The C4SO Podcast with Bishop Todd Hunter

We're talking about COVID again: the new Delta Variant, cases rising in all 50 states, controversies about vaccinations and face masks. The Rev. Amanda Rosengren and the Rev. Shawn McCain join Bishop Todd and host the Rev. Ben Sternke for a conversation about how the Church can respond to these challenging developments in our culture, [...]

We are back after a brief summer hiatus! Bishop Todd shares about what he's been reading and learning this summer, as well as a "back to school" word of encouragement for the diocese. Announcements and Links: Collect Prayers for Back to School, from W. David O. Taylor, our Scholar in Residence for Arts, Media, and [...]

We finish our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World with a final recap and reflection on the entire series with Bishop Todd, along with a pastoral word of encouragement for all C4SO churches seeking to practice faithful ministry in these times. We'll also be taking the next few weeks off from the podcast [...]

We continue our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and church contexts [...]

We continue our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and church contexts [...]

We continue our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and church contexts [...]

We continue our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and church contexts [...]

We continue our series on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and church contexts [...]

We start a new series today on Reimagining Church for a Post-COVID World. Even established churches are in a kind of "start-up" mode again as we seek to reimagine our ministries for the uncertainties of a post-pandemic world. Each week we'll host a round table discussion with C4SO leaders from a variety of geographic and [...]

How can we learn to be honest about our doubt and despair during dark times while also holding on to hope? Rev. Tish Harrison Warren joins us to share what she has learned about trusting God in the dark, the topic of her new book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch [...]

The collects of the church reveal an ancient, biblical pattern of prayer that can revitalize our personal and corporate prayer lives. Scot McKnight joins us to talk about his book To You All Hearts Are Open: Revitalizing the Church's Pattern of Asking God, where he discusses how the church can rediscover this rich pattern of [...]

The Covid-19 pandemic has created significant mental and emotional health challenges for young people. To talk about how the church can respond, we talked with the Rev. Canon Dr. Jessica Jones and Rev. Aaron Buttery, who both work with the ACNA's Next Generation Leadership Initiative. Additional resources: Check out Next Generation Leadership Initiative to find [...]

JR and Amy Rozko are in C4SO, but they pastor a non-Anglican church (First Church of the Resurrection in Canton, OH). They join us to talk about the vision behind this unique arrangement, the practicalities of how it works day-to-day, and some of the mission God has called them to in Canton. Announcements / links: [...]

A word of Easter encouragement and hope from Bishop Todd for the diocese focused on staying attentive to what God is doing in the midst of chaos, confusion, and exhaustion. Links from this episode: To find our Lent and Advent series, visit our main podcast page and scroll back through the archives. Our Cycle of Prayer [...]

A conversation about our virtual Stations of the Cross, featuring artist Laura James (who provided the paintings), and Rev. Dr. W. David O. Taylor, who wrote the liturgy. The “Stations of the Cross” grew out of an ancient liturgy and describe 14 stops along the way to Golgotha. These stops follow Jesus from the moment [...]

A conversation with Bishop Todd Hunter on the conclusion of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, our C4SO Reads book for Lent. Todd talks about the pandemic moving him from a cognitive acknowledgment that "the full range of human emotion is expressed in the Psalms" to an embodied, emotional [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Jin Cho on the fourth section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss the importance of persisting in lament, and why that's so difficult for most of us. Links from this episode: Watch Jin's video reflection from Lamentations 4Find out more about [...]

A conversation with the Very Rev. Drew Henley on the third section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how our repentance and lament must be both personal and corporate, and some of the resources of our Anglican heritage that can help us do so. Links from [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Sandy Richter on the second section of Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how privilege and exceptionalism show up in the American church, and how they prevent us from doing the essential work of lament that opens space for empathy, mutuality, and [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Teesha Hadra on all the ways we avoid lament, and how to allow ourselves to practice this vital action for the healing of our souls and our world. Part 1 of our series reflecting on Soong-Chan Rah's book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. Links from this [...]

A conversation with the Rev. Danny Bryant of St. Mary of Bethany Parish in Nashville, Tennessee, about their Equitable Healing Reparations Initiative, which is seeking to pay student debt for Black therapists as an act of repentance and reparation for the church's complicity in racism. Links from this episode: Find our more about C4SO is [...]

We continue our Leaders Unplugged mini-series by talking with the Very Rev. Dr. Kris McDaniel, C4SO's Canon for Church Development, and the Rev. Dr. Brad Swope, C4SO's Director of Church Planting. We discuss why C4SO focuses on planting churches, as well as how we seek to do so: not as "franchises" but as contextualized Anglican [...]

We continue our Leaders Unplugged mini-series by talking with the Rev. Trish Nelson, C4SO's Canon for Ordinations. We discuss what Anglican ordination is, how it relates to the priesthood of all believers and the ministry life of the whole church, and how it works in C4SO. Trish was also declared a one-woman super spreader event [...]

We start a new series today called Leaders Unplugged, where we will hear from leaders in our diocese about their role in C4SO. We hope it gives everyone a sense of the diverse life of our nationwide diocese. Today we talk with the Very Revs. Leon McKenzie and Drew Henley about their relationship as co-pastors of [...]

We kick off 2021 with a conversation about the recent manifestation of Christian nationalism we saw in the Capitol attack on Epiphany. Bishop Todd shares on how to notice the idolatry of Christian nationalism in the church, and resist it in the way of Jesus. Links from this episode: Download Bishop Todd's "Current Issues Facing [...]