For People with Bishop Rob Wright

Episodes

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  Steadfast 16.10.2026 14m

  Send us Fan Mail Steadfast can sound like a personality trait you either have or you don’t, but Paul uses it as a lived description of hope that keeps its seat when life tries to shove you off course. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about 1 Thessalonians 1:1–10 and what “steadfast” actually looks like in real Christian life: spiritually stable, determined, and resilient, without the fake shine of perfection. They challenge one of the most common stories pe...
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  Whatever 09.10.2026 15m

  Send us Fan Mail “Whatever” is usually the word you use when you’re done listening. In Philippians 4:1-9, Paul flips is the other way. Paul turns “whatever” into a wide-open invitation to grow your moral imagination and to pursue what is honorable, just, pure, pleasing, and commendable. The surprising twist is that those words are not a small box. They are guardrails for a bigger life with God and neighbor. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about a real tension m...
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  Blues Starts At Home with Jontavious Willis 02.10.2026 22m

  Send us Fan Mail The blues gets mislabeled as “music for older folks” until you hear a young artist explain where it really comes from. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jontavius Willis, a Georgia musician whose sound carries something old, something new, and something deeply personal. From his first performances in church to the way he learned by listening to records, he connects the dots between gospel roots, acoustic guitar gri...
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  Anchored Part 2 25.09.2026 19m

  Send us Fan Mail This is part two of a two-part conversation centered on Bishop Wright’s teachings at Clergy Conference 2026: Anchored for the Future. When everything feels like it’s shaking, the real question is, “What can actually hold me?” In Jeremiah 29:11, we get a glimpse of what holds Jeremiah in a world marked by collapse, displacement, and grief. Hope shows up here as more than comfort. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about hope as a disciplined, ...
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  Anchored 18.09.2026 16m

  Send us Fan Mail This is part one of a two-part conversation centered on Bishop Wright’s teachings at Clergy Conference 2026: Anchored for the Future. Hope often gets treated like a soft word, but we don’t experience it that way when life gets real. Hebrews 6:19 names godly hope as an anchor. That hope is built on a clear conviction: God is alive, so the universe is not random and the story is not finished. That belief doesn’t erase suffering, division, loneliness, violence, or injustice. It ...
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  Delay 11.09.2026 15m

  Send us Fan Mail Delay is one of the quickest ways to test what we really trust. When God’s timing does not match our urgency, we can start to panic, negotiate, or replace faith with something that feels more responsive. In Exodus, Moses is “delayed” on the mountain, and the newly freed community chooses a God made of gold because it feels available right now. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about why God’s pacing and our pacing collide so often, and why that c...
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  Confidence 04.09.2026 12m

  Send us Fan Mail Confidence can sound like having all the right answers. But what if real confidence is quieter and stronger: the settled kind that comes from knowing you’re held by God, not propped up by your resume? We find this in Philippians 3:4b–14, Paul’s blunt before-and-after story. He had lineage, learning, and religious credibility, yet he walks away from “earning” and toward a new center of gravity: the surpassing knowledge of God in Christ. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wri...
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  Incline 28.08.2026 17m

  Send us Fan Mail “Incline your ears” sounds gentle, but it is a direct challenge to the way most of us live. We say we want peace, wisdom, and healthy community, yet we often move through the day like we know better than God. Psalm 78 names a different path: humility as an active posture, a decision to bend our attention and our choices toward what is trustworthy and timeless. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about what Psalm 87 looks like in real life and...
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  Matchless 21.08.2026 17m

  Send us Fan Mail Two names most people have never heard may be the reason the Exodus story even has a future. Shiprah and Puah are Hebrew midwives trapped inside Pharaoh’s economy and Pharaoh’s fear, yet they refuse to participate in the empire’s violence. Their “no” is quiet, costly, and courageous, and it becomes the kind of leadership that erodes tyranny from the ground up. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about why this story still lands so hard right ...
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  Defiles 14.08.2026 17m

  Send us Fan Mail Your words don’t just “slip out” when you’re stressed. They come from somewhere. Jesus shows us in Matthew 15: what goes into the mouth passes through, but what comes out reveals the heart and can defile, degrade, and damage the people around us. That idea lands like a mirror, especially if you care about faith, leadership, and the kind of community you’re building at home, at work, and in the world. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about ...
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  No Ghost 07.08.2026 17m

  Send us Fan Mail The scariest part of a storm isn’t always the wind and waves, it’s what fear convinces us we’re seeing. When the disciples spot Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14:22–33, they don’t call him their friend. They call him a ghost. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about anxiety, interpretation, and what steady faith looks like when life feels like it never stops testing you. Using the story found in Matthew, they discuss why Jesus says “It...
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  Enough with The Rev. Kenya Thompson 31.07.2026 15m

  Send us Fan Mail Scarcity is loud. It tells us there's not enough money, not enough compassion, not enough hope, and not enough time to help. In our final Summer Shorts episode, The Rev. Kenya Thompson, Vicar of Church of the Common Ground, offers a different narrative rooted in the miracle of Matthew 14:13–21, where Jesus feeds the 5,000. Miracles, she reminds us, are signs of God's presence breaking into ordinary life, revealing abundance where we assume there's only emptiness. In this epi...
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  Reaching with Holle Tubbs 24.07.2026 20m

  Send us Fan Mail Pain has a way of making everything feel personal, like the universe is singling you out. Holle Tubbs, diocesan youth missioner for the Diocese of Atlanta, joins us for our Summer Shorts series to talk about a different path: reaching for God without turning faith into a bargain for control. In this episode, Melissa and Holle explore the relationship between faith, humility, and a kind of grit that isn't defined by winning, but by refusing to give up. They also discuss vulne...
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  Grow Up Together with The Rev. Michael White 17.07.2026 15m

  Send us Fan Mail You can ruin a garden by being too confident, and you can damage a church the same way. The Rev. Michael White joins us for our Summer Shorts series with a story that starts small, weeding a tidy plot, and lands right in the middle of Matthew 13: sometimes what we label a weed is actually the vine that is meant to grow. That simple mistake opens a bigger conversation about Christian community, belonging, and the temptation to do God’s sorting for God. In this episode, Meliss...
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  The Reckless Sower with The Rev. Matt Babcock 10.07.2026 14m

  Send us Fan Mail Over the next four weeks, For People will feature special guests from the Diocese of Atlanta: The Rev. Matt Babcock, The Rev. Michael White, Holle Tubbs, The Rev. Kenya Thompson for Summer Shorts. Each guest will write the For Faith weekly devotional and join For People host Melissa Rau to dive deeper into their reflections. Join us each week as they share their stories and insights. In the first guest episode, Melissa has a conversation with The Rev. Matt Babcock, vicar at H...
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  The Shape 26.06.2026 19m

  Send us Fan Mail Unconditional love gets talked about like it has no edges, but that kind of “anything goes” love can turn selfish and chaotic fast. Love has a shape. When we pay attention to Jesus’ words and actions, a pattern emerges that you can actually practice in real life, from conflict and apology to courage, sharing, forbearance, and justice. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Jesus’ teaching on love through John 14:15–21 and the Great Commandm...
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  The Headline is Jesus with Bishop Sarah K. Fisher 19.06.2026 24m

  Send us Fan Mail The loudest voices want you to believe the only way forward is to pick a side and dig in. Jesus shows us another way. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Sarah Fisher, 9th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, about a different kind of strength: the courage to stay centered on Jesus when everything around you begs for distraction. Bishop Sarah shares what it feels like to begin a brand-new bishop with 66 worshipping communities. The...
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  Three Kinds Of Sheep 12.06.2026 19m

  Send us Fan Mail Jesus does not look at a hurting world and offer merely technical solutions. He sees the deeper wound, speaks to the heart of it, and sends ordinary people to carry hope into ordinary places. In Matthew 9:35–10:8, Jesus shows us three kinds of sheep: the harassed and helpless, the lost, and those sent among wolves. At every intersection of life, this passage asks us to decide who we will be. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about Jesus’ image of...
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  The Red Door Food Pantry with Ashley and Sean Davis 05.06.2026 24m

  Send us Fan Mail Hunger rarely looks like the stereotype. Sometimes it looks like a parent who works full-time but cannot make childcare and groceries fit in the same month. Sometimes it looks like grandparents raising grandchildren, a family navigating a health crisis, or someone who just lost a job and needs help for a season. Loving like Jesus means serving those who are the most vulnerable in real and tangible ways. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Ashley and S...
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  Bishop Wright's Sermon at Bishop Sarah Fisher's Ordination and Consecration 29.05.2026 16m

  Send us Fan Mail This episode is Bishop Rob Wright’s sermon from the ordination and consecration of Bishop Sarah Fisher, ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, given on May 23. In his sermon, Bishop Wright answers an important question: what is a bishop for? You’ll hear a clear, memorable vision of Episcopal leadership as itinerant service, scripture-shaped preaching, guarding the faith, and doing “balcony” work that spots patterns and faces the challenges we’d rather a...