How to Become Fully Alive with Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth Oldfield, writer and host of The Sacred podcast, alongside The Sacred producer Daniel Turner introduce a brand new series of The Sacred. Themed around her latest book ‘Fully Alive'.
In this episode, Elizabeth speaks about finding steadiness in our turbulent times, community and the desperate need for a rebranding of the word ‘sin’. She also discusses her hopes and fears for the release of her book.
0:00 - Introduction to series 10
4:21 - What cultural moment are we in?
8:52 - Are things getting better or worse?
11:48 - How long have we been in social decline for?
14:35 - Optimism & Back to The Future
15:50 - Quotes from 'Fully Alive'
16:26 - Can we find wisdom in isolation?
18:03 - Individualism is at the heart of our problems
21:19 - The social implications of our private actions
22:48 - How has the word sin been misunderstood?
31:42 - What are you most nervous about for the release of 'Fully Alive'?
36:10 - What does it mean to you to be Fully Alive? Daniel asks Elizabeth
37:33 - Outro
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[@bobbybrandon584]

My pre-order is coming Saturday, I'm ready for it!

[@thesacredpodcast]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@findbridge1790]

I love you.

[@zita-lein]

Loved this! ❤️💙

[@thesacredpodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching ❤️

[@gabrielcarberry360]

Extremely good looking and intelligent interviewer

[@HiKasandra]

Thanks for this Elizabeth. It's really helpful. Human nature to be deeply confused coz we never know. X

[@thesacredpodcast]

Thanks for listening 🙏

[@alr5286]

Looking forward to the book!

[@Drumms247]

Wow. This feels so relevant right now, will there be an audio book at all? I've been thinking a lot about 'Sin' and what it means to different people. Some thoughts that seem to resonate with myself are the ideas that 'Sin is the refusal to continue to evolve' and 'we can't shame ourselves into change but only love ourselves into evolution'. Look forward to reading/listening to the book.

[@thesacredpodcast]

So glad you enjoyed it! Yes there will be an audio book. All being released tomorrow! 😁

[@thomassimmons1950]

Remember that apocalypse is Greek for an unveiling. If nothing else, something is being unveiled: "A terrible beauty is born." (Yeats)

[@Jono-B]

I struggle with the idea that there is no individual. Maybe I can meet you half way with the Catholic social teaching idea that the family is the basic societal unit.

[@millergdonald]

This is gnostic heresy. No offense, but you're trying to squeeze too much modernity into the toothpaste tube of Christianity. God is becoming. Ego sum qui sum.

[@williamoarlock8634]

Loneliness is a problem, but 'the church' and 'community' are absolute lies and no solution as sitting lonely among Jesus loving dead bones in Christ's whited sepulchres proves.