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Short prayers inspired by scriptures - from Hiraeth Community (helping those who long for home to find their way and finish strong)
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This is a podcast about doing disasters differently, because our future demands it. Join Elizabeth McNaughton in conversation with disaster experts from around the world. They’ll share stories and learnings from their work, all while discussing how we can change the way we do disaster preparedness, response and recovery to rise to the level of today’s climate challenges. Elizabeth is a disaster specialist and founder of Disastrous, a professional development and innovation hub for those work ...
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Dr Carrie Timko Santos on diplomacy, purpose, and women in leadership
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Elizabeth speaks with Dr Carrie Timko Santos. Carrie is currently based in Poland, working for American Red Cross, supporting the national Red Cross societies impacted by the Ukraine war and influx of refugees. Among her many roles, she has served as CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, led international programs for the American Red Cross, and mana…
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Richard MacGeorge on future studies, strategy, and trying new things
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Elizabeth speaks with Richard MacGeorge, a futures expert and infrastructure financial advisor. Since the 1980s Richard has worked on projects around the world, including a time at the World Bank, focusing on financing infrastructure projects in low and middle-income countries. In 2011, he returned home to Christchurch, New Zealand on sabbatical to…
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Dr Kate Brady on pragmatism, community development & memento mori
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Elizabeth speaks with her 'disaster buddy' Dr Kate Brady. Kate has a PhD in Public Health with a focus on disaster recovery. She is the National Recovery Adviser for Australian Red Cross Emergency Services and Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. In this episode, they discuss why imagination isn’t always helpful, the pragmat…
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Dr David Lallemant on risk, averted disasters, and The Little Prince
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Elizabeth speaks with Dr David Lallemant, Assistant Professor, Disaster Risk Analytics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Head of Disaster Analytics for Society Lab. David’s background is in earthquake sciences and engineering, predictive modelling, geostatistics, and reliability analysis, all supporting research into resilient s…
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Dr Lucy Easthope on permacrisis, Hiraeth, and imagination
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In this episode Elizabeth speaks with Dr Lucy Easthope, the UK’s leading authority on recovering from disaster and author of the book When The Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster. They discuss the need for reflection time, the Welsh concept of Hiraeth (a feeling of longing and heart sickness for something lost), …
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This is a podcast about doing disasters differently. It's for people involved in disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis leadership, or for anyone interested in what we can learn together to disrupt disaster. Join Elizabeth as she introduces Disrupting Disasters.By Disastrous
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Why “Hiraeth Community”? A couple of people have asked me why the name ‘Hiraeth Community.’ To answer that, let me take you back … back to the dark old days we used to call the global covid pandemic. Because, it seemed to me, in the midst of all the madness and uncertainty, that people were searching. Genuinely searching while experiencing all sort…
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"THE SEED" // A POEM OUR PROBLEMS, THEIR ORIGINS AND GOD'S SOLUTION
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You remember the story I hope that you do Of God who created, everything, everyone even you When the God who spoke created, He created it good & mankind could enjoy it just as he should But the problem with people that you’ll soon come to see Is that no one is good, not you, no not even me Who exactly is ‘good’ that’s an important question Answerin…
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 7 "Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, and we're challenged to trust God in the most difficult of circumstances. Far too often we let circumstances and suffering cause us to turn away from the Father. But Jesus, at t…
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 6 "It Is Finished"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we can consider how the old sacrifices were repeated day after day, year after year. With respect to those old sacrifices, they were “finished” only to be repeated the next. It …
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 5 "I Am Thirsty"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we're given a riddle to unravel. It’s a strange thought that the one who promised to fill us up - he thirsted. In an odd way it could make Jesus less appealing - after all you w…
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 4 "Why Have You Forsaken Me?"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we're confronted with the enormity of what Jesus succumbed to. The One who called himself ‘the Light of the World’ was enveloped in darkness. It is a profound juxtaposition whic…
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 3 "Behold Your Mother, Behold Your Son"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we must acknowledge how differently He sees us, and our relationships, than we see ourselves and each other. What Christ was doing on the Cross was so massive, so far-reaching, …
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 2 "Today You Will Be With Me"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we are reminded that our requests, though they may seem large, are tiny compared for what Christ has in store for us. Jesus in his response to the thief went BIGGER and sooner t…
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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 1 "Father, Forgive Them"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we are reminded that the forgiveness that Jesus offers is of a different order completely to the forgiveness we extend. The grace of God is this, that before we could acknowledg…
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