Spirit Lounge

Holy Days were the Bahá’í fasting days and the Hindu feast of Maha Shivaratri. Two weeks ago we discussed a few local controversies and we revisited them this week. Mentioned in the show: Q&A on […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/03/2016-03-03-SpiritLounge-Followup.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:27 — 18.1MB) The post Follow up on a couple of hot topics appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy Day of the Week was St David’s Day. Nigel introduced The Junction, a new group where LGBTIQQ young adults and their friends can meet to explore Self, Sexuality and Spirituality in a safe space. […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/03/2016-02-25-SpiritLounge-Music.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:41 — 15.9MB) The post Music appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy day of the week was Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá’i). Claudine, Mark and Rachel discussed some of the week’s hot topics, including: Sky News interview with Lyle Shelton and Jason Tuazon-McCheyne and MattGlover’s open letter to Lyle Shelton “Come Home (Cardinal […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/02/2016-02-18-SpiritLounge-HotTopics.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:01 — 17.9MB) The post Hot Topics! appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Happy Year of the Monkey! We talked to Michelle Trebilcock about Lent and various Lenten practices including fasting and meditation, and some of the different meanings of purple across different cultures. A four-minute video introducing […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/02/2016-02-11-SpiritLounge-Lent.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:32 — 17.6MB) The post Lent appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

We started off talking about the initiative of some Australian churches to offer sanctuary to asylum seekers. Holy days of the week were Transfiguration Sunday, Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. We talked to Carly […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/02/2016-02-04-SpiritLounge-CarlyGreening.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:52 — 16.4MB) The post Carly Greening appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Mark talked about International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). We then talked about some of our favourite films with religious topics or themes. Here’s some of the ones we came up with: do you have […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/02/2016-01-28-SpiritLounge-Holocaust-Film.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:28 — 16.2MB) The post Holocaust Remembrance Day; Religion and Film appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy observance was the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. We talked to Srini Madhavan about his experiences growing up in a Hindu family. Originally broadcast on Thursday 21 January 2016. http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/01/2016-01-21-SpiritLounge-SriniMadhavan.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:35 — 18.1MB) The post Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; Hinduism appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy days were Maghi and World Religion Day. Claudine, Rachel and Mark talked to Fr Stuart Soley from St Mark’s Anglican Church in Fitzroy about Midsumma Mass and the parish’s ministry to the Fitzroy community. […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/01/2016-01-14-SpiritLounge-StuartSoley.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:26 — 16.7MB) The post Stuart Soley: Midsumma Mass at St Mark’s Fitzroy appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Holy day of the week was Epiphany. Mark and Rachel talked to Rabbi Kim Ettlinger from Temple Beth Israel, about Pride Shabbat and the Union for Reform Judaism’s Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2016/01/2016-01-07-SpiritLounge-KimEttlinger.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:02 — 16.5MB) The post Kim Ettlinger: Pride Shabbat and Reform Judaism appeared first on Spirit Lounge.

Rachel and Claudine talked to Nur from Marhaba, a support group for LGBTI people from Muslim backgrounds, which recently celebrated their second anniversary. For more information, visit Federation Story and Global Queer Muslims, or email […] http://joy.org.au/spiritlounge/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2015/12/Spirit-Lounge-20151119.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:58 — 42.5MB) The post Marhaba appeared first on Spirit Lounge.