
What if 9 sayings from Jesus could change the way we see and act in the world? The Nine Beats Collective have been creating music based on The Beatitudes and Abi went to meet some of the musicians ahead of an evening of their music in Leeds. Abi spoke to
BONUS EP - Power the Fight wins charity of the year!
Huge congratulations to Ben Lindsay, founder and CEO of Power the Fight and all the staff for their award of charity of the year at the Charity Times Awards 2023. And Ben also won Social Media Leader of the Year!We thought a great way to celebrate their w
What is the Gospel? From our archive!
We are revisiting an archive episode this week, whilst Abi puts together some exciting new episodes over the next few weeks!In this episode Abi and Sarah Small, from Proximity Network and the Message Trust dive into the controversial area of where evange
Hands in the Soil: Connecting with the Creator
John White from Hazelnut Farm in Bristol tells Abi about his own climate conversion, and his church which is connecting people with both creation and our creator. He also has some great challenges around Net Zero and growing vegetables. Plus the Golden Tu
Vanessa Nakate: Energy Transition, Activism and Being Heard
Vanessa Nakate is a renowned Ugandan climate activist, Abi talks to her about her faith , feminism, her brilliant book, A Bigger Picture and the importance of listening to activists from countries in Africa. Of course this makes the infamous incident wher
Finding Joy on Death Row
Pastor Dewey Williams is a man who has endured a lot of grief, but who has found great joy in Jesus, and through his encounters with men and women on death row in the American justice system. An incredibly joy filled man and a challenging interview.CW: We
Mission trips: power, charity and hospitality
Mekdes Haddis is with Abi to speak about mission trips, charity and hospitality. Mekdes was born and lived in Ethiopia until she went to college in the US and her book called A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality is a challenging read
Sex Education, Saving Lives and Community Nursing - The e:merge Interviews
Three incredible young people from Bradford share the interviews they have created especially for us. Ryan, Faith and Julia are from an incredible local youth project called e:merge. Abi has loved working with them to gain the technical and interview skil
Homelessness: Grace and Truth
Chris Ward is a speaker on the experience of homelessness and works at The Daytime Hub in Gravesend (see below) for people experiencing homelessness in Kent. He shares his story of addiction, homelessness, friendship, church and choosing life every day. C
Happy Easter!
A huge Happy Easter to you from Abi and all the Praxis team! A short Easter episode for you today, to celebrate the joy of Jesus resurrection. We are going to delve back into the archives to one of our earliest episodes, back in 2019 when Rich Gower inte