Interfaith work in the wake of the Boston bombings

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Ebo Patel, founder and executive director of Interfaith Youth Core, tells Odyssey Networks that the world needs interfaith leaders now more than ever.


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Making sense of the "nones"

Gregory Smith, senior researcher for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, talks with Odyssey Networks about the rapid growth of the religiously unaffiliated.


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The Bread of Life. What is it?

What does Jesus mean when he says he is the bread of life? Barbara K. Lundblad, Professor of Preaching at Union Theological Seminary shares a few ideas in this video by Odyssey Networks


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Wrestling with the hard texts until they bless us

Professor Steve Fowl of Loyola University in Baltimore discusses his experience at a consultation on the Bible and LGBT issues in Durban, South Africa among Episcopalians and African Anglicans sponsored by the Chicago Consultation and the Ujamaa Centre at the University of KwaZulu Natal.


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Sharing the Baptismal Covenant with other Anglicans

The Rev. Jon Richardson, vice president for national affairs of Integrity, talks about sharing the Episcopal Church's Baptismal Covenant with other participants at the Chicago Consultation/Ujamaa Centre gathering in Durban, South Africa.


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Love, marriage and getting fired

During a gathering hosted by the Chicago Consultation, the Rev. Ecclesia de Lange spoke about being dismissed from her position as a pastor in the Methodist Church of South Africa after she married her female partner.


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Adaptive change and the Episcopal Church

At a time when The Episcopal Church is considering how to reform itself, here are a few words from Ron Heifetz, co-founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard, who coined the phrase "adaptive leadership."


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Mission is...

A short film that crowd sources the definition of mission


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A lesbian pastor's journey

The Rev. Barbara Lundblad, a Lutheran minister, discusses the hardships and breakthroughs she has experienced during her career.


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The mystery of their own lives

Former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold discusses the advantages of having lay students present in seminary classrooms.


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This is our moment

Bishop Michael Curry of the Diocese of North Carolina says the Episcopal Church is well-suited to the challenges of preaching the Gospel in a multi-faith world.


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Are we playing the Great Satan?

Bishop John Chane wonders if Rep. Peter King considered how his hearings on the alleged radicalization of American Muslims played in the Middle East and Africa.


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Resurrection as insurrection

Peter Rollins, author of How Not to Speak of God, says believing in the Resurrection has nothing to do with dogma.


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Discernment: what is it?

Figuring out the life you are supposed to lead in the context of your faith, say the young adults in this video.


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Apostle of Non-violent confrontation

PBS's Kim Lawton interviews Cheryl Sanders, professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity about Martin Luther King, Jr.


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"We're moving ahead"

Canon Mary Glasspool talks about her election as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles.


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Serving around the world

A veteran of the Episcopal Church's Young Adult Service Corps says: Just let yourself be open to what God might have in store for you.


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What is an emerging church?

Apparently, it is something like this. Hat tip: Rude Armchair Theologian.


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The quadrants converge

Phyllis Tickle talks about the convergence of the Evangelical, Charismatic, Liturgical and Social Justice quadrants of Christianity.


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Emergence: a global phenomenon

Americans are "Johnnies come lately" to the Emergent Church movement, says Phyllis Tickle.


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Just as I am

Exorcism, electroshock therapy, the Rev. Mel White fought hard to overcome his attraction to men. It didn't work, and now he is glad.


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Of vows and the Baptismal Covenant

Brother Karekin Yarian, a member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory, speaks about religious life and the Baptismal Covenant. Thanks to Every Voice Network.


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The secret masterpiece

Stefan Parkman, one of Sweden's finest choral conductors, talks about Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. Video courtesy of Trinity Church, Wall Street


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The concerns of Iraqi Christians

Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States says Iraqi Christians are concerned that U. S. forces might leave too quickly. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Al Ahli Arab Hospital

In the second of three interviews, Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States talks about the Episcopal hospital in Gaza. Video: Trinity Television and New Media. Photo: Diocese of Jerusalem.


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A clinic in Yemen

In the first of three interviews, Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States, introduces the work of the Church in the Middle East. Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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The core values are conservative

David C. Korten says values like personal responsibility and local control undergird the movement toward sustainable development. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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Sustainability is a justice issue

The Rev. Dr. Néstor O. Míguez says the earth cannot support the habits of the world's wealthiest societies without exploiting the poor. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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Greening the South Bronx

Majora Carter, a MacArthur "genius" grant winner explores sustainable development as an antidote to urban poverty. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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God and your carbon footprint

The Rev. Timothy J. Gorringe, a leading environmental theologian, is a prophet of sustainability. Video courtesy of the Trinity Institute.


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Avoiding self-righteousness

It is difficult, but necessary, not to demonize those with whom we disagree, says Desmond Tutu. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Upheld by prayers

Desmond Tutu gets by with help from his patron saints and prayers from his friends. Video courtesy of Trinity Video and New Media.


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The gift of a Dark Night

The time between "no longer" and "not yet" is sacred time, says Joan Borysenko. Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Finding common cause

Alan Jones sees the world's religions laboring toward "a new imaginative, compassionate way of caring for one another." Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Saying no to "success"

Terry Hershey learned the hard way how striving for success can kill relationships. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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The two faces of faith

"Religion is the worst and the best thing that we have," says author Sam Keen. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Howard Thurman

Bishop Eugene Sutton talks about "America's foremost African-American mystic." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Thomas Merton's gift

Reading The Seven Storey Mountain opened a new world for Sue Monk Kidd. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Power and authority

Jesus, in the world's terms, had no power, says Bishop Eugene Sutton. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Prozac culture

"We are materially rich--and going bonkers," says Joan Borysenko. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Peter Gomes

A few thoughts on not making an idol of The Bible . Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Revelation unfolding

"The nature of life and of the Christian journey is wrestling," says Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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Mastering the will to dominate

Tariq Ramadan says dogmatic rationalists are as blind as religious fanatics. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Beyond a European Christ

"I wanted to bring the blackness of my identity together with my faith," says theologian James Cone. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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Godly politics

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel taught his daughter Susannah that a religious person must be politically aware. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.


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Does religion breed violence?

James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword, is among the featured speakers in Trinity Institute's next webcast conference, An Interfaith Dialog on Religion and Violence, January 21-23.


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As though the Kingdom has come

The triumph of the Solidarity movement in Poland demonstrates that "the Kingdom of God is already happening," says Biblical scholar Walter Wink. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Active waiting

Author Sue Monk Kidd talks about the courage it takes to endure "threshold moments," in our spiritual growth. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Forgiveness in the extreme

Theologian Miroslav Volf tells the story of the death of his five-year-old brother, and how his parents came to forgive the man who was responsible. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Escaping internalized oppression

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons says the oppressed "have work to do," to rid themselves of the anger and self-loathing that oppression generates before true reconciliation can occur. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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Fragments Catholic and gay

"The gay issue, it comes down to something very simple," says the Rev. James Alison, author of Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay. "Either there is or there isn't such a thing as being gay." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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What would Judas do?

Café contributor Deidre Good, professor of New Testament at the General Theological Seminary discusses some of the theological issues raised by the rediscovery of the Gospel of Judas. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.


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