Staying at the Table

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 13 of Staying at the Table we pick back up where we left off in our conversation with Rev. Sophia Foutres, talking about her college years and her introduction to an evangelical faith while coming to terms with her identity as a gay woman. We discuss toxic and damaging religious ideologies used against the LGBTQIA+ community and Sophia’s journey of hearing Christ’s love and acceptance of her, releasing fear and shame, and coming to the point of accepting herself and her identity.

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 12 of Staying at the Table we continued our conversation with Rev. Sophia Foutres, talking about her journey into recognizing and embracing her identity as a gay woman. In the previous episode she shared about her childhood and adolescence in this episode she shares about her engagement with the church - her becoming a Christian, discovering Christ in her life, and how this affected her identity with the LGBTQIA+ community.

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 11 of Staying at the Table, we welcomed Rev. Sophia Foutres and invited her to share her journey of unlocking with us... of becoming her authentic self. From childhood, through her Christianity, into the acknowledgement of her true self and up to today.

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 4 of Staying at the Table, we welcomed Rev. Sophia Foutres to our discussion and talked through what Staying at the Table is NOT. We discussed some of the feedback we received from our listeners from the previous 3 episodes and continued to explore the concept and importance of holding our core values in the midst of conflict.

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 3 our hosts continue to further unpack what it means to Love God and Love Others Fearlessly. They discuss and dissect the word "fearless" and what Loving Fearlessly looks like in each of our worlds.

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 2 our hosts begin the conversation about the mission statement of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (West Chester, PA): Loving God and Loving Others Fearlessly. They continue the discussion by exploring the core values of Cornerstone, quickly realizing that further time would be needed for each, so episodes 5-8 were dedicated to diving into each of those core values.

Core Values of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship:

We receive and offer God’s grace in abundance

We value and respect all people equally

We embrace learning and discovery

We stay at the table

We multiply leaders

As we take a break for the summer, we wanted to re-share/re-play our Top 10 episodes from this past year of the Staying at the Table podcast. Enjoy listening (or re-listening)!

In Episode 1, we meet our hosts Rev. Dr. Tracy L. Saletta, Rev. James Bady, and Matt Kistler and listen as they discuss what "Staying at the Table" means to them and why it is such a relevant conversation for today in regard to the church, Christianity, religion, theology and spirituality.

In this episode of Staying at the Table we talk about the church, what's ahead, what's been behind us, and how we need to value change as we focus our lives on Christ.

In this episode of Staying at the Table we talk about "Why Church" and share out thoughts about importance and significance of why we continue to go to church when we've left so much else behind.

In this episode of Staying at the Table Kathy Chilcote continues to share her journey of faith, deconstruction, and how that affects her family and her relationship with her partner Brian.