New Wine England: Podcast

Mary is Indian, African and British and is training for ordination. John White asks her about her journey of discovery around race and belonging in the church.

Laura's father died of cancer when she was just eight. John White asks her how she dealt with his loss and learned to let God and other people into her grief.

Jackie was training for ordination when she experienced a scary few months of critical illness. John White asks her what sustained her through this testing time for her and her family.

John Coutts' church wasn't growing, causing him to resign and go back to seminary. John White asks him about the struggle and questioning that followed.

Cathy Green's dream was to circumnavigate the world as part of a yacht race, but an accident got in the way. She shares her story and John White asks her how she dealt with the disappointment and frustration.

When we're going through difficult times we need to be able to talk about our struggles, not just when we've come out the other side, but at the time. John White, a curate in Bristol, shares his vision for this six-part podcast series and tells a little of his story of experiencing rejection on his journey towards ordination.

Andy reminds us of the benefits of remembering to thank God for all he's done and continues to do in our lives.

Susie, who ministers on an urban estate in Lancashire, encourages us to care for the last, the least and the lost and see them as God does.