The Vicars' Crossing

John Marsh was an Anglican parish priest for forty years. Recently retired, he self-describes as an iconoclastic Anglican. Perhaps more accurately he is an old goat, an unrepentant curmudgeon. He has written two books, It Ain't Nothin But A Mess: Mission as Event and Impossible People: The Mystics, Mission, and Me. He is currently working on his third book, On Edge: At the Boundaries of the C...

Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author.  Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia.  He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace. This has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places li...

Stephanie Tait wears many hats. Blogger, speaker, author, wife, mother, Jesus follower. Her fifteen-years and counting battle with Lyme disease has reshaped her view on the goodness of God. She makes her home in Oregon, where she lives with her husband and two children. She shares her stories at https://stephanietaitwrites.com/ IT'S NOT A LIE: Is Iain an Anti-Dentite?  This podcast was record...

Andrea Procter is an anthropologist with nearly twenty years of experience in working with Indigenous communities in Labrador. In 2017, she joined the Newfoundland and Labrador Healing and Commemoration project with James Igloliorte to document the stories of Labrador's boarding schools. She has a Ph. D. from Memorial University. IT'S NOT A LIE IF YOU BELIEVE IT  Was Kevin once abandoned...

Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy and human understanding. As a transgender woman, Williams brings a unique perspective to her work on gender equity. Whether a corporate meeting, women's conference, company retreat or national gathering, Williams' unique perspective and story-telling skill delights both men and women as she humb...

Rev. Dr. Yolanda Pierce is Professor and Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. She is the first woman to be appointed as Dean in the Divinity School’s 150-year history. In 2016, Pierce served as the Founding Director of the Center for African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Previously, she se...

KATHY KHANG ABOUT KATHY   Kathy is the mother of three. Wife of one. She loves Jesus. She really, really likes yoga & deep breaths, nail polish & lipstick, and girlfriends & our laughter and tears. She is a writer, speaker, coffee drinker, and now yoga teacher, and this journey began in childhood diaries & journals, moved into newsrooms, and then to a co-authored book entitled More...

Guest:  About Diana Diana Butler Bass, Ph. D., is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.   Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world—a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious pra...

GUEST Ayodeji Malcolm Guite is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born in Nigeria to British expatriate parents, Guite earned degrees from Cambridge and Durham universities. His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the examination of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and British poets. He is currently a Bye-Fellow and r...

BIO  Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Rich holds a Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. He enjoys reading widely, preaching and writing on contemplative spirituality, justice-related matters, and the art of preaching. He's been married to Ro...

GUEST On this episode we welcome ERIN DAVIS - Originally from Edmonton, Erin is a radio broadcaster and was the popular, long-time co-host of 98.1 CHFI’s morning show in Toronto. She’After Lauren’s death, Erin decided to return to her radio work, staying on for eighteen months. At that point, she chose to retire from daily radio and moved with her husband, Rob Whitehead, to Victoria, BC. Her memoi...

GUEST On this episode, we welcome Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons -  a fellow with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at American Progress. His work focuses on a wide range of issues related to the role of religion in American public life, including promoting a progressive vision of religious liberty that champions LGBTQ rights and amplifying how faith communities empower social and economic j...

GUEST:  This week we welcome best-selling author, and editor of America Magazine, and Chaplain to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Fr. James Martin SJ. His new book, LEARNING TO PRAY (2021) is a helpful guide for all who struggle with prayer. We discuss the new book, his older writings, LGBTQ Rights, the faithful witness of Stephen Colbert and President Joe Biden and so much more.  IT’S NOT A L...

GUEST:  This week on our BONUS episode, Rob, Kevin and Iain welcome best-selling author, activist, and public theologian BRIAN MCLAREN. Brian is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. Brian’s latest book - Faith After Doubt (2021) - makes the bold proposition that only doubt can save the world (and your fa...

GUEST:  This week Rob, Kevin and Iain welcome  Missional Church leader, author and speaker Alan Roxburgh. As a consultant with The Missional Network Alan has been listening to and working with church leaders on how to move congregational life beyond business as usual and towards joining with God in their communities. His latest book is a collaboration with Mark Lau Branson titled;  Leadership, God...

GUEST:  This week Rob, Kevin and Iain welcome Pastor Lenny Duncan. Lenny has been everything from high school dropout, drug dealer, sex worker, street corner poet, hitchhiker, dharma bum, small-town drifter, seminarian, political activist, father, pastor, lover, public theologian, and writer. Now he thrives in the Pacific Northwest where he is the Pastor of the Jubilee Collective.  “Jesus is anti-...

GUEST: This week Rob, Kevin and Iain welcome Pastor Gil Clelland of Sanctuary Church & Executive Director of Ark Aid Mission Sarah Campbell. These two Londoners are incredibly determined followers of Jesus. They discuss the WISH initiative - Winter Interim Solution to Homelessness. This local effort has housed over 60 of London’s homeless population for the winter months in repurposed construc...

GUEST: This week Rob, Kevin and Iain welcome award-winning and groundbreaking journalist Ginella Massa. In January CBC launched a new program in Prime Time called Canada Tonight with Ginella Massa. Ginella is the first hijab-wearing woman to host a national TV news program. Her new show shines a light on Canada’s diversity by highlighting stories from all over Canada. She’s a gifted interviewer wi...

The Vicars Crossing welcomes the first guest to return to the podcast, Matthew Kaemingk, to talk about his new book Work and Worship: Reconnecting our Labor and Liturgy. This Podcast was recorded on January 26th, 2021.

On this brand new season of The Vicars Crossing, we welcome Jeffrey Denis to the show to talk about his book and his work with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  This podcast was recorded on January 19th, 2021. 

Today, the gentlemen at the Vicars' Crossing sit down with General, author, the Canadian legend, and Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security at Dalhousie University, General Roméo Dallaire. We talk about his writing, his story, and everything he went through in Rwanda.  This podcast was recorded on December 8th, 2020.

Today, we welcome author, pastor, and Bob Dylan expert Brian Zahnd to the vicars crossing to talk about America, his writing, and his favourite Bob Dylan song. This podcast was recorded on November 10, 2020.

Today, the Vicars' Crossing welcomes Nadia Bolz-Weber, an author, theologian, minister, and podcast host to the podcast. This podcast was recorded on November 7th, 2020.

today, the Vicars' Crossingsits down with doctor, author, and professor Drew Hart to talk about his book "Who Will Be A Witness?" This Podcast was recorded on October 28, 2020.

today, the Vicars' Crossing sits down with Author, Reporter, and Ukulele player JAck Jenkins to talk about American politics and his book  American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country.  This podcast was recorded on October 20, 2020.