Pursuing Call

In this post lockdown life, I get to speak with Rev. Andrew Durbridge, Rector of St. Luke and St. Matthew about what it is like to run a parish in the heart of Brooklyn. We explore the challenges, the opportunities and the highs. If you want to visit the church, check out their website: https://stlukeandstmatthew.org/

Homework:

What does worship look like for you these days and where are finding spaces for communal ritual?

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/pursuingcall

We continue our conversation with Harmeet (@harmeet_kamboj) this week as we dive deeper into their exploration of gender and the expansiveness of the divine. We learn more about constructive theology, Queering one's tradition and other random side tracked thoughts as is common. 

You can check out Harmeet's article in The Revealer here: https://therevealer.org/issue/october-2022-special-issue-trans-lives-and-religion/

Homework:

What about your sacred texts creates a more expansive understanding of the Divine? What might another religious practice have to show you or teach you about the divine presence?

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/pursuingcall

This week we get the opportunity to speak with Harmeet Kaur Kamboj (@harmeet_kamboj) an inter-faith practitioner/activist and all around awesome human! While this isn't a part of our official Union Theological Seminary series, they are an alumn... so prepare yourselves. This is part 1 of a two part interview. In this interview we focus our conversation on what Sikhi religious tradition is all about and how it informs their work as an interfaith leader. We also explore the ways that interfaith work can support and fuel a deeper faith within our own traditions. You can also check out Harmeet's zine: https://linktr.ee/faithinfullcolor

Homework:

Who might be a companion for your faith journey that lies outside of your own religious tradition?

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/purusingcall

This week I offer my sermon from Sermons that work: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermon/paradox-all-saints-day-c-tr-november-6-2022/

This is followed by an update about the podcast and a random rant about oppression in our world as per usual. 

I hope you enjoy.

This week we continue our conversation with Monique J. Fortuné and learn more about her spiritual journey to seek ordination. In particular, we look at the ways that one can pursue their call even without institutional confirmation. Learn more about Monique's work and follower her on all social media platforms: @mfortunebiz. You can also sign up for coaching sessions on communications through her company Fortuné and Associates.

Question of the week: Is suffering a choice?

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/purusingcall 

This week we speak with Miguel Escobar, Executive Director of Anglican Studies of Episcopal Divinity School at Union. While we first met at congregants at St. Luke & St. Matthew we have both worked as lay leaders in the Episcopal Church. When Miguel recently told me that he was discerning priesthood because of his particular cultural context of working in a Latine congregation, I wanted to learn more...

Stay tuned at the end, as we wrap up this summer series with Union folks, I will be taking most of August off. In that time, I hope to think more about how to make this space useful. So let me know what you want to talk about, what you want to learn or introduce me to someone that I should absolutely interview!

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/purusingcall

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

This week we continue our conversation with James C. Jones, our Summer of Union series. James is Black, a Singer, Activist and a Mormon. In this section we talk more about his life as a musician, being a Black Mormon on mission, AfroPessimism and his call for Separatism as a healing act for racial justice. 

You can listen to James' podcast Beyond the Block on all platforms where he and his co-host Derek Knox talk about the experiences and texts of the LDS Church and its impact or empowerment of the marginalized. You can also follow James on twitter @jamcjon. You can also check out the anti-racism training we talked about in the episode.

Looking for more resources on anything we've talked about in this or other episodes? Check out my store at https://bookshop.org/shop/purusingcall

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought.

This week we speak with James C. Jones, in our Summer of Union series (mostly I somehow ended up speaking with folks in my Union network back to back so now its a series). James is Black, a Singer, Activist and a Mormon. We talk about his multiple passions and the decision to try to change systems from the inside. As a Black Mormon, he has dedicated himself to seeing the Church live into what it can be and not what it has been. 

You can listen to James' podcast Beyond the Block on all platforms where he and his co-host Derek Knox talk about the experiences and texts of the LDS Church and its impact or empowerment of the marginalized.

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought. And if you feel so bold - I would love to hear your voice so leave a message: https://anchor.fm/tamara-plummer4/message

We continue a conversation this week with my friend Kimberley Gordy. If you haven't yet, go back and listen to part 1!

Homework this week:

Find a thought partner for your spiritual life. For the next three weeks make an appointment with someone you trust and explore one hard thing you are working through. The goal isn't to solve anything. Just be a listening presence with a friend. Each will share and each will receive. And if you want to let me know more about what you explored, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Share your thoughts by emailing me, your host, Tamara Plummer @pursuingcall on instagram or [email protected]. Visit the website, pursuingcall.com to learn more about what I got going on in the world of theological thought. And if you feel so bold - I would love to hear your voice so leave a message: https://anchor.fm/tamara-plummer4/message