Reflections Podcast 1st September 2024: Rev Augustine Tanner-Ihm

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Reflections Podcast 1st September 2024: Rev Augustine Tanner-Ihm
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Rev Augustine Tanner-Ihm shares what life was like growing up in Chicago, and how living with borderline personality disorder, dyslexia and dyspraxia have all impacted his faith.

Reflections Podcast 25th August 2024: God and Fencing

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Reflections Podcast 25th August 2024: God and Fencing
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This week on Reflections with Marilyn Baker, we hear from the Reverend Shuna Body MBE, who wears a multitude of hats in her day to day life: she’s a vicar in Kent, works for the fire service, a school governor, chair of a charity, is married to a sheep farmer, she’s a fencing coach, a trustee for Wheel Power and has attended many Paralympic games in her role within sport. We hear about her life in fencing and find out how God plays His part too.

Reflections Podcast 18th August 2024: International Paralympics Committee and Paralympic Games 2024

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Reflections Podcast 18th August 2024: International Paralympics Committee and Paralympic Games 2024
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This week on Reflections Marilyn is in conversation with Craig Spence from the International Paralympic Committee ahead of this year’s games in Paris talking about how the Paralympics have become one of the world’s largest sporting events, diversity and inclusion, what we can expect in 2024, and some of the positives and difficulties that surround the games too.

Reflections Podcast 11th August 2024: Sight Village Central Review 2024

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Reflections Podcast 11th August 2024: Sight Village Central Review 2024
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This week on Reflections Marilyn Baker is joined by Torch Trust’s Sheila Armstrong to chat about Sight Village Central 2024 that took place recently in Birmingham, an exhibition which offers a unique opportunity to discuss and engage with new innovations and technology for people living with any degree of sight loss.

Reflections Podcast 04th August 2024: Sports and Sight Loss

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Reflections Podcast 04th August 2024: Sports and Sight Loss
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How do you get on with getting out and about with sight loss? Hazel Dudley is a Liverpool football fan and regularly travels to games – she shares her experiences with us about her travels, enjoying sport as a fan, and the importance of Jesus in her life too.

Reflections Podcast 21st July 2024: The Eric Liddell Community

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Reflections Podcast 21st July 2024: The Eric Liddell Community
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With the Olympics getting underway very soon, we’re this week thinking about the Christian Missionary Eric Liddell, the famous Scottish athlete and devout Christian who during the 1924 Olympic games in Paris dropped out of the 100-metres run —his strongest event—because the qualifying heats were scheduled for a Sunday. Joining us to chat about Eric Liddell is John MacMillan, the CEO of the Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh, a care charity and community hub founded in 1980 in memory of the inspirational Olympic gold medallist.

Reflections Podcast 14th July 2024: Blind Fury Ministries

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Reflections Podcast 14th July 2024: Blind Fury Ministries
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This week on Reflections, we’re hearing from another sporting voice – in fact, in the United States he’s got a notable standing as a national champion blind bowler, securing a top-10 national ranking! He’s also a drummer, and a marriage minister that seeks to help couples bring God into the centre of their marriages. His name is John Helton and is the man behind the Blind Fury ministries.

Reflections Podcast 07th July 2024: Love All Serve All

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Reflections Podcast 07th July 2024: Love All Serve All
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On Reflections this week we’re turning our attention to the tennis fortnight that’s now underway at Wimbledon and hearing from Carolyn Skinner of Third Space Ministries, a charity that supports the fans trying to get into the ground with a friendly smile, eye masks, and the love of God!

Reflections Podcast 16th June 2024: Father’s Day

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Reflections Podcast 16th June 2024: Father's Day
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Sunday 16th of June, marks Father’s Day in the UK– a day where we pay tribute to dads and the roles they play in shaping our lives. The day however also brings with it hurt for some and we’ll be looking at the highs and lows of what Father’s Day is about with the singer turned broadcaster, reverend Cindy Kent, who helps us to think about not just the role of our earthly fathers, but finding love and hope in God the father too.

Reflections 02.06.24: Loneliness Awareness

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Reflections 02.06.24: Loneliness Awareness
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Today we’re talking about loneliness – something that everyone has most likely felt at one time or another. To mark the upcoming Loneliness Awareness Week, we’re chatting with Lucy from Marmalade Trust and exploring some wonderful resources that might be able to help. Learn more at https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/