The Ministry Collaborative Podcast

Program Associate Ryan Bonfiglio shares his recent blog post about the impulse to stockpile, the pull of nostalgia, and what we lessons might learn from Exodus 16.Read the blog post.

TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Beth Daniel, and Jennifer Watley Maxell speak with Rev. Dr. Leah Jackson (McAfee School of Theology, Ray of Hope Christian Church) about Sarah Coakley’s call for theological and spiritual depth, why faith can’t be walled off from politics and public life, and the practices of resistance a younger generation is looking for in the church.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Associate Jennifer Watley Maxell speaks with Elizabeth Lynn, Andrew Yeager, and Marthame Sanders about testimony and the power of telling our own stories; why even the most polished AI work still needs a human fingerprint; and what a grandmother’s banana pudding teaches about passing on faith.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Associate Jennifer Watley Maxell speaks with Elizabeth Lynn, Andrew Yeager, and Marthame Sanders about what we lose as we read and speak less; whether the church can be a backstop amid a cacophony of competing voices; and why word and image, story and embodiment, belong together in forming moral people.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Watley Maxell, and Beth Daniel speak with Kyle Bender about leading in a world that changes faster than we can adapt, where pastoral care ends and therapy begins, and why compassion may be the church’s most important gift to this moment.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Beth Daniel, Adam Mixon, and Adam Borneman continue their conversation with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Honolulu about her recent blog post for TMC, the importance of welcoming questions, and why we need to be able to recognize when Jesus is in our midst.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, and Beth Daniel speak with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Honolulu about her recent blog post for TMC, the Spirit's disrupting and surprising presence, and how she is finding God at work both inside and outside the Church.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with Heather Brown about creating spaces of trust, cultivating good listening practices, and the balance between artfulness and authenticity.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Adam Borneman speak with Heather Brown about crafting spaces for storytelling, the importance and challenge of connecting our stories of faith with Jesus, and why genuine can be better than slick.Episode Transcript.

TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, and Beth Daniel continue their conversation on certainty, delving into the connections between my story, the story of the community, and God's story.Episode Transcript.