Episode 73: with Kirsty-Ann Mabbott for Sunday 22nd January

This week on Politics in the Pulpit, Geoffrey is chatting to Kirsty-Ann Mabbott.

Kirsty-Ann Mabbott is a Church Related Community Worker in the United Reformed Church. They are a practical, political and queer theologian. Many currently believe that 2020 was the most life changing year they have faced recently, but for Kirsty 2022 was that year, having had emergency spinal surgery and finding out they were becoming physically less able-bodied (differently-abled) and also gaining their Post Graduate Diploma in Contextual Theology (completing the MA wasn't possible while recovering from major surgery). More academic study in the future is a definite possibility. For now Kirsty is learning to live differently, reading philosophy and popular culture books and has joined a Christian dating site. They don't have a favourite philosopher, but their theologian ideal is Marcella Althaus-Reid, Their favourite books are The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien) and The Wayward Children Series (Seanan McGuire). They believe books are always better than the film and punk/grunge/rock/metal is the best type of music as it is political and personal, protest and riot and most of all real.

They discuss the lectionary readings for Sunday 22^nd January:
Isaiah 9: 1-4

1 Corinthians 1: 10-18

Matthew 4: 12-23

Psalm 27: 1, 4-9

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