A few weeks ago I was invited to take part in a discussion about Christian responses to the rise of Reform and more generally the swing to the right in UK politics for the FaithJustice podcast, alongside Sally Mann, a Baptist minister from East London.
I did have some reservations, but I agreed because I also know these are important conversations that we need to be having. I was not entirely convinced mine was the voice that most needed to be heard, and I went into the recording spectacularly unprepared, with neither political or economic facts and figures, nor any great theological insights at my finger tips. I did however, I guess, take my lived experience of working with and walking alongside people seeking sanctuary, some of the most marginalised of our society, and the personal reflection and discerning I have done in relation to said experience over a period of several years.
There were, needless to say, probably things I could or should have said and didn't, and others I probably didn’t express as clearly as I’d have liked. I also don’t particularly like listening back to the sound of my own voice, but those things aside, I think / hope, you may find it worth listening to. We recorded it in one sitting, but it is split into three episodes of more manageable listening length:
(Also available on Spotify and iTunes)
