Believing in Jesus: A Vocation for All Ages

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In this episode of Bedtime Chapel, we welcome back Bird Treacy for a conversation on faith practices – in particular the power of music – and the ways we can teach and embody love in the world today. Bird, a licensed Godly Play instructor, shares insights on belief, prayerful attention, and how we can ensure our churches and homes combat antisemitism in biblical interpretation. We also discuss (the gifts and flaws of) authority in the Church, formal education’s role in ministry, and what it means to follow Jesus’s way of Love.

 

Bird Treacy is a Godly Play Trainer, Episcopal church lady, church programming consultant, and writer based in the greater Boston area. Prior to finding her way to professional work in the church, Bird earned a masters degree in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies with an emphasis on Disability Studies from Emory University, and she brings both an academic lens and a lived experience of disabled identity to her current work. When not wrangling small humans or developing programming, you can usually find Bird cooking, writing, competing in jigsaw puzzle competitions, making lace, or doing some other craft project. She lives with her wife, a current veterinary student, and their five cats. Bird has a WEALTH of Resource, stay in touch with her -- Website, Substack, @abirdinchurch (Instagram)

 

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Key moments in our conversation include:

• 00:55 – Bird shares her current faith practices 
• 04:18 – The law of love (Synoptic Gospels) vs. belief in Jesus (Gospel of John) —what does it mean to follow Christ?
• 06:55 – Addressing antisemitism in biblical interpretation and teaching children
• 12:42 – The role of formal education in ministry and authority in the Church
• 19:32 – Learning theology from everyday faith encounters

 

You can read a complete transcript of this episode, here.

 

Things we talk about on this episode: 

• Godly Play Foundation
• Dr. Amy-Jill Levine 
• Music that Makes Community

 

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