The New Leaf Project

The New Leaf Project


Latest Episodes

Ep 124 - Being open to & equipped for change - with Albert Chu
September 26, 2023

Episode 124 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Albert Chu, the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrews Hall. In their conversation they talk about the realities that need to be faced by Canadian

Ep 123 - Community Transformation Alongside our Neighbours - with Krista-Dawn Kimsey
September 16, 2023

Episode 123 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Krista-Dawn Kimsey, the Director of Learning and Innovation of Servant Partners Canada. Krista-Dawn is a longtime friend of the New Leaf Network, and has been teaching the Cana

Ep 122 - Finding Faith in the Fields and Forests with Wendy Janzen
September 12, 2023

Episode 122 of The New Leaf Project is here! Hear the story of the epiphany that led Wendy Janzen to start a forest church, and subsequently co-found the Wild Church Network. Forest Church/Wild Church are unique expressions of church, where we worship bot

Ep 121 - Disability & the Canadian Church: Friendship, family, kinship & community
August 25, 2023

Episode 121 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the second episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast, part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This second Cynthia Tam and Stephen Bedard about autism and

Ep 120 - Disability & the Canadian Church: When Healing Hurts
August 04, 2023

Episode 120 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the first episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast, part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This first episode of the limited series is an honest and vu

Ep 119 - The Changing Religious Landscape in Canada - Dr. Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
January 28, 2023

Episode 119 of The New Leaf Project is here!In this week's conversation, Dr Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Professor in Sociology at the University of Waterloo, shares with us the ethnocultural and religious take-aways from the 2021 Canadian Census, release

Ep 118 - The 2022 New Leaf Advent Reader – Elle Pyke
December 25, 2022

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent.Elle Pyke shares her reflection for Christmas Day - The Embodiment of ChristmasMusic by Canadian Awa

Ep 117 - The 2022 New Leaf Advent Reader – Rohadi
December 24, 2022

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent.Rohadi shares his reflection for the fourth Saturday of Advent - Advent SolidarityMusic by Canadian

Ep 116 - The 2022 New Leaf Advent Reader – Jared Siebert
December 23, 2022

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent.Jared Siebert shares his reflection for the fourth Friday of Advent - The Road Marked UneaseMusic by

Ep 115 - The 2022 New Leaf Advent Reader – Sonia Reid Noble
December 22, 2022

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent.Sonia Reid Noble shares her reflection for the fourth Wednesday of Advent - Getting Comfortable with