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In this special one-off episode, we chat about Social Media Sunday (#sms15), which is coming up on October 25. More info here, and a huge thank-you to Carolyn Clement for her work organizing this event. We mentioned in the conversation a digital media rule of life assignment that might be adapted as an adult formation activity. We have posted a short version here. It’s been a while, so the Easter People also have lots of Green Shoots to share: Student athletes banding together to aid South Carolina flood victims Star Wars Minute Six Feet Under Connected toward Communion Social Media Gospel, Second Edition (with Kyle’s blurb) Hamilton Cast Album (check #hamiltunes) If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together occasionally to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #42: Social Media Sunday (#SMS15) appeared first on Key Resources.

Welcome to the first Via Media Collective Crossover Episode. Huge thanks to The Collect Call for hosting Lisa, Kyle, and Padre’s Pods host Sean Maloney in a fantastic live event at the Episcopal Church’s 78th General Convention. We’ll let the episode stand for itself, but remember there’s an Easter People-style quiz partway through. Enjoy! If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #41: Via Media Crossover at #gc78 appeared first on Key Resources.

Welcome to another live episode of Easter People! We had a blast meeting many of you at the e-Formation Conference and recordings a live show over lunch. We hope it turned out more exciting than the Rule of St. Benedict. Here are a couple important notes we need to share: The sound in this episode is, to be honest, horrible. We’re sorry it didn’t turn out better, and we’re sorry we lost the bit in the middle. We hope you’ll listen anyway, because there’s nothing quite like the energy of a live show. We are sad to announce that this will be the last regularly scheduled episode of Easter People. It’s gotten very hard to get this busy group together as often as we need to, and we wanted to end things before they started to feel any more like a burden rather than a joy. But never fear—we’ll be recording occasionally when we see each other around the church. Which is actually a lot. So stay tuned, as early as the Episcopal Church General Convention (#gc78) in just a couple of weeks. Thanks for supporting the show! And a BIG thank you to Sally Cook for suggesting our show topic! Thanks for listening, and thanks for helping us end our show on the best note possible: by talking about friendship. Finally, here’s the cat video Randall mentioned at 16:22. If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service.   The post Easter People #40: Live from e-Formation 2015 appeared first on Key Resources.

  Changes are afoot with the Easter People crew, and in this episode we talk about the challenge of transitions: reflections, coping strategies, pop culture resonances, etc. Then we play a game about transition points in the Bible and share our Green Shoots. Plus Kyle shares some news about a big personal transition. Links: Finding communion: Seminarians grow, harvest wheat to bake daily bread Kyle’s wife’s new church (in case you’re interested) Pilgrims’ Projects: Kyle’s new site exploring the intersection of church and the maker movement If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #39: Tackling transitions appeared first on Key Resources.

The Easter People would like to thank you for your patience. We got a week behind in our production schedule, but at least no one was trying to eat our brains. This week we’re joined by LeeAnne Watkins of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in St. Paul for a conversation about the Walking Dead. We then play a game about brains and people we thought were dead but weren’t (spoiler alert: Jesus isn’t on the list). Speaking of spoilers, the Walking Dead episode we discuss comes at the end of season four. You’ve been warned. Links for this week: AV Club review of Walking Dead‘s “A” (Season 4, Episode 16) 18-year-old Thomas Alexander elected to Episcopal Church Executive Council Baltimore Sees 3,000 Percent Increase In Mentorship Inquiries In 36 Hours Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s full speech on Freddie Gray case iZombie If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #38: We’re not dead yet appeared first on Key Resources.

As we previewed last time, the Easter People answer your technology questions and chat about their favorite apps in advance of the e-Formation Conference at VTS. We also hear about the panelists’ Green Shoots, including a big Star Wars-related parenting win for Randall. We talked about lots of tools in this episode. Here are our technology-heavy links: Facebook and youth ministry guidelines Church social media policy listing Podcast Addict Find Me Gluten Free Google Keep Google Docs Document Merge New Star Wars books Randall will be reading with his daughter St. Lydia’s co-working space If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #37: Technology Q&A appeared first on Key Resources.

Happy Easter, Easter People people! In this very honest conversation, we’ll explore what it means to proclaim and experience Easter joy (and sometimes not) in a world that is still full of strife, pain, and loss. We will also play a Bible game about the resurrection and share our Green Shoots. Links: “Hallelujah Funk“ Washington Post Peeps Show (and one from Christ Church Cathedral, Houston) New Tech City Be sure to listen through to the end; you’re in for a funky Curtis family treat. Hallelujah! If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #36: Easter joy in a messed-up world appeared first on Key Resources.

View image | gettyimages.com   With Lisa unable to join us, our temporarily all-male Easter People cast has a conversation about the many things we’ve learned from the women in our lives. A brief summary: lots of gratitude, lots of hope for the future. Then we play a movie mashup game based on a recent Twitter hashtag and share our Green Shoots. Links: #LikeAGirl video #ToughGuyRomComs 12 Monkeys TV series Purple’s 409 How to Speak Money Finally, a sad note: This will be Jason’s final episode with us. We’re so grateful for all the punk and heavy metal he brought into our lives. And for so much more. We’ll miss you, buddy. If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. The post Easter People #35: What we’ve learned from the women in our lives appeared first on Key Resources.

In this episode, we welcome two guests: Nurya Love Parish (@nurya) and Ragan Sutterfield (@ragan). We took the occasion of Lent to explore a particular instance of “structural sin”: our mistreatment of the environment. In Easter People fashion, we make our way to helpful tips for hopeful and conscientious everyday living. Then we play a nerdy math game in honor of Pi Day. Things we mentioned: Ecumenical Carbon Fast Climate Confessions on Science Friday Bioregional Discipleship Watershed Discipleship Hazon Ched Myers The Future of Ethics Green Shoots: Nurya: Christian Food Movement Ragan: This Is My Body, Embracing the Body Jason: Liturgy for Lent (with Mike Angell) Randall: StartUp and Reply All podcasts from Gimlet Media Kyle: Kristin’s ordination If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. Image credit: “Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente 2014” via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). The post Easter People #34: Lent and the environment appeared first on Key Resources.

In episode 33, the Easter People (minus Jason) ride out the winter together, with a discussion of board games and other tips for staying warm, fighting cabin fever, and winning at pajamas. Games we discussed: Settlers of Catan Sushi Go! Diplomacy Apples to Apples Cards Against Humanity A Game for Good Christians Green Shoots: Liturgy for Lent (Jason, Mike) Videos for Your Soul Why Christian? Conference #PastorSwift video Rubblebucket’s Survival Sounds (also the Tiny Desk Concert) If you like our show, you might like the others in the Via Media Collective. Check out Padre’s Pods, conversations about life and faith by the worst priest ever and his friends, and The Collect Call, a show about the intersection of liturgy and life. Wanna say hi? Drop us a line by email, on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments. We’re in the iTunes store, Stitcher app, and other directories. You can also subscribe with this link. (Need help? Here’s how on Android or iOS devices via iTunes.) Really like the show? Write us a review on iTunes or share us with your friends. Randall Curtis (@randallcurtis), Jason Evans (@jasonevans), Lisa Kimball (@kimball_lisa), and Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) are four friends who work for the church but not in a church. They get together a couple times a month to talk about the stuff that matters to them: faith, culture, learning, and service. Image credit: “Sorry” by John Liu via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). The post Easter People #33: Winter survival guide appeared first on Key Resources.