John Philip Newell – Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home (N354)

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Post-evangelical, Faith Shift, Christianity, Mystical Christianity, Liberation Theology, Progressive Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Religious Trauma Healing, Religion & Spirituality, Embodied Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Spiritual Direction, Evolving Faith

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Many of us have left behind the religion we inherited. But what, then, are we reaching for? In this conversation, Celtic teacher John Philip Newell reflects on what he calls the Great Search—a deep yearning for soul, earth, and home at a time of...

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Tim Nash, and this is my beloved co-host, Nick Thorley.
0:42.3	Hello there.
0:43.3	How you doing, old chap? Anything the beloved listener absolutely needs to know about you?
0:47.0	Yes.
0:49.0	Of course there is. My daughter turns 15 tomorrow. Wow.
0:53.8	Yeah, that's big, isn't it? Yeah. We've been enjoying
0:56.7	stranger things. We've come to the end of season two. I think it's one of the great joys of
1:03.7	this period in life where you get to re-watch epic TV shows with your kids and when they love it as well. it's just amazing. It is really good. I don't know. Why is that? It's just so satisfying, isn't it? Yeah. And pleasurable. Yeah. In season one, Tim, I became quite emotional. Really? Yeah. You know, at the end where Hopper is reviving Will. Yeah. And he goes, come on, kid!
1:28.7	I started weeping while quietly crying in the corner,
1:32.2	unbeknown to my children.
1:33.8	And it just made me love Hopper.
1:35.9	Yeah.
1:36.4	I love him.
1:36.9	And I said, after a recent episode,
1:39.4	I said to my daughter,
1:40.7	who will turn 15 tomorrow,
1:42.8	think I'm a bit like hopper.
1:49.0	And she said, no.
1:50.9	She was like, why do you think you like him?
1:53.0	And I was like, well, you know, sort of heroic, sort of rising above adversity.
1:58.8	And do you know what she said to him?
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