Being Church in the Time of COVID
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Being Church in the Time of COVID seeks to tell the stories of what it is like being the church during the pandemic of 2020. Developed by the Office of Continuing Education, it is hosted by Sushama Austin-Connor, program administrator and Abigail Visco Rusert, director of the Institute for Youth Ministry. Each episode includes interviews with pastors, scholars, and new ministry leaders. It is produced by alum and pastor Garrett Mostowski.
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Episodes
Bonus Interview from ''Trauma and Friendship" Episode: Rev. Tyler Sit
November 03, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this episode, we share the full interview with Rev. Tyler Sit, founding pastor of New City Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He shares about his congregation's work of community listening and how that shaped and influenced the internal and external response they had to the COVID-19 crisis and the uprising after the murder of George Floyd.
The Gospel Inside
October 23, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn this episode, we are talking about theological education in prisons. You’ll hear from Jia Johnson, Program Director for McCormick Theological Seminary’s Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education at Cook County Jail. Jia reflects on her journey into this justice-making ministry, and the pressure points placed on her program as a result of Covid-19. You’ll hear from Dr. Sarah Farmer, who will help us wrestle with the shape of hope and community alongside indi...
Bonus Interview from 'Trauma and Friendship' Episode: Lindsey Krinks
October 15, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis is the full interview we conducted with chaplain Lindsey Krinks, who is the co-founder and co-director of Open Table Nashville. Open Table Nashville is a non-profit, interfaith community that disrupts cycles of poverty, journeys with the marginalized, and provides education about issues of homelessness. Lindsey shares insights from the front lines of ministry alongside vulnerable populations as Nashville navigated the onset of Covid, the aftermath of a tornado, and an ongoing m...
Rites of Passage
October 07, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBWhat impact has COVID-19 had on your community’s rituals and rites of passage? The Rev. Sue Phillips, an ordained minister and co-founder of the Sacred Design Lab, helps us imagine the disruptions of 2020 to be both limiting and expanding for our imaginations. Listen how leaders are called to reflect on what is essential, and to do the work of meaning-making inside of these new constraints. Hear how the Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean engages the Church’s imagination, calling ministry le...
Bonus Interview from 'Self-Care and Sabbath' Episode: Dr. Bo Karen Lee
September 22, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBDr. Bo Karen Lee is associate professor of spiritual theology and Christian formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. Listen as Dr. Lee discusses the importance of self-care and sabbath in times of crisis, teaching us to be grounded in our identity, to honor the invitation to abide with Christ, and to rest in the presence of God. Portions of this bonus episode of Dr. Lee’s full-length interview were first shared in the episode entitled, Self-Care and Sabbath.
Bonus Interview from 'Trauma and Friendship' Episode: Dr. John Swinton
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBDr. John Swinton is a registered nurse and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. This bonus episode features the full-length interview with Dr. Swinton discussing the importance of love, empathy, and friendship in the midst of a pandemic. He invites ministry leaders to consider the disorientation and confusion of this season through the lens of the passion of Jesus. Portions of this bonus episode were first shared in the episode entitled ...
Bonus Interview from 'Grief' Episode: Dr. Sonia Waters
September 08, 2020 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBThe Rev. Dr. Sonia Waters is an Episcopal priest and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. This bonus episode features the full-length interview with Dr. Waters discussing the importance of funerals and the struggles of conducting them during this time of physical distancing. Portions of this bonus episode were first shared in the episode entitled “Grief.” In this interview, Dr. Waters shares insights on the significance of bodies in grieving pr...
Self-Care and Sabbath
September 02, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBHow do we faithfully serve in our ministry while honoring our invitation to rest? Listen to the Rev. Dr. Jamie Frederika Eaddy, who unearths the importance of healing in this season. As a chaplain, death doula, and loss navigation specialist in Philadelphia, the Rev. Dr. Eaddy points us to her work to support clergy and the importance of self-care. Professor Bo Karen Lee deepens our understanding of self-care and its relationship to Sabbath, pointing to scripture, tradition, and p...
Trauma and Friendship
August 26, 2020 01:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBWhat are ways of exemplifying friendship in times of trauma? Chaplain Lindsey Krinks of Open Table Nashville discusses how a recent tornado in Tennessee affected her ministry aimed to disrupt the cycles of poverty, walk with the marginalized, and provide education on issues of homelessness. Prof. John Swinton, practical theology scholar at the University of Aberdeen, sheds light on love, friendship, and empathy in Christian ministry, along with young church planter Tyler Sit from Mi...
Bonus Interview from 'Protest and Pastoral Identity' Episode: Pastor Jon Robinson
August 18, 2020 17:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBPastor Jon Robinson is pastor of St. Peter’s African Methodist Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, MN. This bonus episode features the full-length interview with Pastor Robinson about his leadership in the midst of a pandemic, and in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s murder on May 25th, 2020--fewer than five blocks from the location of St. Peter’s. In this full-length interview hosts Sushama Austin-Connor and Abigail Visco Rusert explore themes of vocation, racial justice, mini...
Grief
August 11, 2020 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBHow have ministry leaders adjusted to dealing with death and funerals during COVID-19? The Rev. Dean Kladder from Healdsburg Community Church in California shares his experience of the physically-distant funeral he conducted after the passing of one of his congregants from COVID-19. Scholar Rev. Dr. Sonia Waters offers perspective on practices for the grieving, and rising ministry leader, Jacquelyn Rodriguez names the importance of God's embrace for all who suffer loss.
Protest and Pastoral Identity
August 04, 2020 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBCan protest be considered a form of worship? How can we carry the fullness of our stories into our leadership? The Rev. Jon Robinson from St. Peter's AME in Minneapolis, Minnesota shares how doing ministry changed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, occurring just blocks from his church. Scholar Rev. Dr. Montague Williams speaks on the role of post-racialism and colorblindness, and rising ministry leader, Nii Addo Abrahams invites us to consider the tensions between personhood and...
Virtual Worship
July 28, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBWhat is worship and what does it look like during COVID-19? Can protest be a form of worship? Hear Pastors Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes, a clergy couple from The Double Love Experience share their ways of reimagining worship. Consider if protest is a form of worship in this time of nationwide racial reckoning with Princeton Theological Seminary Prof. Elsie McKee, and gain perspective from church consultant Daniel Heath on how churches are uniquely qualified to rise to the o...
Trailer: Being Church in the Time of COVID
May 15, 2020 19:00 - 4 minutes - 3.45 MBComing soon, a new podcast from Princeton Theological Seminary.