Meet three leaders from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Española, New Mexico for a conversation with Bishop Michael Hunn 

Meet Bishop Ann Ritonia, the new Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries in the Episcopal Church.  She worked with Military Chaplains and also Chaplains at the VA and in Federal Prisons. 

This episode explores the nature of communion as a reality we live in not as an event we do and how to suffer through the COVID-19 crisis as the body of Christ.

1 Peter 2 : Who are you? And Whose are you?  How we answer those questions is the difference between slavery and freedom. 

1 Peter 1 : faith and suffering 

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has invited all of the bishops of the Anglican Communion to study the first letter of Peter at the Lambeth Conference in the summer of 2020.  1 Peter is written to a mostly poor community which is a misunderstood minority in a society suspicious of the followers of Jesus.  In this first episode we learn about the letter itself and get ready to read the letter itself.

This episode covers the first part of chapter 4 of the book you are what you love by James K a Smith. In this chapter we look at the power of language – both the power of the words we use every day and also the power of the Word of God to change our world.

How have the words you were taught to use for God as a child changed as you have grown older?

Did the words you were taught to pray as a child shape your relationship with God and helpful and healthy ways? In harmful and hurtful ways?

This episode covers the second half of chapter 3 of You Are What You Love by James K A Smith. The episode discusses contemporary Christian worship and how the “relevant” shape and form of much of our worship carries with it messages about consumerism which may be tempting our hearts away from God.