Sacramental Whine

Episode 118. In this episode I am joined by Thomas Bradshaw, a former ISM priest and now UCC congregant. We talk about the intersectionality between the Independent Sacramental Movement and Mainline Churches such as the United Church of Christ. Links: Alexandrian Community . St. John's United Church of Christ, Massillon Ohio .

Welcome to episode 117. In this episode there is an interview with D. T. Bryant, author of "Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel." Father Danny Bryant serves as the priest of St. Mary of Bethany Parish and is a priest within the Anglican Free Fellowship of America . He and his wife Rebecca have four children. Danny has lived in middle Tennessee for over tw...

In this episode, episode 116, I have the honor of speaking with Bishop Joshua Paszkiewicz, who serves as Coadjutor Bishop in the Ancient Apostolic Church of Alexandria. We have an exciting episode planned for you. We discussed several topics, especially post-denominationalism. Links: Ancient Apostolic Church of Alexandria .

Welcome to Episode 115! In this episode I interviewed Robert Ponsford.  Robert Ponsford is an Independent Episcopal Bishop with the Anglican Protestant Church which is the Anglican Ordinance of the United Episcopal Catholic Communion and a part of the Episcopal Free Communion. Links: Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement, Vol. 1 . Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the In...

Welcome to episode 114, in this episode I have the honor of speaking with Bishop Joel Dooley . Bishop Joel is the Primate of the Old Catholic Spirit Filled Church World Wide.  His passion for the Gospel and the Sacramental understanding is evident, as he talks with people of different faiths and backgrounds about the love  of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  His ministry has encouraged many to c...

Welcome to episode 113, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Brother Merrick Moses. Brother Merrick Moses is an ordained Old Catholic Benedictine priest and monk, writer, community activist, and preacher living in Baltimore, MD. This native New Yorker is a graduate of Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a minor in Spanish language. He has complet...

Welcome to episode 112! In this episode I explore the mysticism of Howard Thurman and the pragmatism of Martin Luther King, Jr. In seminary I (David Oliver Kling) specialized in Black Church and African Diaspora Studies and the theology of Thurman and King were the focus of my research. I believe the Independent Sacramental Movement can learn a lot from Thurman and King. Links: Sacramental Whine:...

Welcome to episode 111, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Shaun McCann, also known as Patriarch Iohannes IV of the Apostolic Johannite Church. Originally consecrated on December 22nd, 2002 as Bishop of Alberta, Iohannes IV was shortly thereafter elevated to Patriarch and Primate of the Apostolic Johannite Church and has served faithfully in that role since July 23rd, 2003. Si...

Welcome to episode 110, in this episode I welcome back Bishop Gregory Godsey. He is the presiding bishop of the Old Catholic Churches International and a friend. In this episode we talk about the Synod on Synodality and a recent post on social media of interest to those within the Independent Sacramental Movement. Links: Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement Volume On...

Welcome to episode 109. In this episode I present a sermon I preached titled, "An Introduction to the 4th Way." Before the sermon I talk about ordination and consecration from an essay I had written back in 2004 and after the sermon I have some final thoughts. Links: Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement Vol. 1 ! Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramen...

Welcome to episode 108, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing the Reverend Shawn Sanford Beck. The Rev. Shawn Sanford Beck is an ecumenical Christian priest in the Anglican tradition, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids . He is the author of Christian Animism , and the founder of the Ecumenical Companions of Sophia, an informal online community fostering Christian-Pag...

Welcome to episode 107, in this episode I welcome back Bishop Tom Bryant. He was first on the podcast back in episode 97. Bishop Tom is a bishop within the Independent Old Catholic Church , a parish pastor, and an educator. It is great to have him back. Links: Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement Vol. One . Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental M...

Welcome to episode 106! In this episode, I welcome back Father Timothy Olivieri. I first had Father Tim on the podcast back in episode 47 when he was a postulant with the Community of Saint George. Then he was on episode 58 when he was a subdeacon, and again in episode 84. Father Tim was ordained to the priesthood in October 2021 and it is an honor to have him back. Links: Sacramental Whine: Chron...

Welcome to Episode 105 , in this episode I have the honor of welcoming back the Very Reverend Doctor Peter-Michael Preble, a priest with the Independent Old Catholic Church and a true renaissance man. Monsignor Preble was initially interviewed in episode 96 and it is an honor to have him back. Links : Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement Vol. 1 . Sacramental Whine: C...

Welcome to episode 104, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Linda Rounds-Nichols . Although not recognized as such at the time, Linda's first call to the ministry may have been when she wasn't yet a teenager. Since no one saw that situation as a call, she followed another dream and became an educator:  first a teacher, then a counselor, then a central office administrator, and...

Welcome to episode 103, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Rick Saint . Originally from the southern United States, Bishop Rick Saint is currently based in Thailand. The son of a protestant pastor, he grew up in church. Feeling a call to ministry as a teen, he attended Southeastern University for his undergraduate degree before pursuing a Master's of Church Ministries from Ass...

Welcome to episode 102, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Pamela Joy Giese . Please consider supporting this podcast by purchasing the books based upon it.  The books are titled "Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement Volume 1 and Volume 2 . " You can find them on Amazon and the easiest way to location them is to search my name, David Oliver Kling...

In this episode, I have the honor of interviewing the Reverend Mark Townsend. He is the author of several books including "Jesus through Pagan Eyes," and "Diary of a Heretic." Mark was ordained in The Church of England in 1996. However, in July 2010 he decided to resign his Anglican orders and move over to an Independent Sacramental Church. It was a huge decision for Mark, but he feels more able t...

Welcome to episode 100, the countdown to 100 is complete! I am delighted to have as my guest Edward Jarvis . Edward Jarvis (born in Yorkshire, England, 1975) is the author of several books including Carlos Duarte Costa: Testament of a Socialist Bishop and Sede Vacante: The Life and Legacy of Archbishop Thuc . Edward has a mixed ancestry which includes Slovenian, Irish, and French (Huguenot). Not i...

Welcome to episode 99, the countdown to episode 100 continues! In this episode I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Theodore Feldmann!     Bishop Theodore Feldmann is a retired professional pastoral musician and serves the Ordinariate of Divine Providence in the Ascension Alliance.   He teaches courses in the Ascension Theological College :  New Cosmology; Introduction to Liturgy; Sacraments of...

Welcome to episode 98, the count-down to episode 100 continues! In this episode, I have the honor of interviewing Father Andrew Miller . Andrew Miller is an ordained priest in the Celtic-Rite Old Catholic Church He came to organized religion as a teenager when he converted to Mormonism at age 16 where he discovered a love for Theology. While Studying Theology and philosophy in college, he felt him...

Welcome to episode 97, the countdown to episode 100 continues, and in this episode, I have the honor of interviewing Bishop Tom Bryant . Of all the titles that clergy can use, Tom Bryant loves "Pastor" the most.  It combines the role of shepherding and loving a particular people with the function of leading through Word and Sacrament. Bishop Bryant was Ordained in 1986.  He has served as a church...

Welcome to episode 96, the countdown to episode 100 continues!  In this episode, I have the honor of interviewing the Very Reverend Doctor Peter-Michael Preble. Monsignor Preble received an Associates's and bachelor's degree from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts. He received his seminary training at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, and...

Welcome to episode 95, the countdown to episode 100 is on!  Can you believe we are only 5 episodes away from 100! In this episode, I will be talking about the Convergence Movement and have as my guests Father Kevin Daugherty and Father Michaelangelo D'Arrigo . The Reverend Father Kevin Daugherty is a priest and an Elder and Secretary-Treasurer within the Convergent Christian Communion . The Revere...

Welcome to Episode 94, in this episode I have the honor of interviewing Deacon Christopher Maximus. Deacon Christopher Maximus – essential grocery worker by day, former Boy Scout, semi-retired Drag Queen, grateful alcoholic, human rights activist, seminarian, and Deacon. As a teenager, Christopher found God's grace and love in his local Eastern Orthodox Church after an invitation to attend from hi...