The Living Church Podcast

Jan 30 2025 143 ep. 42 mins 54
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The Living Church Podcast explores ecumenical topics in theology, the arts, ethics, pastoral care, and spiritual growth — all to equip and encourage leaders in the Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, and beyond. A ministry of the Living Church Institute.

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The Church in Dark Times with Mike Cosper

Jan 30 2025 51 mins  
Ever wonder how we got to "this moment" as a country, as a church? Many people are thinking about these questions. Many of them are evangelicals, who stand out in American culture as a group of incredible influence: lots of sucess growing churches, and, as our politicians know, lots of power in the polls.Among the evangelicals thinking, "How did we get here?", is Mike Cosper.

Learning from Nicaea with Lewis Ayres

Jan 16 2025 34 mins  
Happy birthday, Council of Nicaea! She was born in 325 AD and was the biggest gathering of Christian leaders of that time, and still known as the foundational meeting of Christians to make decisions about doctrines of the faith after the time of the apostles.Today we are celebrating the 1700th birthday of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, who is looking incredibly good at her age.A

Cozy Christmas Chat with Jeremy Begbie

Dec 19 2024 47 mins  
The real miracle of Christmas is not the title of a Hallmark movie. And it's not very cozy. We indulge in some cozy chat today (Cambridge at Christmas time!), but the heart of our conversation is about the Incarnation in the arts, and how music, painting, poetry can help to unstick us, to remind us who our Incarnate Lord really is, in all the puzzling and startling smallness of his

Radical Welcome, Good Boundaries with Lis Goddard

Dec 05 2024 47 mins  
There are people who tend to be on the fringes in church: the unhoused, those with mental illness, teens and kids, single people, those with dementia, and those with no family. But all of these folks are in the center of church life at St James the Less, Pimlico, in London. Today we'll speak with the rector, the Rev. Lis Goddard, about how this came about, and how it work

Vestments, Unveiled! with Robert Hoare of Watts & Co

Nov 21 2024 41 mins  
Today we'll be talking about the material of worship. The literal material. We sat down with Robert Hoare, the managing director of vestment maker, Watts & Co, to talk about its venerable and sometimes quirky history, and the ancient and unbelievable craftsmanship of the chasubles, cassocks, copes, surplices, maniples, mitres, stoles, and humeral veils Christian clergy wear tod

Pastoring Through Climate Change with Rafael Morales Maldonado

Nov 07 2024 40 mins  
How are Anglicans persevering in ministry and life together in the face of climate change?The Bishop of Puerto Rico, the Rt. Rev. Rafael Morales Maldonado, has a passion for creation-care ministries, outreach, and evangelism. What's up in ministry in Puerto Rico? And especially how are they integrating concern for climate change into ministry there?Bishop Rafael is the diocesa

Learning from Global Leaders with Mary Ho

Oct 24 2024 41 mins  
Today we'll be touching down in Kansas, Japan, Africa, China, and the middle east, for some global lessons in leadership.How are Christians formed as effective leaders, and how do they in turn form effective leaders? How do we learn leadership from beyond our home turf to serve in fearlessly contextualized ways?My guest today is Dr. Mary Ho. Mary is an expert in strategic leadershi

Bishops in Bermuda with Wes Śpiewak and Nick Dill

Oct 10 2024 37 mins  
Two bishops in Bermuda give us a glimpse at a gesture of Christian unity that's making a difference in a diverse community.We'll hear today how the Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops of the island both found their call into island ministry, how their friendship started, and some of the fruit it's bearing in their dioceses in sweet and surprising collaborations. We'll also hear som

Angels and Demons (but Mostly Angels) with Fr. James Brent

Sep 26 2024 49 mins  
What or who are angels? Why does it matter? Some of you may be coming to today's episode with some skepticism or at least curiosity. Why are we talking about angels and demons? Should we bother thinking or talking about invisible creatures? Is it possibly to not be scary or weird about it?As we'll discover today, Christians have always been concerned with angels, because angel

Election Season and Cardinal Virtues with Elisabeth Kincaid

Sep 12 2024 51 mins  
With election season heating up in the U.S., many Christian leaders feel the extra strain. With churches and nations dealing with painful divisions, how might Christians — and anyone else — learn to enjoy and share life together? What does that take?Today it takes us to the virtues, ways to live at peace with ourselves and others through the exercise of certain habits