The Ministry Collaborative Podcast

We continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” as Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (Church Planting,  The Episcopal Church ) and David Zahl ( Mockingbird Ministries ;  Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville ) about paying attention to the stories people tell, the troubling trend of isolation, and the danger of conflating results with self-worth.

Pilgrimage Formation Curator Ryan Bonfiglio talks with Michelle Navarrete ( Emory University , World Outspoken ) about the connecting the Eucharist with embodiment, appreciating the communal power of belonging, and the importance of reading Scripture with others. This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Faith Overflowing with Hope”.

As part of our ongoing series "Faith Overflowing with Hope", Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Ayana Teter ( Pittsburgh Theological Seminary , Eastminster Presbyterian Church ) about rooting our hope in the story of Jesus, rethinking our shared vocation, and navigating the giant labyrinth of faith.

Our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” continues as TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Maxell speak with Dr. Luther E. Smith ( Candler School of Theology ) about spiritual practices for pursuing justice, becoming the beloved community, and the wisdom of Howard Thurman.

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Bianca Howard ( Orange ), and the Rev. Ashley Diaz Mejias ( Voices of Jubilee, Richmond ) about their work with youth and families, seeing faith as a landscape of resistance, and the freedom that comes in seeing yourself through God's lens. This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Faith Overflowing with Hope”.

Ministry Collaborative program staff Adam Borneman and Beth Daniel continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” with the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner ( Stillman College ,  Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church ) and Dr.  Andrew Root  ( Luther Seminary ) about secularism's influence on worship, having our being in Christ, and the importance of clearing the way to hear the voice of God.

We continue our series "Faith Overflowing with Hope" as TMC Program Staff Beth Daniel and Amy Valdez Barker speak with Dr. Andrew Root ( Luther Seminary ) about resonance and alienation, the ordinary, and the utter arrogance of the idea that we should "save the church".

Content Curator Adam Mixon continues his conversation with the Revs. Charles Maxell ( Breakthrough Fellowship, Smyrna, GA ) and Laura Murray ( Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation ) about the encouragement of the small things, how closeness needs community, and the temptation of the "pastoral pivot". This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Faith Overflowing with Hope”.

As we continue our series "Faith Overflowing with Hope", Content Curator Adam Mixon speaks with the Revs. Laura Murray ( Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation ) and Charles Maxell ( Breakthrough Fellowship, Smyrna, GA ) about the challenge of church programming for formation, the importance of nearness - both to God and to one another, and the counter-cultural work of surrender.

Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with the Rev. Esta Jarrett ( Canton Presbyterian Church , North Carolina) and the Rev. Barrett Payne ( Cape Fear and Lillington Presbyterian Churches, North Carolina) about the unique gifts and challenges of rural and small churches, the personal nature of ministry in their contexts, and their joyful experience co-facilitating Ministry Collaborative cohorts. T...

We kick off our six week series "Faith Overflowing with Hope" with TMC Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon in conversation with the Rev. Tim Soerens ( The Parish Collective ) about getting out of the business of projects, the meaningful lessons of failure, and the importance of living an undivided life before God.

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with David Zahl ( Mockingbird Ministries ; Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville ) about moving away from "Project Christianity", the hunger for a more God-directed faith, and the wisdom of Curb Your Enthusiasm . Click here for more information about Mockingbird NYC (April 25-27).

Ministry Collaborative program staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Mixon continue their conversation with the Rev. Melanie Marsh ( Riviera Presbyterian , Miami ) about the challenge of living into your humanity as a pastor, the importance of admitting what we don't know, and the role her grandmother played in forming her faith.

Ministry Collaborative program staff Adam Mixon and Amy Valdez Barker speak with the Rev. Melanie Marsh ( Riviera Presbyterian , Miami ) about her call to a church where she was the first female pastor (and the first person of color), her tumultuous arrival in a divided congregation, and the transformational power of God at work in that community.

Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Borneman, Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey) discuss our wariness around grace in community; the offensive nature of grace's radical message; and the need for church leaders to receive grace ourselves, since it's all we have to offer. Read the original article.  

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (Church Planting, The Episcopal Church ) and the Rev. Adam Mixon ( The Ministry Collaborative ; Zion Springs Baptist Church, Birmingham ) about their congregations' unique partnership across denominational and racial lines; the challenge of navigating shared space; and the importance of keeping Jesus at the center.

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with Morgan Burge ( Roswell Presbyterian Church, GA ) about what the parachurch organizations and mainline congregations can learn from each other; the importance of asking who isn't at table and why; and the way the global church reminds us that the Spirit is always doing new things.

Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker speaks with Dr. Ashley Boggan ( General Commission on Archives and History ) about her book Nevertheless , multi-vocational ministry, our current Reformation moment in both church and technology, and what a John Wesley bobblehead has to do with Pope Francis.

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (Church Planting, The Episcopal Church ) about her work with both church planters and established congregations, why would should both resource ministry risk and be willing to learn from it, and having the humility to lean into our connectedness.

Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker speaks with Eric Martin ( Adaptive Change Advisors ) about his book , how he brings what he has learned in corporate transformation work into church spaces, how those spaces are surprisingly well-prepared to do that work, and how undemocratic our institutions and organizations actually are.

Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Karen Rohrer ( Pittsburgh Theological Seminary ) about  understanding innovation as unearthing, and the importance of embracing one's own belovedness in order to see the belovedness around you.

Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker speaks with Chef Hank Reid ( Lettum Eat! ) about God feeding into his life, how he sees food as ministry, and what it means to use your God-given talents for the sake of the world.

Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, and Beth Daniel) discuss the difference between waiting and anticipation, how hope is tethered to despair, and how hope leads to belonging.

Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Borneman, Adam Mixon, and Amy Valdez Barker) discuss the the in-between-ness of Advent, what we can learn from Watch Night services, and the beauty of waiting for God with God.

Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Amy Valdez Barker, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Jennifer Watley Maxell) discuss the ample reasons for despair, people's yearning for depth, and the disruptive purpose of Advent.