The Great Divorce…But Not Really: Church History

All things…Episcopal

In this episode… we are in conversation with The Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski for an Ask Me Anything episode on Church History. We tackle all the things about the schisms of the early Church, unity over uniformity, and the most scandalous questions that is often asked about the start of the Church of England… Did the Church of England start over a divorce?

About the Hosts

Clare Stern-Burbano (she/her) is a member of the laity and currently a college, youth, and children’s minister at a parish in Kansas City, MO and third-year seminarian at Univ. of Dubuque Theological Seminary and a candidate for Anglican Studies at Bishop Kemper School for Ministry. She hopes of one day becoming an Episcopal priest. Clare comes from an interfaith family and found a spiritual home in the Episcopal Church when she was nine years old.

The Rev. David Kendrick (he/him) serves as the Rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Springfield, MO in the Diocese of West Missouri. He is married to Laura and they are really proud of their son, John, their daughter-in-law, Nancy, and two young grandsons.

The Rev. Collin Larimore (he/him) serves as Associate Rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Carthage, Missouri in the Diocese of West Missouri. Fr. Collin has a passion for the outdoors, travel, and food. A native of the Ozarks of southern Missouri, Fr. Collin was raised in the Episcopal Church, studied religion and conservation in undergraduate, and completed his seminary studies at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.

About our Guests:

The Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski is the Kraft Family Professor and Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. He is a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations, comparative theology, and Anglicanism. He serves at Christ Church in Cambridge, MA and is the Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations co-officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Prior to Boston College, he taught church history at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX and Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA.

Relevant links…

CLICK HERE for the website for the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College.

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All Things…Episcopal podcast is a production of The Diocese of West Missouri in association with Resonate Media.

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Our opening theme is New Found Believers and our closing theme is After Sunrise