Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community
The Episcopal Church
88 episodes
5 days ago
Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the lectionary through the lens of social justice. You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present-day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings throughout the liturgical year.
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Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the lectionary through the lens of social justice. You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present-day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings throughout the liturgical year.
Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community
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Preaching the Feast of St. Francis
In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Saturday, October 4, the Feast of St. Francis. The texts covered are Psalm 121 and Luke 12:13-21, 27.
Our amazing guests this week are:
The Courageous Chris Clark, a final-year M.Div. student at Vancouver School of Theology. Chris is a fantasy nerd, a church geek, and a neuro-spicy creative who loves classical ethnocultural music, stand-up comedy, musicals, opera, board games, animals (all animals), and belly laughs. He makes his home on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam people (Vancouver, B.C.).
The Rt. Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. A passionate advocate for creation care, she is the author of the novel Of Green Stuff Woven. She is a wife and mother who finds joy in gardening, cross country skiing, traveling, and cherishing time with family and friends.
The Outstanding Olivia Morin-Swanson, a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Duluth, Minn. She enjoys spending time with her loved ones and talking/learning about God. She cares deeply about advocating for those who need it and singing in the choir.
Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s interim officer for Indigenous Ministries. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity. To learn more about Creation Care, visit episcopalchurch.org/creation-care.
Mentioned in This Episode
Season of Creation Website: https://seasonofcreation.org
Season of Creation liturgical guide: https://newcreationliturgies.org/seasonofcreation/SeasonOfCreation-ACelebrationGuideForEpiscopalParishes2025.pdf
The Canticle of Creation by St. Francis https://www.allcreation.org/home/stfrancis-canticle
General Convention Resolution B002 https://www.vbinder.net/resolutions/643/explanation?house=HD&lang=en
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Spirit_Level/i1oz6wYHjisC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
Renewing the Face of the Earth: Human Responsibility and the Environment by Rowan Williams http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/816/renewing-the-face-of-the-earth-human-responsibility-and-the-environment.html
Mouth of the Donkey: Re-imagining Biblical Animals by Laura Duhan-Kaplan
Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community
Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the lectionary through the lens of social justice. You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present-day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings throughout the liturgical year.
