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A podcast of stories, conversations, and fresh words to meet the curious and progressive faith.
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Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
11 min
The oppressive fog of White Supremacy looms heavy and thick. In this episode, Meta, Miriam, Matthew, Derek, and Ian confess on behalf of the Church.
You can find Alter Guild on Instagram and Facebook or visit our website at www.alterguild.org/.
The Church Confesses White Supremacy is from Meta’s forthcoming book “Speak It Plain: Words for Worship and Life Together” (Fortress Press, December 2020).
Please email us at alterguild@gmail.com with any anti-racist liturgical resources you know and use, so we can add it to our list:
Anti-Racist Liturgy Resources:
- The Disrupt Worship Project (disruptworshipproject.com)
- Enfleshed (enfleshed.com)
- Dear Church: A Love Letter From a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
17 min
On this installment of Tell it Again! Meta re-tells the story of Vashti and Esther.
May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020
11 min
Liesl Spitz is a pastor at St. Timothy Lutheran Church (ELCA) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Scripture referenced in today’s episode: 1 Corinthians 13, Ephesians 5, and 1 Timothy 2. You can find Alter Guild on Instagram and Facebook or visit our website at www.alterguild.org
May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
20 min
Amity Lanz and Grace Day re-tell the story of David & Goliath. And somehow this weird story is comforting today in the age of the Coronavirus...
Mar 12, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
12 min
On this episode of our "Tell it Again!" season, Tyra Dennis joins Ian McConnell to "chop it up" on the story of Jonah, and how God is calling all of us to go places...
You can find Alter Guild on Instagram and Facebook or visit our website at www.alterguild.org/
Follow Tyra on Instagram at @TyraLucia
Mar 2, 2020
Mar 2, 2020
13 min
Theresa Dolata joins the podcast to share the story of Jesus' temptation in the Wilderness & her own journey of giving up hopelessness for Lent.
Feb 26, 2020
Sep 22, 2019
Sep 22, 2019
16 min
Welcome to our fourth season of Alter Guild. We would love to hear ideas from you, as we retell stories from scripture in ways that resonate with our world today. If you have an idea for a story, send us an email at alterguild@gmail.com.
You can find out more about our growing network of podcasts at www.alterguild.org
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
25 min
Alter Guild is excited to launch New Time Religion - a new show on our podcast network featuring Dr. Andy Root!
The Church is changing. Or is it declining? Or maybe even dying?
New Time Religion tells the story of how the Church got here and where it's going.
Join us each week as Andy drills down with the help of social theorists like Charles Taylor, history, theology, philosophy, and, of course, Netflix.
Subscribe today on iTunes, leave us a review, and tell a friend or two about our new show!
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
24 min
Singer/songwriter Jennifer Knapp joins the podcast in our season finale to talk with Miriam about her story, her faith, and what's at the core of it all.