For People with Bishop Rob Wright

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Summer Shorts! In the middle of summer, shorts just feel right. And these shorts are meant to be real short - under six-minute short. And as responses from the questions of our faithful listeners. For the next five weeks, enjoy some thoughtful questions and reflections. Our first question is from Cindy in Colorado. Her question: How do you find a church of like-minded p...

Send us Fan Mail We live in a great country. No doubt she is great. And yet as we celebrate this year's Independence Day, pride in America is at an all-time low. So where do we go from here? In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about our country, the great experiment of democracy she is, and that at the heart of patriotism is a person that can hold in tension both th...

Send us Fan Mail In the words of The Rev. Raphael Warnock, "as Christians, our democratic vote is a prayer for a more just and loving world". Amen! In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with special guest US Senator Raphael Warnock. As two Black men that grew up in public housing, in families of faith, and first-generation college graduates, they share how they've been f...

Send us Fan Mail It delights God that we smell like love! That we smell like generosity. And knowing this we must stand before our loving God and explain our hatefulness! In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Pride Month and Juneteenth and how both of these holidays call us to know every beautiful human being as beloved. Every ism gets in the way of knowing that we a...

Send us Fan Mail "Holy Spirit break-in!", says Pentecost! The Spirit breaks through ethnic and language barriers and celebrates the beautiful diversity of God's beloved. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Bishop's time with the ELCA Southeastern Synod as the preacher of their Revival. They discuss what can happen when we experience revival and...

Send us Fan Mail How many people in America live on less than $2 a day? Something many of us don't think about but a reality for those living in poverty in the United States.  In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Luke Schaefer Ph. D. A University of Michigan Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy and Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement. They discuss the...

Send us Fan Mail Arabella Brown, a young person from St. James Episcopal Church in Marietta GA, gave a powerful sermon to the graduating seniors of The Diocese of Atlanta on May 22. She speaks of leaving familiar places, that it will be hard along the way, and that God will always be with us.  In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about young people and their capacities, t...

Send us Fan Mail "...Dr. Catherine Meeks is the most courageous person I know...". That's from your producer, Easton Davis.  In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Dr. Meeks. She shares her own story of personal memoir, purpose, the work of racial healing, and her recent award: The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Volunteer Se...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is in response to the recent hate crime and killing of ten black people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York that took place on May 14, 2022.  In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright reflect on a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Cornell College in Iowa on October 15, 1962. A lecture in which Dr. King addresses the hate we have for one another. A hat...

Send us Fan Mail We can all agree across party lines that we ought to care deeply for our children. Yet, many children are left in the margins. Jesus says to let the children come to me and not to hinder them. There isn't an argument that certain populations and demographics of children in our country are hindered in many ways! In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with The Rev. D...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in celebrating the 100th episode of For People! Over the past two years, we've released an episode almost weekly, and we thank God and you for the inspiration to forge forward.   Last week, we heard six soundbites from For People special guests. This week, we unpack some of Bishop Wright's best excerpts with Melissa, Easton, and special guest and For People liste...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in celebrating the 100th episode of For People! Over the past two years, we've released an episode almost weekly, and we thank God and you for the inspiration to forge forward. This episode starts with Melissa, Bishop Wright, and producer Easton Davis sharing the journey, the innovation, and the Good News they've witnessed along the way.  The heart of the episode...

Send us Fan Mail More Easter. More joy. More face-to-face smiles. This is what Easter felt like after two years of more challenging Easter celebrations. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright reflect on Easter and what it meant to them after these past 2 years. They reflect on three soundbites from members of The Diocese of Atlanta. Marycelis Otero, The Rev. Juan Sandavol, and Dr. Mary Hooper...

Send us Fan Mail What is the table on Maundy Thursday is the real intent of Holy Week? And that Good Friday is the moment that Rome decides it is going to destroy the table? So, Rome introduces the cross to stop the feast from going any further than that upper room.  In this episode, Bishop Wright and Diana Butler Bass continue their conversation on freeing Jesus through a discussion of the triduu...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus lives beyond the narrow confines of the world. Yet, many people try to put him in a box. And how can we as believers get him out of that box into the world? That is our call.  In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with special guest Diana Butler Bass. They discuss her calling to free Jesus into the world and how we can do this through personal memoir. They discus...

Send us Fan Mail The prodigal son is a favorite parable of many. Partly, because if we are honest, we've at one point or another been the foolish young son, the loving father, or the resenting older brother. It is also because family strife is real, hard, and we all go through it at times in our lives. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about all three of the famil...

Send us Fan Mail Before Moses becomes a deliverer of his people, he's a felon in the wilderness. Intimacy with God is what changes him from a rogue to a reformer. God says "I am" and this exchange of names is the beginning of knowing and being known. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about practical ways to grow closer in intimacy with God and what gets...

Send us Fan Mail We are heavenly citizens living out our lives on earth. We are in this world, but striving to be not of this world. That's hard. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation of what it means to be heavenly citizens of many races, geographies, genders, and orientations. Listen in for the full conversation. This episode is based on Order, the second of a 5-par...

Send us Fan Mail Lent has begun! And we are excited to share Lent with you over these next weeks. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Jesus in the wilderness,  His fasting of 40 days, and what happens out in the desert. Jesus is tempted by the devil. Not the devil that we might think of, but the Hebraic devil that comes to test Jesus with his knowledge of scripture...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when we are called by God to live out the Gospel message in the world? Big questions don't always require big answers. It's about loving people; all people. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis. They discuss the calling to serve Jesus by serving one another, the...

Send us Fan Mail “What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance.” -Clarence Jordan In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford. They discuss how Jonathan's life of faith and his corporate background prepar...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to struggle to speak of and learn from our history.  Think about Joseph and his brothers. Joseph shows up, asks them to come closer, and forgives them for selling him into slavery. Talk about forgiveness over history. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the truths we fail to share. They talk about how vulnerability and confession go hand in hand in our f...

Send us Fan Mail At some point in a faithful life with Jesus, you have to lose some arguments. That means you turn it over and trust Jesus and his words in your own humility. That day in Gennesaret, Jesus gives clear direction to go out deeper and cast their nets. Simon does this and so many fish are caught the nets start to break and they call over to the other boat to come help. In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Freedom looks good on you, and a free God made us for freedom! Even so, many of us are a slave to something in our lives. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about freedom, neighborliness, and the richness in our lives we experience when we give up materialism for neighbor. Listen in for the full conversation. Bishop listening, read For Faith. This month...

Send us Fan Mail Love is patient, love is kind, and love tells us to grow up! Bet you forgot that part, didn't you? This favorite piece of scripture used at weddings is the wise words of St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians. What Paul writes about love is that it is the yeast in which a community will grow, heal a marriage, and if we choose not to use that love, what is the point? In thi...