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Shaping Faith: exploring God, life and the Church of England

Shaping Faith: exploring God, life and the Church of England

By: George Meyrick and John Henry
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Two priests from the Church of England discussing the Church year and how it's journey and themes can help us to explore more deeply questions of faith and life.

© 2025 Shaping Faith: exploring God, life and the Church of England
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Episodes
  • The pain of death, St Michael and heaven: do you believe in angels?
    Nov 25 2025

    In the last episode of this season, and the first for a couple of months Frs George and John begin by talking about a tragic death, which had to put the breaks on recording last's month's episode. They talk through the journey of that process and how it links with these weeks in November, which lead to the end of the Church year. They also look back to last month. With St Michael and all the angels as their characters to explore for this episode, they take a deep dive into the beliefs in angels. Do get in touch with George and John via shapingfaith24@gmail.com to let them know your thoughts, or any suggestions for what you would like them to cover in season 3 in 2026.

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    56 mins
  • Theotokos: the ordinary made extraordinary and the coming to Jesus through his mother
    Aug 31 2025

    In this episode Frs George and John discuss Mary the mother of Jesus. Form the Mary we get in the four gospels to Marian theology and spirituality, they ponder who this woman was, some of the helpful and unhelpful ways she has been portrayed by the Church, and what she might mean for us and our faith today. Do get in touch with the team if you would like at shapingfaith24@gmail.com for feedback, a question for a future episode, or simply to say hello and that you listen.

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    51 mins
  • Petertide: are you a Peter or are you a Paul?
    Jul 5 2025

    In this episode for the end of June and start of July, Frs George and John dive into the character of St Peter and St Paul. From this starting point they think about the wide spectrum of characters God calls to His Church and they finish with some thoughts on 'The Quite Revolution' - early signs of growing numbers of Christians and people exploring faith. Please do get in touch with the team if you would like at shapingfaith24@gmail.com

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    50 mins
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