We're in a meaning crisis at the moment.

When we speak with this conviction of our lives have meaning,

that has people's attention.

The conversation is just right for the taking, this conversation of where do you find meaning?

Where do you find identity?

What shapes your life?

Wherever I'm in a little sweaty bar in London or on a stage in front of world leaders, like Eugene

Peterson said, the poet in the past, they have the same mandate to speak into the chaos.

Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. Inspired, if you're new to us, it's all about

meeting different mates of mine, contacts from across the globe, who are doing beautiful stuff. They've all got different journeys. And it's basically to counter out

the fact that we're relentlessly bombarded by negativity in the press, bad news, stuff that induces fear and anxiety and depression.

Yeah. And so for one hour each week, those that join us, you know that you're going to be fed, good stuff that's going to leave you, hopefully, with a, I don't know, the carous smile of joy of just knowing that God's on his throne, that he's using his people to do beautiful stuff. And I've got no doubt this week you're going to be inspired because we've got with us the fantastic Joshua Luke Smith. Welcome Joshua. Thank you, May. It's good to be here, good to be with you.

I love the podcast. I'm grateful to be hanging out. Thanks, buddy. Well, it's great to have you.

So Joshua actually was based in Bathaway We Are and indeed he performed at my kids school. He's now

in London. Your website says you're a pert for the people.

And I've just been binge watching your stuff this morning, your TEDx tour,

which is basically 18 minutes of poetry, lyrical poetry,

risk takers, vacant blind spot.

I mean, just, so I've had a glut of beautiful stuff today that I've

enjoyed. But beyond that, you're also a songwriter, community builder, podcast. You're going

podcast. You've written, you're on your second book, I think, coming out. You're founder of

Orphan No More, a record label, creative community as well as the Sarmist, which I'm looking

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