Pod Bless Us with Bishop Jack Lumanog

Episodes

1. 16

   16 - Should pastors speak out about politics?

   Episode 16 (recorded 10 June 2021). Bishop Jack Lumanog discusses pastors speaking out about politics. Touched off by what was supposed to be a benign post on social media with a call to prayer for Myanmar and an observation that some Republicans are calling for a similar bloody military coup in...

   Jun 10, 2021

   38 min
2. 15

   15 - Anglican Church of Kenya's new bishop and GAFCON

   Episode 14 (recorded 13 January 2021). Bishop Jack Lumanog discusses the announcement from the Anglican Church of Kenya on 12 January 2021 that they will be going to be the second Gafcon (Global Anglican Future Conference) province to consecrate a woman as a bishop. The Rev. Dr. Emily Onyango has...

   Jan 13, 2021

   46 min
3. 14

   14 - Eric Metaxas and committing his life to dying for President Trump

   Episode 14 (recorded 11 December 2020). Bishop Jack Lumanog shares his perspective on an interview that mild mannered conservative Episcopalian Eric Metaxas had with President Trump. Metaxas publicly commits his life to Donald Trump and vows that he would die in the fight to keep President Trump…

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   Dec 11, 2020

   49 min
4. 13

   13 - Heartbreak and Hope

   Episode 13 (recorded 5 November 2020). Bishop Jack Lumanog shares unscripted from the heart about his heartbreak about the 2020 presidential election results. In light of mismanaging a global pandemic, insulting veterans and Gold Star families, undermining the democratic process, cozying up with...

   Nov 6, 2020

   51 min
5. 12

   12 - The Curious Case of Kyle Rittenhouse

   Episode 12 (recorded 30 August 2020). Bishop Jack Lumanog examines the curious case of Kyle Rittenhouse -- a 17 year old Illinois boy who killed two and shot a third person in Kenosha, Wisconsin is peacefully taken into custody. However, the flashpoint for the unrest that brought Rittenhouse from...

   Aug 31, 2020

   45 min
6. 11

   11 - Trump fact checked by Fox News and will Evangelicals be bothered to care about it anymore?

   Episode 11 (recorded 19 July 2020). You know you're having a bad day when you are getting fact checked by Fox News. Bishop Jack Lumanog breaks down President Trump's off the rails interview with Chris Wallace from Fox News and even Fox gets called "fake news" by Trump. And even with the…

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   Jul 19, 2020

   50 min
7. 10

   10 - Trump more pro-Confederacy than anti-Coronavirus

   Episode 10 (recorded 11 July 2020). President Trump's remarks on July 4th in Washington, D.C. in his "Salute to America," he seems more preoccupied with preserving the Confederacy than defeating Coronavirus (listen to Episode 9: "Time for some new statues and monuments!" for a discussion of his...

   Jul 12, 2020

   53 min
8. 9

   9 - Time for some new statues and monuments!

   Episode 9 (recorded 4 July 2020). Following President Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore on 3 July 2020, Bishop Jack Lumanog responds to the President's tone deaf rhetoric and his odd commitment to preserving "our" heroes, "our" values, "our" most sacred memorials. The Bishop discusses the history…

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   Jul 4, 2020

   45 min
9. 8

   8 - DACA, DREAMers and Evangelicals - with Matthew Soerens

   Episode 8 (recorded 26 June 2020). -- Bishop Jack Lumanog sits down for his first ever interview for Pod Bless Us! 8 days before today's recording, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 blocking the Trump administration from going ahead with its plan, announced in 2017, to end a…

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   Jun 26, 2020

   43 min
10. 7

    7 - Are Bibles props, churches as circus tents and Evangelicals just pawns for President Trump?

    Episode 7 (recorded 24 June 2020). -- Are Bibles props, churches as circus tents and Evangelicals just pawns to President Trump? It would certainly seem so. "Kung Flu!" shouted President Donald Trump on 23 June 2020 at a rally held at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona. The President made…

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    Jun 24, 2020

    30 min
11. 6

    6 - Bishop Jack Lumanog on Hosea chapter 6

    Episode 6 (recorded 21 June 2020). -- First, Bishop Jack Lumanog shares some important notices about "Pod Bless Us." Be sure to visit the website at www.podbless.us to support and get in contact with us! Then, Bishop Jack shares his sermon from today in its entirety from Hosea 5:15-6:6, "Mercy --...

    Jun 22, 2020

    43 min
12. 4

    4 - "An Anglican Bishop Gets Real About Mental Health"

    Episode 4 (recorded 14 June 2020). -- An honest discussion from Bishop Jack Lumanog about mental wellness based on Matthew 6:25-34 and Philippians 4:6-7.

    Jun 15, 2020

    34 min
13. 3

    3 - "No More White-splaining in the Church ... please!"

    Episode 3 (recorded 7 June 2020). -- There is so much "moral outrage" that the only way to deal with this biblically is "more outreach." -- Bishop Jack Lumanog. Trinity Sunday gives us the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) and Bishop Jack Lumanog also reminds us about the Great Commandment…

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    Jun 14, 2020

    29 min
14. 2

    2 - "I Can't Breathe" Come, Holy Spirit and RIP George Floyd.

    Episode 2 (recorded 13 June 2020). -- Even though the Church is in the season of Pentecost, celebrating the Holy Spirit breathing on the Church for mission, Bishop Jack Lumanog shares that he is having trouble breathing this promised power of God. Especially in light of yet another unarmed black...

    Jun 14, 2020

    21 min
15. 1

    1 - "Pod Bless Us" with Bishop Jack Lumanog - Promo

    Promo episode for "Pod Bless Us" with Bishop Jack Lumanog. Aiming to be a podcast at the intersection of faith, culture, politics and leadership. Our host is Bishop Jack Lumanog, an Anglican Bishop and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola. A pastor and evangelist at heart,...

    Jun 13, 2020

    2 min