Mark Madavan, Senior Minister at Fishponds Baptist Church in Bristol, chats to 15 different guests, discussing their relationship with blindness and how it interacts with their faith, before having the tables turned in the final episode, where Mark is the one answering the questions. Each episode finishes with the question ‘What one piece of advice would you tell your younger self about blindness and/or faith?’ Each episode covers different topics, because no two people have the same story to tell!
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Sheila who is blind from birth and has worked for Torch all her working life. Sheila shares how blindness can simultaneously be filled with frustrations and opportunities, and how she came to faith while at school in Edinburgh.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Julie Jones who’s been going through progressive sight loss. Julie talks about the sometimes challenging nature of working for Torch Client Services as someone who’s still figuring out her own needs relating to sight loss, and how the Psalms have been a great source of comfort to her.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Torch trustee Ife Akintunde. Ife shares how, after realising it would be near impossible for him to get work as a blind lawyer, he found a way to work smarter to achieve his masters and PHD. He also shares how Torch has been part of his life since his childhood in Nigeria.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Matthew Horspool who has been blind all his life. Matthew sets the record straight on supersonic hearing, shares how he’s learned to navigate the world as independently as possible and how he believes that God guiding him in life feels like a sense of knowing what to do.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode, Mark chats with Janice Tillet who saw her vision impairment as an advantage, because it let her compete in swimming in the Barcelona 1992 Paralympics. Janice also talks about coming to terms with deteriorating sight loss and how she’s flourishing within several roles in her church.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with David Ling who used to narrate audiobooks for Torch. Dave shares how he’s grateful for everything God has given him, including his blindness. He also urges churches to be more inclusive and that small steps can lead to big changes in inclusivity.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Torch trustee Edith Townsend who shares how repeated exposure to blindness and having a blind husband made her realise blind people are as diverse as anyone else. Edith and Mark also reflect on how well meaning prayers of healing can have an alienating effect on many blind people.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode Mark chats with Anne Phipps who is progressively losing her sight due to Macular disease. Anne reflects on the unexpected gifts sight loss has given her, such as having to live a lower carbon life and connecting with people through asking for help. She also shares how her faith journey has evolved and how she’s comfortable with being uncertain about things relating to faith.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In this episode, Mark chats to Kay Morgan who lived most of her life not realising she had a vision impairment, and that what she saw was the (normal) way of seeing. She also shares how worship music is how she connects spiritually, and that listening to it always enables her to pray when she struggles with grief around her disabilities.
The Blind Faith Podcast, hosted by Mark Madavan, is a thoughtful series which explores personal stories of faith and how sight loss has influenced those experiences.
In This episode, Mark chats with Tony Taylor who, after experiencing his older sister’s journey with sight loss, decided that he wanted to defy any low expectation society might have had for him. He also shares how God has been a source of strength for him in all aspects of his life, perhaps most especially when he was working.
