On hearing that God is more ready to hear than we are to pray, Holli observes that she always asks her daughter how her day was, and mostly all she has to say is that things are fine. This week’s prayer: Proper 21 (BCP p. 234) Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more … Continue reading The Collect Call: It’s Fine (Proper 22) →

Image by ocean_of_stars. Used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Luci Hoad and Jordan Ware, co-hosts of Two Feminists Annotate the Bible (subscribe on iTunes), join us for a second week to talk about the mysteries of using your power to show mercy and pity. This week’s prayer: Proper 21 (BCP p. 234) O God, … Continue reading The Collect Call: Mercy and Pity and Power, Oh My! (Proper 21) →

As Social Media Sunday approaches again on September 25, 2016, it appears to be increasingly embraced by the institutional church. But we love that the origin story of Social Media Sunday is two laypeople doing their thing on the internet. Here’s our interview with Carolyn Clement, one of the people who gave Social Media Sunday its … Continue reading The Collect Call: Social Media Sunday – The Origin Story →

Luci Hoad and Jordan Ware, co-hosts of Two Feminists Annotate the Bible (subscribe on iTunes), join us to talk about repelling barbarians and new collects for the modern inconvenience of ailing technology. This week’s prayer: Proper 20 (BCP p. 234) Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and … Continue reading The Collect Call: Things That Are Passing Away (Proper 20) →

This week we totally solve the mystery of why we need God’s help to love God, and then we fight about the merits of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. This week’s prayer: Proper 18 (BCP p. 233) O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may … Continue reading The Collect Call: Judge Not the Pumpkin Spice Latte (Proper 19) →

Holli and Brendan reconcile after an internet poll confirms they’re both right, and we learn why we should be careful about saying always and never. Plus: announcing a contest for our listeners! This week’s prayer: Proper 18 (BCP p. 233) Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always … Continue reading The Collect Call: Never Say Never (Proper 18) →

It was basically inevitable that this week’s prayer would lead Holli to imitate Fergie. You’re welcome. This week’s prayer: Proper 17 (BCP p. 233) Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with … Continue reading The Collect Call: Seven Jeans and True Religion (Proper 17) →

The final episode of the show to be released while Brendan is in his 30s. We bewail the lack of Christian unity, again, and debate the merits of the BCP’s birthday prayers. This week’s prayers: Proper 16 (BCP page 232) Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy … Continue reading The Collect Call: They Say It’s Your Birthday (Proper 16) →

One of our cohosts is under the weather this week, so we’re publishing an encore edition of our eighteenth episode, featuring special guest The Rev. Megan Castellan – the first clergy person to appear on The Collect Call. Megan, Holli, and Brendan grapple with the strange vision of a sparkly Jesus, Jacob’s Ladder, and what … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Transfiguration (Encore Edition) →

Holli and Brendan discuss the proper 13 collect and what it means for the church to be cleansed and defended. This week’s collect: Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ … Continue reading The Collect Call: Angelic Custodians with Machine Guns →