#100: 100 Episodes of Music, Ministry and Liturgy

When I planned for this week’s episode, I thought of you. You, our thousands of listeners who tune into the podcast as you’re folding worship aids this week, or assembling binders of choral music for the weeks ahead. Or maybe you listen as you walk your dog in the morning, or listen as you battle traffic ! In whichever context you listen, we’re grateful for you. You are what makes this podcast keep moving.

And so today, I want to interview members of our listenership who are pastoral musicians, living out their calling in music, ministry and liturgy.

#099: Looking Back at the Beginning (REPLAY)

Today is our 99th episode! We can barely believe it. As we prepare to bring you our 100th episode next week, we thought it would be fitting to look back at the beginning. Our first episode was on February 18, 2018, and was hosted by Matt Reichert. The title of the episode was “Charting a Course for NPM” and featured NPM President Steve Petrunak and Fr. Karl Pung.

The episode shows a lot of growth in how far we’ve come, as an association, in the last 2 years. And the article by Fr. Karl Pung is an interesting reflection of the expectations music ministers and pastors have on each other.

#098: Following our Baptismal Calling (with Mary Birmingham)

Today we hear from Mary Birmingham, a minister and speaker on catechesis. Mary brings her passion for the liturgy and the Rite of Christian Initiation and its power to transform hearts to this work of evangelization hoping it will assist catechists in their remarkable conversion centered ministries.

Today we talk about our individual baptismal call, especially in the midst of our self-isolating reality. In this particular holiest of weeks, Mary’s insights fortified me for the week ahead. We hope it helps you too.

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