Lauren Windle: re-enchanting recovery from addiction

Lauren Windle talks addiction, recovery and love with Belle and Justin.

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Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Lauren Windle is a journalist, author, speaker and presenter who specialises in faith, recovery and love. She is the author of Notes on Love: being single and dating in a marriage-obsessed church and the upcoming Notes on Feminism: Being a woman in a male-led church. Justin and Belle chat with Lauren about her own story of addiction, recovery and faith, the intersection between Christianity and feminism from her perspective within the church, and the pervasive questions being asked by today’s culture.

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There’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity?

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Johnathan Wittenberg: re-enchanting a natural world in crisis

Rabbi and author Jonathan talks about the the nature of awe, wonder, and sensitivity.

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Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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About our guest

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is rabbi of New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism, here in the UK. He’s also the author of numerous books, including Walking with the Light: from Frankfurt to Finchley, Things My Dog has Taught Me - about being a better human, and his latest Listening for God in Torah and Creation.

Justin and Belle speak with Jonathan about the workings of Jewish scripture, the nature of awe, wonder, and sensitivity and our reponsibility for the care of the natural world.