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The bible names the Holy Spirit as many things: life-giver, helper, fire, teacher, wisdom, counsel, might, knowledge, power, freedom, truth, hope, belonging, fellowship increaser, healer, reconciler, forever friend, renewer, proclaimer, boldness maker, anointer, love refiner, maker of faithfulness, the resuscitator of dead things just to name a few. 

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, and what the Holy Spirit is to them in their lives. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Blessed! A word we hear often both in the church and in the world. But what does blessed mean? It isn't a magical state. It is about walking a particular path and it guides us clear from some things and towards some things.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about the psalms and what blessed means and what it doesn't mean. Listen in for the full conversation.

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What does faith look like for a person working in politics? And what about tough issues that divide people?

In this episode, Bishop Wright and Ga State Representative Mary Margaret Oliver discuss these very questions and other relevant topics.  It is a tall order in doing the tough work of reaching across the aisle to those we disagree with while remaining faithful to the higher call in serving the one we call Jesus. Listen in for the full conversation. 

Mary Margaret Oliver is a parishioner at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta. She is a lifelong resident of District 82 in DeKalb County and has served in the Georgia General Assembly in both the House of Representatives (1987-1992) and 2002 - present, and the Senate (1993 -1998). Her past legislative accomplishments have included authoring and passing significant legislation for the protection of children and consumers, including Georgia's anti-stalking law, along with legislation to protect neighborhood activists from intimidation. Prior to her elections, she practiced law, was an administrative law judge and an Associate Magistrate Judge.

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Breaking news: Jesus speaks life from the garden.  That would be the headline if the Gospel read like the New York Times or the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Sometimes Rabbi, sometimes wonder-worker, Jesus of Nazareth convenes a small gathering of day laborers and poor people to share God’s plan for the human family.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about fruitfulness, Jesus as the source of life, and what it means to read the bible slow and how people read the bible wrong. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Easter isn't over. And though we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection in our own lives, Easter isn't the absence of the valleys. By definition, valleys are "depressed areas of land-scoured and washed out by the conspiring forces of gravity, water, and ice."
America feels like a valley. As Black, Brown, and poor people continue to be killed by the police, the valley of America is too deep and too high to even count.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the valley of America. They discuss the pain and suffering and where there is hope and love. This episode was recorded just a day before the guilty verdict of police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd and just 10 days after the murder of Daunte Wright at the hands of another police officer. Listen in for the full conversation.

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In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, an Episcopalian in the diocese and member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Athens, GA. They discuss being a person of faith as a public servant, how Georgia has responded to the pandemic of COVID-19, and the new voting legislation passed in Georgia just recently and the impact it will have on elections to come.

Brian Kemp is a husband, father, businessman, and public servant. On November 6, 2018, he was elected as 83rd Governor of Georgia.

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What is the opposite of love? 

In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, Primate of the Episcopal Church, about the opposite of love, where the church has thrived and been challenged in the pandemics and what has been hard on Presiding Bishop Curry and steps to take to nourish body, mind, and spirit. Presiding Bishop said it best when he says to "go for a walk"! This is part 2 of a 2-part special release. Listen in for the full conversation.

The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church.  He is the Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chair of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015.  He was elected to a nine-year term and confirmed at the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, UT, on June 27, 2015. 

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What's Easter and how does it work in the real world? 

In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, Primate of the Episcopal Church, about the Triduum. From the suffering of Good Friday, to the silence of Holy Saturday, to Resurrection Sunday, what does it all mean as followers of Jesus and people of a world more divided than ever before? As said best by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, "even at the worst, God is still God". 

This is part 1 of a 2-part special release. Part-2 will premiere on April 16th. 

The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church.  He is the Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chair of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015.  He was elected to a nine-year term and confirmed at the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, UT, on June 27, 2015. 

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You have to have a Good Friday, and the silence of Holy Saturday, before you can have an Easter Sunday. We are Easter people - resurrection people, that must also remember the suffering of Good Friday. The darkness.  On that day and in how we choose to live our lives today, Jesus' love makes a lonely walk in front of us. A love as people shamed him, spat on him, and lynched him.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about why Jesus' crucifixion is relevant today, why it is easy to forget about the cross, and what Good Friday tells us to do as people of faith. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Welcome to a breaking news special edition of For People with Bishop Rob Wright.

In this episode, Bishop Wright talks with Georgia State Senator Kim Jackson, who is an Episcopal Priest in the Diocese of Atlanta. Their conversation focuses on recently passed state legislation that made big changes to Georgia’s voting laws. Changes that drew applause from some and anger from others.

Given the age of information overload and fake news we live in, they search for what is really at the heart of these new laws. Their discussion includes a controversial provision prohibiting water and food being handed out to voters - something people of faith struggle with given the biblical significance of giving people water in Jesus’ name being a Godly act.

Bishop Wright and Senator Jackson also discuss other aspects of Georgia’s new election law and how they impact access to voting in this special edition of For People. Listen in for the full conversation.

Links to learn more shared by Senator Kim Jackson during the episode. 

• Fair Fight - Democracy works best when we put in place the guardrails that ensure every American has an equal opportunity to make their voice heard and be fairly represented.
• Read the new election law discussed in the podcast. 

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