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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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PCIcast is a natter about life and faith in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

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PCIcast is a natter about life and faith in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

32 episodes

#Ben Preston and Craig Lynn #Ben Preston #Craig Lynn #Presbyterian #Society #Religion #Christianity

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#28 – Professor Max Watson MBE 40:03

16 weeks ago40:03

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Ben and Craig talk to Professor Max Watson, consultant in Palliative Medicine in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in Omagh. He has played a pivotal role in developing the European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care, which has trained over 20,000 clinicians worldwide. Max also directs Project ECHO at Hospice UK , facilitating collaborative networks to enhance care quality. An accomplished author and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative and End of Life Care, he was recognised with an MBE in 2024 for his contributions to palliative care medicine. He is a member of Dungannon Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of Tyrone. The Living and Dying Well Hub is now available on the Presbyterian Church in Ireland website. It includes a variety of resources, such as articles to read, a link to the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for Health consultation on assisted dying, podcast episodes from the Church in the Public Square series, as well as public statements and news articles from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @revcraiglynn and follow Professor Watson @drmaxwatson .…

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#27 – Professor Stephen Williams 52:20

20 weeks ago52:20

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Ben and Craig talk to Professor Stephen Williams, retired professor of systematic theology in Union Theological College and honorary professor of theology at Queen's University Belfast. Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @revcraiglynn . Follow Union Theological College @UnionTCollege and Queens University Belfast @QUBelfast…

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#26 – Lewis McKelvey 30:48

22 weeks ago30:48

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Ben and Craig talk to Lewis McKelvey who is training to be a mission pioneer in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is the retreat centre manager at the Boardwalk Collective, a ministry of the Methodist Church in Ireland Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @revcraiglynn . Find out more about PCI's Mission Pioneers here and check out Boardwalk Collective here .…

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#25 – David Curran 33:58

24 weeks ago33:58

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Ben and Craig talk to Rev. David Curran, minister in the Wexford Church Development in Wexford, Co. Wexford, in the Presbytery of Dublin and Munster (even though Wexford is in Leinster, but hey...) Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @revcraiglynn . Also, follow Dave and the Wexford Church Development on their Facebook Page .…

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#24 – Rachael Gamble

3 years ago

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Ben and Craig talk to Rachael Gamble, Discipleship Facilitator in Sloan Street Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of Dromore. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow our guest Rachael @RachaelGamble4 and Sloan Street Presbyterian Church @SloanStreetPC . Rachael is studying her MA in Theology at Union Theological College, PCI's denomination college in the heart of Belfast. You can find out more about Union and the courses available there by clicking here and you can follow Union College on Twitter @UnionTCollege .…

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General Assembly Special - Wednesday with Jonathan Boyd 57:53

3 years ago57:53

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Ben and Craig review Wednesday's business at the General Assembly with Jonathan Boyd, minister of Hydepark and Lylehill Presbyterian Churches in the Templepatrick Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow Jonny @jonny_boyd and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly . Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure , details of the business being discussed each day , PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports . Videos from the Listening to the Global Church slot today: Rev. Sevatt Kabaghe, General Secretary Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Zambia Synod ; Rev. Mery Kolimon, Moderator, Evangelical Christian Church of Timor (GMIT) ; Sat7, Mikaél Tuner, a producer for Sat7, interviewed by Dave Mann Partnerships Executive, Sat7; Iranian children praying for Afghanistan.…

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General Assembly Special - Tuesday with Alan McQuade 31:43

3 years ago31:43

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Ben and Craig review Tuesday's business at the General Assembly with Alan McQuade, minister of 1st Monaghan and Smithborough Presbyterian Churches in the Monaghan Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow Alan @MonaghanMinist1 and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly . Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure , details of the business being discussed each day , PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports . The General Assembly is live streamed on the PCI website each day.…

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General Assembly Special - Monday with Joanne Smith 32:29

3 years ago32:29

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Ben and Craig review Monday's business at the General Assembly with Joanne Smith, minister of Caledon and Minterburn Presbyterian Churches in the Armagh Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow Joanne @joanneinchicore and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly . Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure , details of the business being discussed each day , PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book ) and supplementary reports . The General Assembly is live streamed on the PCI website each day.…

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General Assembly Special - Preview 6:35

3 years ago6:35

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Ben and Craig talk preview the General Assembly special episodes PCIcast will be releasing each night next week at the end each day's business at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's General Assembly 2021. We'll be joined by a guest each evening (hopefully!) and we'll have a quick round-up of the day's business. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly . Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure , details of the business being discussed each day , PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book ) and supplementary reports . The General Assembly will also be live streamed on the PCI website each day.…

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#23 – Saško Nezamutdinov 48:38

4 years ago48:38

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Ben and Craig talk to Saško Nezamutdinov, who is church planting in Kraków, Poland. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow Saško @ Nezamutdinov . You can find out more about and donate to Saško by clicking here . You can also find out more about the church he serves, Kościół Chrystusa Zbawiciela (Christ the Saviour Presbyterian Church) by visiting their website kosciolzbawiciela.pl/en . You can find out about their mission partners, European Christian Mission International by visiting their website ecmi.org .…

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#22 – Gareth Keaveney 35:54

4 years ago35:54

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Ben and Craig talk to Gareth Keaveney, assistant minister of Gardenmore Presbyterian Church in the Carrickfergus Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Gareth @GKeaveney and Gardenmore Presbyterian Church @GardenmorePCI .…

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#21 – Stafford Carson 47:33

4 years ago47:33

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Ben and Craig talk to The Very Rev. Dr. Stafford Carson, the recently-retired executive principal and professor of ministry of Union Theological College. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from June 2009 to June 2010. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Stafford @staffordcarson and Union Theological College @UnionTCollege . You can read Stafford's paper, Recovering Reformed Catholicity , here . You can read the Church of Scotland Theological Forum’s report to their General assembly here .…

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#20 – Episode Zerø 18:22

4 years ago18:22

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Ben and Craig talk to Ben Preston, minister of Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church in the Carrickfergus Presbytery, and Craig Lynn, minister of Rathcoole Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery, about the genesis of PCIcast. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister and Rathcoole Presbyterian Church @rathcoole_pci . You can also listen to PCI's Refined podcast , RPC Ramblings , This We Confess: A journey through the Westminster Confession of Faith from Edengrove Presbyterian Church and The Pilgrim’s Podcast from within PCI and White Horse Inn , Mortification of Spin and Presbycast from without. (Other PCI and non-PCI podcasts are available, drop us a line if you know of any!)…

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#19 – Norman Hamilton 44:17

4 years ago44:17

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Ben and Craig talk to The Very Rev. Dr. Norman Hamilton OBE, former minister of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from June 2010 to June 2011. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister .…

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#18 – Ruth Dalzell 59:40

4 years ago59:40

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Ben and Craig talk to Ruth Dalzell, Scripture Union NI's E3 Schools' Worker for North Belfast and Newtownabbey and member of Second Comber Presbyterian Church in the Down Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow our guest Ruth Dalzell @RuthDalzell5817 and Scripture Union NI @ SUNIinfo .…

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#17 – Ben Preston 51:20

4 years ago51:20

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Episode Notes Craig and Ben talk about technology, digital content, privacy, data collection and the future. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister .

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#16 – Dave Clawson and Peter Burke 45:03

4 years ago45:03

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Episode Notes Ben and Craig talk to Dave Clawson and Peter Burke, minister and assistant minister of West Kirk Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow our guest Dave Clawson @dudabides .

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#15 – John T. Graham 36:39

4 years ago36:39

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Ben and Craig talk to John T. Graham, assistant minister of Hill Street Presbyterian Church of the Armagh Presbytery in Lurgan. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister , follow our guest John T. Graham @JohnTGraham1 , Hill Street Presbyterian Church @hillstchurch and the Northern Ireland Ministry Assembly @nimapreaching .…

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#14 – Two Ministers and a Minister 30:45

5 years ago30:45

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Ben and Craig talk to Gordon Lyons, MLA for East Antrim and Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, about his life, his road into politics, how his faith and Coronavirus affects his role as a government minister and the return to activities for churches as of this week (w/c Monday 29th June 2020). Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow Gordon @gordonlyons1 .…

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#13 – Life in Lockdown 38:32

5 years ago38:32

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Ben and Craig talk to Lesley-Anne Wilkinson (Women's Discipleship Coordinator at Richhill Presbyterian Church) and Chris "Chunk" Gardiner (non-professional Christian and dentist) about family, life, faith and church during lockdown. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Leslie-Anne @lawilkinson4 of @Richhill_PC fame and Chris @chunkdrumbo .…

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#12 – Ministry in Lockdown #2 25:54

5 years ago25:54

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Ben and Craig talk to Gareth Keaveney (assistant minister of Gardenmore Presbyterian Church in Larne) and Stephen Cairns (Youth & Children's Ministry Co-ordinator in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church in Newtownabbey). We talk about their calls to ministry, ministry training at Union Theological College and what life is like for them during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Gareth @GKeaveney of @GardenmorePCI fame and Stephen @stephencairnsjr of @whiteabbeypres fame. Stephen is also the co-host of The Pilgrim's Podcast , a podcast where we pilgrimage our way through the allegorical classic by John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress. Listen along with them by clicking here or by searching "The Pilgrim's Podcast" wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow them on Twitter @pilgrimspod…

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#11 – Coronavirus, Covenant and James Ussher of Armagh 41:17

5 years ago41:17

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Ben and Craig talk to Rev. Dr. Harrison Perkins (assistant pastor of London City Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland) about his own life and faith, about ministry in London during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown and about his new book, Catholicity and the Covenant of Works: James Ussher and the Reformed Tradition. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Harrison Perkins @HarrisonP87 and London City Presbyterian Church @londoncitypres You can view Harrison's video series on Covenant Theology by going to LCPC's website or their YouTube channel . You can also pre-order Harrison's book on the Evangelical Bookshop's website . Have a browse while you're there.…

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#10 – Ministry in Lockdown 35:26

5 years ago35:26

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Ben and Craig talk to Rev. Dave Clawson (minister of West Kirk Presbyterian Church in the presbytery of North Belfast) and Rev. Jonathan Boyd (minister of Hydepark and Lylehill Presbyterian Churches in the presbytery of Templepatrick) about life and faith in their churches now that we're unable to gather for worship due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Rev. Dave Clawson @dudabides and Rev. Jonny Boyd @jonny_boyd .…

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#9 – Mental Health Matters 41:55

5 years ago41:55

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Ben and Craig talk to Dr. Jennifer Preston (NI-based psychiatry registrar) and Rev. Dr. Marty McNeely (minister of Ballykeel Presbyterian Church in the Ballymena Presbytery) talking about the high rates of mental illnesses, self harm and suicide in Ireland, north and south, and how we, as Christians, can begin to think about and respond to that well. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookieminister and follow Dr. McNeely @martinmcneely . Dr. Preston, on the other hand, is far too cool for Twitter.…

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#8 – #8 - More than a Feeling 35:41

5 years ago35:41

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Ben and Craig talk to Callum Webster, Northern Ireland officer for The Christian Institute, about the foundational, universal and beneficial nature of marriage and why it's important for believers to stand up for the institution of marriage, as it's been historically and traditionally understood in the church and society. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookie_minister and follow The Christian Institute on Twitter @christianorguk or by visiting their website christian.org.uk . The NIO consultation on "same-sex religious marriage in Northern Ireland" can be accessed here and the consultation on "marriage and civil partnership conversion entitlements in Northern Ireland" can be accessed here .…

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#7 – #7 - Thrilla in Manila (and Davao) 🇵🇭 32:53

5 years ago32:53

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Whilst Ben knocks around the Craigy Hill manse, Craig is in The Philippines 🇵🇭 with Wycliffe Bible Translators on a vision trip with a couple of other PCI teaching elders - Rev. Alan Buick of Dunluce Presbyterian Church and Rev. Kenneth Crowe of Bushvale Presbyterian Church, both in the Presbytery of Route - and Wycliffe UK's director of church engagement, Neil Graham, who led the team. We'll hear from Alan and Kenneth, from some bible translators in the field, from the pastor of a community receiving God's word in his language for the first time and from Neil as well. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookie_minister, follow Wycliffe Bible Translators @wycliffeuk. You can read more about the work of Wycliffe Bible Translators by going to their website . You can sign up for their prayer resources by clicking on the "Get Involved" heading, or by following their prayer Twitter feed @wycliffeuk_prayer.…

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#6 – #6 - The Rebel Rev 45:38

5 years ago45:38

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Ben and Craig have a really interesting chat with Rev. Richie Cronin, minister of Trinity Cork and Aghada Presbyterian Churches in the presbytery of Dublin and Munster. We chat about how drugs, theology and the role of the church in society played their part in Richie's journey from Donoughmore in rural County Cork, to Holland, to South Dublin, to Northern Ireland and now back to full time ministry in Cork city, Co. Cork aka "the Texas of Ireland". Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookie_minister and follow Richie @Corkpresbytery (if he allows you 🔒).…

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#5 – #5 - Defending the Faith 33:35

5 years ago33:35

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Ben and Craig talk to Dr. Darryl Hart (ruling elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and Distinguished Associate Professor of History as Hillsdale College, Michigan) about J. Gresham Machen, Irish Presbyterian history, confessional Presbyterianism and evangelicalism. Dr Hart formerly taught at Westminster Seminary California, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, and Wheaton College, Illinois. He is the author of a number of works, including Recovering Mother Kirk: A Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition , Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America and Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham . Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookie_minister and Dr. Hart @oldlife…

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#4 – #4 - That Man hath Perfect Blessedness 43:13

5 years ago43:13

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Ben and Craig talk to David Fulton (ruling elder and organist in Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church) and Jamie Maguire (currently assistant minister in Railway Street Presbyterian Church and soon to be ordained and installed as minister of Kingsmills and Jerrettspass Presbyterian Churches) about congregational Psalm singing and why it's important. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookie_minister and follow our guests David @davidrfulton and Jamie @magui84 Some resources that we mentioned... The Free Church of Scotland's Sing Psalms Seedbed Psalter The Psalms Sung and a picture of David Fulton's lovely mug (make of that what you will)…

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#3 – #3 - Church Planting with the Reverend Doctor 38:42

5 years ago38:42

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Ben and Craig pay a visit to Trinity Belfast to have a chat with Rev. Dr. Lee Eagleson about the work and ministry he's involved with on Berry Street, in the heart of Belfast city centre, and about his PhD in American church planting. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast . Follow Ben @benspreston , follow Craig @rookie_minister and follow our guest Lee @lheagleson…

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#2 – #2 - Do people time you with a calendar? 30:23

5 years ago30:23

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Ben and Craig have a chat with Rachel "Cube" Cubitt. Rachel serves as deaconess in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church. What is the collective noun for a group of deaconesses? Do people really time Cube with a calendar? What will our book giveaway be this week? Have a listen and find out... Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookie_minister and follow our guest Rachel @RachCube…

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#1 – #1 - A licentiate is one who has been... 33:51

5 years ago33:51