And Also With You

Recently, national news was made by an Episcopalian asking for mercy.  Many of us were deeply moved by her words and yet, many people were enraged by them.  This dissonance suggests that there are different understandings of mercy out there, especially among Christians. How do we begin to understand mercy in light of our faith?  What does it mean to show mercy? What does God have to say about this...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Who is Saint Patrick?  What role do saints have in our faith?  Grab a plate of corned beef and cabbage and join us for this discussion! Like what you hear? We are an entirely crowd-sourced, you-funded project.  SUPPORT US ON PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcast There's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episod...

Confessing our sins can be super liberating, but it is a practice that has been used to predatory ends. How do we approach "Confession" from a liberating standpoint, and what are ways we think about being forgiven as people who live in the real world? Join us for an enlivening, deep conversation with The Rev. Kelli Joyce on sin, confession, mercy, forgiveness, and what God has to do with it all.  ...

We opened our phone line for your questions!  The gang tackles this one on prayer and listening to God's voice.   Like what you hear? We are an entirely crowd-sourced, you-funded project.  SUPPORT US ON PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcast There's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episodes for our Patreons!   Our Website: https://and...

The idea of "sin" has been weaponized, especially against marginalized folks. We've brought our colleague, friend, and brilliant theologian The Rev. Dr. Patrick Cheng to speak with us on sin, and why we're not giving up on the idea of sin even as liberated Christians. Father Patrick is a prolific writer, thinker, and leader in the church; in this episode, we're talking especially about his book, F...

What a weird and hard and scary time it is to be a queer person, and what a confusing time for both queer people and allies to understand alike to think through the relationship between the Christian faith and queerness, when so much is being said by Christians against queer and trans people.  And yet, queer and trans and non-binary and gay and lesbian and bi Christians exist and more than argumen...

WE ARE RECORDING AN EPISODE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS! CALL US AT ‪(262) 229-9763‬ (that's 262-AAWY POD AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AND YOUR QUESTION MIGHT BE ON AN UPCOMING EP! THANKS! LOVE YA!   So you've kissed Christian purity culture goodbye ... but now what do we do with all those Bible verses about "purity"? How do we think about innocence, readiness, and being purified before the Lord? Join Re...

Why is Eve always getting blamed for the downfall of humanity? Is that fair? Is that even what happens in the Bible? < > *** Make friendship bracelets and join us LIVE in Pittsburgh on March 21 + 22! Friday Night Live Episode: https://stpaulspgh.breezechms.com/form/bf7a14 Saturday Morning Retreat: https://stpaulspgh.breezechms.com/form/16ac6f **** Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patr...

Why is Eve always getting blamed for the downfall of humanity? Is that fair? Is that even what happens in the Bible?  *** Make friendship bracelets and join us LIVE in Pittsburgh on March 21 + 22! Friday Night Live Episode: https://stpaulspgh.breezechms.com/form/bf7a14 Saturday Morning Retreat: https://stpaulspgh.breezechms.com/form/16ac6f **** Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon...

What is the future of the church?  Where do we go from here?  We invited the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, the Bishop of the Diocese of Texas on to help us explore this question.  Bishop Doyle has a unique perspective on the church from where he sits and it was a delight to talk to him!   Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcast There's...

Repentance and forgiveness are central themes of scripture, both Hebrew scriptures and the Gospel, and yet the work of reconciling conflict still feels at times: so confounding, so anaphylactic that you might think that we – as a culture, as a Church – have fudged our resumes.   And yet, matters of conflict and repentance (or unrepentance) and forgiveness feel so prescient and urgent both for our...

In this episode we discuss a timeless topic but we are recording it in the context of the new year.  It is early January, a time when people are typically thinking about their goals and intentions for the new year.  Having habits, goals, etc. isn’t inherently a bad thing!  But it becomes tricky when we think we can somehow be “better” people.   There is a prevalent thought within Christianity that...

In the midst of a really big season in the life of the church (Christmas!) it’s tempting to think, this is it!  This is the best the church has got!  And big grand occasions are special in the life of the church.  But the church has so much to offer in addition to these big occasions.  This week we reflect on how weird and good  church can be in the little, every day moments.  We have one of our v...

Merry Christmas! To help us tell the Christmas story, we present to you: an AAWY Christmas Pageant!  Join Laura, Lizzie, Ethan and Jonathan for this episode.  After the Pageant, we gab about what we love about pageants.  Wishing you a Christmas filled with hope and love.  Thank you for supporting And Also With You.   Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.c...

Christmas can be a happy time!  But many of us come to this season with heavy hearts.  Maybe you have recently lost a job, or maybe you are missing a loved one, or maybe the news cycle has you down.  If this is the case, we would like you to know that you are not alone.  In our Blue Christmas episode we hold space for everyone who might be feeling a little blue as we approach this Christmas season...

And Also with You is hosted by two young women Episcopal priests, moms, and deconstructing Christians, The Rev. Laura Di Panfilo and The Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail. Neither one of us grew up Episcopalian and yet both of us have found a home in this faith ... and we know how disorienting it can be for people who are new to liturgical Christianity or who have never known there was another, faith-full...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Advent 1 marks the beginning of a new year on our liturgical calendar.  This week we talk through the calendar, what it means to use one to help us make sense of worship, and how to follow along with it.  We are joined by our friend Juniper LaNunziata who helps us tackle this big topic!   Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWi...

Today's episode features a special guest who joins us to talk about an exciting new book!  That's right, the  Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail is on today to share about her upcoming book "God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us!"  Countless Christians are deconstructing the fear-based faith they were handed, but many don’t want to give up on God—they want to love and be loved by Jesus without hateful or abusive th...

We’ve planned a pair of episodes this week and next to talk about what is a priest and what is a lay person so as to explain what it means to work and worship within a church that practices different orders of ministry. This week we've invited Maxine King who joins us on her prie-dieu to help us understand the laity and the ministry of the church.

We’ve planned a pair of episodes this week and next to talk about what is a priest and what is a lay person so as to explain what it means to work and worship within a church that practices different orders of ministry.   This week we've invited the Rev. Julia Macy Offinger on to help us explore the priesthood together.    Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.pat...

This episode will release the day before the US presidential election, but we hope it will be a conversation that speaks to you wherever and whenever it finds you.  We are living in stressful times and so Ethan and Laura invited The Rev. Steven D. Paulikas on to share about how Christians locate hope in the midst of political uncertainty.   Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon her...

This week, Laura and Ethan are joined by Dr. Toni Alimi for a conversation about The Tough Stuff in our scripture and tradition. From Augustine to @ladygaga to materialism to Jacob, we cover a lot of ground, all rooted in the essential question: how do we hold disparate and hard things in tension, especially when it's about our faith? Toni Alimi lives in Ithaca, NY, with his wife and their daughte...

The word of God is living and active, but what does this mean?  How do we read scripture after it has been used as a tool for harm?   Join us for this conversation where Laura and Ethan share some of the things they love about the Bible and some approaches to reading it devotionally in our lives.   Like what you hear? We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPo...

What is grief and how might our faith speak to our experiences of loss?  We are joined by sad boy Rev. Gregory Stark and guest co-host Rev. Ethan Lowery to talk about life, death, poetry, Eucharist, hamburgers, and grief.     The Rev. Gregory Stark is a current PhD student in theology at the University of Cambridge, where he is researching the theology of grief and mourning in the art and activism...

We talk all the time about prayer but ... what exactly is it? What "counts" as prayer? Is prayer a merely intellectual exercise, or conversation, or monologue to God? Or is it embodied? Do we have to "feel" something in prayer? These are the questions we tackle with friends and experts, The Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams and The Rev. Adelyn Tyler-Williams on today's pod!    Connect with our guests: Re...