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The Rev. Dr. Matthew Croasmun, director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, talks with Laura Everett about guiding undergraduates in a range of philosophical and religious traditions to help equip them for “the life-long process of discerning the good life.”  --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

Update: Vernon Jordan died March 1, 2021. Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader and lawyer, talks with Bill Lamar about the ways that the African Methodist Episcopal church formed him and influenced his working life -- and why he didn't become a preacher. -- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett- Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

The Rev. Dr. Eric Barreto, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, talks with Laura Everett about training students to parse Greek verbs and become wise readers of Scriptures and communities. -- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett- Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

The Rev. Dr. Yolanda Pierce, the new dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, talks with Bill Lamar about the holy work of administration, her identity as a Pentecostal, what it means to be a public intellectual, and the need for conversations about justice and reparations. -- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett- Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV  

Marty St. George, executive vice president for commercial and planning at JetBlue, talks with Laura Everett about the lessons Christian leaders can learn from the airline about creating a healthy organizational culture through team building, leadership training and talent cultivation. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

Daniel Black, an author and professor, talks with Bill Lamar about his novel “The Coming,” which is set during the middle passage; his commitment to the black church; and why "music does for the heart what reading does for the head." --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, the first woman to lead The Riverside Church in the City of New York, talks with Bill Lamar about facing sexism, the power of community, the influence of her native Hawaii, and the memoir she is writing. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV  

Boston Globe political reporter Astead Herndon talks to Laura Everett about parallels between the newspaper industry and the church, the barriers facing African-American journalists, how he uses social media, and covering the Trump White House. Update: Herndon will join the New York Times in May 2018. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV

Rev. Dr. Almeda M. Wright talks to Laura Everett about her training as an engineer and her work in youth ministry, as well as how the practice of deeply listening to young Christians influenced her book, “The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans.” --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV  

Kate Bowler, Duke Divinity professor and author of “Everything Happens for a Reason,” talks to Bill Lamar about experiencing the presence of God while facing Stage 4 cancer and how it relates to her expertise in prosperity gospel. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV  

Rev. Gideon Tsang, pastor at Vox Veniae in Austin, Texas, talks to Laura Everett about planting a church, discerning the needs of his community, some painful failures, and the risks and rewards of moving forward without a grand vision. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV  

Albert Reyes, CEO of Buckner International, talks to Bill Lamar about why Christian leaders should learn management and leadership skills and what he learned on the job at Sprint, Baptist University of the Américas and Buckner, a global ministry for children and seniors. --- About the podcast: Rev. Laura Everett and the Rev. Bill Lamar ask fresh questions about leadership and the future of the church and breathe life into Christian leaders struggling in the valley of dry bones. --- Can These Bones is an offering of Faith & Leadership/Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Follow Can These Bones: https://www.faithandleadership.com/can-these-bones  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipeducation/ Twitter: @faithleadership #canthesebones Laura: @RevEverett Bill: @WilliamHLamarIV