Oxford’s the Rev. Dr. Andrew Teal — Part 2: The reverberations of interfaith friendships with David W. Checketts and Deb Checketts, former London England Mission leaders
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🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Last week's Church News podcast was the first in a two-part series featuring the Rev. Dr. Andrew Teal, an Anglican priest and theologian specializing in Christian church history at Oxford's Pembroke College. This episode continues interviews with Rev. Teal in his office and on campus at Oxford University. He is joined for segments of the podcast by David W. Checketts and his wife, Deb Checketts, leaders of the England London mission from 2018 to 2021. They continue a discussion on interfaith friendship and community building.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | In some churches, repentance has got the umbrella of misery about it. |
| 0:13.0 | But I think within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it's actually a great glory and joy. |
| 0:19.0 | Some philosophers have said that quintessential to being human is the capacity |
| 0:22.4 | to change your mind. And that's really important because it's about the power of growing in your |
| 0:27.5 | agency and in your understanding of faith. So I would just say grateful for the fact that other people |
| 0:33.8 | have noticed that something has changed in my both personality and in the way |
| 0:39.3 | I express faith and in the way I hopefully invite people to travel the journey of faith with |
| 0:45.1 | more enthusiasm, with more wit, with a more tender invitation. |
| 0:49.6 | And I've learned that from the church and from its day-to-day members, and in fact it is right and good to really |
| 0:57.0 | make that change. |
| 1:02.2 | This is Sarah Jane Weaver, executive editor of the Church News, welcoming you to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:08.9 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news |
| 1:12.3 | and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:19.5 | Last week's Church News podcast was the first in a two-part series featuring Reverend Dr. Andrew |
| 1:25.6 | Thiel, an Anglican priest and theologian specializing |
| 1:29.3 | in Christian church history at Oxford's Pembroke College. This episode continues interviews with Reverend |
| 1:36.2 | Teal in his office and on campus at Oxford University. He is joined for segments of the podcast |
| 1:42.6 | by President David Chekett's and his wife, Sister Deborah |
| 1:45.7 | Chekettz, leaders of the England-London Mission from 2018 to 2021. |
| 1:51.7 | They each teach us a little more about interfaith friendship and community building. |
| 1:56.7 | Well, I'm a chaplain of the college, which is one of the fellows. |
| 2:01.6 | Fellows are people who are tenured to a college and technically are the custodians of that place. |
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