The Ministry Collaborative Podcast

Content Curator Adam Mixon shares his reflection on greatness and truth-telling as he and Executive Director Mark Ramsey discuss the inseparable relationship of truth and love.

In a conversation recorded back in December, Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. J.C. Austin (Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, PA ) about antiracism work, the possibilities of the current moment, and how tradition can act as a springboard for innovation.

The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Ryan Bonfiglio) discuss the important role of pastoral ministry at this particular moment in history, especially in the wake of the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Ministry Collaborative staff Adam Mixon and Adam Borneman speak with LaKesha Womack (author, business consultant, ordained Deacon in the AME Zion Church) about The Great Commission, Digital Discipleship, and the intimate relationship of justice to the works and teachings of Christ.

In a round table conversation recorded back in January, the Ministry Collaborative program staff (Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon) discuss the importance - and challenge - of feeding opportunities and starving problems.

In a conversation recorded back in May, Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Katie Hays (Lead Evangelist at Galileo Church in Fort Worth, TX, and author of We Were Spiritual Refugees ) about alternative places of belonging, Sunday as a pivot point, and how aesthetics can be ethics.

In a round table conversation recorded back in January, the Ministry Collaborative program staff (Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon) discuss the competitive misery of busy-ness - even in the church - and why we should meet it with grace and kindness.

Executive Director speaks with the Rev. Sara Hayden ( 1001 New Worshiping Communities ; host of the New Way podcast ) about emerging faith communities, the creator economy, and laminating croissants.

In a round table conversation recorded back in January, Ministry Collaborative program staff (Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon) discuss safety, innovation, and the false dichotomy of stability and crisis.

In a conversation recorded back in May, Executive Director Mark Ramsey spoke with Amy Starr Redwine (pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, VA ) about collaborative leadership, avoiding echo chambers, and how 2020 has revealed our societal broken places.

Program Curator Jennifer Maxell speaks with authors Dr. Monica A. Coleman ( Professor of Africana Studies, University of Delaware ) and Rev. David Finnegan-Hosey ( College Chaplain, Barton College ) about longing for honesty, destigmatizing mental health conversations, and addressing the systemic issues that perpetuate the stigma.

In a conversation recorded back in February, the Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey) talk about the difference between "why" and "how", the importance of seeing ourselves as we are, and the pitfalls of looking for the "right" answer.

In a conversation recorded back in May, Executive Director Mark Ramsey spoke with Derek Starr Redwine ( Interim Pastor, Grace Covenant Presbyterian ) about questioning the centrality of corporate worship, how uncertainty is invigorating, and the pointlessness of omphaloskepsis (the contemplation of one's navel).

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with Ben Garrett ( The Hatchery , Emory University) and Kiva Nice-Webb ( Chaplain, Westminster College ) about ministry in their non-traditional contexts and how Generation Z craves depth and creativity.

In a round table discussion recorded in early 2020, Ministry Collaborative staff Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon discuss the importance of uncertainty and creativity, and how diversity builds capacity.

In a conversation recorded in early 2020, Ministry Collaborative staff Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, Jennifer Maxell, and Adam Borneman discuss how the long-term trend of declining attendance offers an opportunity for churches to engage faithfully in holistic, fuller, Spirit-led living.

In a conversation recorded back in early March, Content Curator Jennifer Maxell spoke with the Rev. Susan Rogers ( The Well at Springfield , Jacksonville) about old ways giving birth to the new, the importance of belonging, and being a church without a building before COVID.

In a conversation recorded back in April, Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with Thomas Daniel (pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas) about Biblical formation, being a "Love Letter to the City of Austin", and how the church should be an airport, not the destination.

In the final installment of our four part series on Wholehearted Leadership, Immersion Experience Curator Ryan Bonfiglio joins Jennifer Maxell and Adam Borneman in a conversation about how the pandemic and civil unrest are forcing us to recognize and adapt to the shifting paradigms in our culture and in the church.

In the third installment of our four part series on Wholehearted Leadership, Ministry Collaborative staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon discuss the importance of justice as the embodiment of Christian love in the public sphere.

In the second Installment of our four part series on Wholehearted Leadership, Jennifer Watley Maxell and Adam Mixon are joined by Immersion Experience Curator Ryan Bonfiglio in a conversation about how Sabbath practice is revolutionary.

In the first Installment of our four part series on Wholehearted Leadership, Ministry Collaborative staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon discuss the importance of recovering our identities in our vocation and calling.

In a conversation recorded back in March, Program Curator Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Leon Stevenson (pastor, Mack Avenue Community Church ; interim director, MACC Development ) about multi-cultural church planting in Detroit, the comprehensive ministry of community development, and the critical connection between community proximity and Christian discipleship.

Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with writer/scholar Dr. J. Kameron Carter (Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington) on what the Underground Railroad and Dietrich Bonhoeffer can teach us about faithfully confronting the challenges of 2020.

In a round table conversation recorded prior to COVID-19 shutdowns, The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon) discuss how cultivating joy is an act of faithful resistance against materialism, anger, loneliness, and violence.