In this episode, we sit down with Laura Everett. She serves as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, and is the author of the book Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels. Most of our conversation addresses the question of church vitality, spiritual maturity and what's going to happen to denominations. This is a two part Interview.

In this episode, I talk with Tim Stein about his new company, which is called "Verse 4." We discuss his unusual path to ministry and the work he is doing helping congregations with their buildings, as they transition to a new way of doing ministry.

Profiles and interviews exploring the questions of being people of faith in progressive New England. This is the semi-official podcast of Bishop James Hazelwood of the New England Synod of the Lutheran Church in America.