We’re all agreed that we love St. Mary the Virgin, but there’s a tremendous amount of ambiguity around her birth, life, and death in the church. Also, how do you deal with the incarnate God as a teenager? Featuring, once again, special guest Derek Olsen. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219148454″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS … Continue reading The Collect Call: What We Believe about Mary →

Our new episode features Derek Olsen in a far-ranging conversation from alien abduction to communion without baptism, and toward the end, a liturgical enigma involving the Trinity. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/218833694″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â–  Blubrry How to Connect â–  Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest This Week’s Links Reflections on Communion without … Continue reading The Collect Call: Sacred Mystery Edition →

What are angels exactly – sentimental figures, scary messengers, or something else? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/216972923″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â–  Blubrry How to Connect â–  Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest This Week’s Links Wikipedia on Angels The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, a network of podcasts with … Continue reading The Collect Call: What Do Angels Do, Anyway? →

Apparently if you make a boat out of rocks St. James can help make it float. Also, we learn about why we swapped out Cranmer’s collect for one that dwells on one of the less shining moments of James’ life, and why you should always stand three feet away from Brendan. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/215933056″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” … Continue reading The Collect Call: St. James & the Giant Marble Boat →

  We promise this is the last post-GC78 hiatus episode…but it’s well worth listening to. 82 episodes ago, in #3, we uncovered a secret of the heart of the Episcopal Church, and finally we interview the man at the center of it all. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214774067″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed … Continue reading The Collect Call: The Secret Job at the Heart of the Church →

A temporary megachurch forms during each General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Organist Michael Boney explains how he has to adapt his style to keep 5,000 Episcopalians on the same hymn tune, and what it’s like to collaborate with a jazz ensemble on one the classics of the pipe organ. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213742028″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ … Continue reading The Collect Call: The Episcopal Megachurch Organist →

Brendan, Holli, and special guest Megan Castellan, still in post-convention shock, discuss high and low points of the 2015 General Convention. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213216820″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â–  Blubrry How to Connect â–  Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, a network … Continue reading The Collect Call: GC78 Wrapup – the Good, the Bad, the Weird →

Holli and Brendan interview Sister Suzanne Elizabeth of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist about finding spiritual meaning in the care of the altar. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213058262″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links National Altar Guild Community of St. John the Baptist How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â–  Blubrry How to Connect â–  … Continue reading The Collect Call: Sister Suzanne Elizabeth →

Holli interviews Sarah Nolan of the Abundant Table in the Diocese of Los Angeles about the Christian food movement. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212908837″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links The Faith Farm and Food Network The Abundant Table How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â–  Blubrry How to Connect â–  Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call … Continue reading The Collect Call: the Faith, Farm, and Food Network →

Our first ever live show – live from the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. And our technology didn’t melt down! Featuring special guests from @easterppl, Padre’s Pods, and the Official Linguist of the Collect Call. p.s. Thanks to Derek Olsen for background on “obsecration.” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212734661″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s … Continue reading The Collect Call: Live from Salt Lake City! →