I find the pace slow but then I do not change easily and so that is fair enough.

When you are wronged it is caused by something about you.

A nephew of mine (10 years old) had Muscular Dystrophy and he was mocked by other children who were not wheelchair bound.

He did nothing wrong and he was shamed.

I have come accross other people shamed in other ways and it is hard for them to overcome it.

As Rob says it is only in the real. The here and now that you can grow spiritually.

The problem with shame is that you need to forgive yourself for something you have not done.

The only way to get there is to fully understand why you have been shamed.

So forgiveness entails putting yourself in their shoes and seeing their cowardice.

It's not you it's me.

If I was not the way I am we could be friends.

If I could walk and run I could come with you.

You hate me because I can't.

Guess what?

I hate me too.

I am angry.

I hurt.

Actually I hurt all the time.

I stop feeling it because it's always there.

You hate me because I can never escape that,

I hate it too.

But then I think about what I have.

I know suffering.

It has become my friend.

I know being left behind.

That is my friend.

You do not have these friends.

You can run away and escape.

I understand that I am blocking you way to that empty world of never ending.

It makes you angry.

It is not me you are angry with but that part in your self that is running away from pain.

In the end you must accept it and then you can come back and be my friend.

This Robcast has changed our lives! Thank you Rob

Thanks God for Rob 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Rob for following your heart helped me to follow my heart and you listening to you.

Rob you helped me to see life more open than ever before.

God bless you and thanks for your hard work 💪

With all the insanity within Christianity, it is refreshing to have a podcast like this. It seems to me Rob intelligently thinks through ideas and then delivers them perfectly on each episode.

I love the Robcast so much, I’ve never read the bible or been to church and I have zero religious upbringing. I love all things infused with wisdom and urging better ways of seeing thing, better ways of living life and the Robcast offers this in spades!

What I love about Rob is how he doesn’t try to tell us what he believes the scriptures say but encourages us to gently read them and then goes on this journey with us, giving us the facts of the words and meanings and then encourages us to open our minds to this whole spiritual world. It’s exactly like Jesus does and I love it.

God has guided me to Rob many times and I can’t get enough. Thank you for helping me to allow myself to feel ok to question and come closer to Jesus. I am blessed.

If you are a little jaundiced with institutionalised spirituality, then look no further. I’ve just finished listening to the RobCast with Caleb Wilde, a funeral director talking about life, death and liminal spaces. Inspirational stuff. Where else could your get this richness and depth in a Podcast? Thank you Rob. If you’re new to this, dip in and you’ll see what I mean.

Thanks rob for brilliant, insights😊

This is a brilliantly informative podcast. Rob really makes you think about the big (and small!) issues in life. I've learnt so much listening to him and his wide range of guests. Brilliant stuff Rob!!!

Rob Bell's podcasts are wonderfully thought provoking, challenging, beautifully insightful and full of wisdom. He has introduced me to so many great people doing good things.

This podcast feeds you soul with nourishment you didn't even know you needed. From the very first podcast, the passion and vision, the intelligence and questioning take you to a deep place where you start to examine all your beliefs. It's a strange mix of words of comfort to questions which pierce your heart. I love the universal nature of the message - there's not a lot of "preachiness" here.

It's wonderful, inspiring, thought provoking and an enormous hug for the soul.

If you want some spiritual listening of the meatiest kind, this show is a must. Every single week, I find myelf pausing the podcast multiple times to write down quotes. I don't know how, but the episodes seem to speak right into where I'm at. Occasionally I can't listen because he's not afraid to talk about some of the grittiest stuff, but mostly, it's nothing but pure inspiration that has me saying, "Yes! This is my God... This." Thank you, Rob.

Wonderful gift.

My go to place when I need to hear something that feels like water to my soul - and yet practical as heck

Rob is so good at throwing off the traditional views (usually invented by previous church elders or questionable figures in history) that one often assumes to be correct, and really thinks through an issue from the beginning and from what the bible & jesus actually states. I find this podcast not only very interesting, but it also really develops my understanding and relationship with god.

Rob is such an amazing communicator, it's just ridiculous.!

There's such a depth & yet simplicity, clarity yet mystery, humour yet gravity to the thoughts he brings.

And for that, I thank you Rob, & I definitely recommend this for everyone.