The Changes Ahead Podcast

Belonging - being able to fully breathe, with Nathan Rām

The Changes Ahead Podcast

Show Notes

For people who find belonging in faith communities easy, how much do we pause to understand the experience of those who don’t. In this episode, we have the chance to hear from someone who is finding, after being in church spaces for most of his life, that experiencing true belonging was like being able to breathe for the first time.

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