3.3 Music and Faith

11/13/21 • 44 min

Anna speaks to Liv Chapman from EMU music about the role of music in faith corporately and individually.
She shares some of her own experiences of living on different continents and how its helped her longing for a heavenly home.
We hear how she thinks through what to write songs about, how the new EMU album 'Joy in Sorrow' came about and how it can help us to lament.
Check out how to support the work of EMU music, buy their new album and partner with Liv at www.emumusic.com

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3.2 Prayer

Charley and Anna talk about what is prayer and what it's not. Why we find it so hard to pray and what things might help in pursuit of a better prayer life.
Verse for the episode is 1 Thessalonians 5 v16-18
'Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.'
Resources recommended include:
Paul Miller 'A Praying Life'
Timothy Keller 'Prayer; experiencing awe and intimacy with God'
Julian Hardyman 'Fresh Pathways in Prayer'
'Prayers of an Excellent Wife' by Andrew Case
'Praying through the Bible for your Children' Nancy Guthrie
'I'm Praying for you' Nancy Guthrie
'The Valley of Vision; Puritan Prayers'
App; Prayermate

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4. Miscarriage

Anna chats to Charley about the issue of Miscarriage. A topic that has been in the news a lot recently with some high profile people talking about their experiences.
Anna shares her personal experience of her own miscarriage and they talk about what Christians can say of importance into the conversation. As 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage chances are there are a lot of people around that have been touched by this.
Verse for the episode
Psalm 139 v 13-16
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
If you want to explore more https://www.sayinggoodbye.org/ is a great place to start, for information, for stories and for ideas for commemorating life lost.
Books include; 'Held' by Abbie Wedgeworth
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/26451/held
'Ours' by Eric Schumacher offers biblical comfort for men grieving miscarriage
https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/ours
'For all who grieve' Navigating the Valley of Sorrow and Loss by Colin S Smith
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/25826/for-all-who-grieve