015 Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 2/2)

May 23, 2017UncategorizedAdvent, Christ Church Cathedral St. Louis, Deborah Nelson Linck, ecumenism, grace, gun violence, hero, interfaith, jesus, Kathie Adams-Shepherd, love, Newtown, Sandy Hook, shootingdiocesemo

This is a second of a two part episode with the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd about her experience as the pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, CT, during and after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy. It’s about light in darkness, acts of Grace, and how she brings that forward to her new call as Provost at Christ Church Cathedral here in St. Louis.

(Link to part one.)

Transcript
About the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd, provost of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis
Newtown Documentary (2016)
Ben’s Lighthouse
The Avielle Foundation
Newtown Kindness
Ana Grace project
Sandy Hook Promise

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Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 1)

May 18, 2017UncategorizedAdvent, Christ Church Cathedral St. Louis, Deborah Nelson Linck, episcopal, eucharist, grace, jesus, Kathie Adams-Shepherd, light, Newtown, Sandy Hookdiocesemo

This is a part one of a two part episode with the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd about her experience as the pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown during and after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy. It’s about light in darkness, acts of Grace, and how she brings that forward to her new call as Provost at Christ Church Cathedral here in St. Louis.

(Link to part two.)

Transcript
About the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd, provost of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis
Newtown Documentary (2016)
Ben’s Lighthouse
The Avielle Foundation
Newtown Kindness
Ana Grace project
Sandy Hook Promise

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013 Feeding Jesus

May 11, 2017Uncategorizedcommunity, deacon, diakonia, food, garden, hunger, jesus, meal, ministry, pantry, povertydiocesemo

Deacon Kevin McGrane stops by to talk about being hungry, and being poor in this country of abundance. He talks about some of the ways churches are offering food and meals, and how hunger ministry crept into his heart and led him to becoming a deacon. Deacon Harry Leip interviews in this deacon’s heart conversation.

Transcript
Task Force for the Hungry
beginning wiki of food and garden ministries in the diocese
The Hunger Page on Facebook

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012 Jubilee! Holy Cross and Poplar Bluff

May 3, 2017UncategorizedAnnette Joseph, Barbi Click, Brown AME, downtown, elca, episcopal, food ministry, Holy Cross, jesus, Jubilee, Lively Stone Church, methodist, vacation Bible school, worship mobdiocesemo

Host Barbi Click and guest Annette Joseph talk about Jubilee ministry, the food pantry, dismantling racism, worship mob, and the small and holy moments we are blessed to witness. The Rev. Annette is rector of Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Poplar Bluff, the newest Jubilee Ministry center in the Episcopal Church.

Transcript
Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Poplar Bluff, MO
Pastor Annette’s daily blog, and the post she referenced
Jubilee Ministry centers in the Episcopal Church

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011 Who is Grace Hill?

April 25, 2017Uncategorizedcommunity, diomo, empowerment, episcopal, grace hill, justice, settlement housediocesemo

We are joined today by Delores Hardwick. She’s the Community Relations and Volunteer Program Manager for Grace Hill Settlement House, an organization that has a deep history with Episcopalians in Missouri. This episode’s host is Deborah Nelson Linck.

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010 Conversation with Bishop Wayne

April 11, 2017UncategorizedBishop Wayne Smith, Diocese of Missouri, Easter, episcopacy, evangelism, fountain pens, Great Vigil of Easter, Holy Week, Sacred Harp, Shape Note, Shug Goodlowdiocesemo

Host Shug Goodlow sat down for a wide-ranging conversation with the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Missouri, the Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith to talk about his path to the Episcopal Church, being a bishop, evangelism, Shape Note singing, fountain pens, and preparing for Holy Week.

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009 The window that started conversation

April 3, 2017UncategorizedDeborah Nelson Linck, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Martin Luther King Jr, memorial window, Mimi Shipp, MLK, Robert Harmon, stained glass, Webster Grovesdiocesemo

Mimi Shipp is our guest today. She’s a member of and the Parish Assistant for Ministry Support at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Webster Groves. And she’s sharing the story of Emmanuel’s resurrection window, a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.—how it came to be, the difficult conversations around it that helped shape the future direction of the parish. This episode’s host is Deborah Nelson Linck.

Transcript
Emmanuel Church
Photos of the resurrection window at Emmanuel

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#008 Before the Disaster

March 28, 2017Uncategorizeddeacon, disaster, episcopal asset map, episcopal relief and development, preparedness, vulnerabilitydiocesemo

Deacons Jerre Birdsong and Nancy Belcher talk about their role as “disaster deacons” and connecting the needs of the community to resources, disaster preparedness, the Episcopal Asset Map, and this ministry of standing with the vulnerable to which we are called. This episode’s host is Deacon Harry Leip.

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007 As if we weren’t there

March 21, 2017Uncategorizeddiocesemo

Deborah Nelson-Linck is this episode’s guest. She’s the founder of the Hands On Black History Museum, a recently retired educator, and a member of Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. Debbie created an exhibit of photographs of African Americans from late 1800s through the 1950s comprised of church members’ relatives and other curated images titled “As If We Weren’t There.”. The exhibit spawned much conversation in the church family, and several smaller projects, that are still discussed today. Shug Goodlow hosts.

Transcript
Public radio interview and gallery from time of exhibit

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006 Faith Being Tested

March 14, 2017UncategorizedAfrican American, Barbi Click, car trips, Green Book, jesus, Mason Dixon line, racism, shoebox, Shug Goodlowdiocesemo

Shug Goodlow is in the guest chair today. She’s the head verger at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis and also one of the hosts of this podcast. She’s interviewed by Barbi Click. The conversation began about Shug’s memories as a black child traveling with her family across the Mason Dixon line, the planning gatherings beforehand, mapping out safe places to stop and eat, the shoebox her grandmother prepared of food to take. The conversation continued to sharing memories of racism and how faith weaves in and out of those painful narratives.

Transcript

Digitized Green Books in the collection of the New York Public Library

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JesusHacked

storytelling faith

015 Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 2/2)

Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 1)

013 Feeding Jesus

012 Jubilee! Holy Cross and Poplar Bluff

011 Who is Grace Hill?

010 Conversation with Bishop Wayne

009 The window that started conversation

#008 Before the Disaster

007 As if we weren’t there

006 Faith Being Tested