Living, Breathing Stories: Recent Episodes
The Rev. Meghan Ryan
We all know the Good News of God in Jesus can be found in Scripture, but we also know it can be found in you! The Reverend Meghan Ryan of Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, helps us share the Good News through telling our own living, breathing stories.
Dean Markham joins us for a candid conversation about his own faith formation and how he came to be so passionate about Christian ethics.
Part three of our conversation with Living Breathing Stories co-hosts Deacon Leila Quinlan, Margaret Henderson, and Scott Burch, a lay leader of Adult Christian Formation at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach. The topic is familiarity with the literal, liturgical and logistical aspects of the Eucharistic service.
Part two of our conversation with Living Breathing Stories host Deacon Leila Quinlan and Scott Burch, a lay leader of Adult Christian Formation at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach. The topic is The Eucharist, its history, and its place in our church today.
Part one of two episodes of Living Breathing Stories, featuring host Deacon Leila Quinlan and Scott Burch, a lay leader of Adult Christian Formation at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach. The topic is The Eucharist, its history, and its place in our church today.
The Rev. Deacon Leila Quinlan shares thoughts on her recent Sabbatical and the nature of the practice.
In our Season 3 opener, Living Breathing Stories Co-Host Margaret Henderson reflects on how she perceived God's call and the life-altering process of seeking to become an ordained minister of the church.
The Rev. Laura Mann Magevney is an Associate Priest at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, FL.
The Rev. Andreis Diaz is Senior Associate Rector at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He tells us of his time growing up in Cuba.
Patti Arey is the lay ministry leader for a weekly Bible Study group for women, called Living Loving Learning.
Kevin is a parishioner at Christ Church and is very active in the creative arts here, along with his wife Karen, and sons Casey and Keegan.
Tammy McGuire is the Co-founder and President of Foster Closet in Jacksonville, Florida. Christ Church partners with Foster Closet for community outreach, supporting their mission of being a free resource for foster parents and relative, non-relative placements and Independent Living Teens, providing access to clothing, children’s accessories, toys and children’s furniture and more, to help them care for the foster children entrusted to them.
Mother Meghan Ryan and Deacon Leila Quinlan speak with Madeleine and Maggie about their experiences with Stephen Ministry.
Dana is the new Assistant Director of Youth and Family Ministries at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
Terri Brice is the Pastoral Care Coordinator at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
Parish Life Coordinator Deacon Leila Quinlan shares her experience of attending Christ Church for the first time, and how that influenced her development of the newcomers experience at Christ Church.
Christ Church Vestry Senior Warden Jack Parker chatted with Mother Meghan Ryan before Holy Week in 2022.
The Rev. Meghan Ryan chats with Brian Mickley. Brian is the lay leader of the Christ Centered Advance Care Planning ministry at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Susan Hamilton shares with Mother Meghan how her personal cancer journey has changed her perspective and strengthened her faith. In learning to set her fears aside and recognize the signs that she is on the right path, she has found comfort in helping others who find themselves in similar circumstances.
Susan mentions a prayer from St. Francis De Sales that she shares with others who have been diagnosed with cancer, in hopes that they will find comfort and strength in it as she did:
*Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day.
He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: The Lord is my strength and shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me, but in me and I in Him.*
Mother Meghan talks with Christ Church Director of Operations Stephanie Bennie about the joys and challenges of deepening our faith through study and exploration, growing up as a preacher's kid, and balancing faith and logic.
Catherine Montgomery is the Director of Children’s Formation and Family Ministries at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Through telling her story, she and Mother Meghan Ryan discuss the process of discerning a call to ministry and becoming a priest in the Episcopal Church.
As he enters retirement, Christ Church Parish Administrator Steve Harrison shares his philosophy of leadership and service that has helped to shape the culture of Christ Church for nearly 13 years.
Living Breathing Stories is a podcast from Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Reverend Meghan Ryan, Associate Rector, encourages guests from all walks of life to share their personal stories, and through their telling, share the Good News of God's love.