The Brown Line Church Podcast

As our church closes Pride month and looks ahead to Baptism Sunday, Vince helps us carefully read the story of Simeon Bachos (the Ethiopian Eunuch) in Acts 8, an adopted patron saint of queer Christians. (Art by @ourchurchspeaks) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brow...

How do we counter narratives of division with justice and care? In marking Pride & Father’s Day, Hayley discusses how we can look to the fluid and embodied nature of the Holy Spirit to guide us in participating in the world. (Image from Homebrewed Christianity’s Rediscovering the Spirit) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http:...

Society might “gift” us a provided path to belonging, but the cost is too often being put to shame. Have you ever experienced belonging that won’t put you to shame? Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Vince remembers an important moment of singing with our BLC community, and reflects on the maturity of communal repentance. (Illustration by Daniel Richardson) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

On Pentecost Sunday, a celebration of spiritual experience, Hayley and Vince inspire us with some of their favorite quotes on personally experiencing God, from medieval mystics to Dr. King. (Art: Descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles, by Simon Haider, 1470) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.o...

Drawing inspiration from 1 Peter 4-5, Hayley reflects on our experiences and witnessing of suffering in the world and how we can draw upon the presence of Jesus for restoration and hope. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownlinechurch.o...

Vince explores how mothers at their best open us to the humility and commitment found in the Hebrew Bible’s Ezekiel and Jeremiah when they insist “No more shall it be said…” in response to assumptions that must be overturned. (Photo by Manuel Rheinschmidt on Unsplash) Logical Consequences workshop: https://forms.gle/PqfDFwd8n9ke4hhW6 Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://...

God is more “all-empowering mentor” than “all-powerful ruler”, even though it is “all-powerful ruler” types who tend to try claim divinity. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

A well-know parable of Jesus about money (often Americanized to be about something else) hits differently when understood in its proper context. Mutual Aid survey: http://brownlinechurch.org/survey Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownl...

Jesus’ famous “Good Samaritan” parable is powerful as an example, but perhaps even more powerful as a challenge. (Art: Van Gogh’s “Good Samaritan”) MUTUAL AID SURVEY: http://brownlinechurch.org/survey Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://bro...

Jesus’ preferred method of teaching (parables) made sense in 1st Century Galilee, and it makes sense in 2026 America too! Mutual Aid Survey: http://brownlinechurch.org/survey Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources LinkTree https://linktr.ee/brownlinechurch Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Vince wants to “make Easter democratic again”, and help us discover hope in the process! Art by Izzy Spitz (book cover for Jesus & Justice, 2026) http://brownlinechurch.org/listen-to-teachings/260405 Mutual Aid 2026 survey: http://brownlinechurch.org/survey Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources...

Did you know Palm Sunday was a demonstration of nonviolent resistance? For the last Sunday of Lent (and the day after No Kings protests across the US), Vince presents one more example of a liberative read of Jesus and the Bible. (Art: Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem by Paul Oman) http://brownlinechurch.org/listen-to-teachings/260329 Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://br...

All people know pain, which means healing solidarity is always possible, but some people experience more (or more intense) pain than others for systemic reasons, which presents obstacles to solidarity. Hayley and Vince continue our Liberation for Lent theme. (Image: Korean concept of “han” from book cover “The Wounded Heart of God” by Andrew Sung Park) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM...

When all land has been colonized, the new imperial frontier becomes our time and attention. Vince continues us in our effort to live ourselves into liberation thinking this Lent. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Continuing our Liberation for Lent theme, Hayley explores the connection between liberating our view of our own bodies and working toward bodily liberation for all. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Is faith just safe conversations about being good people in our private lives? What if the God Jesus shows is doing more in the world? Join us in giving up individualistic theologies for Lent, and turning instead toward liberation theologies. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brow...

We hope this helps you carve out a space of prayer today to begin Lent. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Hayley explores how faith helps us tell beautiful stories of the inevitable rockiness in friendships, when technology enables constant storytelling but also shapes our storytelling to avoid the rockiness. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Q&A from community discussion around why friendship feels so hard in a technological age, and what we can do to be a part of the solution rather than the problem. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Our technological age makes so much in life easier and smoother, but it might also endanger deep friendship, and maybe that’s serious! What do we do? Vince shares from his own friendships, from the Gospel of John, and from the social sciences. (Image from Paper Trident) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/...

On the weekend America remembers Dr. King, Hayley and Vince talk about the power collective prayer in groups can have — from petition to protest, from ritual to refrain, from lament to lure. Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

Praying with someone can feel a bit more earnest or sincere than modern city people are used to, BUT there are ways to do it that can feel authentic to even the most savvy or knowing or hyper-self-conscious, and the connection it sparks is so worth it! Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate h...

In our first of three practical messages on prayer to begin the new year, Vince teaches on how to have a personal prayer life, bringing us to the charming brilliance of the 17th century kitchen worker and monk Brother Lawrence. Spiritual Pathways resource: http://brownlinechurch.org/spiritual-pathways Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resou...

Hayley’s reflection after our community’s unique take on the traditional Anglican “Lessons & Carols”. (Art: The Word became flesh, by Edie Mae Herrel, 1978) Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8 New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connect Resources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate