The Little Breakfast Podcast

Sep 13 2024 10 ep. 60 mins 4
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Welcome to the regular talks podcast from Kirkliston Community Church. Listen to talks from our regular gatherings and some special events.

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Episode 20 | The Myth of Secular Neutrality

Sep 13 2024 85 mins  
Welcome back to the Little Breakfast Podcast. This episode was recorded live at Kirkliston Community Church on 7 September 2024 when Mark Stirling shared with Clive Parnell and the audience on the Myth of Secular Neturality. Everyone has a view of the thinking about and understanding the world. This “worldview” is shaped by our experiences, […]

Episode 19 | The Imperfect Pastor

Aug 05 2024 79 mins  
Welcome back to the Little Breakfast Podcast. This episode was recorded live at Kirkliston Community Church on 4 August 2024 and features a conversation between Clive Parnell and Zack Eswine. Zack is lead pastor of Riverside Church in St Louis and an award winning author of books such as “The Imperfect Pastor “ and “The […]

Episode 18 | Making Faith Magnetic

Dec 04 2021 57 mins  
As followers of Jesus, we know that the good news is deeply attractive. But we often fear that to those on “the outside”, it comes across as irrelevant or even repellent. Sometimes the Christian worldview feels so out of step with everything else going on that we don’t know how to share our faith. How […]

Episode 17 | Autism and the church

Nov 06 2021 59 mins  
The Little Breakfast returns to explore Autism and the church. In this episode, Clive Parnell chats with Dr Leon Van Ommen – lecturer in Practical Theology at Aberdeen University. Leon is also involved in a unique centre for Autism and Theology on campus. Their conversation covers a range of questions including – what is Autism? Why […]

Episode 16 | What on earth is heaven? part two

Apr 13 2021 53 mins  
In Episode 15, we shared the first part of Clive’s conversation with Jim Paul exploring what on earth Heaven is like. This second part sees the guys continue to talk about Heaven and what we can learn about it from the Bible. Jim Paul is the director of the English L’abri and is the author of […]

Episode 15 | What on earth is heaven? part one

Mar 30 2021 45 mins  
What is heaven like? Have you thought about this much? Is Heaven a place we go up to? A place of fluffy clouds and harps? Is Heaven a place on earth? What will we be doing in heaven? How do answers to these questions affect how we live now? Will there be breakfast in heaven? […]

Episode 14 | Why does justice matter?

Mar 14 2021 59 mins  
Clive is joined by Tara Devlin, a charity worker living and working in Edinburgh supporting those living with HIV and Hepatitis C. In 2018 after 16 years with Tearfund in Scotland Tara and her husband Adrian went to work in Jamaica in an inner city youth and community project. They returned home earlier than planned last […]

Episode 13 | Why does discipleship matter?

Feb 14 2021 54 mins  
Our second helping of the Little Breakfast in 2021 sees Clive joined by Matt Oliver. They discuss discipleship, why it matters in these days, and of course; breakfast! Matt is a pastor at Hardwick Baptist Church and is a presenter of the “What Now?” Podcast. You can also watch this episode on the Kirkliston Community […]

Episode 12 | Why does engaging with culture matter? 

Jan 17 2021 56 mins  
In our first episode of season 2, Clive chats with Dr Dan Strange about how we understand film, music, TV and the Bible. How do christians engage with contemporary culture? Are we tempted to be consumers of culture? Are we able inform culture? How can we exercise imagination? Dan Strange is College Director at […]

Episode 11 | What is truth?

Oct 11 2020 51 mins  
Our eleventh episode features a conversation with Ellis Potter. Ellis visited The Big Breakfast (our in-person events) in 2018, and this is his first time on the podcast. Clive and Ellis explore how we understand what truth is. This discussion leads to an further exploration of how it relates to our identity and how we trust […]