All Places Together

In the final episode of the All Places Together podcast, Pastor Colleen reflects on how fruit becomes seeds and how God scatters seeds for the goodness of the world. 

One more bloopers reel for your listening pleasure, before All Places Together says goodbye!

Join Pastor Colleen and Pastor Keats for one last Technicolor Together episode. They explore the fruit of patience and how God’s work in the world often takes way longer than we would like. They reflect on how God is patient with us, and how we can be patient with ourselves and others. Bonus: APT member JoAnn shares about the impact that the community has had on her. 

All Places Together podcast producer – Pastor Jason Chesnut – comes from behind the scenes to behind the microphone to be a guest. Join Pastors Colleen and Jason as they reflect on the fruit and the mystery of peace. Bonus: Longtime listener Steve shares the impact that the podcast has had on him. 

In the final season of All Places Together, Pastor Colleen reflects with weekly guests about the Fruit of the Spirit. From Galatians 5, these fruits grow where the Spirit is at work. Reflect with Pastor J Mills about the fruit of kindness, and how it isn’t actually Midwest nice.

George Donovan is back to join Pastor Colleen in reflecting on songs that have been meaningful to them in their faith journey, especially in affirming their queer identities. Listen for their playlist and share a comment or send an email to share your favorite songs!  Note: The song Pr. Colleen and George talk about with the lyrics "I was lied to" is titled "You Are the One."

Marissa Sotos, pastor and former liturgy publisher, is the guest on this week’s Pride episode. She shares a coming out ritual she wrote for Queer Confirmation (get your tissues ready!) and reflects on how God always sees us. Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/events

Happy Pride, y’all! This Pride, join All Places Together for a series with interviews, reflections, and worship. Today’s episode is an interview with Glen Kirk, a commissioned lay preacher who calls rural southwest Virginia home. Thank you to Glen for sharing his stories with us.  Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/...

In this Easter episode, Pastor Colleen reflects on how Jesus meets us at the tomb and calls us by name through sharing her own resurrection story.  The prayer in this episode is from Evangelical Lutheran Worship.  Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/events

Join Pastor Colleen as she reflects on how God’s love redeems us, even when it feels like we have nothing left.  Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/events

This Lent, explore how God’s love is with us, whenever we are. Each episode will reflect on Jesus engaging with people at all hours of the day. We begin with a quiet morning. Sneak away with Jesus and Pastor Colleen to clear our heads for the day to come.  Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/events

In the final episode in this series, Pastor Colleen explores how praying together is one of the central things we do before and while the world gets turned upside down. Thank you to Steve and Alli who shared stories in this episode.

While we bring our whole bodies into prayer every time we pray, we can engage in intentional bodily practices to connect to God in new ways. In this episode learn about different ways to pray with your hands, feet, and whole self. Thank you Tim and Cam for sharing their stories in this episode.

The discipline of silence may not be easy or natural to us, but it is an important way to connect with God and be grounded in our faith. This episode includes an intentional time of silence for us to practice together. Thanks to Monica Weber for sharing her stories in today’s podcast. 

A quick listen announcing our two new small groups at All Places Together: Rainbow Together and Parents of LGBTQIA+ Children. You can read more on our website and sign up to get Zoom links. If you can’t make the meeting times, please still fill out the form and mark that you are interested but that you cannot attend the first gathering. www.allplacestother.org/events

Thank you to Kayla and John for sharing their stories in today’s episode. There’s still time to share both audio and written reflections for this series. You can send yours to info@allplacestogether.org by Feb 10. A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year W. Dr. Wilda C. Gafney. Used with permission.  -- • Do you have a favorite story about prayer from the bible? Why is it your favorite? How...

It’s the first week of our new series: Praying Together. In this episode, join Pastor Colleen in reflecting about the importance of regular prayer and in reminding ourselves what prayer is not.  Thank you to Kathy and Andrew for sharing their stories in today’s episode. There’s still time to share both audio and written reflections for this series. You can send yours to info@allplacestogether.org...

Celebrate Reconciling in Christ Sunday with All Places Together! Dillon Swanson, organist and queer theologian, shares the impact that an RIC campus ministry had on him and reflects with Pastor Colleen about what it means to be a Resilient Community.  – All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilde...

We have a new submission from our outtakes reel, just in time for a new year. Enjoy! – All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse...

The next All Places podcast series is called Praying Together and Pastor Colleen hopes to include YOUR voice. Listen to learn about how you can participate in the series. Submissions shared by January 27 will be the most likely to be included.  Share your stories of prayer with Pastor Colleen at info@allplacestogether.org Who taught you to pray? What did they teach you? Is that how you still pray?...

Happy 2025 and happy last episode of Make the Yuletide Gay! Join Pastor Keats and Pastor Colleen as they reflect on how God’s grace has worked and is continuing to work in their lives and the world around us. 

Merry Christmas from All Places Together! Listen and explore what the phrase “Son of God, love’s pure light” from Silent Night teaches us about who Jesus is with Pastor Keats from Technicolor Ministries and Pastor Colleen. 

Christmas is almost here and Pastor Keats and Pastor Colleen are still making the yuletide gay. This week they reflect on the phrase “glories stream from heaven afar” from Silent Night and imagine together what heaven is like, when it is both far and near.

Join Pastor Colleen and Pastor Keats as they talk about how brave shepherds are and how things must be really scary to make them quake. It’s week three of Making the Yuletide Gay and we’re reflecting on: Shepherds quake at the sight. Just as the shepherds trusted God and grew confidence through our life experiences, we can too. 

Is it just us or does it low key feel like the world is ending? Or is it just always this way? Join Pastor Colleen and Pastor Keats of Technicolor Ministries as they reflect on the phrase “All is calm, all is bright” from Silent Night and find ways to cultivate calm and see the bright even in the chaos.