The Vicars' Crossing

Cecily Alexander is a dietician, a teacher, and a writer in London, Ontario. Her recently published memoir Immigration, Race and Survival: From Trinidad to Canada: Living in Parallel Worlds will help you to understand racism as you journey with her through her many experiences.  Cecily has had a career as a dietitian for over forty years. She has a master’s in business administration specializing...

We are excited to welcome back Dr. Randy Woodley. Randy’s work addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith, justice, race, our relationship with the earth, and Indigenous realities. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture at Portland Seminary, Portland Oregon. His expertise has been sought in national venues as diverse as Time Magazine, Christianity...

This week we welcome Marjorie J. Thompson. Marjorie is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church.  She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director of Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of Upper Room Ministries. Marjorie has exercised a ministry of teaching, writing and spiritual guidance for many years.  M...

Today we welcome Jonathan Merritt - one of America’s most popular writers on issues of faith and culture. He is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Why Sacred Words are Vanishing – and How We Can Revive Them, named “Book of the Year” by the Englewood Review of Books.  Jonathan is an award-winning contributor for The Atlantic, a contributi...

Bob Smietana is an award-winning religion reporter and editor who has spent two decades producing breaking news, data journalism, investigative reporting, profiles, and features for magazines, newspapers, trade publications, and websites. Most notably, he has served as a senior writer for Facts & Trends, senior editor of Christianity Today, religion writer at The Tennessean, correspondent for...

In this episode, we welcome The Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon. Dr. Willimon is a Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at the Divinity School, Duke University. He served eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, For twenty years prior to the episcopacy, he was Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry at Duke University, Durham,...

https://www.kevinmnye.com/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI240WSPCCQ3IsZq-LfORwg  Kevin has worked in homeless services and advocacy in Los Angeles, CA & Minneapolis, MN. Kevin writes on the intersections of theology, justice, equity, and pop culture. He was a contributing author for Theology and the Marvel Universe and is the founder of Theophany, a blog and YouTube channel looking at the...

Today We welcome priest, writer, & speaker - Martha Tartanic.  Her new book WHY GATHER: The Hope and Promise of the Church drops on June 14.  In the midst of a global crisis, Martha found herself in a crisis of vocation, wondering whether or not there might be something else she could do with her life, other than serve the church. The church as a whole began asking questions of a similar and u...

In this episode we celebrate the release of Brian McLaren's latest Book Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned Brian talks candidly about how hard it is at times to stay Christian. Kevin and Rob, both senior clerics share there own frustrations and struggles over the years when the church has been hard to stick with.

we are excited to welcome CLAYTON THOMAS-MULLER. Clayton is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation also known as Pukatawagan (poo- cot – a – wagon) located in Northern Manitoba. He is a campaigner for https://www.350.org, a global movement that's responding to the climate crisis. He has campaigned on behalf of Indigenous peoples around the world for more than 20 years He h...

https://www.communicateforchange.org/ As a journalist and TV presenter Genelle has worked for the BBC, ITN, MailOnline and now ITV in various roles including; online journalist, documentary producer, weather presenter and newsreader. After seven years of working in the media with several highlights including reporting live on the national BBC News channel, working on a Hillsborough documentary for...

The Vicars’ Crossing is excited to WELCOME Susie and Tony Troxler. Tony and Susie Troxler met in Greensboro, NC and married in March 2008. They’d planned to start a family a few years into their marriage, but it never happened: A few years turned into more than a decade and still no child. Believing in the faithfulness of God, they both continued to hold onto the promise that they would one day ha...

Today we are excited to be a part of the book launch for Dr Robyn Henderson Espinoza’s book - BODY BECOMING: A PATH TO OUR LIBERATION.  The body that Robyn Henderson-Espinoza inhabits is a nonbinary body, a trans body, a body in two races--and a body continually in discovery. Theirs is also a body on sojourn invested in experience, body understanding, and engagement in and for human thriving. Hend...

Today we welcome New York Times bestselling author Dr. Lisa Miller -  a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University Dr. Miller is also the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology, and has held over a decade of joint appointments in the Departme...

The Reverend Carol Howard Merritt is a minister whose writing, speaking, and teaching are anchored in theological wisdom and sociological insight. She’s a sought-after keynote speaker, especially on the topic of ministering in a new generation. She’s known for serving growing Presbyterian (USA) churches, especially those with a deep commitment to serving the poor and disenfranchised. A pastor for...

Today we are excited to welcome Kirsten Powers. Kirsten is a New York Times bestselling author, USA Today columnist, and senior political analyst for CNN, where she appears regularly on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, and The Lead with Jake Tapper. Her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Elle, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and many more publications Kirs...

Today we welcome Melissa Florer-Bixler. Melissa is the pastor of Raleigh Mennonite Church and a graduate of Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary. She spent times studying in Israel/Palestine, Kenya, and England. Much of her formation took place in the L'Arche community of Portland, OR. She is the chair of L'Arche North Carolina and a steering committee member in broad-based...

today we are excited to welcome  SISTER BETTY MORRISSEY. Sister Betty is a Sister of Mercy in St John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. She’s had quite a life in her vocation,  having served in Peru, taught all over the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and she’s been in Pastoral care at St Claire’s hospital now for 25 years. most recently she had been appointed the chaplain for the Newfoundlan...

Today we travel across the pond to the United Kingdom we welcome Bishop Andrew Ramsey, Bishop of Ramsbury. Bishop has a brand new book titled ENGLISH GROUNDS: A PASTORAL JOURNAL In this journal of short, lyrical reflections, bishop Andrew takes the reader on an exploration of faith, place and identity. Focusing on his home in Wiltshire, as he arrives to take up an ancient role in a testing time, E...

The Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley is a public intellectual, author, activist, farmer, scholar, speaker, and wisdom keeper. He is a recognized leader in the fields of Indigenous and Intercultural Studies, Ecology, Spirituality, Race, Theology, and Missiology.  Through his teaching and leadership, he invites Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to decolonize and Indigenize their worldview and practices so...

Today we are excited to welcome Dr. Maureen O’Connell. Dr. O’Connell is Chair the Department of Religion at La Salle  University in Philadelphia, where she is also an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics. She is an expert in the art of social justice, she’s an award-winning author and faithful member of POWER  (Philadelphians Organizing to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild). POWER is an interfaith...

Today is a BONUS EPISODE  With so much division and disunity in our current climate, we offer this episode as a prayerful offering in hope for a better tomorrow.  Today we welcome Brian Allain Brian founded and leads the team that produces “How to Heal Our Divides,” a project aimed at building awareness of voices and organizations that are taking real action to address several serious, deep divide...

Today we welcome The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen. Dr. Tumminio Hansen joined the Candler School of Theology in 2021. Prior to arriving at Candler, she was assistant professor of pastoral theology and served as director of field education at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, where she taught courses on trauma, practical theology, and pastoral theology, with a feminist, intersectiona...

Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. As a follower of Jesus, Dr. King was tireless in his efforts to live a faithful witness in the public square. Today's episode is dedicated to his memory.  Today we welcome lifelong social activist, Dr. Obery Hendricks. One of today's foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America, Dr. Hendricks...

In this episode, we welcome back to the podcast author, Pastor, hiker, and pilgrim Brian Zahnd. In this episode, we discussed his latest book… “When Everything is on fire; Faith Forged From The Ashes.” Sit back and enjoy the delightful conversation about Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Derita, the Camino, and the Kansas City Chiefs. This podcast was recorded on December 14th, 2021.