After a break, Proost is back with a new pod, this time with Cameron Preece.

In fact, there is a new website too, thanks to Cameron. It feels like a major step forward. We are slowly trying to put together the tools and on-line spaces that will allow us to make connections and build community for artists and creatives interested in exploring spirituality and social justice.

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Cameron grew up in my home town attending the same school as my young people. In the pod, he talks about becoming a Christian via the youth work project run by our mututal friend, Paul Beautyman, then hitting a crisis of faith. Despite this, he went on to study for a theology degree, then masters degree. It is the subject of his masters degree research that we talk about most in this pod as it explores the connections between poetry and prayer.

The idea of poetry being used as a way to pray is not something I have heard discussed. Here on this blog, I have often described poetry as ‘spiritual’, but Cameron takes this deeper, into more specific territory.

Here it is.