For People with Bishop Rob Wright

Send us Fan Mail Darkness is a place that God can use. God uses darkness. God's Light cannot be overcome by darkness. That is the heart of Epiphany. That God is able. That God is near. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Epiphany, it's meaning, and where we go from here in the new year. Listen in for the full conversation. Before listening, read For Faith...

Send us Fan Mail Whenever God shows up, it is a disruption! Because God is mighty and love and truth and the opposite of those things; oppression, shame, fear, hate... are put out of place when God shows up. This is the miracle of Christmas! That out of darkness comes the light of God in the world through a child. In this conversation, Melissa and Bishop Wright continue the conversation of Christm...

Send us Fan Mail This is a special episode featuring Bishop Wright's Imagine Christmas sermon "Christmas Crossroads". Merry Christmas! Emmanuel! God with us! Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at Bishop Rob Wright. 

Send us Fan Mail “…It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time. On this platform of peace, we can create a language, To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.  At this Holy Instant, we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ Into the great religions of the world. We jubilate the precious advent of trust. We shout with glorious tongues at the coming of hope.  All the earth’s tribes loosen...

Send us Fan Mail Mary's faith was BIG. Gabriel told her she was favored. And she had questions, but she chose the crossroads of believing in a BIG God and in her favor. She knew a faithful God and she would sing a song about God's faithfulness. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Mary's faith, her favor, and what it means in modern times. Listen in f...

Send us Fan Mail How can the nearness of God change us?  It's easy to take John the Baptist's words of the need to repent as guilt or obligation, but what John is really pointing to is that when we draw near to God, our lives change in ways we can't even imagine.  In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Advent, John the Baptist, and how a nearness to God...

Send us Fan Mail This is a special episode of Bishop Wright's sermon at The 116th Annual Council of The Diocese of Atlanta. "The followers of Jesus over the last two thousand years have made progress in faith by doing something unusual with their allotted minutes of life.  They/we, make our way with God and life by “remembering forward and hoping backward.” The logic is simple, if God di...

Send us Fan Mail God is doing a new thing! This year's theme for the Diocese of Atlanta's annual gathering is "I'm about to do a new thing". In Isaiah, he writes about God "I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." The "I" refers to God because God is always...

Send us Fan Mail A few weeks ago, we celebrated 10 years of Bishop Wright as the Bishop of The Diocese of Atlanta. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about the learnings, the experiments, and what's to come. Listen in for the full conversation.  Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at Bishop Rob Wright. 

Send us Fan Mail God has faith in people. God knows to get the best results is to free us of our selfishness. And yet we cling to our ways. Why? In this conversation, Melissa has a conversation with Bishop Wright about why now more than ever, it is difficult to keep our own center with God. Listen in for the full conversation. Before listening, read For Faith. Support the show Follow us on IG and...

Send us Fan Mail To walk with God is to believe what God says about you on your best day and your worst day. In the bible, Jesus shares a story of two men. One man that had done very well goes into God's house and puts himself in the center.  And the other man brings his sin and shame to God calling himself unworthy. Jesus says the sinner is justified. In this episode, Melissa has a conversat...

Send us Fan Mail We wonder why the universe is organized the way it is. We wonder where God is. We wonder why God doesn't show up. In life, these are some of the ways we wrestle with God. Jacob wrestled with God. He ended up getting a broken hip, a cool new name, and a better understanding of who God is in him and in the world. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation ab...

Send us Fan Mail Hispanic ministry is a big part of The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. There are 11 Hispanic Congregations in the diocese. It is essential Bishop Wright has a Hispanic Missioner as a partner on his staff that can resource those congregations and serve as a bridge builder for our Anglo and Hispanic congregations. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with The Rev. Mimi Gu...

Send us Fan Mail An evening in April 2022, Bishop Wright gathered with over 50 men from across the city of Atlanta at St. Luke's Atlanta for a conversation on Sex Trafficking - specifically young people that are victims of sex trafficking.  In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Jonathan Tonge, a lawyer present that evening in May. Jonathan is based out of  Atlanta and is dedi...

Send us Fan Mail Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but it's rarely discussed in a productive and open way. This episode of For People introduces Keep/Watch, a new suicide prevention workbook and training from the Diocese of Atlanta that equips churches to combat this crisis and become safer spaces for people who are considering suicide.  In this episode, Bishop Wright...

Send us Fan Mail In Amos, we know that God is angry with us. No one likes an angry God. But when anger of God is a result of knowing we can love one another as God intends and we don't, is it surprising? In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright talk about Amos and his love and how all he really wanted people to know is that God's anger is justified when we hurt one another. And also, t...

Send us Fan Mail "The opposite of faith isn't doubt - it's absolute certainty" - Bishop Deon Johnson In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Deon Johnson, 11th Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. They talk about dignity and share stories of grandmothers and Bishop Deon's favorite life lesson. Bishop Deon also shares his good news of being a g...

Send us Fan Mail Choirs have and will always be an essential part of worship. "You can look at a choir and find you in it" - Jason McGee "There is a power communicated in a diverse choir that spans everything" - Bishop Wright In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Jason McGee, Choir Director of Maverick City Music. In it, they discuss the origin of choirs, the d...

Send us Fan Mail What is the bible and how do we hold it? A serious question. In The Episcopal Church, widely we believe that all are beloved children of God. That you are perfectly made as you are! A beautiful thing! In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright respond to two recent questions from our listeners. The first is from Scott from The Diocese of Virginia. His question: Why is the notion o...

Send us Fan Mail To be southern is to love the south. The good and bad. All that she is. Chuck Reece LOVES the South. But he didn't always. Before Salvation South, Chuck founded The Bitter Southener. No longer bitter, he wanted to show the world the gentler and hopeful South that he experiences.  In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Chuck Reece about the South, her stories o...

Send us Fan Mail On the heels of The Lambeth Conference, Bishop Wright has a conversation with the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Foley Beach. The episode lays bare the differences between The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in North America in an honest dialogue of the major differences of the denominations. But in today’s all-or-nothing world where differences usual...

Send us Fan Mail These are summer shorts! In the middle of summer, shorts just feel right. And as responses to the questions of our faithful listeners.  Our fifth and final question is from our own host, Melissa Rau. Her question: Do you have any existential questions you actively ponder? Listen in for Bishop Wright's response. Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at Bishop Rob Wright. 

Send us Fan Mail These are summer shorts! In the middle of summer, shorts just feel right. And as responses to the questions of our faithful listeners.  Our fourth question is from Laura of Georgia. Her question: How do we listen well? Listen in for Melissa and Bishop Wright's response. Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at Bishop Rob Wright. 

Send us Fan Mail These are summer shorts! In the middle of summer, shorts just feel right. And as responses to the questions of our faithful listeners.  Our third question is from Stacey of Georgia. Her question: In light of Roe vs Wade being overturned, how do we remain empathetic towards others? Listen in for Melissa and Bishop Wright's response. Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at B...

Send us Fan Mail These are summer shorts! In the middle of summer, shorts just feel right. And as responses to the questions of our faithful listeners.  Our second question is from Christian of Georgia. His question: How can we work for lessening income inequality and pushing for universal healthcare as a church? Listen in for Melissa and Bishop Wright's response. Support the show Follow us o...