We are delighted to sit down with Rev. Dr. Raquel S. Lettsome, Professor of New Testament and Womanist Biblical Interpretation at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO.

You can find Rev. Dr. Lettsome's books here and her personal website with more resources here.

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This month, we sit down with the Rev. Alicia Velez Stewart, who serves as pastor of Weston United Methodist Church in Weston, MA. She is also the host of the podcast Momologian.

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With over 40 years of ministry experience, the Rev. Dr. Peter Wherry is the Pastor of Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. He is the author of Preaching Funerals in the Black Church: Bringing Perspective to Pain (Judson, 2013). 

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We had a chance to sit down with Rev. Gail Song Bantum (@gailsongbantum), the lead pastor at Quest Church in Seattle, WA. Gail sits on the board for WomanPreach! (one of our fellow Compelling Preaching Initiative grantees) and co-authored the book Choosing Us: Marriage and Mutual Flourishing in a World of Difference with her spouse Brian Bantum.

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What's a difference between "wanting to preaching" and "being called to preach"? Is there a future for flannel graphs and puppet preaching? Rich and Mandy get into with Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow.

You can find out more about Bruce and pre-order his new book "Everything Good About God is True: Choosing Faith" over at his website.

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Our guest this month is Rev. Dr. Amy Butler. You can find out more about Amy at her website and pre-order her book, set to come out in October, here.

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We had a great time with Rev. Junia Joplin, Associate Pastor of Programs and Congregational Care at Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto. You can learn more about her and her ministry context here.

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This month we're joined by Rev. Dr. Katie Hays, lead evangelist (aka: Senior Pastor) of Galileo Church in Ft. Worth, TX.

You can find Katie's books here.

Work with Katie and the fine folx at Galileo Church! They're hiring a "sidekick evangelist (aka Associate Pastor). Find the job description and application info here.

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We're glad to have Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell, Senior Minister of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. You can find out more about Ben at his personal website.

Rich mentions the following books/essays in the episode:
Ingenuity: Preaching as an Outsider, by Lisa Thompson
"'Put Away Your Sword: Taking the Torture Out of the Sermon," by Anna Carter Florence

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Rich and Mandy spend some time with Brian Blount, who serves as President and Professor of NT at Union Presbyterian Seminary. You can find his full bio here.

You can find some of President Blount's books for sale here.

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