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We revisit our 2021 conversation with members of indie folk/gospel group The Many in celebration of their release We Are Enough.

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Atlanta cellist/composer Okorie Johnson, speaking about the power of improvisation, how the cello has found its way into his life, and even been a source of healing. Plus he plays a couple of songs for us!

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Lisle Gwynn Garrity and Sarah Are Speed of A Sanctified Art, as we talk about weaving together their calls to ministry and the creative arts, their collaborative approach, and the sacred experience of visio divina.

We bring you an episode from our friends over at the Ministry Collaborative Podcast. Pilgrimage Formation Curator Ryan Bonfiglio talks with the Rev. Dr. Terrence Autry (Christ Community, Richardson, TX) and the Revs. Susan Rogers (The Well, Jacksonville, FL) and Marthame Sanders (Mudeif Productions) about their Holy Land immersion experience; connecting the Biblical stories with the sacred sites; the importance of dislocated exegesis; and the enduring, faithful witness of Palestinian Christians.

We revisit more of 2021’s Wild Goose Festival, including our conversation with Jake Haber (Aldea Spiritual Community, Tucson), some of his live musical performance (as Jacob Roland), and the recent chart-topping drag performer Flamy Grant!

We revisit the 2021 conversation between singer/songwriter Semler and our friend artist/pastor Shawna Bowman (Friendship Presbyterian Church, Chicago) recorded live at Wild Goose Festival about honesty in songwriting, the encouragement to release Preacher’s Kid, and we hear a couple of their songs recorded live at the Festival.

We revisit our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency) as we create the song We Are One. Listen in on our creative process as this song of inclusion and welcome comes to life!

We revisit our collaboration with Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist, Art in the Image), which led to Weelaunee (Soft Forest Bed), a protest song about Atlanta’s proposed Cop City development and the forest defenders who oppose it.

We revisit our collaboration with Amina McIntyre, where we created a meditative play experience together - both virtually and IRL - including Lego blocks, Jenga, and the nostalgia of animal crackers in cardboard boxes.

We revisit our collaboration with Ari Brazier and photographer Eley as we make sights and sounds inspired by space and authenticity. Additional Sonification on this episode from SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida). You can watch the full video here.

We revisit our collaboration with pastor-poet Jeremy Green in which we work together on creating a poster for our imagined horror movie One.

We are revisiting our recent collaborations, kicking off with our friend filmmaker Weston Manders (Loud South Productions), with whom we created a short film called Kudzu.

We wrap up our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency) reflecting on our song We Are One, the complexity (and simplicity) of music in church, and what fills us.

We revisit part of our 2020 conversation with songstress Naima Shalhoub, speaking about her work as a teacher and advocate, the importance of her Lebanese heritage, and her latest album SIPHR.

Our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson and Carlton Johnson resulted in the song We Are One. We release it as a standalone bonus episode!

The song We Are One is the result of our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency). Listen in on our creative process as this song of inclusion and welcome comes to life!

In celebration of the June release of his third book All God’s Children, we revisit our 2017 conversation with minister, community activist, speaker Terence Lester, where he recalls his earliest experiences with unhoused people, the founding of Love Beyond Walls, and how his work and advocacy are ways of incarnating God’s love.

We continue our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency) imagining a song about hospitality, sources of inspiration, and about the importance of self-acceptance.

In a conversation recorded backstage at Wild Goose Festival in 2021, musical duo HuDost (Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines) talk about musical collaboration, lyrics that deepen beyond their intended meaning, and moving beyond compartmentalization. Plus, we share a couple of their songs from the Wild Goose main stage!

We begin our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency) talking about our cultural empathy gap, the mixed bag of technology, and the importance of music to the two of them. Other Links: Vital Congregations InitiativeMatthew 25 Initiative