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God Talk – Episode 140 – Psalms and Stories Bank Holiday Special

admin May 15, 2020

In this bank holiday special, Anthony and Paul swap stories about their favourite Psalms and listen to contrasting musical settings of these ancient hymns.

God Talk – Episode 139 – Learning in Lockdown

admin May 1, 2020

We aren’t the first Christians to face a global pandemic! Anthony wonders what we can learn from the early Christians.

God Talk – Episode 138 – GREEN SHOOTS IN COOLOCK

admin April 24, 2020

Rachel Clarke tells Anthony about the impact the Christian message is having on the youth of Coolock and Ballybough, all centred around a Ballymun church.

God Talk – Episode 137 – Easter Special

admin April 22, 2020

With the help of a newspaper editorial, Anthony and Paul pick up some resonances of the present crisis in Doctor Luke’s version of the Easter story.

God Talk – Episode 136 – Secret Believers

admin April 11, 2020

What was it that made two Jewish rulers come out into the open and risk their reputation for Jesus’ sake?

God Talk – Episode 135 – The Secret Weapon

admin April 3, 2020

Anthony and Paul wonder whether there isn’t a neglected weapon in our arsenal, one that we might take out and use in the present emergency.

God Talk – Episode 134 – Praying in a Pandemic

admin March 26, 2020

Paul unearths a classic prayer, written for “a time of any common plague or sickness”.

God Talk – Episode 133 – St Patrick’s Day Special

admin March 24, 2020

An extended God Talk with readings, reflections and music for a “St Patrick’s Day like no other”, to use our Taoiseach’s words.

God Talk – Episode 132 – St Patrick and the Virus

admin March 19, 2020

What might St Patrick, who loved to quote the Bible, say to people who are worried about Covid-19 and its consequences for their lives?

God Talk – Episode 131 – Tearfund Ireland

admin March 12, 2020

Paul’s guest in studio today is Emma Lynch of Tearfund Ireland, “Christians Passionate about Ending Poverty.”

God Talk – Episode 130 – The Three Rs

admin March 5, 2020

Anthony explains the difference between the three Rs, regret, remorse and repentance.

God Talk – Episode 129 – People on Pedestals

admin February 27, 2020

How should we react when our Christian heroes are found to have fallen? Is it good enough to say, “We are all sinners”?