13 October | Confession

For a practice with a long history in legal and religious settings, on this episode of Sunday Sanctuary, Petra Bagust goes looking for the benefits of bringing confession into more regular, everyday use. What difference would it make to more regularly put words to what is actually going on for us? Or as Petra puts it, "making our insides match our outsides." Come along as Petra talks to Grace McArthur for our reccuring segment, Atlas of the Heart. Grace and Petra unpack the wisdom from Brené Brown's book of the same name, this time having a look at the chapter on vulnerability Later on in the episode, Petra talks to Dr Michael Frost. Michael started out in the field of biomedical science before he change tack to get a PhD in theology. Michael also leads a small church in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland called Edge and hosts the podcast In the Shift. Sacred texts: 20 priests clip from the film Spotlight (not always an easy watch but highly recommended viewing) Music: I Think I Love You by The Partridge Family (played during the intro) Come Live with Me by Dorothy Ashby (played at the end of Grace's interview) Confessions by Usher Doing the Wrong Thing by Kaki King (played during communion. You might recognise this song from the movie Into the Wild) Sensory Memory by Jen Cloher Just Saying by Jamie xx (played during Michael's interview) Instrumental by The Fuzzy Robes (played during the benediction)