Where Ben Fielding Grammy Award Winning Songwriter Finds God
'The heart of God is not to be absent and distance and mysterious, there's always going to be a mystery to God, but he wants to be found.' Ben Fielding is a GRAMMY award winning, multi-platinum, Australian songwriter and artist. A prolific song-writer, Ben has written many of the most sung and loved modern hymns across the Church globally. He is the only songwriter to have four songs reach #1 on CCLI as the most sung songs in the global Church: Goodness Of God, What A Beautiful Name, Who You Say I Am and Mighty To Save. Ben also wrote the certified Gold This I Believe (The Creed). Recently alongside Chris Tomlin he was involved with The First Hymn Project, which is the translation of an ancient text into a modern worship song. https://www.instagram.com/ben_fielding/Support Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctuarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where Anna Paterson Everlasting Clothing Founder Finds God
‘God loves us infinitely, in a parent kind of love’. Anna Paterson founded Everlasting Clothing back in 2017. It's a charitable trust that upcycles women's stylish preloved women's clothing at an affordable price and supports women through social services. Anna talks of having a busy life and wanting to make time for God but not quite having the time. She also has an epiphany in the middle of conversation realizing that the way she yearns to spend time with her young adult son is the same way God yearns to spend time with her. https://everlasting.org.nz/ Support Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctuarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where Colin Bloom, CEO of Barnabas Aid International Finds God
‘God has given us two ears and one voice and I think sometimes we need to listen more than we talk to him.’ Colin Bloom has spent more than 30 years in the business, not for profit and political worlds. He's held a number of senior roles in British politics and was responsible for creating the Bloom Review that looked at the British government's engagement with faith, people of faith and places of worship. Colin shares of his faith conversion in his teens and of the intentional ways he connects with God in his everyday life. Does government ‘do God?’ An independent review into how government engages with faith Barnabas Aid: Bringing hope to suffering Christians Support Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctuarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where Renee Chopping Trauma Counsellor Finds God
'The things that I can't fix, I hand over to him and he's got it and there's so much peace in that'. Renee Chopping is a programme director working with survivors of sex trafficking and an advocate of women’s rights and child protection. Renee, deals with gritty and sometimes overwhelming situations and talks of recognizing that the burden she sometimes feels is God's alone to carry. https://www.collectiveshout.org/spotify-removes-trafficking-coursesSupport Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctuarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where Miriam Jessie Fisher Textile Artist & Theologian Finds God
'‘The practice of stitching and being still is a really helpful way for me to remember God is with me’. Miriam Jessie Fisher is a Theologian, Textile Artist, Poet, Performer and Lecturer at Laidlaw College. She recently completed a 6-year project called "Women's Word's where she stitched 8,999 words spoken by women in the Bible onto calico, creating a profound textile art project. In Where Do You Find God she talks of how stitching has grounded and centered her through challenging times and is one of the spaces she finds God in her life. https://miriamjessie.com/Support Sanctuary Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=sanctuarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hi I’m Lizzie Oakes and in 'Where Do You Find God' I talk with my guests about the ways they encounter God in their everyday lives.
Acts C 17 v 27 says “God intended that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us”.
God is close to all of us, what is often missing is our awareness of his presence.
One of the joys of making this podcast is as I ask my guests about the ways they encounter God often right in front of me they start to encounter him. Suddenly their tone of voice changes, their speech slows right down and a look of understanding comes across their face.
As the scripture promises, if we reach out for him, we will find him.
Tune in each Wednesday at 1.30pm and listen live to Where Do You Find God on yoursanctuary.nz
Hosted & Produced by Lizzie Oakes
Audio Engineer Scott Gillen
Where Do You Find God Theme Song written and performed by Chris Dawson
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