Beyondering

In our final episode in the advent series we sit with Mary the mother of Jesus.  Mary is completely neglected in one of the two retellings of the birth story, but becomes the main character in...

We look at both Elizabeth and Joseph – the only characters in the birth narratives privy to the claims about this ensuing baby. Both characters play brief yet pivotal cameos of support and care and help usher...

In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed...

In the Beyondering advent series we will be dusting off the layers of familiarity and therefore complacency to attempt to uncover aspects of meaning in this multi-layered and multidimensional ancient story of Christ being birthed in our midst, but yet which are...

Beyondering make their way across the USA to Albuquerque, New Mexico to speak with one of the most globally recognised teachers in the Christian world today – Fr Richard Rohr. In this interview he offers...

Because  one  episode  with  Peter  Rollins  just  isn’t  enough.     We  had  to  be  quite  brutal  in  our  editing  of  our  interview  with  Peter  Rollins  and  feel  there  is  some  gold  you  will  also ...

Beyondering finally land their long awaited interview with Peter Rollins to see what faith looks like through the lens of a philosopher. This is a way of seeing, a discipline that helps us question our questions, understand how we...

What’s emerging? What forms and shapes of sacred community are in the process of being birthed but are not yet? Emergent thinkers are those with such a lens that they walk into this future with optimism and...

We take a breather from our season theme of lenses, to hear from some of our local prophets. In this special bonus episode we offer you a showcase of artists who have featured on our...

Come on a journey with Lucas and Matt exploring the journey of growth and transformation. Alexander Shaia – psychologist, anthropologist and spiritual director, help us see what faith (and indeed scripture) looks like when we...

Matt and Lucas are joined by Rev Dr. Sally Douglas. As a Lecturer at Pilgrim Theological College in Melbourne, Sally offers her passionate exploration of Jesus as the image of the feminine Divine and helps...

Matt and Lucas join David Felten – Methodist pastor from Arizona in the US of A to explore the resource he co-created called Living the Questions, as well as what it means to live the...

Matt and Lucas are joined by Robin Meyers, American pastor of 30 years, peace activist, social justice professor and author of seven books. He helped us adopt the lens of resistance and enabled us to...

An Interfaith Panel on Progressive Approaches to Faith. This event was hosted by the Yarra Interfaith Network at the Fitzroy Town Hall in Melbourne.  It featured Beyondering’s own Matt Cutler, who appeared on the panel,...

Matt and Lucas join American author, speaker, scholar and independent researcher specialising in American religion and culture Diana Butler Bass to explore whether research has a place in the realm of faith, and whether it...

Matt and Lucas join internationally renowned author, speaker and former mega-church pastor Rob Bell to explore his way of looking at the world and particularly at faith – a lens that can best be described as...

An intro to Beyondering – Season Two. Rejoin your hosts Matt and Lucas, catch up on what they’ve been doing in the off-season and scope out some of the territory to be covered in Season Two...

In the season finale we look at Jesus of Nazareth – a person of immense intrigue. However, the layers of mythology that surround him as well as the various claims about his identity, his nature, and...

As our ideas of God expand and evolve, how might our prayer and spirituality do likewise? How are we to engage with a God not above and removed from earthly life, but intimately a part...

If Darwin has helped open our eyes to some sort of creative impulse that is ever evolving and creating, what does this mean for how we are to see God? If the universe is on...

Why can’t we all just get along? Why is difference such a threat to us? What is at the heart of the conflict and violence and intolerance we find all around us and also within...

This episode of the Beyondering Podcast might just save the world… Matt and Lucas are joined by two special guests as they break through the earthy-crust of eco-theology and explore the connection between spirituality, our...

Is it possible we actually need some saving … from our ideas about salvation? Is sin really something you’re born into? Has there been a defect in human manufacturing? Is salvation really handed out on...

Can that dusty old leather bound set of scriptures speak any truth into today’s globalised, digitalised, super-sized world? Our sacred texts have come to be so many diverse things, from literal truth to a collection...

Everyone else is wrong – its MY idea of God that is closest to the truth, right?!   This week we are exploring the question of whether or not there is only one way to God.   ...

Chances are if you are a “justice-y” type and are on social media in Australia you have probably liked or shared something Jarrod McKenna has posted. If not, let us introduce you to this amazing...

Episode 1 – Beyond what and to what? An intro to Beyondering. In this episode you will meet your hosts Matt and Lucas and be taken on a whirlwind tour through what is in store for...