Faith Unfiltered Podcast

Project Zion Podcast is re-releasing our June 2020 Coffee Buzz episode with Prophet President Veazey. Featured in the August/September issue of the Herald magazine, this interview invites the church to reflect on our own compliance and part in systemic racism. President Veazey shares his reflections on the sin of racism and calls the church to action so we can live up to our Enduring Principles an...

Where does Community of Christ get our priesthood authority? What about the larger Restoration movement? What about Christianity as a whole? Restoration scholar and Seventy, John Hamer, joins Carla to answer these questions and more!  Host: Carla Long  Guest: John Hamer  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “Fo...

In partnership with the 2020 European Peace Colloquy, Project Zion Podcast is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we welcome Georgia and Ryan Comins to expand on their presentation, “Can Peace Begin on Our Plates?”. This is a two part podcast. Check out episode 299 for the first half of their conversation! Georgia and Ryan Comins have been living a plant-based lifestyle for four ye...

In partnership with the 2020 European Peace Colloquy, Project Zion Podcast is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we welcome Georgia and Ryan Comins to expand on their presentation, “Can Peace Begin on Our Plates?”. This is a two part podcast. Tune in tomorrow for the second half of the conversation! Georgia and Ryan Comins have been living a plant-based lifestyle for four years. G...

What do you do when a terrific class runs out of time to answer all the questions? You do a follow up interview with Project Zion Podcast. Historians Barbara Walden and Lachlan Mackay tackle a long list of questions still in the queue at the conclusion of their class exploration of Restoration History thru the lens of the Community of Christ Church History Principles. Listen to the Sunday school c...

This podcast features an engaging class and dynamic Q and A focused on the Community of Christ Church History Principles and the exploration of Restoration history. Originally provided as part of Salt Lake City Community of Christ annual 2020 Sunstone Sunday Invitational. Don’t miss the follow up PZP interview with these church historians featuring all the questions still in the queue when class e...

Continuing education is important aspect of discipleship in Community of Christ. The church in Canada has provided a way for much of this education to happen online through Developmentrics, LLC. Today, Carla talks with David Lloyd as he explains the format of the classes, what is offered, and how you can benefit from taking Temple School courses online. Host: Carla Long Guest: David Lloyd Developm...

In partnership with the 2020 European Peace Colloquy, Project Zion Podcast is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we welcome Zac Harmon-MacLaughlin to expand on his presentation, "Interfaith Partnerships and Advocacy". Zac Harmon-McLaughlin is the Dean and faculty member of the Community of Christ Seminary and Director of Religious Studies at Graceland University. He has...

Meredith Carr shares her story of finding a spiritual hope in Community of Christ after a life of running from religion. With a complicated history of going to an all girl's Catholic school and not feeling included, she was able to find a home in Community of Christ that was open, accepting, and uplifts the worth of all. Click here to find the recent episode where Meredith and other ministers...

Graceland University student, Natalie Harper, has been involved with campus ministries, including being a student pastor. As she heads into her senior year she's sharing her reflections on some of the conversations many students on campus are having. How is the pandemic impacting college life? What role does Graceland play in the discussion on racism? And how can Community of Christ young adu...

Project Zion Podcast is teaming up with Smith College Professor, David Howlett, to release a series of podcasts his student created on women's ordination in Community of Christ.  This episode features how women’s ordination has changed our interviewees and how it has changed their denomination as a whole. Featured interviewees: Gwendolyn Hawks-Blue, Charmaine Chvala-Smith, Jane Gardner, and L...

Stassi Cramm, member of Community of Christ's First Presidency, wrote her doctoral dissertation on hope. Today on Coffee Buzz, she shares about her research and explains how hope is not empty optimism, but that it is possible to find hope in the midst of troubling times. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:...

Community of Christ has a complicated history with the practice of polygamy. On today's episode of Project Zion Podcast, Apostle Lach Mackay shares that history and how the church gives space for analysis and open dialogue. The content of this interview was presented at Sunstone Symposium in August 2020.  Host: Karin Peter Guest: Lach Mackay  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow u...

Project Zion Podcast is teaming up with Smith College Professor, David Howlett, to release a series of podcasts his student created on women's ordination in Community of Christ.  This episode features women reflecting on their interactions across denominational lines. They relate stories of working with other women clergy, sharing with women in denominations that do not ordain women, attendin...

In partnership with the 2020 European Peace Colloquy, Project Zion Podcast is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we welcome Andrew Bolton to expand on his presentation, "Dehumanization Yesterday and Today: How to Act as Neighbour". View Andrew's Peace Colloquy Presentation   Host: Joey Williams Guest: Andrew Bolton Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us...

What is the relationship between theology and culture? Does the Holy Spirit work within cultures and churches that are not our own? Join Charmaine and Tony Chvala-Smith as they bring us another thought provoking conversation in our Percolating on Faith series.  Host: Carla Long Guest: Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! I...

Project Zion Podcast is teaming up with Smith College Professor, David Howlett, to release a series of podcasts his student created on women's ordination in Community of Christ.  This episode features women reflecting on ministry in settings outside the local–conferences, retreats, international leaders gatherings, teaching at a seminary, and leadership of denominational bodies. Featured inte...

Sunstone 2020 is going digital this year! They symposium will take place July 29th-August 2nd. Listen in as Sunstone Executive Director Lindsay Hansen Park shares about the history of the symposium, what to expect this year, and how Community of Christ is involved. Register today! Host: Karin Peter Guest: Lindsay Hansen Park Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Insta...

Back in January 2020, ministers in Mid Atlantic Mission Center decided to take their youth Sunday school program online. Today, as part of our Steamers and Sodas series, we're chatting with some of the ministers and parents about how this move has been a blessing to kids and families during COVID-19, as well as their best tips for congregations and groups that want to start something for thei...

Project Zion Podcast is teaming up with Smith College Professor, David Howlett, to release a series of podcasts his student created on women's ordination in Community of Christ.  This episode features the stories of women reflecting upon the first sacrament they administered after ordination and addresses the challenges newly ordained women faced at congregational level. Featured interviewees...

In partnership with the 2020 European Peace Colloquy, Project Zion Podcast is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we welcome Richard Wrangham to expand on his presentation, "Evolution and Human Violence". Richard Wrangham, a distinguished British primatologist explains that humans are both gentle and calculatingly violent. Hence the title of his recent book The Goodness P...

Take a mission adventure to Alaska with John VanDerWalker, a gifted storyteller. John shares how full-immersion in context, culture, relationship, deep listening, and vulnerability lead to transformation, new life, and tasting the Kingdom of God.  Host: Robin Linkhart Guest: John VanDerWalker  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music use...

In this episode of Coffee Buzz, President Scott Murphy shares the latest opportunities for Community of Christ to connect with each other as we continue to discuss issues of nonviolence and moving toward Jesus the peaceful One. Reunion Resources Toward the Peaceful One: Jesus Christ in Restoration Perspective Host: Linda Booth Guest: President Scott Murphy  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered...

Project Zion Podcast is teaming up with Smith College Professor, David Howlett, to release a series of podcasts his student created on women's ordination in Community of Christ.  This episode features the stories of when women knew they were called to serve in the priesthood; the actual ordination process; and the challenges our interviewees faced in this process. Featured Interviewees: Jane...

Recorded back in February, Sandee Gamet shares what mission looks like in Europe. From a new Dutch hymnal, to growing inquiry of seekers, to making sure children and youth programs are implementing best practices, there is plenty to keep Pastor Sandee Gamet busy!  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Every...