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A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast
Welcome to A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast, the podcast where we respond to your questions and comments on issues of faith, social justice and church life. Don't be afraid to write in and ask your question because if it matters to you, it matters to us and it just might be a matter of faith. Whether it be faith in God, faith in others or faith in yourself. We are brought to you by the Office of Faith-Based Investing & Corporate Engagement, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, and Unbound…
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- A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast
Deconstruyendo a Matthew: Parte 2 con Valdir Franca
Send us Fan Mail Esta es la segunda de una serie de conversaciones de Mateo 25 sobre el Evangelio de Mateo, llamada Deconstrucción de Mateo. Las preguntas de…
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Trick or Treat...It's Gay Icons, New Prime Ministers, & Family Leave w/ JoAnne Sharp and Bethany Benz-Whittington
Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, we honor the late Leslie Jordan and talk about a little about UK politics. Question of the Week: You have talked…
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A Peaceful Education about Power & Intersex Awareness w/ Stephanie Budwey and Marissa Adams
Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast we talk about power dynamics in sports and how our public education is being dramatically influenced by recent…
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Rebranding Jesus, Marathons, Humor and the Heathen w/ Kathryn Gin Lum
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about a recent campaign to rebrand Jesus and we talk about how marathons are becoming more inclusive by adding a non-binary…
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Movie Time with Souls and Medical Faith w/ Akilah Hyrams
Send us Fan Mail This week, we celebrate Hocus Pocus 2 and dive into the problematic nature of true crime movies. It's that time of year y'all...we are about…
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Advocacy Watch 2: The UN General Assembly
Send us Fan Mail The staff of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations talks about the work of this year's UN General Assembly! This Advocacy Watch…
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Deconstruyendo a Matthew: Parte 1 con David Cortés Fuentes
Send us Fan Mail Esta es la primera de una serie de conversaciones de Mateo 25 sobre el Evangelio de Mateo, llamada Deconstrucción de Mateo. Esta vez nuestras…
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Joyful Joyful We Adore Music w/ Michele Slone
Send us Fan Mail This week we keep in our prayers all the people in the path of Hurricane Ian. We also talk about the latest news in sports as well as the…
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Praying for Puerto Rico, Exoneration, Funerals, & Spiritual Care for the Climate Crisis w/ Talitha Amadea Aho
Send us Fan Mail This week we send our prayers for our siblings in Puerto Rico and we talk about the exoneration of Adnan Syed. Question for the Week: What are…
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The Queen, Understanding Traditions, & Diversity vs. Inclusion w/ Samuel Son
Send us Fan Mail The death of Queen Elizabeth II, and all that comes with it, takes over the podcast this week. Question of the Week: How do we respect…
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Advocacy Watch 1: Introductions to the Crew
Send us Fan Mail This first Advocacy Watch introduces the crew of the PC(USA)'s advocacy podcast team, Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and Sue Rheem. PCUSA Washington…
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Swimwear, WCC, ACCENTS, & Disability Inclusion in Faith Communities w/ Hannah Millson and Bill Gaventa
Send us Fan Mail This week we catch up on the news, talking about the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly and the recent news of the inclusion of swim…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿Qué es la pastoral para personas con impedimentos?
Send us Fan Mail ¿Qué es la pastoral para personas con impedimentos? ¿Por qué es importante el tema para nuestras iglesias? ¿Cuáles son algunos de los retos?…
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Catchin' Up, AP Classes, HEAVEN, & Disability and the Family w/ Hannah Millson, Nancy Wilson, and Danny Miller
Send us Fan Mail This week, we just had to catch up b/c one of us is in Germany!! Find out who! And we talk about a new AP course for students interested in…
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Fauci's Next Chapter, Student Loans, BODY IMAGE, & Understanding Power w/ Deborah Lee
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about the retirement of Dr. Fauci and the recent student loan news! Question of the Week: In the age of plastic surgery…
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Election Results (eek), Truth Telling in Media, & Unbroken and Unbowed w/ Jimmie Hawkins
Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about the recent primary elections that ousted Liz Cheney and the new leadership of the USA Gymnastics org...and we talk…
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FBI Raid, SERENA WILLIAMS, Church Seriousness, & Wealth Disparities w/ Wayne Younger
Send us Fan Mail This week in the news, we talk about the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago and the LEGEND Serena Williams' next chapter! Question of the Week: Why do…
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A Beyoncé and Sports Kinda Episode w/ Hannah Chappell-Dick
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about Beyoncé's new album and we talk about a lot of things happening in the sports world... Question of the Week: There is…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿En donde ves a Dios obrando? con Ruth Santana-Grace
Send us Fan Mail Invitada especial: Rvda. Ruth Santana-Grace, co-moderador de la 225 Asamblea General de la PCUSA Preguntas: Desde tu perspectiva, ¿cuáles son…
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De-Stigmatize Monkeypox, Pronouns Matter, & CHURCH CONFLICT w/ David Hooker
Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about the rise in monkeypox cases around the world and encourage our listeners to work to de-stigmatize this disease…
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Heat Waves, Twitter, Our College Journeys, & The Theocracy of Work w/ Carolyn Chen
Send us Fan Mail This week we are sending out prayers to our siblings experiencing massive heat waves due to climate change and we are giving a little update…
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Sandra Douglass Morgan, SPACE, Sex Before Marriage & Self-Development w/ Margaret Mwale
Send us Fan Mail This week we take some time to catch up because we haven't seen each other in a while! The News was packed this week but we had to talk about…
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Hutchinson T Drop, Independence, & A Different Evangelical Perspective w/ Sarah Hedgecock
Send us Fan Mail This week we (kinda) theme the episode around July the 4th! And we talk about the surprise hearing from the January 6th Committee and how that…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿Cómo informa nuestra fe la masculinidad?
Send us Fan Mail Rosa y Edwin dan la bienvenida al Rev. Dr. Sergio Ulloa para hablar sobre masculinidad saludable. Invitado especial: Rev. Dr. Sergio Ulloa…
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SCOTUS and more SCOTUS, Separation of Church and State, & TEACHERS w/ Jamie Woods
Send us Fan Mail This week we just had to talk about SCOTUS and the recent decisions of overturning Roe v Wade and other (horrible) decisions made by the…
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Saudi Arabia Golf, LIZZO & Knowledge v. Belief? w/ Ray Jones
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about A LOT! First, we send our deepest prayers to the people of Afghanistan who have experienced a terrible earthquake. We…
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Jan. 6th, Decolonizing, THE CROSS, & the Commission on the Status of Women Part 2 w/ Mamisoa Rakotomalala
Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about the Jan. 6th Hearings and how Ukrainians are decolonizing their space through renaming and reclaiming. Question for…
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GA Watch 5: Recognition that Israel’s Laws, Policies, and Practices Constitute Apartheid Against the Palestinian People
Send us Fan Mail In our last GA Watch, we talk about Israel/Palestine with a representative from Grace Presbytery who is bring forth a resolution that calls us…
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The Pride Episode w/ Ophelia Hu Kinney
Send us Fan Mail This week, we educate the people about Pride, how it came to be, and what it stands for. We also talk about new legislation in Texas that…
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GA Watch 4: Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns
Send us Fan Mail This week on GA Watch, we feature the work of the Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns and their resolution surrounding reproductive…
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Advocacy/Sports, Part-Time Ministry, BRANDS!, & the Korean Peace Appeal w/ Unzu Lee and Susannah Stubbs
Send us Fan Mail Happy Pride to our Queer Siblings!! Our Pride Episode will air next week! This week, we talk about advocacy through sports, and we discuss an…
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GA Watch 3: Racial Equity Advocacy Committee
Send us Fan Mail This week on GA Watch, we feature the work of the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee (REAC) of Presbyterian Church (USA) and the reports…
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The SBC, UVALDE, Processing Grief, & the Commission on the Status of Women w/ Victoria Alexander
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about the sexual abuse report of the Southern Baptist Church and, again, we talk gun violence and about the killings of the…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿Qué relación tiene el evangelio ante la realidad actual? con José Manuel Capella Pratts y Vilmarie Cintron Olivieri
Send us Fan Mail Invitados Especiales: José Manuel Capella Pratts y Vilmarie Cintron Olivieri, Enlaces Regionales para el Caribe con la Oficina de Misión…
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GA Watch 2: Report from the Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls Task Force
Send us Fan Mail This week on GA Watch, we feature the Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls Task Force of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the…
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NO MORE GUN VIOLENCE, White Supremacy Intersecting Advocacy, & Navigating Church History w/ David Staniunas
Send us Fan Mail This week, we discuss the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Laguna Woods. A Matter of Faith sends its deepest and most heartfelt prayers to…
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GA Watch 1: Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI)
Send us Fan Mail GA Watch is additional weekly content that drops on Mondays! We discuss the overtures and the resolutions coming before the 225th General…
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Student Loan Forgiveness, Attractiveness & It's All About General Assembly w/ Kate Trigger Duffert and Kerry Rice
Send us Fan Mail This week, we catch you up on what's been going on with us! Yes, we got to spend time together over the weekend! And we talk about the great…
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Roe v. Wade, the UMC, Micro-transactions, & Human Trafficking w/ Cathy Chang
Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about SCOTUS with its leaked decision about Roe v. Wade and we hold our United Methodist siblings in our hearts as they…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿Qué significa vivir siguiendo los pasos de Jesús en esta realidad? con Israel Flores Olmos
Send us Fan Mail Habiendo celebrado la Semana Santa, ¿qué significa vivir siguiendo los pasos de Jesús en esta realidad? Si escuchamos con atención, Jesús nos…
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Harvard, Elon Musk, Corporation or Church? & Sermon Plagiarism w/ Thomas G. Long
Send us Fan Mail Question of the Week: The church as a denomination, as well as at the congregational level, often finds itself in an identity crisis: Are we a…
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Masks, Women in Baseball, EVOLUTION & Film and Faith w/ David Barnhart
Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about the overturning of the travel mask mandate and another history making moment...this time in the MLB with the first…
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Justice Jackson, Bible Readin' & Practical Social Media w/ Richard Hong
Send us Fan Mail This week we celebrate the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and talk about what that means as people of faith! Question of the…
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The Grammys, The Pope, Hillsong & Disability Culture w/ Letiah Fraser
Send us Fan Mail We talk about the Grammy's snub of Lil Nas X and how interesting is that Christian music has a category and what that means. And the Pope the…
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The Oscars, Church and Cannabis, & The Need for Progressive Faith Media w/ Teri McDowell Ott
Send us Fan Mail We are changing up the podcast a little bit! Each week we will give our responses to what's happening in our world, culture and society and…
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Celebración del ministerio de la mujer con Yenny Delgado
Send us Fan Mail ¡Damos la bienvenida a Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri como anfitriona invitada especial con Rosa! Hablan con Yenny Delgado sobre celebrar a las…
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How Faith Impacts our Actions w/ Raaheela Ahmed
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we invited Raaheela Ahmed onto the show to talk about her experience as someone in politics and how her faith intersects with…
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LISTENING TO YOUNG PEOPLE with the WOMEN at the UN w/ Ivy Lopedito, Angelina Devincenzo and Leah Brooks
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast, we welcome staff from the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, all being young…
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Supporting Ukraine, the State of the Union & What is PUBLIC HEALTH w/ Maura Drewry
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: What is happening with the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Is the PCUSA or any faith community doing anything in terms of…
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Interfaith Stories, Tracking Faith & How We Learn Religious History w/ Annalisa Azzoni
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: Have you ever attended a religious gathering, ceremony, or time for worship of another religion/faith? What did you…
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God's Image(s), the Metaverse & the Church's Response to Guns w/ Katie Day
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: When you think of God, what image comes to mind? What do you think God "looks" like? Back in October 2020, Facebook…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby PodcastLa herencia africana en América Latina y el Caribe con Eliud Serrano
Send us Fan Mail Una Cuestión de Fe ha regresado con una conversación sobre la herencia africana dentro de la comunidad latina. Invitado especial: Eliud…
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Done with Spotify? Done with Virtual Worship? & Let's Talk EVANGELISM w/ Kathryn Threadgill
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: Recently, the streaming platform Spotify removed the music of folk-rock singer Neil Young (at his request). He asked…
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The Both/And, Book Banning & the Performance of Scripture w/ Tim Coombs
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: The recent deaths of two police officers in Harlem, NYC have reignited questions about the best ways to truly improve…
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What Makes the Pod Presby?, New Things & Educational Overhaul w/ Robert Hoggard
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: What makes A Matter of Faith "A Presby Podcast"? What specifically makes your podcast Presbyterian? Is it having lots…
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The Filibuster, Cryptocurrency and People of Color, & ECO-THEOLOGY with Neddy Astudillo
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: There has been a lot of talk in the news about the current debate in Congress about voting rights laws and changing…
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast¿Qué es la eco-teología? con Neddy Astudillo
Send us Fan Mail Pregunta de la semana: ¿Qué es la eco-teología? ¿Qué significa ver nuestra relación con la Tierra, entre nosotros y con Dios a través de este…
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Vaccines and Sports, Simon and Lee's Podcast Picks & BEING PRESENT w/ Jan Edmiston
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: There are many examples of major sports stars being stubborn about getting COVID-19 vaccines. As reported over the…
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Religious Theme Parks, Netflix's DON'T LOOK UP & Toxic Social Media w/ DeEtte Decker
Send us Fan Mail Questions for the Week: Orlando, up until last year was home to "The Holy Land Experience", a theme park (shocker for Orlando) where people…
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An Israel-Palestine EPIPHANY w/ Noushin Framke
Send us Fan Mail Over the past several months, we have received many questions about the conflicts in Israel-Palestine. So, we decided to dedicate our Epiphany…