Faithfully Memphis

In 2017, Jay Martin had an idea for a non-profit organization that would support workforce development by using scooters to address the transportation issues that keep people from getting to work. When he shared his idea with Andy Nix (a problem solving, plan-executing perpetual optimist), MyCityRides was born.  This week on Faithfully Memphis, join Bishop Phoebe for a conversation with Andy Nix,...

Last week, the Reverend Tom Momberg (All Saints Episcopal Church, Memphis) represented Bishop Phoebe and the Diocese of West Tennessee at the Advocacy Gathering of  Bishops United Against Gun Violence  in Washington DC. During the gathering, leadership from the Episcopal Church learned from advocates working at the intersection of gun violence and racism in American cities. On this episode of Fait...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and since 1981, Samaritan Counseling Centers of the Mid-South has been providing professional counseling services and educational programs to all in our community who are in need without regard for their financial situation. On this episode, Maggie Schaumleffel is joined by Sarah Cowens and Dr. Carolyn Martin, who both serve on the board of Samaritan and are d...

Life is a lot right now. From injustices abroad to the ones closer to home, it can feel like hope is in short supply and things are getting worse. This week on Faithfully Memphis, Mark Hackett returns to the show to talk with Emily Austin about how discerning and interrogating our faith can help us each live a life full of purpose.  Mark is the Executive Director of Operation Broken Silence , whic...

Is it a good ol' fashioned radio play or an episode of Faithfully Memphis?!? How about both! This week on Faithfully Memphis, learn all about Ms. Anna Holden, a 19th century Episcopal woman who played a pivotal role in the history of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Collierville and Immanuel Episcopal Church in LaGrange, Tennessee. Anna Holden's story is brought to life by St. Andrews paris...

Observing how spiritual language is often male-focused and overlooking the uniquely female experience, author Shannon K. Evans wrote her latest book, "Feminist Prayers for My Daughter", as a gift to women and girls everywhere. It offers short prayers that affirm the unique challenges and embrace the natural abilities embodied by our daughters, young and old alike. On this week's show...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, Bishop Phoebe is joined by Minnassa Gabon, CEO of Minnassa Wellness. Through mindfulness speaking, coaching, training, and creating mindful spaces in the workplace, Minnassa helps people reduce stress in their lives and incorporate mindfulness in their daily lives. She holds a BA in Political Science from California State University, Northridge and a Masters of Div...

Our series on Women in the Church continues this week with Emily Austin in conversation with Laura Wilson, a painter and designer, mother of three daughters, and a founding member of St. Nicholas Orthodox Mission in Jackson, TN. Laura's diverse background is the result of a minister’s daughter and woman of faith reclaiming joy from abstraction and finding it in the meeting of spiritual and mat...

"I'm sure there were times Constance was afraid, but she kept on putting one foot in front of the other, and we have to know that the spirit that was with her is with us, too. -Sister Hannah, Prioress of the Community of St. Mary, Sewanee This week on Faithfully Memphis, join the Reverend Lisa McIndoo, Rector of Holy Apostles Episcopal Church (Collierville) for a conversation with Sister...

"I think that people in general, when you get down to it, they're looking out for one another. I look around in my neighborhood, and I see how Covid was a great example of that. We stepped up. We helped each other, and that's always happened in the world. Think about the disasters in Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine. Nobody's throwing in the towel. They're all looking, how do I get...

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry appointed Ruthie McLain of Calvary Episcopal Church (Memphis) as one of nine delegates from the Episcopal Church to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This year’s conference theme—"innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”—is timely, considering...

Our Women in the Church series continues with a conversation with Blair B. Evans. Blair manages to be "kind with a spine" and politely persistent in spite of the challenges that come her way each day as a woman in the world. In her conversation with Emily Austin, learn how faith shapes Blair's outlook, the people she models herself after, and her servant leadership at St. Columba Episcopal Camp &a...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, we embark on a new series in honor of Women's History Month ! For this first episode in the series, join Bishop Phoebe as she talks with Jeane Chapman, longtime member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Memphis) about her role as Small Church Consultant for the Diocese of West Tennessee. Throughout her decades-long career in healthcare administration, Chapman excell...

A century ago, the people of Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis began presenting special weekday noontime preaching during Lent in a downtown theater. Five years after that, the Waffle Shop began, serving plates of waffles, chicken hash, and fish pudding to those who came to hear the preaching. One hundred years later, Calvary still offers this “radical hospitality” to the City of Memphis with ou...

Our podcast series on the future of the Church - Cast Down, Raised Up - concludes this week with a very special conversation with the Most Rev. Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. Bishop Curry was elected in 2015 to a nine-year term in this role, and the animating vision and message of his ministry is Jesus of Nazareth and his model of radical, sacrificial love. You c...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, we're changing it up a little.  Last week, Bishop Phoebe joined Bishop Rob Wright (Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta) for a special conversation on For People. You can listen to their full conversation here: https://tinyurl.com/FM-ForPeople

"I am fully convinced that if the Church can't model civil, productive, healthy, loving dialogue around intense topics in our culture today, how can we expect anyone else to do it?" - Bishop Doug Scharf Our discussions around the future of the Church continue this week with the Reverend Dorothy Wells, Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church (Germantown), in conversation with the Rt. Reverend...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, join the Reverend Miranda Cully (St. Mary's Episcopal School) for a conversation with Tracy Burgess, the new Executive Director of the Dorothy Day House in Memphis. In this episode of our series on the future of the Church, "Cast Down, Raised Up," Burgess shares how her faith has informed her life's work and how people of faith can look for ways to create envi...

In Vital Christian Communities: 12 Characteristics of Healthy Congregations , Phil Brochard and Alissa Newton outline how even amidst strong societal forces and global events, faithful communities can have transformative power. This week on Faithfully Memphis, join Bishop Phoebe as she interviews Brochard and Newton live from WYXR 91.7 FM. This episode of Faithfully Memphis is part of our ser...

"...let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new" -Book of Common Prayer, page 540 This week on Faithfully Memphis, we continue our discussions around the future of the Church with a special conversation with the Reverend Christian Senyoni (Associate Rector of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Collierville...

"...let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new"   -Book of Common Prayer, page 540 This week on Faithfully Memphis, we embark on a new series of discussions around the future of the Church: Cast Down, Raised Up; Grown Old, Made New . Join Bishop Phoebe as she interviews the Reverend Dr. Rosalyn "Roz"...

What a year of great conversations it has been! This week on Faithfully Memphis, Bishop Phoebe and Emily Austin look back on some of our favorite moments from the show over the past year. Highlights include conversations with Josh Horton (Creative Works) and the Rev. Jonathan Chesney (Holy Communion); Lar'Juanette Williams (Memphis Black Arts Alliance); Sam Bryant (Literacy Mid-South) and the Rev....

What a year of great conversations it has been! This week and next on Faithfully Memphis, Bishop Phoebe and Emily Austin look back on some of our favorite moments from the show over the past year. This week, those highlights include conversations with Allison Pace (Saint John's Episcopal Church), Katherine Pace, and Betty Peyton; Mia Madison (Memphis Tilth); Jeremee DeMoir (DeMoir Books and Things...

On December 4, the Rhodes College Women’s Chorus & Rhodes Singers joined with Dr. Dennis Janzer, Director of Music at St. Mary's Cathedral, and collaborative pianists and organists to ring in the Christmas spirit for the 36th annual Christmas at St. Mary's Concert. This week on Faithfully Memphis, we share the beautiful music of this concert on the show.

Since 2016, Jennifer Balink has led Kindred Place (formerly the Exchange Club Family Center) in Memphis, an organization that helps families thrive through connection. She returns to Faithfully Memphis this week to talk with Bishop Phoebe about the strength of vulnerability, rising to challenges while giving yourself grace, and how the pandemic has helped usher in a culture where people are more w...