Popping Collars #59: Here I Stand
Betsy, Greg, Lizabanks, and Ricardo explore the world of stand up comedy and discuss the similarities to preaching. When do we challenge and when do we hold back?
Betsy, Greg, Lizabanks, and Ricardo explore the world of stand up comedy and discuss the similarities to preaching. When do we challenge and when do we hold back?
50% reduction in allowed refugees means cuts at Episcopal Migration Ministries and other resettlement agencies.
It’s the All Deacons episode!
Luci and Jordan continue along the Way of the Cross with stations 9 and 10; Jesus falls a third time and Jesus is stripped of his garments.
The dissonance for me comes in the Gospel text for the day and in the texts for the next several Sundays of Easter. The texts are equally adamant in declaring the first witnesses to Jesus’ life are anything but triumphant neither three days after his crucifixion nor weeks after his crucifixion. They are in fear Easter morning and will remain in fear for weeks to come. They are hiding.
by Jennifer Ochstein When people ask about my conversion testimony, I cringe. My motivations for becoming a Christian were suspect. I wasn’t filled
Greg, Liz, and Ricardo welcome special guest Professor David Frankfurter to discuss new religious movements (typically called cults) and how they are portrayed in popular media.
It’s the phrase I frequently hear from clergy when I tell them that I’m an Associate Rector. It’s the “truth-in-jest” description of associate clergy… But you know what? This joke represents a highly problematic and diseased vision of church leadership, and I both resent and reject it.
Fifteen bishops have issued a joint statement in response to the recent executive orders undoing the previous administrations efforts to respond effectively to climate change.
First day of hearings saw emotional testimony by parishioners.