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.
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 Brian Anderson. Brian and Mark discuss the balancing act between being independent and seen as a person first rather than just being seen as someone with a vision impairment, and knowing when and how to ask for help. Brian also shares how he came to faith following a time of deep depression.
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 Trevor Stammers, a GP whose sight loss journey started when the retina popped off his left eye just as he was going to a meeting. He shares how his faith helped him through his sight loss journey, even in the darkest moments, and how he got involved with Torch.
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 Emma Dakin. Emma is born blind and talks about her supportive family growing up, her journey to understanding how exactly blindness is impacting her life and how, when she’s with God, she’s free to be just Emma.
Braille was invented 200 years ago. And this episode looks at how Braille continues to be significant today both in the UK and abroad. New producer Linn Davies first talks to Jake Kyle from Compass Braille about the new NIV Braille Bible translation and then to Matthew Horspool about how Braille enables him to be pard of Coventry Cathedral Choir.
