Faithfully Memphis

This week on Faithfully Memphis the Reverend Sandy Webb (Church of the Holy Communion) returns to the host's seat for a conversation with sacred artist Mel Ahlborn. In the episode, which is the final installment of the Behold It Unveiled series exploring the intersection of creativity and spirituality, Webb and Ahlborn discuss what makes an object "sacred," sources of inspiration, and symbolism.

This week on Faithfully Memphis, Maggie Schaumleffel ( Barth House Episcopal Center) returns to the host's seat for a conversation with Memphis-based filmmaker Kyle Taubken, whose short film Nordo was recently awarded Best Hometowner Narrative Short at the 25th Anniversary Indie Memphis Film Festival. Taubken's narrative work has screened at festivals around the world - including Maryland Film Fes...

For Peter Abell, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra isn't just a workplace. He has lead the organization as Executive Director since 2017, but his roots with the organization run extremely deep. In much the same way, music isn't just something playing in the background of his life but a central element of his lifelong spirituality. In this week's episode of Faithfully Memphis, Peter Abell's good frien...

In 1987, Scott Morris - a Methodist pastor and family physician - founded Church Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare clinic of its kind in the United States. Church Health relies on the services of volunteer healthcare providers and donations to provide medical care and wellness services to working uninsured people and other underserved people in Memphis and Shelby County. This...

Lar'juanette Williams is an award-winning singer, dancer, actress, writer and arts administrator whose credits include E.R, Chicago Hope, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Spy Hard, Ghost of Mississippi, and Night Stand . She is also the Executive Director of Memphis Black Arts Alliance . In her conversation with Emily Austin, learn how throughout the chapters in her life, faith has always remained central. Yo...

In her bio on her website, portrait artist Maggie Russell says that she has “lost count of the blessings” that have materialized in her life since she made artwork her full-time job. In this episode hosted by another Faithfully Memphis newcomer, Rev. Katherine Bush (Calvary Episcopal Church), learn about what inspires Russell to pursue beauty. You can learn more about Maggie Russell and her work a...

Join the Reverend Hester Mathes (Holy Trinity) in conversation with Jeanne Simmons, a musician recognized for her involvement in a broad array of classical music activities in Memphis, including sacred music performances at area churches. In this special episode of Faithfully Memphis that is part of our Behold It Unveiled series exploring the intersection of spirituality and creativity, Jeanne sha...

This week, our Behold It Unveiled series continues with the Rev. Dr. Jesse Abell ( Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church ) in conversation with Darrell Willis, creator and founder of Chinesha’s Closet, LLC . For Darrell, creativity is a big part of self-care, and during this episode, he shares how his creative business kept him buoyed during his cancer journey.

This week on Faithfully Memphis, Bishop Phoebe Roaf is joined in conversation with Pat Morgan, whose latest nonfiction work We Hardly Knew Them: How Homeless, Mentally Ill People Became Collateral Damage just received the NYC Big Book Award in the Cultural and Social Issues category. In the book, Pat Morgan takes aim at a major issue that results in homelessness, premature deaths, and jails a...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, Behold It Unveiled continues with a rich conversation between the Reverend Jonathan Chesney (Associate Rector, Church of the Holy Communion ) and Josh Horton, Founder and Lead of Memphis-based Creative Works . Join them as they discuss grace, failure, and the divine nature of creativity. 

Have you ever wondered what exactly a spiritual director is and why people of faith seek them out? So did Emily Austin. Join her for a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Jesse Abell and Denise Hensley, two people who undertand the value of engaging in sacred conversations - both as spiritual directors and as directees. We also talk about the Feast of the Martyrs of Memphis, celebrated on September 9.&...

In her first time hosting Faithfully Memphis, the Reverend Lisa McIndoo (Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, Tennessee) chats with Casey Jordan, an artist and active parishioner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jackson, Tennessee, about the role artistic creativity and expression plays in his spirituality. Lisa also continues last week's discussion around the Feast of Saint Mary the Virg...

Emily Austin talks with Clarence Davis, who is creating the art for the 2022 EDWTN Christmas card, about his lifelong love of creative expression. Additionally, Emily is joined by Shannon Curtis, Pastoral Assistant at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Memphis, to talk about St. Mary. You can view The Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner here: https://aleteia.org/2017/12/15/a-canvas-that-brings-toget...

In this episode of Faithfully Memphis, Bishop Phoebe Roaf is joined in conversation with Diana Comes, the Executive Director of the Community Legal Center in Memphis. Founded in 1994 as AWA Family Mediation Center, the CLC is a nonprofit organization that represents vulnerable people in Memphis and Shelby County. Learn more about their work at clcmemphis.org .  ABOUT DIANA Diana M. Comes serv...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, our series on Episcopal polity and governance - Of One Heart and Of One Soul - wraps with a conversation with the Reverend Gary Meade (Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Dyersburg, Tennessee) with members of the West Tennessee delegation to the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church: the Rev. Canon Sharon Alexander, the Rev. Chuck McMillion, Scott Haight, La...

This week, our series of conversations with leaders from The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion continues with Bishop Phoebe talking with Mandy Marshall, who is the Director for Gender Justice of the Anglican Communion. 

All of us at the EDWTN were deeply saddened by the death of Mia Madison, Executive Director of @memphistilth , earlier this month. Mia was a beautiful soul whose love for her family, God’s creation, and her community was evident to all who had the pleasure of knowing and working with her. We were honored to have her as a guest on Faithfully Memphis earlier this year during our series on creat...

TW: This episode of Faithfully Memphis contains discussion of violence and the taking of one's own life. Please take care while listening. We're pausing our   Of One Heart & of One Soul   series this week for a powerful discussion with Ericka Kelly and Mary Powers, two mothers who both lost children to senseless gun violence. They talk with Emily Austin about how their faith has...

In the second installment of Of One Heart & of One Soul , a new Faithfully Memphis series featuring conversations with Episcopal and Anglican leaders, Bishop Phoebe sits down for a hope-filled, honest, inspiring conversation with the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation for The Episcopal Church, about what it means to be the Beloved Community in a rapidly chan...

The 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church - this year in Baltimore, Maryland - is almost here. But if you’re like most Episcopalians, you may not know exactly what happens at General Convention or what it even is. But fear not!  This week, we're kicking off a new season of Faithfully Memphis with conversations with leaders in our larger Episcopal and worldwide Anglican communities -...

Published in 2021, At Road's End tells the true story of the murder of Barbara Ann Lee and the subsequent journey of her widower, Bob Lee, from the position of victim to victim's advocate. On this week's episode of Faithfully Memphis, join Bishop Phoebe for a conversation with Bob Lee and At Road's End author David Wayne Brown about the transformative power of forgiveness.  &nb...

Jeremee DeMoir - educator, Christian, and bona fide bookworm - dreamed of an inclusive bookstore where underrepresented protagonists and authors would be celebrated and where readers could find a community that loves them just the way they are. Thus, DeMoir Books & Things in Memphis was born in the midst of the covid pandemic in Memphis. On this week's episode of Faithfully Memphis, which orig...

This week on Faithfully Memphis, Emily Austin talks with Stacie Freeman and Peter Gathje about the growing partnership between Memphis Theological Seminary and Bethel University , specifically, Bethel University's Global Studies program and the possibilities for global faith education. At Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, Freeman is an Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of G...

Earlier this Spring, Thistle & Bee Enterprises appointed Autumn Chastain as its new Executive Director. Bishop Phoebe sits down with Chastain to learn about what motivates her to advocate for women who are often left behind. 

The Reverend Paul McLain - associate rector at Calvary Episcopal Church, Church Home Trust board member, and former university radio DJ - returns to Faithfully Memphis this week to discuss the work of Literacy Mid-South (LMS) with Sam O'Bryant, Executive Director.  To learn more about LMS, go to literacymidsouth .org. There you can also get tickets for Literatini, their flagship fundraising e...