From Wesley to Meatloaf – Baptising the Imagination, with Nate Morgan Locke

What happens when a love of mythology meets theology? In this episode, Caleb Woodbridge talks with Nate Morgan Locke, self-described Reformed Mythologist and (now former) Creative Director at Speak Life, about how myth, story, and imagination can be “baptised” to see the world through the lens of Jesus as the true myth.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6LUGgxNjPUM

Links & Resources:

* Nate Morgan Locke on YouTube: @ReformedMythologist

* Speak Life on YouTube @SpeakLifeMedia

* Nate’s new project, Hero's Creed — www.heroscreed.com

* Caleb’s article on Stealing Past Watchful Dragons by Reading the Bible Imaginatively

* Nate’s unofficial “fringe” Hay Festival event with Bethesda Church, Hay-on-Wye – “Invisible String In The Books We Love and the Lives We Live”, Sunday 24th May, 5.30pm.

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* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imaginative.discipleship

Timings

0:46 The lost episode!

2:22 Introducing Nate

2:41 What is a 'Reformed Mythologist'?

4:33 What is (was) Nate's work with Speak Life?

7:20 Analysing the lunchbox stories

8:46 All time favourite stories

10:48 Meatloaf and Charles Wesley

13:08 Recovering the glory of the ordinary

17:36 Portal fantasy and Doctor Who

20:22 Reception of C S Lewis outside Christian circles

27:19 Seeing pop culture in light of Christ

34:52 Baptism of the imagination

41:54 Reading the Bible and enjoying myth

44:53 Anansi and the genesis of story

50:35 Wrapping up

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