Play – Socks, Biscuits & the Joy of Making It Up

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of play as a meaningful practice in faith and creativity.

In this month’s Homegrown Faith practice, we explore Play — not as something to squeeze in around “more important” things, but as a way of loosening our grip and paying attention. For Tim, play doesn’t come easily. It still bumps up against an inherited sense that faith is meant to be serious and useful. So this month became an experiment in letting go — and noticing what emerges when we stop trying to be productive. Along the way, Tim, Hannah and Elliot build dramatic Bible moments out of Lego, invent household games with arbitrary rules, create ridiculous parables from random cards, and test themselves in the Household Olympics. There are missing socks, biscuits eaten with great care, and playful failures that turn out to matter more than getting things right — suggesting that play itself might be a quiet form of wisdom, worth entering for its own sake. If you’re enjoying Homegrown Faith and want to support what we’re doing, you can head over to our Patreon page for bonus episodes and a bit of behind-the-scenes goodness. If signing up isn’t your thing but you’d still like to send some encouragement our way, a quick rating or review on your podcast app makes a big difference…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Nash

Topics covered

• play
• faith
• creativity
• experimentation
• wisdom
• games

Keywords

• play
• faith
• creativity
• games
• wisdom
• Household Olympics
• Bible moments

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