Wilderness Conversations

In this episode of Wilderness Conversations we are joined by Laurence Lepherd for a wonderful discussion on a life defined by faith, music, and service. Born during World War II to navigating a remote teaching posting at Baerami Creek and serving as a musical consultant for the 2002 Christadelphian hymn book, Laurence's journey spans decades of rich and diverse experiences. He discusses the writing of books such as "Conscience in Action", which documents the history of Christadelphian conscientious objection to military service, and explains how his PhD research into the spirituality of men with advanced prostate cancer inspired him to establish AdelphiCare.org and the Pastoral Friend Program. It’s a powerful reflection on how life’s deepest trials can shape our relationship with God, and why trusting in His direction makes all the difference.

Five hundred years ago, a forbidden book, a defiant queen, and a king’s desire collided to change the course of history and put the Bible into the hands of ordinary English speakers for the first time. In this episode of Wilderness Conversations, Peter Osborne unravels the extraordinary true story behind the 1526 English New Testament: how William Tyndale risked everything to translate Scripture from Greek, how Anne Boleyn, a continental-educated Reformation sympathiser branded “a Lutheran” by foreign ambassadors strategically influenced Henry VIII with Tyndale’s own writings, and how their combined legacies broke the Catholic Church’s monopoly on biblical interpretation. Both Anne and Tyndale were executed in 1536, yet just three years later, Henry decreed that an English Bible built on Tyndale’s translation be chained to every church pulpit in England. This is a tale of forbidden texts, political intrigue, and the printing press as a divine weapon - a story that asks: what would our faith look like today if the English Bible had remained illegal?

From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya's scorching north - this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the pseudonym Anna Tikva brings the story to life in Held in His Hands. We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confrounting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them.

From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya's scorching north - this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the pseudonym Anna Tikva brings the story to life in Held in His Hands. We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confrounting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them.

On the morning of July 30 and the age of 100, Jim Rosser fell asleep in the Lord. Jim was born in 1926, between the wars a few years before the Great Depression and subsequently lived many decades of service in Christ. This touching recording captures the final public words of Brother Jim Rosser, deliveredContinue reading "117 Final Words – Jim Rosser"