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This week we have two incredibly fabulous guests with us on the show. Father Ben got to head to NYC to the offices of Trinity Wall Street to talk with Winnie Varghese of St. Mark's in the Bowery and Huffington Post fame, who now serves at Trinity. We discuss her childhood faith, origins from Kerala, India, a post-Trump America, ministry in NYC, Hamilton the Musical, and so much more. Also joining us this week is Jordan Haynie Ware, co-host of the Two Feminists Annotate the Bible podcast. Jordan discusses her upcoming book "The Ultimate Quest: a Geek's Guide to the Episcopal Church," her own geeky history, the differences between Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, and so much more. You won't want to miss one of our favorite episodes ever! @godwelcomesall @twofeminists http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/wsvarghese-601

Welcome 2017 and welcome everyone to our first episode of the New Year! Ben and Colin discuss their resolutions, and recommend one for you! On this episode we have yet another guest from the General Theological Seminary, the Rev. Emily Wachner, who joins us to discuss the Wisdom Year program and revitalization of GTS. Also, our most recurringest guest Anna Courie joins us to discuss her new book Christ Walk Kids from Church Publishing, as well as raising faithful and healthy tweens and teens. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/priest-pulse/id925044272?mt=2 http://news.gts.edu/2016/10/the-way-of-wisdom-in-practice-2/ http://pastoralimagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CSTE-LPI-030116.pdf https://www.churchpublishing.org/christwalkkids www.episcopalcafe.com    

It's 1am on December 24th and the Rev. Colin Chapman can't get his baby Grace to fall asleep or his sermons written. Yet, with a little help from some friends, he may just find the magic of Christmas. We want to thank the hosts of the podcast the Collect Call, Brendan O'Sullivan-Hale and Holli Rickman Powell for joining us to discuss the seasons of Advent and Christmas in prayer and worship. We also play Priest Pulse Lightning Round with very special Brittany Spears trivia! Thanks to Anna Courie, author of Christ Walk and Christ Walk Kids, for coming on the show to talk about keeping healthy during the holiday season. Laurie Brock and Megan Castellan discuss their Holiday film favorites like the Bishop's Wife, Muppet Christmas Carol, Hallmark Channel movies, and why they don't like Love Actually. We also discuss our favorite Christmas albums of all time. We want to wish you a Merry Christmas from everyone at Priest Pulse: Fr. Benjamin Gildas, Colin Chapman, Intern Lizzie, all of our contributors, and our wond

This special bonus live episode features an interview with the Rev. Cn. Shawn Wamsley of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. We discuss getting lured to church with PB&J, finding the Episcopal Church, and the future of evanglism. We play Philadelphia trivia in the Lightning Round. Don't miss this awesome live episode from beautiful Cape May, NJ!

It's episode 40 of Priest Pulse. In this episode, Todd Brewer from the General Theological Seminary in NYC and Karyn Wiseman from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia join us for a preaching roundtable where we discuss preaching out of chaos. How do we approach the pulpit in the midst of national tragedies and the complex and difficult realities of our modern world? How does this election effect our preaching voice? What does the gospel demand during difficult times? The Rev. DeDe Duncan-Probe, bishop-elect of the Diocese of Central New York, joins Colin to talk about her unique name, her journey of faith, and expectations for entering into her new ministry as bishop. In the lightning round, our roundtable guests talk about their favorite holiday pies. http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/08/08/central-new-york-elects-dede-duncan-probe-as-next-bishop/ http://news.gts.edu/2015/08/meet-the-faculty-an-interview-with-prof-todd-brewer/  

We hope you enjoy our special comic book themed episode of Priest Pulse!! We're so excited to have the Rev. Canon Chuck Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church, talk about his relationship with Stan Lee and other greats within the comic book world. On Priest Pulse Roundtable, Steve Ross, author of Marked, a comic book adaptation of the Gospel of Mark, and Heather Annis, author of Book of Comic Prayer, join us to talk about the impact of visual medium as common vernacular.   https://www.amazon.com/Marked-Steve-Ross/dp/1596270020/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479098890&sr=1-1&keywords=marked https://www.amazon.com/Book-Comic-Prayer-Transform-Ministry/dp/0819232785/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479098993&sr=1-1&keywords=book+of+comic+prayer https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Superheroes-Religion-Popular/dp/0820474223/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479099113&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Gospel+According+to+Superheroes h

While Fr. Ben is on vacation, Fr. Colin puts together this great episode. Sharon Pearson from Church Publishing joins to discuss Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace. John Ohmer and Colin talk about Slaying Your Goliaths: How God can Help. Colin quizzes Ben and Jay Sidebotham on cartoon trivia.    Sharon Ely Pearson, Author and Editor at Church Publishing. Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace: https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Gospel-Peace-Challenging-Epidemic/dp/0819232025 Sharon’s Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Sharon+Ely+Pearson&search-alias=books&field-author=Sharon+Ely+Pearson&sort=relevancerank   The Rev. John Ohmer, Rector Falls Church Episcopal, Falls Church, VA Slaying Your Goliaths: How God Can Help https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Your-Goliaths-How-Help/dp/0880284048 Ohmer’s Blog:  http://unapologetictheology.blogspot.com/ The Rev. Jay Sidebotham, Artist and Assc. Rector, St. James’ Parish in Wilmington, NC https://www.cpg.org/global/online-resourc

Season 2 continues as Colin Chapman interviews the famous, the talented Jay Sidebotham. You know him from his cartoons in the Church Publishing calendar but he joins us to talk about his project Renewal Works with Forward Movement. Also in this episode Anna Courie and Josh Hearne come to the roundtable to discuss some religious issues from the election season. We discuss Donald Trump's sexual assault comments in the Access Hollywood video, how forgiveness plays out with political candidates, Hillary Clinton campaign Wikileaks emails, the religious right and whether Evangelicals forfeit their moral high ground supporting Donald Trump, and the entire election madness. Our Roundtable guests also play a game called "Jesus Christ Super Star Wars" and ask Bible or Star Wars geographical trivia. All of this....and honestly not much more....on the newest episode of Priest Pulse. http://renewalworks.org/ https://www.cpg.org/global/online-resources/cartoons/ https://www.churchpublishing.org/christwalkkids https://www.

This two year anniversary episode features an interview with Bishop Robert Hirschfeld of the Diocese of New Hampshire who discusses with Colin the most recent House of Bishops meeting. Also an interview with Forward Movement editor the Rev. Melody Shobe about new book "The Path: a Journey Through the Bible." Also on this episode new recurring segment "Theology Corner" with Dr. Joshua Wise and the Rev. Jonathan Mitchican.  We discuss these two articles from the Living Church in Theology Corner: http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2016/09/21/rebuilding-a-culture-of-teaching/ http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2016/09/23/the-church-of-englands-trinitarian-schizophrenia-full-visible-unity-or-fresh-expressions/ Buy the Path here: http://www.forwardmovement.org/Products/2418/the-path.aspx Go to www.patreon.com and search for Priest Pulse to sponsor our show.

Welcome back from our summer break: it's the Priest Pulse back-to-school episode! In the roundtable segment, Dr. Karyn Wiseman and Dr. Elesha Coffman discuss the struggles of seminary institutions and the future of religious education. We talk about Dr. Coffman's article on Religious Dispatches "Are We Entering the End Times for Mainline Seminaries?" We also play a game of "Pokemon or Early Church Heretic." Colin interviews Dr. Derek Olsen about his book "Inwardly Digest: the Prayer Book as Guide to a Spiritual Life," how he found the Episcopal Church as a Lutheran, being a clergy spouse and lay theologian, and more. Ben and Colin get the Last Word and discuss cultural shifts that effect the future of parishes and the priesthood.   Article by Dr. Elesha Coffman http://religiondispatches.org/are-we-entering-the-end-times-for-mainline-seminaries/ Dr. Karyn Wiseman on Twitter @txpreach Dr. Derek Olsen's book Inwardly Digest: http://www.forwardmovement.org/Products/2183/inwardly-digest.aspx Pokemon or Early Churc

John Pattison and C. Christopher Smith join Fr. Benjamin Gildas to discuss their book "Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus." With all of the talk of church attendance decline in the Episcopal Church and mainline denominations, the language of the "slow food movement" offers some helpful corrections and might spark the imagination of churches into thinking about God's abundance. We discuss Asset Based Community Development, God's economy, abundance, scarcity, and much more. https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00HUCPSE4&asin=B00HUCPSE4&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm

Carla Barnhill from Sparkhouse Family and Nurya Love Parish from Grow Christians join Fr. Benjamin Gildas to discuss discipling and faith formation at home and how congregations can support and equip parents. What resources are there for parents to raise young children? Is it important to take Christian education and family ministry from Sunday morning into the home? At a time when mainline protestant denominations are in decline, these issues of faith building at home are centrally important. Its crucial that we equip parents to spark faith and grow Christians. www.growchristians.org https://www.wearesparkhouse.org/

Its a Popping Collars Takeover episode with Greg and Liz joining Fr. Ben to discuss environmentalism, science denial, and bringing the millenial generation back to church. In this episode we also change the elements of the Eucharist to kale chips and IPA.  https://poppingcollarspodcast.com/ @poppingcollars  

The Rev. Cn. Daniel G.P. Gutierrez sits down with Fr. Benjamin Gildas to discuss being called as the next bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, his hopes for ministry and the Church, and his love of baseball. Bishop-elect Gutierrez was elected May 16, 2016 by the convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania as the next diocesan bishop and so will be the newest member of the Episcopal Church House of Bishops. The Rev. Cn. Daniel Gutierrez's blog is here: http://ashepherdinthefield.blogspot.com/ www.diopa.org Thanks to Canon Gutierrez and the Diocese of Pennsylvania for your cooperation in producing this episode. Check us out at patreon.com where you can be a monthly patron and keep our show free. Thanks for listening!

Kira Schlesinger and Joshua Hearne join our digital roundtable to discuss the new brand of so-called religious liberty and protection laws trending in a dozen or more states. Mississippi just passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, and Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia just vetoed a similar law. Proponents say these laws exist to protect the already existing religious freedoms granted by the first amendment, but are they necessary or do they reinforce or legalize discrimination? We discuss the philosophical shift in some anabaptist denominations toward church and state relations. Josh gives us a list of ways Baptists in Virginia were punished or killed for their faith just a few centuries ago. In the lightning round, Colin, Kira, and Josh propose new laws for their ministry contexts. Music provided by Awaking Mercury: http://awakingmercury.com/ Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3100099&ty=h&u=3100099 Show links: http://graceandmain.org/ http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Prayer-Pray

This is a special episode for National Poetry Month and the feast day of John Donne, Anglican Divine. Accomplished poet and author Blaine C. Martin joins Fr. Benjamin Gildas to talk about the metaphysical poets such as John Donne and George Herbert, as well as spirituality in modern poetry. Included is an exercept from Lucille Clifton's collection "Blessing the Boats."  David Henson's blog post: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davidhenson/2016/03/be-a-poet-not-a-preacher-during-holy-week-why-worldpoetryday-matters-to-the-church/ Find Blaine C. Martin: "A Whole Armada of Loss" available Plan B Press http://www.planbpress.com/store/p12/A_Whole_Armada_of_Loss_-_Martin,_Blaine.html www.facebook.com/blainecmartin http://bcmartinpoet.wix.com/home @bcmartinpoet

You are invited to join a conversation about innovative ministries andmissional communities in The Episcopal Church. This new conference takes place April 15-16 in Alexandria, VA at the Virginia Theological Seminary and is sponsored by the diocese of Texas, Washington, and Virginia. Featuring speakers such as Stephanie Spellers, Jay Sidebotham, Winnie Varghese, and many more, Missional Voices will connect church leaders, students, entrepreneurs, artists, community organizers, non-profit leaders, church planters, and everyday innovators from around The Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. www.missionalvoices.com

Two of three Lent Madness Distinguished Celebrity Bloggers join Ben and Colin at the digital roundtable. In this episode guests Laurie Brock and Megan Castellan discuss with us: Donald Trump vs. The Episcopal Church, Lenten disciplines, and Fox's live musical adaptation of the Passion. We also play a lightning round game of "Marry, Martyr, Monastery," and our guests have to choose saints to marry martyr, or spend a lifetime with in a monastery.    How would a Donald Trump vs. the Episcopal Church battle play out? Does the Pope have the right to determine a "good Christian" vs. a "bad Christian" and good Christian behavior?  What kinds of Lenten disciplines do our guests take on? Is Lent changing? What do you think of Fox's live musical Passion hosted by Tyler Perry? Is this like Jesus Christ Superstar, or different for some reason? Should networks like Fox be telling the Gospel stories? Which saints would you want to spend a lifetime with in a monastery?

The Rev. Kyle Oliver, Digital Missioner for the Virginia Theological Seminary and former host of the Easter People podcast, sits down with Fr. Benjamin Gildas at Amalgam Comics in Philadelphia to talk about the future of formation and proclamation. We discuss the upcoming e-Formation conference at VTS in June, the 2016 Forma conference, Episcopal podcasting, and getting churches into the digital age. http://www.eformationvts.org/ Also don't miss the Missional Voices conference at VTS: http://www.missionalvoices.com/ Recorded on location at Amalgam Comics: https://www.facebook.com/amalgamphilly/  

Creator of Lent Madness Fr. Tim Schenck joins Fr. Benjamin Gildas to discuss this year's saintly bracket, how Lent Madness was born, the glory of a good cup of coffee, and surviving life in the Episcopal Church. www.lentmadness.org www.clergyconfidential.com @fathertim on Twitter