For People with Bishop Rob Wright
Episodes
304 episodes
Protecting our Vote with Janai Nelson
Threats to voting rights rarely announce themselves as “suppression.” In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. They discuss the SAVE Act an...
Alive!
Easter doesn’t just ask us to believe something happened 2,000 years ago. It challenges the size of our imagination today. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Rob Wright have a conversation about his Easter devotion “Alive". They ta...
Prison Chaplaincy with Chaplain Susan Bishop
Serving people in prison isn’t a side project of the Church—it’s at the heart of the gospel. Jesus makes it unmistakably clear: “I was in prison and you visited me.” To step inside those walls is to encounter Christ himself, already present amo...
Good Friday and Reflections on Howard Thurman
Good Friday isn’t just a date on the calendar—it’s a truth test. What happens when real integrity shows up in public life and refuses to be bought, bent, or silenced?In his 1964 meditation Discovery, Howard Thurman suggests that...
The Chaplain's Calling with Bishop Ann Ritonia
The military chaplain is one of the few people trained to stand close to war without becoming part of the fight, and that tension can change everything. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Ann Ritonia, Bish...
We Confess Nothing Is Impossible For God
During the season of Lent, Bishop Wright invites all to a five-week Lenten teaching series, We Confess, with weekly video meditations and study guides that frame Lent as a loving turn toward healing, renewal, and hope through honest confession....
We Confess We Do Not See as God Sees
During the season of Lent, Bishop Wright invites all to a five-week Lenten teaching series, We Confess, with weekly video meditations and study guides that frame Lent as a loving turn toward healing, renewal, and hope through honest confession....
We Confess We Forget
During the season of Lent, Bishop Wright invites all to a five-week Lenten teaching series, We Confess, with weekly video meditations and study guides that frame Lent as a loving turn toward healing, renewal, and hope through honest confession....
We Confess God is Our Portion
During the season of Lent, Bishop Wright invites all to a five-week Lenten teaching series, We Confess, with weekly video meditations and study guides that frame Lent as a loving turn toward healing, renewal, and hope through honest confession....
We Confess Our Disobedience
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Bishop Wright invites all to a five-week Lenten teaching series, We Confess, with weekly video meditations and study guides that frame Lent as a loving turn toward healing, renewal, and hope through honest confession...
Friends
What if the friends you need for today’s troubles include people from yesterday’s pages? Jesus' transfiguration points to a friendship that bridges time. It unites Jesus with Moses and Elijah to steady him for the hard road ahead. From that mou...
Faith in the Public Square with Bishop Justin Welby
What if the most political act in history was God taking on human flesh? In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to explore what it means to follow Jesus in a complex, pluralistic, and...
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Mobilizing for Christian Love During Crisis
In this special release episode, Bishop Rob Wright speaks with Bishop Craig Loya of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota about the immigration crisis unfolding in Minnesota and beyond. Recorded as a resource for clergy and lay leaders, the convers...
Manipulate
The story we tell about Jesus often sounds suspiciously like the story we want to tell about ourselves. We pull his words toward our preferences and mistake charisma for character. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a ...
We've Been Here Before with Bishop Justin S. Holcomb
Barriers don’t bury the church; they clarify the mission. The Book of Acts reveals a pattern in which every barrier is followed by a fresh witness to Jesus. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Justin Holcom...
Greatness
Greatness to God is measured not by a country's advances in buildings and technology but by how those are treated with the least. In Dr. King’s final Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, he addressed a challenge of the day that remai...
Pleasing
Ever feel the tug to shrink yourself so others stay comfortable? Pleasing people drains joy, while pleasing God frees us.In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about the difference between pleasing people and plea...
Born Beneath the Headlines // Bishop Wright's Christmas Sermon 2025
"In the Christmas story, God slips through a birth canal underneath the empire. This star child is born in a borrowed room and takes his first rest in a feeding trough. God chooses vulnerability over visibility and humility over dominance. Chri...
Angels
A life can pivot on a single whispered word. In Matthew 1, Joseph is at a real-world crossroads, balancing righteousness, reputation, and love, until an angelic message reframes his next step. That shift from fear to faithful action changed eve...
Deserving
What if hope isn’t tidy or instant, but slow and stubborn—something that holds you when outcomes don’t? In Matthew 11, John the Baptist asks a big question about Jesus. "Are you the one, or should we wait for another?" John's question is really...
Spiritual Leadership with Dr. Chip Roper
How do we bring spiritual practices into our everyday working lives? This adaptive challenge requires a new path—one where risk becomes stewardship, attention becomes a sacred resource, and everyday tasks turn into a living conversation with Go...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Kingdom Work with The Rev. Dr. Jenny M. McBride
What if the kingdom of God becomes visible not in our theories but in our steps? Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology reframes discipleship as embodied obedience—showing up in prisons, sharing real mutuality, and trading religious privilege for humbl...
An Uncommon Success: Bishop Wright's Sermon at the 119th Annual Council
Bishop Wright's sermon "An Uncommon Success" given at the 119th Annual Council of the Diocese of Atlanta.