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The Acts 8 Movement is once again offering videos Episcopal churches may use for free to advertise their Easter liturgies. You may download the video below to post to your own Facebook page, or just link to one of the YouTube videos found here, or to the Facebook videos posted on the Acts 8 Movement … Continue reading Your Choice of two FREE Easter Invitation Videos →
Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement have two Christmas videos Episcopal churches can use for free. We created these multi-language videos (for the many of the languages in which Episcopalians worship) in the previous two years and offer them here anew for your use. Watch the video we launched in 2016 on YouTube in … Continue reading Two FREE Christmas Invitation Videos →
We belatedly announce our summer break and pray for its good use. Also, major #catdisclaimer. This week's text (BCP p. 825): O God, in the course of this busy life, give us times of refreshment and peace; and grant that we may so use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Good Use of Leisure →
Pentecost is the untamed Christian feast that secular culture has no interest in appropriating. Those who are not Christian will often observe Christmas in some way and will even dye Easter eggs. Yet the coming of the Holy Spirit in power to turn disciples into apostles will never foster Pentecost cards or other secular traditions. … Continue reading Your free Pentecost video →
We interrupt this Holy Week to talk about the Nunc Dimittis, and interrupt it even more with Britney. You’re welcome. This week’s text (BCP p. 93): Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you … Continue reading The Collect Call: Nunc Dimittis →
Unearthing a gem of a prayer from the seldom used Order of Worship for the Evening. This week’s prayer (BCP p. 111): Almighty and most merciful God, kindle within us the fire of love, that by its cleansing flame we may be purged of all our sins and made worthy to worship you in spirit … Continue reading The Collect Call: Lent Collect from the Order of Worship for the Evening →
A set of prayers so good you can say them twice a day – we take a look at Suffrages A from Morning & Evening Prayer. Featured link: St. Bede's Breviary, an excellent resource for daily prayer: www.stbedeproductions.com/breviary/ BCP p. 97 V. Show us your mercy, O Lord; R. And grant us your salvation. V. Clothe … Continue reading The Collect Call: Suffrages A →
Our Lenten series continues with the Kyrie Pantokrator, including the burning question – how do you pronounce Pantokrator anyway? Featured Link: Songs in the Desert – a Collaborative Lenten Devotional This week's prayer – BCP p. 90 O Lord and Ruler of the hosts of heaven, * God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of all … Continue reading The Collect Call: Kyrie Pantokrator →
As Lent approaches, we shift into a more penitential gear, looking at the prayer of confession in Morning Prayer, Rite 1. We also fail to act like adults. This week’s prayer (BCP page 41) Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much … Continue reading The Collect Call: Confession (Morning Prayer Rite 1) →
It’s a double-feature! We pray for courts of justice, for local government, and at long last, we meet George Albert Zabriskie, who achieved the hat trick in collects for the branches of government. This week’s prayers (BCP p. 821 and 822) For Courts of Justice Almighty God, who sittest in the throne judging right: We … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Judiciary & Local Government →
With Lent fast approaching, your friends at the Acts 8 Movement are offering two ways to promote this season of preparation. The video above can be used as is or those with the ability to edit the video may download a version with a longer ending suitable for adding your congregation’s name or logo and … Continue reading A Free Lent Video for Your Congregation →
Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement want to offer resources to assist your congregation in inviting your neighbors to join you for worship. This year, we are offering a Lenten video to encourage a Lenten Reboot. We are also offering the Episcopal Church the customizable video for congregations to promote their Ash Wednesday liturgies first … Continue reading Create your own Ash Wednesday invitation video →
As our series on praying for the government continues, we look at the BCP’s collect praying for Congress or a state legislature. Also, we begin our campaign to get a Kindle edition of Hatchett. We need your help! This week’s prayer (BCP p. 821) O God, the fountain of wisdom, whose will is good and … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Congress →
We look at the prayer for our country on page 820, and find at least one good reason to look at prayer book revision. Also, lectors – take note of a name that might trip you up this Sunday. This week’s prayer (BCP p. 820) Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Our Country →
On praying for those in authority, plus, taking Paul out of context when he’s cranky in this week’s lectionary. This week’s prayer (BCP p. 820) O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world: We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that, being guided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the President and All in Civil Authority →
Thanks to a super-fan, we’re embarking on a new exploration of the Book of Common Prayer, starting with the prayer for those who influence public opinion. Plus – what’s in the lectionary this week? This week’s prayer (BCP 827): Almighty God, you proclaim your truth in every age by many voices: Direct, in our time, … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Those Who Influence Public Opinion →
If you pay attention the liturgical calendar, it won't let you sentimentalize Christmas, but will force you to come to grips with what the calling of a Christian really is. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/299362313″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook The Collect Call is … Continue reading The Collect Call: Christmas Roundup →
We finally come back after our Halloween break (and then some) for an Advent roundup and how to deal with this #spoileralert of a Sunday lectionary. This week’s prayers: First Sunday of Advent Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in … Continue reading The Collect Call: Advent Roundup →
“Episcopalians are on Facebook,”Presiding Bishop Michael Curry told participants at Evangelism Matters. ‘I’ve seen your dogs. I’ve seen your cats.” He went on to describe social media as a superhighway for sharing the Gospel. Your friends have seen your pets. This Christmas, let them see Jesus. Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement have a … Continue reading Your FREE parish Christmas invitation video is ready! →
We don’t presume to know how you voted, nor do we even care. But we do know that a lot of people are hurting and scared right now, and we all have to live with each other now that the election is over. We have a homework assignment for you: tell us about ways you … Continue reading The Collect Call: #collectlove →
On hearing that God is more ready to hear than we are to pray, Holli observes that she always asks her daughter how her day was, and mostly all she has to say is that things are fine. This week’s prayer: Proper 21 (BCP p. 234) Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more … Continue reading The Collect Call: It’s Fine (Proper 22) →
Image by ocean_of_stars. Used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Luci Hoad and Jordan Ware, co-hosts of Two Feminists Annotate the Bible (subscribe on iTunes), join us for a second week to talk about the mysteries of using your power to show mercy and pity. This week's prayer: Proper 21 (BCP p. 234) O God, … Continue reading The Collect Call: Mercy and Pity and Power, Oh My! (Proper 21) →
As Social Media Sunday approaches again on September 25, 2016, it appears to be increasingly embraced by the institutional church. But we love that the origin story of Social Media Sunday is two laypeople doing their thing on the internet. Here's our interview with Carolyn Clement, one of the people who gave Social Media Sunday its … Continue reading The Collect Call: Social Media Sunday – The Origin Story →
Luci Hoad and Jordan Ware, co-hosts of Two Feminists Annotate the Bible (subscribe on iTunes), join us to talk about repelling barbarians and new collects for the modern inconvenience of ailing technology. This week's prayer: Proper 20 (BCP p. 234) Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and … Continue reading The Collect Call: Things That Are Passing Away (Proper 20) →
This week we totally solve the mystery of why we need God’s help to love God, and then we fight about the merits of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. This week’s prayer: Proper 18 (BCP p. 233) O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may … Continue reading The Collect Call: Judge Not the Pumpkin Spice Latte (Proper 19) →
Holli and Brendan reconcile after an internet poll confirms they're both right, and we learn why we should be careful about saying always and never. Plus: announcing a contest for our listeners! This week's prayer: Proper 18 (BCP p. 233) Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always … Continue reading The Collect Call: Never Say Never (Proper 18) →
It was basically inevitable that this week’s prayer would lead Holli to imitate Fergie. You’re welcome. This week’s prayer: Proper 17 (BCP p. 233) Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with … Continue reading The Collect Call: Seven Jeans and True Religion (Proper 17) →
The final episode of the show to be released while Brendan is in his 30s. We bewail the lack of Christian unity, again, and debate the merits of the BCP’s birthday prayers. This week’s prayers: Proper 16 (BCP page 232) Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy … Continue reading The Collect Call: They Say It’s Your Birthday (Proper 16) →
One of our cohosts is under the weather this week, so we’re publishing an encore edition of our eighteenth episode, featuring special guest The Rev. Megan Castellan – the first clergy person to appear on The Collect Call. Megan, Holli, and Brendan grapple with the strange vision of a sparkly Jesus, Jacob’s Ladder, and what … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Transfiguration (Encore Edition) →
Holli and Brendan discuss the proper 13 collect and what it means for the church to be cleansed and defended. This week’s collect: Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ … Continue reading The Collect Call: Angelic Custodians with Machine Guns →
What Bible verse was it where Jesus said to “Love the trolls?” Plus, reflections on the collect for proper 12, allegedly one of the most frequently memorized prayers (call us skeptical). Also: buy a lying down desk for Holli! This week’s collect: O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing … Continue reading The Collect Call: Jesus Said, “Love the Trolls” →
As the youth of the Diocese of West Missouri made their way east for a pilgrimage, they stopped for the night at the Episcopal Church of All Saints, Indianapolis, and we recorded a show. This week's collect: Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Peace (with the DioWeMo Youth) →
Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement are glad to offer the Episcopal Church a video for congregations to promote their church as kids start heading back to school. The video above is our gift to you. You may post it as is, or you can download a high resolution video to upload to your … Continue reading Your Church’s Free Welcome Video for Fall →
This coming Sunday is July 3…but avoid the temptation to use the Independence Day propers! This week's collect: O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Proper 9 →
Brendan geeks out over this collect, and Holli is like, meh. Also, an irreverent solution to how confusing it is to tell Elijah and Elisha apart. This week’s collect: Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Proper 8 →
Does God really help and govern those set on the foundation of God's loving-kindness? Plus, demons, pigs, and why people need to stop saying "you don't have to check your brain at the door" of the Episcopal Church. This week's collect: O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Proper 8 →
St. Barnabas the Apostle was the wind beneath Paul’s wings…so we don’t really give him the attention he deserves. This week, we do what we can to rectify that.This week’s prayer: Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the well-being of … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Feast of St. Barnabas →
Live from the eFormation 2016 conference at Virginia Theological Seminary – four podcasters reflect on some creative high points and how they came to be. Featuring Casey Fitzgerald of Story Divine, Mihee Kim-Kort of This Everyday Holy, Joe McGarry of Two Bald Pastors, and Brendan O’Sullivan-Hale of The Collect Call. Music by Aaron Devries, … Continue reading The Collect Call: Live from eFormation 2016 →
Wherein Brendan officially shows his age by revealing he knows how to read the Wall Street Journal on Snapchat, but can't do anything else, Holli recommends a Britney Spears deep cut, and we also give trustworthy preaching advice. This week's collect: O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think … Continue reading The Collect Call: Proper 5 →
This week we compare and contrast how God and Holli order their respective universes. Plus – Holli has a WELP moment with Galations, and Brendan picks a fight with the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's collect: O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we … Continue reading The Collect Call: Proper 4 →
Explaining the Trinity, a heresy quiz show, and the Prayers of the People, reviewed. This week’s collect: Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of thy Divine Majesty to worship the … Continue reading The Collect Call: Trinity Sunday →
Special guest Corban Qualls joins us for a conversation about the Incarnation. Plus – music for Pentecost! This week’s collect: O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus … Continue reading The Collect Call: Of the Incarnation →
Though intended to be digitally remastered picture disk edition of our seventh show, the original sound files were lost so this is just a rebroadcast for the sake of completeness. Well be back with new content soon! [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262981533 params=auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true width=100% height=450 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer O God, the King of glory, you have exalted Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Seventh Sunday of Easter
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our sixth show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261868378 params=auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true width=100% height=450 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer O God, you have prepared Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Sixth Sunday of Easter
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our fifth show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/260708662 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer Almighty God, whom truly to Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Fifth Sunday of Easter (remastered)
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our fourth show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/259247904 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer O God, whose Son Jesus is Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Remastered)
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our third show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258204186 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer O God, whose blessed Son made Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Third Sunday of Easter (Remastered)
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our second show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256955427 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer Almighty and everlasting God, who in Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Second Sunday of Easter (Remastered!)
A digitally remastered picture disk edition of our first show! We didnt know what we were doing when we started, so the audio was terriblenow, with our acquired skills, experience the early episodes of The Collect Call like never before. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/255261388 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer Almighty God, who through your Continue reading The Collect Call: For Easter (Digitally Remastered!)
With special guest Corban Qualls, we explore hope and the afterlife, and why the various occasions these collects were composed for exist in the first place. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/251113141 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful servant N.; and we pray that, having opened to him the Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Departed 2
An encore edition of one of our greatest hits Wherein we find ourselves at a loss answering deep theological questions from the five year old mind, and marvel at some truly confounding cake recipes. [soundcloud url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/250106697 params=color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false width=100% height=166 iframe=true /] This Week’s Prayer Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven Continue reading The Collect Call Encore Edition for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Get your 2017 Easter cartoon here! Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement are glad to offer the Episcopal Church a video for congregations to promote their Easter liturgies. The video above is our gift to you. You may post it as is, or you can download a high resolution video and with some basic … Continue reading Your Free Easter Invitation Video →
Regular readers of the Daily Office probably know this collect by heart and it was for hundreds of years required to be said daily. BONUS: What does the Rev. Dr. Massey Shepherd, Jr. have against compline? [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/248063903″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] The Collect Call This Week's Links Friend of the show Fr. … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Aid Against Perils →
Wherein we discover what Ash Wednesday and Prayer C have in common. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/246189165″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] The Collect Call This Week's Links Last Year's Ash Wednesday Show How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Ash Wednesday →
Learning about the mysterious linkage between Joseph and Mary bringing Jesus to the Temple and Groundhog Day. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245009893″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] The Collect Call This Week's Links Customizable Ash Wednesday Video How to Customize Your Ash Wednesday Video Christmas Video Results How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Presentation →
We interview Frank Logue and Nurya Love Parish about digital evangelism, and how churches can use short videos to spread their message online. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/244260643″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] The Collect Call This Week's Links Customizable Ash Wednesday Video How to Customize Your Ash Wednesday Video Christmas Video Results How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed … Continue reading The Collect Call: Digital Evangelism →
The Feast of the Confession of St, Peter: Come for the reflection on the unity of the church; stay for the Duane Johnson jokes. This week’s collect: Almighty Father, who inspired Saint Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God: Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Confession of St. Peter →
This week’s prayer was written by a former Archbishop of Canterbury, but Holli notes that he may have misinterpreted the Gospel. Plus! We solve a listener’s liturgical mystery. This week’s collect: Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one: Grant … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Unity of the Church →
We republish our Epiphany 2015 episode with a little bit of supplemental material. The Collect Call: tearing down sentimental favorites since 2014. Featuring music by Ben Devries and Maya Solovey, in addition to our regular music, distributed under a CC BY-NC-SA license. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/240423425″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The Collect Call How to Listen … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Epiphany (Reprise) →
The Rev. Scott Gunn joins us again to discuss the day formerly known as the Feast of the Circumcision. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239746643″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The Collect Call This Week’s Links: Scott Gunn on Twitter George the Dog on Twitter Our General Convention Live Show: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212734661″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Holy Name →
For Christmas, special guest the Rev. Scott Gunn joins us to talk about light shining in the darkness, tanning salons, and our feelings about Silent Night. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/238702123″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] The Collect Call This Week’s Links: Scott Gunn on Twitter George the Dog on Twitter Book recommendation: The Collect in Anglican Liturgy … Continue reading The Collect Call: Christmas! →
Thanks to the Rev. Alex Montes-Vela and the congregation of St. Mary Magdalene in Manor, Texas, we can now offer a Spanish language Christmas ad which congregations may use at no charge. We offer an .mp4 and a .wmv file so any congregation can download the full video and add their service times to use … Continue reading Spanish Language Christmas Ad →
Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement are glad to offer the Episcopal Church a customizable video for congregations to promote their Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship. The video above is our gift to you. You may post it as is, or with some basic video editing skills, you can download a high resolution … Continue reading Share the Good News of Christmas with a Personalized Video →
Poor St. Thomas. He shows up the Sunday after Easter when no one comes to church, and his feast day is the shortest day of the year. But this dude did a lot! Between taking Christianity to India and pointing out major theology on John’s Gospel, Thomas deserves better than his bad rap. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237769483″ … Continue reading The Collect Call: For St. Thomas the Apostle →
It started out as a dare, then turned into a thing. In an interview we did with Aaron Devries on our 100th episode, Aaron invited us to record a song for the 2015 Badgerland Christmas album. We put the idea out to our listeners, and…we made a thing! Introducing Personent Hodie, by The Collect Call … Continue reading The Collect Call: Crowdsourced Christmas Carol →
While Brendan took a break to recover from a wicked cough, emergency co-host David Sibley joined Holli to tackle on of the toughest prayers we’ve seen yet. How do you contend fearlessly with evil. Also, the debut of the Christmas Carol crowdsourced from The Collect Call Podcast Internet Choir! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237442230″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Social Justice →
Special guest Sam Vaught joins us for a discussion of vocation, and while he’s here, embarks on the harrowing task of coaching Holli and Brendan through singing a Christmas Carol. We encourage you to join in! Listen all the way to the end and submit your track of hymn 92 in time with Sam’s piano … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Vocation →
Ok, here’s the deal. This collect is mediocre, gratitude is good, but it’s hard under rough circumstances. Here’s how we feel about it. Also: we give you permission to sing (and record) one (1) Christmas carol during Advent. Get our your hymnals, people! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/234609776″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to Participate in the … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Thanksgiving Day →
The budget passed at General Convention directed significant funding toward church planting. But the Episcopal Church is a little out of the habit, so we don’t have a good feel for what church planting looks like. Here are two examples of the form it might take in the suburbs – we talk to the planters … Continue reading The Collect Call: Church Planting in the Suburbs →
What began as a 7-episode pilot project reaches episode #100. We interview some of the people behind the scenes who have made this show possible, and reflect on what we've learned. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/230586925″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call … Continue reading The Collect Call: Episode 100! →
St. James was known for reconciliation. There are lots of ways to do that, but one way is not to feed to social media trolls. We figure out which St. James it is we’re talking about, then talk to Carolyn Clement about Social Media Sunday. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229493991″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links … Continue reading The Collect Call: For St. James the Just & Social Media Sunday →
If we're scientifically minded people what does it mean that we also believe the church has the power to heal? More importantly, why did Holli have to swear off duels? [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229017646″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Feast of St. Luke the Physician →
How did a collect that started out as a prayer for the wealthy end up as a prayer for environmental conservation? Featuring special guest Marlayna Maynard. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/227794207″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links Church of the Holy Communion – Twitter “Cats & Dogs Living Together” by Eskalators, distributed under a CC BY-NC-SA … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Rich, or Creation, or Something →
We start with Sally Struthers and end by discussing the vocations of our cats. In between there's some more substantive stuff. Featuring special guest Marlayna Maynard. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226724769″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links Church of the Holy Communion – Twitter Let Your Life Speak, by Parker Palmer How to Listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed … Continue reading The Collect Call: For All Christians in Their Vocation →
This podcast might have jumped the shark some time ago, but this time even we know it. This episode for St. Michael & All Angels is an epic fail or an epic…something. We’ll let you decide. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224825471″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links The Collect Call – of the Holy Angels Required … Continue reading The Collect Call: Jumping the Shark (Because Angels) →
St. Matthew is mentioned only once, only in the gospel he wrote, and his name might actually have been Levi. We try (not very hard) to unravel this mystery. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224385479″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a … Continue reading The Collect Call: Of Doormats & St. Matt →
Holy Cross Day is the only day in the church year that honors an object – and an instrument of execution at that. Brendan & Holli discuss the oddity of giving honor to the means of state-sanctioned killing. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/223320416″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect … Continue reading The Collect Call: For Holy Cross Day →
Really, is there a better accompaniment to a Labor Day road trip or barbecue than Holli and Brendan reflecting on the meaning of work and giving you a homework assignment about Amy Grant’s theology of angels? No, we thought not. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222423634″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links Can a Starbucks Barista Find … Continue reading The Collect Call: Labor Day Weekend Special →
Holli, Brendan, and special guest Dave Hedges contemplate whether monk seals would make good pets and the lives of monastic orders and Christian communities. Also: we declare war on the dictionary. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221479630″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links National Association of Episcopal Christian Communities Conference of Anglican Religious Orders in the Americas … Continue reading The Collect Call: Praying for the People who Pray for Us →
We don’t know much for sure about St. Bartholomew, but that hasn’t stopped the church from coming up with elaborate stories about him. From travels to India to miracles or weight loss and a gruesome martyrdom, join Holli, Brendan, and special guest Dave Hedges as we consider what Bartholomew means for the church. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/220315276″ … Continue reading The Collect Call: Patron Saint of Cheesemakers and Twitching →
We're all agreed that we love St. Mary the Virgin, but there's a tremendous amount of ambiguity around her birth, life, and death in the church. Also, how do you deal with the incarnate God as a teenager? Featuring, once again, special guest Derek Olsen. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219148454″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS … Continue reading The Collect Call: What We Believe about Mary →
Our new episode features Derek Olsen in a far-ranging conversation from alien abduction to communion without baptism, and toward the end, a liturgical enigma involving the Trinity. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/218833694″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest This Week's Links Reflections on Communion without … Continue reading The Collect Call: Sacred Mystery Edition →
What are angels exactly – sentimental figures, scary messengers, or something else? [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/216972923″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest This Week's Links Wikipedia on Angels The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, a network of podcasts with … Continue reading The Collect Call: What Do Angels Do, Anyway? →
Apparently if you make a boat out of rocks St. James can help make it float. Also, we learn about why we swapped out Cranmer’s collect for one that dwells on one of the less shining moments of James’ life, and why you should always stand three feet away from Brendan. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/215933056″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” … Continue reading The Collect Call: St. James & the Giant Marble Boat →
We promise this is the last post-GC78 hiatus episode…but it's well worth listening to. 82 episodes ago, in #3, we uncovered a secret of the heart of the Episcopal Church, and finally we interview the man at the center of it all. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214774067″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed … Continue reading The Collect Call: The Secret Job at the Heart of the Church →
A temporary megachurch forms during each General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Organist Michael Boney explains how he has to adapt his style to keep 5,000 Episcopalians on the same hymn tune, and what it’s like to collaborate with a jazz ensemble on one the classics of the pipe organ. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213742028″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ … Continue reading The Collect Call: The Episcopal Megachurch Organist →
Brendan, Holli, and special guest Megan Castellan, still in post-convention shock, discuss high and low points of the 2015 General Convention. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213216820″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, a network … Continue reading The Collect Call: GC78 Wrapup – the Good, the Bad, the Weird →
Holli and Brendan interview Sister Suzanne Elizabeth of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist about finding spiritual meaning in the care of the altar. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213058262″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links National Altar Guild Community of St. John the Baptist How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– … Continue reading The Collect Call: Sister Suzanne Elizabeth →
Holli interviews Sarah Nolan of the Abundant Table in the Diocese of Los Angeles about the Christian food movement. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212908837″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links The Faith Farm and Food Network The Abundant Table How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call … Continue reading The Collect Call: the Faith, Farm, and Food Network →
Our first ever live show – live from the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. And our technology didn’t melt down! Featuring special guests from @easterppl, Padre’s Pods, and the Official Linguist of the Collect Call. p.s. Thanks to Derek Olsen for background on “obsecration.” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212734661″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s … Continue reading The Collect Call: Live from Salt Lake City! →
An interview with Bishop Andy Doyle (aka @texasbishop) about how the experience of worship changes with order of ministry. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212592293″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links Episcopal Herald Interview with Bishop Doyle How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a founding … Continue reading The Collect Call: An Interview with Bishop Andy Doyle →
No day of rest here in Salt Lake City, people of God. Your elected representatives at General Convention were a busy group today just like any other day. The day began early, with a march organized by Bishops United Against Gun Violence which had over 1500 attendees walking through the streets of SLC. More details, … Continue reading #GC78 Resurrection Report: June 28, 2015 →
Holli talks to two of the three planners of the Integrity Eucharist about their liturgical innovations, and how a service that began two decades ago in sorrow has become for many one of the celebratory high points of recent General Conventions. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212442750″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This Week’s Links Integrity USA How to … Continue reading The Collect Call: The Integrity Eucharist →
Truly I tell you, there are postings in The Episcopal Church that require driving hours through the desert in a Humvee or jumping out of airplanes, all in the name of our Lord. Find out more about how the chaplains in our Federal Ministries do their work day to day. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212310632″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ … Continue reading The Collect Call: Military & Prison Chaplains →
An interview with Andy Leigh about liturgical language from a transgender perspective. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212191107″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect â– Twitter ■ Facebook ■ Pinterest The Collect Call is a founding member of the Via Media Collective, a network of podcasts with an Anglican sensibility. Follow the collective on Twitter … Continue reading The Collect Call: Inclusive Language from a Trans Perspective →
Our interview with the Rev. Lester Mackenzie, the Chaplain of the House of Deputies, on how he plans to remind an often fractious legislative body that we're all here for Jesus. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212043233″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links Biography of Lester Mackenzie from the House of Deputies How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed … Continue reading The Collect Call: Chaplain to 850 Deputies →
An interview with liturgical rock star Derek Olsen about proposed changes to the church calendar, and why adding names is less disruptive to the Daily Office than you think. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/211886126″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] This Week's Links Derek's Magnificent Blog: St. Bede Productions How to listen ■ iTunes ■ Stitcher ■ Soundcloud ■ RSS Feed â– Blubrry How to Connect … Continue reading The Collect Call: "Holy Women, Holy Men" and its Sucessors →
As the General Convention prepares to consider devoting further resources for planting churches, we talk to the Rev. Terri Bays about her experience re-planting a parish in a struggling neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana. Discussing the risks of planting a church, she says: “The life of faith is about what we say in the creeds Continue reading The Collect Call: Church Planting (Part 1)
The Society of St. John the Evangelist is taking an innovative approach to prayer at General Convention, fusing prayers collected from on social media with the convention’s daily worship. We talk to Jamie Coats about how this all got started when SSJE’s brothers tried to figure out how they were going to offer spiritual formation … Continue reading The Collect Call: SSJE and the #PrayersOf Project →
It’s the first episode of our General Convention series! We kick off with the collect for the mission of the church. This week’s collect: O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquillity the … Continue reading The Collect Call: For the Mission of the Church →