Faith Unfiltered Podcast

Growing up in Oklahoma, Ashley Sebree's childhood included camps, home visits, and being mentored as a disciple in Community of Christ. Ashley is currently enrolled in seminary, and serves in leadership positions in both her mission center and at the online ministry, Community Space. Today, Ashley shares about her experiences in her experiences in the church and her hopes for our future.  Hos...

The Toronto congregation live streams services, lectures, and meditations in addition to their face to face ministry. In today's episode, we explore their ministry of zen and mindfulness meditation and how it's transformed the congregation and the community at large. To view their live streams and learn more about their congregation, visit their Facebook Page. Host: Carla Long Guest: Lea...

The Roman Catholic Church does not currently ordain women, but what happens when a Bishop resigns and begins to ordain them anyway? How are Catholic women forging their own way into ministry and what exactly does that look like?  Host: Karin Peter Guest: Diane Whalen Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Ev...

Grab a cup of your favorite brew and settle on in to hear a few stories of faith from retired apostle Linda Booth.  Host: Linda Booth  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Po...

What spiritual practices keep apostle Barbara Carter grounded and connected to God? Tune in as Barb shares a little about her life and what practices she implements as part of her discipleship. Host: Robin Linkhart Guest: Barbara Carter Download Transcript Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Everyone Born...

In his closing sermon at World Conference 2019, President Veazey asked us the question, "Are we moving toward Jesus, the peaceful One?" In this episode of Coffee Buzz, President Veazey shares a little more about what we are now calling our guiding question. Find President Veazey's sermon here. Host: Linda Booth Guest: President Veazey  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follo...

Ever thought about packing up over a dozen teens and taking them on a bus tour of Community of Christ congregations? Well, GPNW has been doing that for decades! Today we're talking about Caravan and how it is helping bring the identity, message, mission, and beliefs of Community of Christ alive to today's youth. To find out more about Caravan, visit their website. Host: Brittany Mangelso...

How will being a prophetic people sustain Community of Christ into the future? We have already seen the prophetic impulse in action in our denomination, but how do we then turn around and bring that impulse into the world?  Host: Carla Long Guest: Zac Harmon-McLaughlin  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For...

What is the relationship between proclamation, sacraments, and ministry? How can they transform the church? Today's discussion comes from chapter 12 of Daniel Migliore's book, " Faith Seeking Understanding ". Click here to find Migliore's book. Click here to find the rest of the God Shots series. Host: Carla Long Guests: Charmaine and Tony Chvala-Smith  Thanks for listenin...

What does it take to recognize that mundane things in life are also God moments? Sometimes all is takes it to breathe in deeply and slowly.  Host: Linda Booth Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministr...

Did you know that four members of the Crystal Springs congregation are enrolled in Community of Christ's seminary program? Hear their stories of what brought them to this place as well as what they are gaining from the seminary experience.  Host: Karin Peter  Guests: Steve Otteson, Donald Mayne, Tyler Marz, Barry Lewis  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Insta...

What do Mormonism and Islam have in common? Utah Valley University Professor Greg Jackson shares some similarities between the origin stories, scripture, the roles of women and more. To hear Professor Jackson's podcast, History that Doesn't Suck click here .  Host: Karin Peter Guest: Greg Jackson  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and O...

In today's episode Chantal Müller-Mukamurera shares her story of life and faith as part of our Fair Trade series. Chantal was born in Rwanda and became a refugee in Germany. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a full time mission, was married in the temple and had a family all before eventually finding her place in Community of Christ.  Thanks for listening to F...

Nathan Mack of Independence, Missouri joins us for our Chai Can't Even series where we talk to young adults in Community of Christ. Nate shares about growing up in the church, his time at Graceland as both a student and an employee with Campus Ministries, as well as what keeps him engaged with Community of Christ today.  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Inst...

Lindsay Hansen Park, Executive Director of the Sunstone Foundation sits down with Karin Peter to talk about her work in the Short Creek area working with the FLDS and exFLDS communities. Lindsay's work with Mormon fundamentalists began as she podcasted her way through The Year of Polygamy . Listen as Lindsay shares about some of the lessons she has learned as well as lessons we can all learn...

Today, Linda Booth sits down with President Scott Murphy to discuss some new guidelines Community of Christ's First Presidency released regarding the sacrament of communion in online settings. Scott shares how the guidelines came to be, what exactly they mean, and how they are impacting ministry in the church. To read these guidelines, click here.  Host: Linda Booth Guest: Scott Murphy  Thank...

Our No Filer series includes frank conversations about faith and sexuality. On this episode, we welcome Nancy Ross to talk about being a queer pastor in St. George, Utah. Nancy uses the hash #queerpastor to show the LGBTQ community on Twitter that there is a place in Christianity for them.  Host: Brittany Mangelson Guest: Nancy Ross Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook a...

What is the Christian Church? Why is it important for Christians to meet together in fellowship and worship? As part of our God Shots series, Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith discuss various models the church can be and it's theological purpose as they explore the term, ecclesiology. Host: Carla Long  Guests: Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us...

Today is the 12th day of Christmas which means it's Epiphany! What is Epiphany and how exactly should one go about celebrating it? Find out with this episode of our Common Grounds series with Graceland Campus Minister, Mike Hoffman.  Host: Karin Peter Guest: Mike Hoffman  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission...

In 2020, Community of Christ is invited to consider the question, Are we moving toward Jesus, the peaceful one? On this episode of Coffee Buzz, Linda Booth sits down with President Stassi Cramm to discuss this question and how it connects to our conversation relating to World Conference Resolution 1319 on nonviolence. To go deeper, read President Veazey's sermon "Discover Your Future&quo...

Ever wonder how the Enduring Principles came to be? Tune is as Prophet President Steve Veazey shares how Community of Christ settled on our Enduring Principles and how they have impacted us as a diverse, world-wide faith community. You can read more about the Enduring Principles here.   Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with...

Merry Christmas from Project Zion Podcast! Today's Coffee Connect episode features a Christmas story Linda Booth carries with her year after year. We invite you to snuggle up with your favorite brew and make room for the Christ child this Christmas season.  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Everyon...

Project Zion host Brittany Mangelson has shared her faith transition story before, but today she shares a bit more of it with a perspective that time has given her. Brittany walks listeners to what brought her to Community of Christ, how the gospel of Jesus became alive in a new way and what she's been up to since joining Community of Christ five years ago.  Thanks for listening to Faith Unfi...

We talk a lot about being a prophetic people on Project Zion, but today our conversation has a bit of a twist! We've invited Presiding Evangelist, Jane Gardner, to talk about how our hymnal Community of Christ Sings  is a prophetic witness and missional tool. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram ! Intro and Outro music used with permission:  “For Every...

Joelle Wight shares about life, ministry, and mission as she launches into her latest adventure as a brand new Seventy and Latter-day Seeker Minister assigned to share the peace of Jesus Christ in relevant ways in Utah. A young adult full of zest for life shares insights about spirituality and faith in the 21st Century with host Robin Linkhart on our What's Brewing series.  Thanks for listeni...