On Call: Stories and Conversations on Calling

On Call with Roland Fernandes

In this episode, Adam and Amie interview Roland Fernandes, who became the General Secretary (chief executive) of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Roland help found UMCOR Armenia Foundation that flourishes today in service to a very vulnerable population, and was also a founding trustee of “Prayatna” (meaning “Endeavor”), a society…
On Call with Jack Jezreel

Jack Jezreel is the original author and founder of JustFaith Ministries and was the first Executive Director of the organization. Prior to that, he spent five years in a Catholic Worker community working with men and women who were homeless and, after that, divided his time between faith-based justice education and organic agriculture. He is…
On Call with Elaine Heath

Rev. Dr. Elaine Heath has served as an a pastor, a seminary professor, author, a dean, and recently an abbess of a new monastic community, called “Spring Forest Farm and Church.”
On Call with Cari Willis

Rev. Dr. Cari Willis is a prison chaplain for inmates on death row in the states of NC, TX, OK, AL & IN. She received her Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School before completing her Doctorate of Ministry at Campbell University. She is the founder of Go Love Ministries.
On Call with Clay Cooke

Clay Cooke is a co-founder of the School of Love, a non-profit Christian organization that is based out of Winston-Salem, NC. Their non-profit is dedicated to living into a rule of life traditionally modeled by monastic communities, adopting social justice reform and actions historically and contemporarily modeled by the Black Church in America, and living…
On Call with Norman Wirzba

In this episode, Adam and Amie interview Dr. Norman Wirzba, who is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School. He’s also the Director of Research for the Office of Climate and Sustainability. He has a new book out, “Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.”
On Call with Stephen Lewis

Stephen Lewis is the president of the Forum for Theological Education (FTE), and he holds the lead responsibility for the strategic direction of FTE. We are so grateful to have the time to sit down with him for an hour and to be able to share that conversation with you.
On Call with Bishop Connie Shelton

Amie and Adam interview their bishop, the Rev. Dr. Connie Shelton, to talk with her about her and Joey’s (her husband) call(s) into the ministry, her spiritual and call journey, the biggest challenges and joys of bishop-ing, her advice to those currently discerning a call, and hopes are for the future of the Church. Bishop…
On Call with Dr. Stanley Hauerwas

Adam and Amie sit down with Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, who is widely read and regarded as one of America’s “best” living Theologians. He’s taught theology and ethics at the University of Notre Dame before coming to teach at Duke Divinity School. He’s written works such as “Resident Aliens” with Will Willimon, “Hannah’s Child: a Memoir,”…
On Call with Chaplain Kiki Barnes

In this episode, Adam interviews the Rev. Kiki Barnes, who is a chaplain at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, NC. Kiki is a graduate of Duke University with a B.S. in Engineering and MDiv.
On Call with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Calling Us to a Moral Reconstruction

We are excited to share with you our interview with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, who is a spiritual writer, activist, speaker, founder of the Rutba House (an intentional Christian community of hospitality) in Durham, community-cultivator, and a man who takes the words of Jesus seriously. He currently serves as Assistant Director for Partnerships and Fellowships at Yale…
On Call with Bishop Karen Oliveto and a Call to Joyful Ministry

Bishop Karen Oliveto was elected bishop on July 15, 2016, and at the time of her election she was the senior pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Fransisco. She is married to Robin Ridenour, who is a deaconess in the United Methodist Church’s California-Nevada Conference. Bishop Oliveto is also the author of three books: Our…
On Call with Dr. Willie Jennings and a Call to Anti-Racism

The Rev. Dr. Willie Jennings is a professor of Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. Willie has published three very important works on how we are to understand our modern racial situation, how the Church or Christianity has been complicit, and what our call is to do: “Christian Imagination,” “The Book of Acts:…
On Call with Fr. Guerric Heckel

In this episode, Amie and Adam interview Fr. Guerric Heckel, who has taken a vow to live as a monk in a Benedictine Trappist Monastery in Moncks Corner, SC called Mepkin Abbey. In his ministry, Fr. Guerric has served as a Catholic priest, the director of a shelter, a hospital chaplain, and currently serves as…
On Call with Rabbi Daniel Greyber

We are delighted to share our conversation with Rabbi Daniel Greyber, who is the rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in Durham, NC, a Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and Adjunct Faculty Member at Duke Divinity School. He has written two books, including “Faith Unravels: A Rabbi’s Journey with Grief and God.”…
On Call with Rev. Dr. Sam Wells

Amie and Adam interview the Rev. Dr. Sam Wells: vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, former Dean of Duke Chapel, and author of 44 books, including his most recent book, “Face to Face: Meeting Christ in Friend and Stranger,” which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Face-Meeting-Christ-Friend-Stranger/dp/1786221292
On Call with Rev. Dr. Jerusha Neal and a Call to Confront Climate Change

Adam and Amie interview Rev. Dr. Jerusha Neal, who wrote a new book, Holy Ground, on preaching and climate change, in large part, by turning our attention and learning from indigenous communities affected most by climate change. She’s a Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School, and we talk with her on her call to…
On Call with Rev. Dr. Ashlee Crawford

Amie and Adam interview the Rev. Dr. Ashlee Crawford, and as the Associate Director for Clergy Excellence in the Great Plains Conference in the UMC, she has helped clergy discern and grow in their vocation. She’s also done her doctoral dissertation on clergy burnout, we talk with her about that with her and what keeps…
On Call with Author Marjory Bankson

Amie and Adam talk with former history teacher, potter, spiritual retreat leader, and author Marjory Bankson on how we can get to know ourselves, listen and pay attention to ourselves and our lives to discern what’s calling us now.
On Call with Rev. Dr. Susan Dunlap

Amie and Adam interview Susan Dunlap, who is a retired professor of pastoral care from Duke Divinity School, and currently serves as a chaplain at Urban Ministries of Durham, NC, a non-profit for currently unhoused neighbors. We ask her about callings that pull at our heart strings that we would do for free.
On Call with Rev. Senator Kim Jackson

In this episode, Amie and Adam interview the Rev. Senator Kim Jackson of the 41st District of Georgia, who has embraced a dual calling to ministry and to politics.
On Call with Rev. Dr. Belton Joyner

Amie and Adam interview Belton Joyner, Jr., who is an author, a third generation pastor, and someone who has had a variety of calls and appointments within the UMC, from starting a church, to being a District Superintendent, to being assistant to the bishop, and being asked to write to plainly explain the Christian faith…
On Call with Dr. Parker Palmer

In this episode, Adam and Amie interview writer, speaker, teacher, and guru on calling, Dr. Parker Palmer.
On Call with Dr. Donna Coltrane Battle

Adam interviews Donna Battle, who is a coach, a spiritual director, a speaker and facilitator of trainings and workshops in ministry and academic settings, a pastor for those who don’t have a pastor, and more.
On Call with Rev. Cameron Merrill

In this episode, Amie and Adam interview Rev. Cameron Merrill, pastor at Hillsborough UMC, editor for Will Willimon, and writer for ministrymatters.com, who talks about how ministers can take what they do seriously without taking themselves so seriously and how we can make everyday tasks holy and prayerful acts as part of our vocation, no…
On Call with Bishop Will Willimon

Adam and Amie interview the Rev. Dr. Will Willimon on his call, the nature of God calling us, and his work as a bishop and as a professor at Duke Divinity School.
On Call with Rev. Tobi Nguyen

Adam interviews the Rev. Tobi Nguyen, pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in downtown Durham, and talks with her about a calling she knew almost from the very beginning.
On Call with Dr. Ellen Davis

In this episode, Adam talks with Dr. Ellen Davis, professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School, about her calling as a teacher.
On Call with Rev. Amie Stewart

In this episode, Adam interviews Rev. Amie Stewart, who is the Director of Conference Relations with the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in the United Methodist Church, on calling and life.
On Call with Rev. Dr. Elaine Nocks

In this episode, Adam interviews the Rev. Dr. Elaine Nocks, former faculty director of the Lilly (Cothran) Center for Vocational Reflection at Furman University.
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