Ordinary Story

We're back with a special, three-part, mini-series of Ordinary Story about life in Ukraine in a time of war.In March 2023, Kate and David Schmidgall traveled to Ukraine to meet Rudy and Vadim, the pastors of Family of Christ Church, a small congregation that has mobilized over the past year to evacuate vulnerable people from frontline areas, distribute humanitarian aid wherever it’s needed, and create home for thousands of internally displaced people. Every week for the past decade they have ...

We're back with a special, three-part, mini-series of Ordinary Story about life in Ukraine in a time of war.In March 2023, Kate and David Schmidgall traveled to Ukraine to meet Rudy and Vadim, the pastors of Family of Christ Church, a small congregation that has mobilized over the past year to evacuate vulnerable people from frontline areas, distribute humanitarian aid wherever it’s needed, and create home for thousands of internally displaced people. Every week for the past decade they have ...

We're back with a special, three-part, mini-series of Ordinary Story about life in Ukraine in a time of war.In March 2023, Kate and David Schmidgall traveled to Ukraine to meet Rudy and Vadim, the pastors of Family of Christ Church, a small congregation that has mobilized over the past year to evacuate vulnerable people from frontline areas, distribute humanitarian aid wherever it’s needed, and create home for thousands of internally displaced people. Every week for the past decade they have ...

We made it! Season One of Ordinary Story is in the books and we couldn't be more excited. So to wrap our first season we decided we'd share stories from the people who made this season possible - you, our listeners. This is a slow radio style meditation on the monumentally Ordinary lives of other people. Listen in part, or in one sitting - just listen. Till next season, and as always, take good care.

This a little longer than usual. But oh so good! In this ordinary story we meet Beth and Kip Dooley, a mother son duo who prioritize time set apart to cook together - even virtually - and have invited hundreds of others to do the same. We talk to Tailor Coble about how food scarcity is as much a result of access as it is one of education. And finally we meet Missy Herendeen a recent home gardener who, despite once describing herself as having a black thump, has discovered both solace and sust...

On this episode we hear a couple of Ordinary Stories about food. How it brings us together, and, in the case of food scarcity and inequitable access, it too often draws us apart.

This is an episode, about us - our Ordinary Story team. In honor of our first time being able to record in person and much of our team meeting IRL for the first time, we took a break from our regular story slate to talk a bit about who we are, how we came to be a team and why we do this work.

This is an ordinary story about pursuing a better understanding. It's a story about people choosing to unlearn and learn anew. Why? Because of a belief, a deep conviction that the world needs it, that unity (true unity) requires it of us.

This is an Ordinary Story about two young cellists in Washington, DC who are learning the language of music and discovering joy, growth, and community in the process.

In this episode, we hear stories of two monumentally ordinary people who have dedicated their lives to the care of others - and leading movements that do the same. Two people serving two completely different communities, half a world apart, with the same heart.