Our brilliant mind this week is Betsy Preston, elder, deacon, and Presbyterian extraordinaire!

On Sunday, October 27, Betsy is leading our Adult Formation time with Beyond Horror and Shame: Legacies of the Holocaust for Faith Communities and the Future, following her participation this past summer in a Congregational Leaders Workshop at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Our brilliant mind this week is author and scholar Dr. Philip Wingeier-Rayo, Professor of Missiology, World Christianity and Methodist Studies at Wesley Theological Seminary. Learn more about Philip and his work at https://www.wesleyseminary.edu/profiles/dr-philip-wingeier-rayo/.

Our brilliant mind this week is author and mindfulness educator Susan Kaiser Greenland. The founder of Inner Kids, a mindfulness and activity-based educational model for children, her most recent book is called Real-World Enlightenment: Discovering Ordinary Magic in Everyday Life. And—spoiler alert!—she and Jacob share a special connection.

Learn more about Susan and her work at https://susankaisergreenland.com/.

Our guest this week is the Rev. Amelia Richardson Dress, author of The Hopeful Family: Raising Resilient Children in Uncertain Times, Minister for Community Faith Formation and soon-to-be lead pastor at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Longmont, CO, and 2023 speaker at Westminster's own Family Retreat!

Learn more about Amelia and her work at https://www.ameliadress.com/.

Picture Book Theology: http://www.picturebooktheology.com/

Around the Table: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/aroundthetable/

Our guest this week is the Rev. John Molina-Moore, General Presbyter of the the National Capital Presbytery. Stay up to date on the work of the presbytery on Facebook and Instagram @NationalCapitalPresbytery and at https://thepresbytery.org/thursday-mail/.

Our guest today is Joelle Brummitt-Yale, Certified Christian Educator and director of children's and youth ministries at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. You can sign up for the Presbyterian Outlook's free newsletter at https://pres-outlook.org/newsletters/.

Our guest this week is Dr. Ryan Bonfiglio, Associate Professor in the Practice of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Executive Director of The Candler Foundry, an amazing space that seeks to bridge the gap between the church and academy by making seminary-level learning accessible and engaging for the broader public. Learn more and contact Ryan at https://candlerfoundry.emory.edu/ and https://www.theoed.com/.

Periplum is a limited-run podcast series where we explore the world of Christian Formation in the church, and then plot together where we are all headed.

Music by BoDleasons via Pixabay.

Our brilliant mind this week is our very own Rev. Patrick Hunnicutt, Associate Pastor here at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Patrick discusses what has shaped him as "Patrick the person, the Christian, and the pastor": his childhood growing up near the passionate, loyal city of Philadelphia and in a home in which the church and servanthood were central; following in his father's footsteps to Duke University and the ecumenical, diverse environment he encountered at McCormick Seminary; and the energizing work he does with people here at WPC and in the National Capital Presbytery.

Patrick also previews his Adult Formation class, "Toward a Theology of Mission," where we will begin to explore together how we might live out our faith in the world.

Our brilliant mind this week is the Rev. Dr. Emily Peck, Professor of Christian Formation and Young Adult Ministry, Co-Director of the Certificate in Children and Youth Ministry and Advocacy, and Co-Director of the Wesley Innovation Hub at Wesley Theological Seminary.

She and Jacob discuss the broad implications of Christian Formation: how we are formed not only in what we know but in who we *are* and in what we *do*, and the role of grace and community and change in the formation process. She traces her spiritual and academic journey, and how she was formed to care deeply about both the world and the church. She also relates how a certain fairy tale inspires her to honor our own childhoods and the children who are entrusted with us.