Everyday Spirituality

In this Episode, number 13, I have recorded my presentation to the Lutheran and Episcopal Clergy of New Hampshire. I discuss themes around the challenges of being a pastor in today's cultural climate. This was a part of our joint, Chrism Mass, and day away during Holy Week 2018.

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In this Episode number 12, I talk with Diana Butler Bass about her new book Grateful. But, before we get to that we cover a wide range of topics including her life journey and the parallel of North American Christianity, what might mainline protestants do in response to all the changes we are experiencing. You can learn more about her work at www.dianabutlerbass.com

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We catch a glimpse of what the church of the future might look like, or at least one variation of it, in this episode. Pastor Linda Forsberg leads the ministry Church Beyond the Walls in downtown providence, Rhode Island. You'll hear about the history of this project birthed out of the Occupy Providence movement along with ideas for your own congregation. You can find out more at www.churchbeyondthewalls.org

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How do you lead a 150 year old congregation from a traditional church structure to a multipurpose sanctuary? In my conversation with Pastor Tim Weisman of Zion Lutheran in Pittsfield, MA http://zionlutheranpittsfield.org/ we learn about how to lead change, renovate a building and remain a centered person in the face of resistance.

Pastor Jon Niketh serves First Lutheran Church in Lynn, Massachusetts. He is a man who cares deeply about liturgy and the life of the people in his congregation. In this episode he defines the parameters of what it takes to be a pastor, what he learned about his role in the years since he was ordained.

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So when was the last time you stood on your head? How is your health? Are you sleeping, eating, exercising, praying? Pastor Heidi Johnston of Faith Lutheran Church in Quincy, Mass joins us for a conversation about here journey from aspiring broadway singer to ordained Lutheran minister. Along the way, she discovers the healing power of food. Real food. It changed her life.

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This episode is a recording of Bishop Mitchell Rozanski and I live at the Student Prince, a bar and grill in Springfield, MA. This was the concluding event in our emphasis on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Rev. Nathaniel Anderson serves as host of the conversation.

Part 2 of my conversation with Heidi Richards about raising a child who has identified as transgender. We discuss the way in which she connected with health professionals, how this experience has impacted her family, as well as her understanding of God and her Christian faith.

In this episode, I talk with Heidi Richards, who is the mother of two children. One of her children is transgender. In part one, of this two part episode, we discuss how she came to understand her child, and the various experiences of navigating a culture that is still learning about transgendered persons.

In this episode (part 2 of 2), 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.