This Strange Land
This Strange Land
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How shall we sing the Lord’s song in this strange land? Like the Israelites in Babylon called out in Psalms 137, we are also called to be God’s people in a time that is foreign and seemingly distant from its Creator. Together we explore the changing world we live in and how Church leaders can navigate these unknown territories. Hear from leaders around the Christian world, and gather insight on how they’re navigating ministry, work, and life in this strange land.
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How shall we sing the Lord’s song in this strange land? Like the Israelites in Babylon called out in Psalms 137, we are also called to be God’s people in a time that is foreign and seemingly distant from its Creator. Together we explore the changing world we live in and how Church leaders can navigate these unknown territories. Hear from leaders around the Christian world, gathering insight on how they are breaking through the noise and navigating ministry in this strange land.
In this episode of This Strange Land, Jason sits down with physiotherapist Robbie de Fleuriot to explore the profound connection between the body, trauma, and spiritual healing. Together they examine how pain, posture, and the nervous system carry our stories, why modern culture often disconnects us from embodiment, and how healing the body can become a pathway into deeper discipleship. A wide-ranging conversation on presence, trauma, theology of the body, and what it means to live integrated lives as followers of Jesus in an overstimulated world.
Guest Bio
Robbie de Fleuriot is a physiotherapist and the founder of Fort Sport +Family Physio in Fort Langley, British Columbia. He works with individuals to understand pain, injury, and healing through a whole-person lens, integrating the body’s story with physical, psychological, and relational experience. Robbie has a particular interest in trauma, understanding anxiety, embodiment, and how physical healing can support deeper presence and integration. He lives in the Lower Mainland with his wife and their four children.
Timestamps
00:00 — A Fishing Moment That Exposed a Lack of Trust in the Body
02:16 — Choosing “Kindness” as a Word of the Year—and Missing the Point
05:05 — A Physiotherapy Session That Reawakened Trauma
06:20 — The Body Keeps the Score Becomes Personal
07:45 — Prayer, Sensation, and Following the Body’s Memory Trail
10:55 — Evangelizing the Body as a Pathway to Reality
12:30 — Trauma as Dissociation and the Body as Truth-Teller
16:50 — Injury as a Portal for Deeper Healing
18:45 — Salvation, Healing, and the Resurrection of the Body
22:00 — Why Bodies Heal Themselves—and What Clinicians Really Do
31:20 — Chronic Pain as an Invitation to Relationship
41:30 — Posture as an Emotional and Spiritual Expression
47:00 — Healing Requires Trust, Not Just Repair
53:45 — A Javelin Thrower, an Ankle Injury, and a Career Saved
01:06:45 — Presence as the Core Task of Ministry
01:10:45 — Matching Energy to Love Others Well
01:17:55 — Sugar, Performance, and Hidden Belief Systems
01:25:50 — Presence, Formation, and Spiritual Disciplines
01:33:55 — Becoming Yourself as a Vocation
01:39:15 — Health Is Not Holiness
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