“Can These Bones” is a free podcast produced by Faith & Leadership that asks a fresh set of questions about leadership and the future of the church. The episodes feature conversations with leaders from the church and other fields to breathe life into leaders struggling in the “valley of dry bones.”
All 12 episodes are available now. Listen on the website or on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
Co-hosts
Bill Lamar
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The Rev. William H. “Bill” Lamar IV is the pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. He previously served Turner Memorial AME Church in Maryland and three churches in Florida.
He is a former managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Lamar is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and Duke Divinity School.
He can be reached on Twitter @WilliamHLamarIV.
Laura Everett
The Rev. Laura Everett is the executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches. Everett, an ordained United Church of Christ minister, previously served as associate director of the council.
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She is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Divinity School. She serves on the advisory council of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Everett is the author of “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.”
She can be reached on Twitter @RevEverett.
How to follow our podcast
Our podcast is a 12-part series of free audio files. When you subscribe, episodes automatically download to your smartphone, tablet or computer.
You can also listen on this website, where you will find audio files, complete transcripts and additional information about our guests. Learn more about how to listen and subscribe to a podcast.
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Guests
Episode 1: Amy Butler, senior minister at The Riverside Church in the City of New York
Episode 2: Astead Herndon, national politics newspaper reporter
Episode 3: Albert Reyes, president and CEO of Buckner International
Episode 4: Gideon Tsang, pastor and teacher at Vox Veniae
Episode 5: Kate Bowler, assistant professor of church history, Duke Divinity School
Episode 6: Almeda M. Wright, assistant professor of religious education, Yale Divinity School
Episode 7: Daniel Black, novelist and professor at Clark Atlanta University
Episode 8: Marty St. George, executive vice president of commercial and planning at JetBlue Airways
Episode 9: Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity
Episode 10: Eric Barreto, associate professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
Episode 11: Vernon Jordan, attorney and civil rights activist
