Amber Noel

Westerville

Associate Editor at The Living Church

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Reflections on Pope Francis with Martin Browne

2 weeks ago | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Bonus Episode • 2nd May 2025 • The Living ChurchWith the death of Pope Francis, today’s bonus episode is a reflection on his ministry, particularly as it relates to Christian unity. Fr. Matthew Olver and Amber Noel chat with Fr. Martin Browne, who serves at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Martin shares his first impressions of the pope and what it was like working for him.
Dance and the Grace of Discipline with Silas Farley

2 months ago | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 144 • 13th March 2025 • The Living Church PodcastFor a topic that’s truly “on pointe,” our guest today reminds us of the joys and rewards of freedom and discipline, just in time for Lent: ballet dancer and choreographer Silas Farley.
The Church in Dark Times with Mike Cosper

Jan 30, 2025 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 141 • 30th January 2025 • The Living Church PodcastEver wonder, “How did we get to this moment?” as a country, as a church? Among influential evangelicals asking this question is Mike Cosper. You may know Mike from the Christianity Today podcast, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Today we discuss his new book, The Church in Dark Times: Understanding and Resisting the Evil that Seduced the Evangelical Movement.
Learning from Nicaea with Lewis Ayres

Jan 16, 2025 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 140 • 16th January 2025 • The Living Church PodcastHappy birthday, Council of Nicaea! She was born in 325 A.D. and was the biggest gathering of Christian leaders of that time, and she’s still known as the foundational meeting of Christians to make decisions about doctrines of the faith after the time of the apostles. Today we are celebrating the 1,700th birthday of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, who is looking incredibly good at her age.
Vestments, Unveiled! with Robert Hoare of Watts & Co

Nov 21, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 137 • 21st November 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchWhat’s in the material of worship? The literal material? We sat down with Robert Hoare, the managing director of vestment maker, Watts & Co, to talk about its venerable and sometimes quirky history, and the ancient and unbelieveable craftsmanship of the chasubles, cassocks, copes, surplices, maniples, mitres, stoles, and humeral veils Christian clergy wear today, to lead the people of God into the presence of God.
Pastoring Through Climate Change with Rafael Morales Maldonado

Nov 7, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 136 • 7th November 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchWhat’s up in ministry in Puerto Rico? And especially how are they integrating concern for climate change into ministry there? The Rt. Rev. Rafael Morales Maldonado is the diocesan bishop of Puerto Rico, currently provisional bishop in Cuba, and bishop advisor on the Virgin Islands.
Learning from Global Leaders with Mary Ho

Oct 24, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 135 • 24th October 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchToday we’ll be touching down in Kansas, Japan, Africa, China, and the middle east, for some global lessons in leadership. How are Christians formed as effective leaders, and how do they in turn form effective leaders? How do we learn leadership from beyond our home turf to serve in fearlessly contextualized ways?
Bishops in Bermuda with Wes Śpiewak and Nick Dill

Oct 10, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 134 • 10th October 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchTwo bishops in Bermuda give us a glimpse at a gesture of Christian unity that’s making a difference in a diverse community. We’ll hear today how the Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops of the island both found their call into island ministry, how their friendship started, and some of the fruit it’s bearing in their dioceses in sweet and surprising collaborations.
Angels and Demons (but Mostly Angels) with Fr. James Brent

Sep 26, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 133 • 26th September 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchWhat or who are angels? Why does it matter? Some of you may be coming to today’s episode with some skepticism or at least curiosity. Why are we talking about angels and demons? Should we bother thinking or talking about invisible creatures? Is it possibly to not be scary or weird about it?
Figural Graffiti with Joe Mangina

Aug 29, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Amber Noel

Episode 131 • 29th August 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living ChurchHow can poetry teach us to read Scripture? Everything within creationSpeaks of Jesus’ Incarnation. Likewise too, his saving PassionIs shown forth in all that’s fashioned. The Word God spoke before all agesCan be traced in Scripture’s pages. The Bible tells one vast narrationfrom Genesis to Revelation. So begins “Figural Graffiti,” a delightful instructional poem by theology professor Joe Mangina.