Down to Earth Conversations
Conversations with ordinary people who are helping to bring a bit of heaven Down to Earth. A fortnightly podcast in Aotearoa (New Zealand) hosted by Andy Dickson - a husband, father, children's author, poet, preacher, musician, and sports nut, with a passion for social justice.
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117. Staci McLean - A Place Where I Belong: Neurodiversity and the Church (opens the original)
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Staci Mclean comes on the podcast to discuss the way churches engage, or perhaps don't engage, with neurodivergent people and their families. Staci is an author who has written on a number of topics, but her latest book, "A Place where I belong: Neurodiversity and the church" is the subject of this episode. In her book, Staci explores how churches can better embrace neurodivergent people and their families. The goal isn't just to make it so people can attend church, but to create spaces where th
116. Kathy Baldock - Forging a Sacred Weapon (opens the original)
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Kathy Baldock is a writer, speaker, and LGBTQ+ advocate. She is a core part of the film 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture (see episode 106 with the film's director, Sharon "Rocky" Roggio). Kathy had a shift in her life in her fifties, leading to a shift in her faith and found a new vocation over the past twenty years. In this conversation we discuss some of that journey, and then dive into her new book, Forging a Sacred Weapon, which looks at how history conspired to lead to the incl
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