On Carrying A Concern
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn Carrying a Concern is a show about sharing the stories of Friends that have been called into service. It is a way to celebrate and learn from Quakers that have been led into the world in service. It is hosted by Kristina and Callid Keefe-Perry of Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting in Cambridge, MA.
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Episode 10: Guests Reflect
July 31, 2018 21:12 - 42 MBFor this episode of On Carrying a Concern we are excited to welcome three guests from different parts of the Protestant Christian world. We thought it would be interesting to hear from other Christians, who are not Quakers, what they hear in the stories that Friends tell about leadings and service in the Friends’ tradition. Show notes with questions for discussion, resources mentioned in the episode, and a transcript are all available here. Tuhina Rasche calls herself a “Hudu.” Growing ...
Episode 09: Gretchen Baker-Smith
June 15, 2018 21:20 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBThis week we sit down with Gretchen Baker-Smith of Dartmouth, MA. Gretchen was kind enough to drive up to our home and spend the morning sharing stories of the way in which she has been called fully into a life of ministry. Gretchen currently works as the Junior High and Junior Yearly Meeting Coordinator for New England Yearly Meeting - work she performs faithfully and with love and care for our young folk. Her story asks us to consider: what happens when God's call is unmistakable and, con...
Episode 08: Angela Hopkins
May 27, 2018 18:02 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBThis week we sit down with Angela Hopkins of Ithaca Monthly Meeting in New York. Callid drove through a near-blizzard to visit her at the Burtt House, which is home to the Friends Center for Racial Justice (FCRJ). The FCRJ was born of a concern that Angela carries for Friends and the spiritual work of racial justice. Angela shares how she came to Friends in Kenya - tens of thousands of miles from her home in Ohio - and then traveled to Friends meetings in Africa accompanying her pastor and ...
Episode 07: Benigno Sánchez-Eppler
May 11, 2018 22:12 - 1 hour - 74 MBThis week we sit down with Benigno Sanchez-Epler of Northampton Meeting, MA. Kristina drove out to Amherst in the late fall to have a wonderful conversation with Benigno. He shares the delightful story of coming to Friends in college and how saying, “yes” to an invitation to serve unfolded into a life of service and international ministry. We also get to hear about how a tension airport customs encounter becomes a moment of ministry. We hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as we di...
Episode 06: Elisabeth Dearborn
April 27, 2018 15:58 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBThis week we sit down with Elisabeth Dearborn, of Putney, VT. We spoke to Elizabeth (who goes by El) in the summer of 2016 - when she was a member of Putney Friends Meeting. Elizabeth shares her experience of a life lived focused on listening for and being faithful to Guidance of the Spirit. Such faithfulness to Spirit’s Guidance took her across the country, to new careers, and, eventually, out of the Religious Society of Friends. El describes the ways in which a peer community of accountabil...
Episode 05: Lisa Graustein
April 20, 2018 13:14 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThis week we sit down with Lisa Graustein of Beacon Hill Friends Meeting. Lisa has been teaching at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, MA since 2007 and is currently the Equity Coordinator. She is also a facilitator with Beyond Diversity 101 (tm). Lisa talks with us about her experience living into evolving leadings that have guided the course of her life as a teacher and racial justice educator. She offers some keen insight into the ways in which the hurt and trauma that...
Episode 04: Jay O'Hara
April 13, 2018 18:12 - 1 hour - 75 MBIn this episode we sit down with Jay O’Hara of West Falmouth Preparative Meeting, Sandwich Monthly Meeting. We sat down with him during Annual Sessions of New England Yearly Meeting, in 2016, after Jay spoke at a plenary about his journey to participating in an action of climate witness. We don’t focus on the Lobster Boat Blockade, specifically, but explore his journey to Friends, ways in which he was prepared for that work, the support he receives from his meeting, and how his life was turn...
Episode 03: Melody Brazo
April 06, 2018 20:02 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBIn this episode we launch the interview portion of the show, sitting down with Melody Brazo of Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting. The conversation ranges from discussions of ideas about God to the sense and testing of a leading and questions about power, privilege, and the ways in which it plays out in ministry among Friends.
Episode 02: First Q&A
April 24, 2017 01:34 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThis is the first of a series of question and answer episodes based on questions and comments sent in my listeners. They all have something to do with following Leadings and/or ministry.
Episode 01: Introductions
February 27, 2017 21:37 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis is the beginning of something! Here we (Kristina and Callid Keefe-Perry) introduce you all to the premise of the show, explain a little about why we are doing this, and invite you all to get involved.