The collects of the church reveal an ancient, biblical pattern of prayer that can revitalize our personal and corporate prayer lives. Scot McKnight joins us to talk about his book To You All Hearts Are Open: Revitalizing the Church's Pattern of Asking God, where he discusses how the church can rediscover this rich pattern of [...]

The Covid-19 pandemic has created significant mental and emotional health challenges for young people. To talk about how the church can respond, we talked with the Rev. Canon Dr. Jessica Jones and Rev. Aaron Buttery, who both work with the ACNA's Next Generation Leadership Initiative. Additional resources: Check out Next Generation Leadership Initiative to find [...]

JR and Amy Rozko are in C4SO, but they pastor a non-Anglican church (First Church of the Resurrection in Canton, OH). They join us to talk about the vision behind this unique arrangement, the practicalities of how it works day-to-day, and some of the mission God has called them to in Canton. Announcements / links: [...]

A word of Easter encouragement and hope from Bishop Todd for the diocese focused on staying attentive to what God is doing in the midst of chaos, confusion, and exhaustion. Links from this episode: To find our Lent and Advent series, visit our main podcast page and scroll back through the archives.Our Cycle of Prayer [...]

A conversation about our virtual Stations of the Cross, featuring artist Laura James (who provided the paintings), and Rev. Dr. W. David O. Taylor, who wrote the liturgy. The “Stations of the Cross” grew out of an ancient liturgy and describe 14 stops along the way to Golgotha. These stops follow Jesus from the moment [...]

A conversation with Bishop Todd Hunter on the conclusion of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, our C4SO Reads book for Lent. Todd talks about the pandemic moving him from a cognitive acknowledgment that "the full range of human emotion is expressed in the Psalms" to an embodied, emotional [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Jin Cho on the fourth section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss the importance of persisting in lament, and why that's so difficult for most of us. Links from this episode: Watch Jin's video reflection from Lamentations 4Find out more about [...]

A conversation with the Very Rev. Drew Henley on the third section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how our repentance and lament must be both personal and corporate, and some of the resources of our Anglican heritage that can help us do so. Links from [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Sandy Richter on the second section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how privilege and exceptionalism show up in the American church, and how they prevent us from doing the essential work of lament that opens space for empathy, mutuality, and [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Teesha Hadra on all the ways we avoid lament, and how to allow ourselves to practice this vital action for the healing of our souls and our world. Part 1 of our series reflecting on Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. Links from this [...]