
Project Zion Podcast
Welcome to the Project Zion Podcast. This podcast explores the unique spiritual and theological gifts Community of Christ offers for today's world.
Episodes
1051 episodes
861 | Fair Trade | Emily Allen Nilsen
Imagine being torn between households where one taught that there is no God, and the other taught of a God whose followers were scared into submission. Then, imagine finding a place of respite and radical love in a family that offered an ...
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860 | Coffee Buzz | 2025 World Conference Reflections | Côte d’Ivoire
The Divine presence is not limited to our spatial confines. At the recent Community of Christ World Conference, technology provided opportunity for the community to experience that first-hand as we gathered in places around the globe to share i...
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859 | Coffee to Go | Proper 7 | Year C
Change is often hard and even uncomfortable. It can also be threatening when someone else’s change for the better makes us look bad, or when the change challenges our own sense of power and/or control. In this episode of Coffee to Go, hosts Kar...
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858 | Chai Can't Even | Bren Williams' Story
Although the church ought to always be a place of healing and renewal, we are all human, and pain and struggle sometimes manifest themselves in our lives as a result of the church. In this episode of Chai Can’t Even, we hear from Bren Williams,...
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857 | What's Brewing | Dream with Me | Matt Frizzell
Community of Christ’s 2025 World Conference has come and gone, but the excitement and challenge felt by those gathered has not yet waned. In the quiet moments after the “storm” of Conference, newly ordained Apostle, Matt Frizzell, sat in his ne...
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856 | Coffee to Go | Trinity Sunday | Year C
Scholars have been working for centuries to figure out the Trinity, so don’t feel discouraged if the topic makes you scratch your head in wonder. You are not alone. Karin and Blake don’t have the answers, but they do offer a couple ...
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855 | Coffee Buzz | Ministry for Dummies Cross Post | A Conversation with Stassi Cramm
Grab your favorite podcast coffee cup, pull up a chair and settle in. This episode of Coffee Buzz, featuring a cross-post from the Ministry for Dummies hosts, Jacob Ross and Humberto Tinsman is full of great stuff. Join them as they sit down wi...
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854 | What's Brewing Re-post | Supporting PRIDE as a Church
In honor of PRIDE month, we’re bringing back this What’s Brewing episode featuring some very recognizable names at Project Zion Podcast. Both the host, Carla Long, and all of the guests, Karin Peter, Blaire White, and Tyler Marz are serving in ...
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853 | Coffee to Go | Pentecost Sunday | Year C
On this first Sunday after the 2025 Community of Christ World Conference, where many have experienced a “Pentecost” experience in the coming together of people from many nations, cultures, and languages... we celebrate Pentecost. Join hosts Kar...
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852 | What's Brewing | Hope is Here | 2025 World Conference
Hope is here! For this special What’s Brewing episode, we join the Thursday night First Presidency Worship of the 2025 Community of Christ World Conference, where we hear a message of hope in celebration of all that has taken place in the days ...
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A48 | Awaken to God's Presence | Pride
This episode of Awaken to God’s Presence offers a guided practice for connecting with the divine during troubled times. Host Robin Linkhart leads listeners in a prayer recognizing Pride Month, which honors the LGBTQ community and its contributi...
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851 | Coffee to Go | Ascension Sunday | Year C
It’s time to get some new “clothes.” Who doesn’t like that? Right? But there’s a small catch... we have to wait a little bit. Just stay here and wait, Jesus says ... until you are clothed in the Holy Spirit. The reality is that we could a...
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850 | What's Brewing | Citizen Diplomacy/Peace Builders
In a world where everything from busy schedules to geographical expanses separates us from each other, the power of personal, one-to-one relationships to build respect and enhance our perceived value of those considered “other” is indisputable....
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849 | Nice to Matcha | Adam Bouverette | Director of Human Resources
Administrative role or ministry ... or both. They do call it Human Resource Ministries after all. In this episode of Nice to Matcha, host Robin Linkhart sits down with Community of Christ’s new Director of Human Resource Ministries, Adam ...
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848 | Coffee to Go | Sixth Sunday of Easter | Year C
We could all use a little reminding every once in a while. In the midst of chaos and hectic schedules, the call to do something uncomfortable is easily shrugged off with extremely relevant rationalizations as to why we can’t. That’s why J...
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847 | Say What?! | 2025 World Conference Resolutions | G-10
“It's easy to throw up our hands and say it's bigger than what we can do,” says this "Say What?!" episode's guest, Rick Bunch. Join hosts Mary Anne and Kassie for a close look at G-10, the resolution submitted by the Community of Christ E...
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846 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation Winter Book Series | Second Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality | Matthew Harris
Systemic Racism isn’t a popular or comfortable topic, and it’s not just limited to the secular world. Unfortunately, history shows that the Church universal has not been immune to its grasp, and neither have the Restoration traditions. Join Cup...
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845 | Coffee to Go | Fifth Sunday of Easter | Year C
It is perhaps one of the easiest commandments to speak, and yet one of the hardest to put into action. We live in a world where it seems to have become easier to build walls than to sit and listen to one another... much less love one another. I...
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844 | Nice to Matcha | Leslie Pascua | President of Seventy Designate
From a childhood lived in poverty to the heights of hope and service to others comes another outstanding minister called to join the Quorum of Presidents of Seventy in Community of Christ. Join host Blake Smith for an inspiring conversation in ...
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843 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Winter Book Series | Come Up Hither to Zion
From tavern keeper to prominent figure in Restoration history, William Marks is the focus of this episode of Cuppa Joe. Host Wendy Eaton sits down with Cheryl Bruno and John Dinger, co-authors of Come Up Hither to Zion: William Marks ...
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842 | Coffee to Go | Fourth Sunday of Easter | Year C
Who doesn’t like a good festival ... especially one that calls for renewal? No doubt, we could all use a little time for renewal. Well, this week’s episode of Coffee to Go finds us in the Gospel According to John, and it’s time for a festival o...
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841 | Say What?! | World Conference Worship
Diverse, inclusive, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, spiritual, joyful, contemplative. Who knew worship could be all these things and more? In this episode of Say What?, hosts Mary Anne and Kassie sit down with Tyler Marz to talk about all of the...
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A47 | Awaken to God's Presence | Blessing the Body
There are times when we take our bodies for granted... abusing them with lengthy to-do lists of tasks that test the limits of our capacity. We go about our lives as if the “vessels” we have been given are unshakable, unbreakable, and without li...
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840 | Coffee to Go | Third Sunday of Easter | Year C
What’s your “go-to” when you get stressed out? When things aren’t going your way, or when you’re feeling alone or lost, what, or where, brings you comfort? For Peter and the disciples, it was fishing. For some, it’s a hike in the mountain...
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