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Lunch on The Way
Kia Ora Koutou, and welcome to Lunch on The Way! We're three guys doing theology over lunch, and sometimes we'll do that with others. We talk about church, culture, theology, philosophy, and more, always wanting to be as practical as possible. This is a thinking podcast more than a teaching podcast. We want to warn you, that what's said here is not yet complete, because, like any good conversation, you never want it to end.
Lunch on The Way
Rev. Frank Ritchie | People Want Irrelevant Churches, Rediscovering Tradition, Culture and Media
In this episode of Lunch on The Way, Rev. Frank Ritchie discusses how places and spaces of worship hold our spirituality when we can't muster it up, his various experiences with different religions and expressions of the Christian faith, how and why Holy Communion is so important for the church, why wearing a clerical collar matters for pastors, how the media are open to Christianity, and why irrelevant churches are paradoxically relevant.
Frank is an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Aoteroa-New Zealand, a media chaplain, and national Christian voice in New Zealand.
00:00 Teaser
01:28 Introduction
06:37 Cathedrals hold our faith
13:00 Frank's journey with faith over the decades
20:00 Holy Communion holds our spirituality
26:32 Why wear a clerical collar?
40:01 The Media are not anti-Christian
50:32 Challenges in the Media Industry
54:20 Irrelevant Churches are attractive
Check out Frank's Substack for theological, cultural, and formational reflections and insights https://frankritchie.substack.com/
Podcast hosts are Greame Flett, Jonathan Hoskin, and Joey Millington.
The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the individuals expressing and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of any affiliated organisations or ministries.
