Beloved Rising is a podcast born from the woods of the North East of England, where a church has taken root without walls, windows, or barriers.

Here, laughter and chanted psalms drift through the trees like incense. Barefoot toddlers wander between hammocks. Stew simmers on the fire. Sermons are preached from the forest floor. Eucharist is shared from tree stumps. And at the centre of it all - always - is Jesus.

Magdalene Community Church is a deeply rooted, intentional community of pilgrims, doubters, dreamers, question-askers and friends. Liturgical and slow-paced. Simple and spacious. Ancient and alive. We are Anglican, somehow and we are discovering again what church can be when it is freed from performance, productivity, and fear.

This podcast is for those who still hope there is a different way of being church.

For those who love the creeds but struggle with institutions.

For those who have been hurt, tired, excluded, or quietly drifting and for those who never thought church was for them in the first place.

Through reflections, conversations, prayer, scripture, and stories from the edges, Beloved Rising explores faith that is embodied, communal, and honest. A faith shaped by mud and mercy, by ritual and rest, by justice and joy. A faith that believes God is not distant, but present already at work among the trees, the tables, and the broken-open places.

If you are longing for renewal, gentleness, courage, and hope

if you believe love is still at the heart of the Gospel

if you are curious about what it might mean to follow Jesus together, differently -

You are welcome here.

Take off your shoes.

You’re standing on holy ground.

This is Beloved Rising.