Jarel Robinson-Brown – Love in a World on Fire (N359)
Nomad Podcast
Nomad
4.7 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode, writer, priest and theologian Jarel Robinson-Brown reflects on the power of love in a world that so often feels fragile, unjust, and burning at the edges.
Drawing on the story of his grandmother’s resilience and tenderness, the radical imagination of Mary, and the embodied life of Jesus, Jarel invites us to see Christian truth not as a text but as a life — love made flesh, love that puts its body where its heart is.
After Jarel’s reflection, Nomad host Anna Robinson guides us into a contemplative space — a gentle invitation to sit with the stories we’ve heard, notice what stirs, and discern how love might ripple outward in our own lives.
The whole episode is woven together with original music by Jon Bilbrough (Wilderthorn), creating a meditative soundscape to hold the journey.
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Anna Robinson, and today I'm here on my own to introduce one of our special nomad episodes, the ones where we invite a guest to offer a reflection, accompanied by music curated by John Bilbra, aka Wilderthorn. You can find out more |
| 0:57.6 | about John's work via his website, wildathorn.com. And the second half of this episode will be me |
| 1:05.2 | creating a space for further contemplation on our guest's reflection. So for this episode, you may want to listen |
| 1:14.1 | somewhere quiet, free from interruptions, and let this become a more spacious, reflective experience. |
| 1:22.2 | Or you may just want to listen, as you usually do. However you're joining us today, we're really glad you're here. |
| 1:30.1 | Before we settle into the reflection, Nomad is entirely listener-supported, and if you would like |
| 1:37.3 | to explore more of what we offer, you can join us at Patreon. We have a number of different tiers, each with its own bonus content, |
| 1:46.5 | things like The Book Club, My Contemplations, Nomad Revisited, Devotional's, Therapeutic Reflections, |
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| 2:11.0 | And as always, if you'd like to access this bonus content, but money's a barrier. |
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| 2:20.7 | Just get in touch with him. |
| 2:28.5 | If you'd like to find out more about my work in faith shifting and contemplation, you can visit my website, which is live light, dwell deep.org. |
| 2:33.7 | And there you can sign up to my mailing list for contemplative, |
| 2:37.4 | face-shifting reflections and updates and invitations to retreats and events that I host |
| 2:41.8 | online and in person. Our guest today is Father Jarrell Robinson Brown, a vicar of St. Germans Church in Cardiff, visiting scholar at |
| 2:54.7 | Serum College, and visiting fellow at Regents Park College University of Oxford. |
| 3:02.6 | Jarrell's reflection weaves together stories of human goodness and divine kindness. Researcher Brené Brown reminds us that we are wired for story. Our brains begin making meaning before we even realize it. Stories help us to understand the world. To wrap language around experiences. |
| 3:26.3 | She says we need story like we need air. |
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