Sanctuary First

Laura and Linda are joined this month by Ruth Forsythe, an Ordained Local Minister and the Community Development Director of Finn’s Place, a wellbeing project initiated by Langside Church. They discuss the complex and layered story of Esther and the unsettling sexual and power dynamics facing both the characters in the narrative and women today. Each month Laura and Linda welcome a guest to discuss the women of the Bible - the well-known women, the loved women, the unnamed women and the forgotten women. Each month they will also spend time talking about issues affecting women today Listen to - Episode 4: Eve and Equality

Tonight we talk about leadership, living through major change and acting with courage! There are many competing forces and demands on our time and attention, how do we stay focused on the core principles that really matter?

Join the Weekly Review team for an open-ended discussion on faith, the workplace, the future of work, and what principles we can use to guide us through our working and praying lives. We are delighted to be joined tonight by Jim Steel from the SF team, doing double duty after the Live Jam, and Rob Tribken who has just written ‘Sacred Rhythm, A Christian Spirituality for Our 21st Century Work Lives’.

27 days later, and 27 ‘Re-‘ words later, our May theme Re:Set is about to draw to a close. It finishes tomorrow with Re:Start (because of course!). Over these weeks we have been imagining an ongoing email thread between humanity and God, on a journey of rediscovery, reimagining, recalibration and refuelling. Join the SF team as we review the site and take a moment to reflect on what it means to reset with God’s grace. We are delighted to have Jack and Jane along with us tonight to chat about Tales From The Library and our new group Art Connection!

This week the team are talking about calibrating, chords, connecting and kites! As we follow God how do we keep ourselves on course day to day, week by week, year on year? How do we keep the tune, join the dots, catch the current? We are delighted that this week’s Daily Worship writer Peter Neilson will be joining us to discuss all this and more. Listen to Andy’s song and more: Secret Chord Sessions

Tonight the team talk about engaging our imaginations and recapturing a sense of the love and tenderness of our creator God that sustains us through everything. We are delighted to be joined by this week’s Daily Worship writer Linda Pollock.

For this latest instalment of the Time of the Month podcast Laura and Linda are joined by Robert Allan of Falkirk Trinity Parish Church. In a wide ranging conversation they talk about everything from period dramas to legal systems, from serpents to advertising, from Notre Dame to bouncy castles! Each month Laura and Linda welcome a guest to discuss the women of the Bible - the well-known women, the loved women, the unnamed women and the forgotten women. Each month they will also spend time talking about issues affecting women today. Listen to - Episode 3: Mary Magdalene and Ministry

Tonight we engage with our new monthly theme Re:Set. An interesting theme to pick up during a weekend of national election results… From politics to personal preferences there appears to be a re-setting of goals, ambitions and attitudes. This week our Daily Worship writer Campbell Dye has set the tone for our discussions. We welcome the usual panel plus Linda Pollock as our guest to help us reflect on the challenges of re-setting politics, personal goals and church life.

​Albert, Laura and James are joined by the multi-skilled musician and worship leader Ian Paget. They talk about the future of leadership in the church, awakening, the Connect material, and interview Ian about singing and songwriting.

Albert, Laura and Alec talk about the place of prayer during the Lockdown. Why have people been helped by ‘Lighten our darkness and also the early 7.00am prayer meeting? Is there an awakening to spiritual things because of what has been experienced during lockdown, bereavement, loss of Jobs, increase in depression, fear that the economics of the pandemic are going to be with us into another generation… Could there really be a silent awakening happening around the church and also in the country or world at large?

Join Albert, Jack and our special guests Lily Cathcart this week’s Daily Worship writer, and Dr Martin Fair Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, to explore renewal, transformation and waking up… Tonight we continue reflecting on this season of awakening, a time when the Holy Spirit draws near to us all and brings about a renewal of faith. What does it mean to ‘wake up’ and is the alarm clock already blaring? Albert writes in Sanctuary First this month “This is a ‘shaking of the foundations’ moment.There is a stirring in the air, across the world, like a changing of the guard, no one can quite put their finger on it, but we know when we come out of lockdown — lockdown will have transformed everything. Nothing will quite ever be the same again.” Is he right?

It’s the time of the month for the Time of the Month podcast! In this episode Laura Digan and Linda Pollock are joined by the Reverend Lynsey Brennan of Dundonald Parish Church. They have an in-depth discussion about Mary Magdalene, mischaracterisation, biblical mixups, ministry and the first eyes to see the risen Jesus… Each month Laura and Linda welcome a guest to discuss the women of the Bible - the well-known women, the loved women, the unnamed women and the forgotten women. Each month they will also spend time talking about issues affecting women today. Listen to - Episode 2: Delilah and Downtime

Tonight’s theme: The Awakening Albert, Laura and James go deep discussing awakening, faith and the Holy Spirit…

A four part series that takes inspiration from the rich Christian tradition of immersive storytelling, from the street theatre of Mystery Plays to the sequences of paintings known as The Stations of The Cross, to travel with Jesus through the events of the Passion. If you want to download the podcasts to listen to offline you can do so by looking up Sanctuary First on your preferred podcasting platform. This is Episode 1: Water. In this first episode we come alongside Jesus in the trial with Pontius Pilate, thinking about power and oppression, weakness and freedom… Listen to Episode 2: Daughters Look up our Lent Retreat: Alongside Jesus for more material.

A four part series that takes inspiration from the rich Christian tradition of immersive storytelling, from the street theatre of Mystery Plays to the sequences of paintings known as The Stations of The Cross, to travel with Jesus through the events of the Passion. If you want to download the podcasts to listen to offline you can do so by looking up Sanctuary First on your preferred podcasting platform. This is Episode 2: Daughters. In this second episode we come alongside Jesus as he speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem on the road to the cross, thinking about reaching out and burdens… Listen to Episode 3: Nails Look up our Lent Retreat: Alongside Jesus for more material.

A four part series that takes inspiration from the rich Christian tradition of immersive storytelling, from the street theatre of Mystery Plays to the sequences of paintings known as The Stations of The Cross, to travel with Jesus through the events of the Passion. If you want to download the podcasts to listen to offline you can do so by looking up Sanctuary First on your preferred podcasting platform. This is Episode 3: Nails. In this third episode we come alongside Jesus in the crucifixion, thinking about what holds life together… Listen to Episode 4: Sepulchre Look up our Lent Retreat: Alongside Jesus for more material.

A four part series that takes inspiration from the rich Christian tradition of immersive storytelling, from the street theatre of Mystery Plays to the sequences of paintings known as The Stations of The Cross, to travel with Jesus through the events of the Passion. If you want to download the podcasts to listen to offline you can do so by looking up Sanctuary First on your preferred podcasting platform. This is Episode 4: Sepulchre. In this fourth episode we come alongside Jesus at the tomb, thinking about burial and honour… Listen to Laura Digan’s Guided Meditation: Jesus Washes your Feet Look up our Lent Retreat: Alongside Jesus for more material.

Tonight the team are joined by this week’s Daily Worship Writer Jonathan Fleming to discuss tears, rediscovering our song, and lighting a candle in the darkness.

Join us for the Sanctuary First Weekly Review where tonight we talk about painting a picture, both literally and figuratively. We will have a look over the SF site and discuss how we can use different media to paint pictures for one another and enliven our faith.

This week the Albert, Laura, James, iain and Jack talk about Neighbouring as a verb and in doing so they open us up to a looking further afield in the ever increasing reach of Sanctuary First.