Centrally Speaking

02/02/2025

What is the latest news from Eastern Ukraine? In this podcast, Ken Sears, experienced missionary to Zaporizhzhya shares the latest information. Click the link below:

01/31/2025

In a few days, we look forward to releasing a podcast about the latest news in Eastern Ukraine from a missionary's perspective. Ken Sears has been a career missionary to Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine and shares the latest news.

01/21/2025

In a few days, we look forward to releasing a podcast with Dr. David Coryell who is the Director of Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor. During the interview, we will speak with him about his approach to reaching youth in this generation. This is clearly spoken about in his new book, Less like Hippos, More Like Honeybees. We hope that you will listen in to this insightful interview about youth and generation Z.

12/23/2024

What was the star that the wise men followed? In this Christmas devotional reflection, Dr. Drake Williams shares some possibilities and then the implications of the star that led the wise men eventually to Bethlehem.

12/18/2024

12/16/2024

How can we have a more spiritual Christmas? In this podcast we interview Rev. Dr. David McKinley, Senior Minister of Central Schwenkfelder Church, about ways to keep Christ in Christmas.

How can we have a more spiritual Christmas? While many are focused on gift giving and parties, Christmas is so much more than this. It has spiritual origins. People like Mary and Joseph had distinct spiritual practices. How can we recover these?&n...

12/10/2024

In a few days, we look forward to releasing a conversation between Dr. David McKinley and Dr. Drake Williams about Spiritual practices for a Faith-filled Christmas in a Secular Time.

12/06/2024

This will be an inspiring Christmas concert for those in the greater Lansdale area. Please join us this Sunday December 8 at 2:30 at the Central Schwenkfelder Church!

Join the United Schwenkfelder Choir for their 93rd Annual Concert THIS Sunday, December 8th at 2:30PM. This will be an inspiring and uplifting program of sacred, seasonal choral and instrumental selections. A light reception will follow. The concert will also be livestreamed on the United Choir's website.

11/11/2024

Many communities of faith encourage prayer. There are some that emphasize prayer substantially. In this podcast, Drs. David McKinley and Drake Williams speak about the Schwenkfelders and their great emphasis on prayer.

11/09/2024

Prayer is an indispensable part of Christian experience. As the world has modernized, deeper and richer spiritual experiences have dissipated. Some Christian communities have been known for their devotion to prayer. One of these is the Schwenkfelder communities. In this podcast, Rev. Dr. David McKinley, Senior Minister of Central Schwenkfelder Church, interviews Rev. Dr. Drake Williams, Minister of Mission and Theology at the church. The podcast will share about aspects from the formation of the Schwenkfelders in which prayer was a focus.

09/19/2024

Why are some conversions to Christianity so dramatic while others seem more ordinary? Rev. Dr. Luminița Nichols knows both types well from her experience growing up in Romania and facing persecution during Communist times, and then serving as a minister in Lancaster, PA in the United States. In this podcast, she tells her experience and relates it to her time serving as a pastor in the United States. Click on this link to listen to the podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1046041/15752757-christian-conversion-dramatic-and-ordinary.mp3?download=true

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09/09/2024

We are looking forward to releasing an interview with Rev. Dr. Luminița Nichols about "Christian conversion: Dramatic and Ordinary" shortly. She is from Romania, and converted to Christianity during the times of communism. She later became a minister in Lancaster, PA. Her amazing testimony is found in this book, published by Wipf & Stock (2022).

08/08/2024

The small Schwenkfelder denomination began in Silesia, Germany during the Reformation. It was particularly born out of the controversies about the Eucharist. In this podcast, we ask author Rev. Dr. Martha Kriebel about her thesis entitled Schwenkfelders and the Sacraments that she wrote in 1965 for her Master of Sacred Theology Degree that she did at Lutheran Seminary. The thesis was published in 1968. Now after over 65 years of ordained ministry experience, she provides this reflection on her book and about the sacraments in general.

The small Schwenkfelder denomination began in Silesia, Germany during the Reformation. It was particularly born out of the controversies about the Eucharist. In this podcast, we ask author Rev. Dr. Martha Kriebel about her thesis entitled Schwenkf...

07/26/2024

We were pleased to interview Rev. Dr. Martha Kriebel about Schwenkfelders and the Sacraments. She wrote on this topic in the 1960's. Now after a lifetime of ministry, we have asked her to reflect on the thesis and also provide insights from a lifetime of ordained ministry. The podcast can be accessed here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1046041/15461440-schwenkfelders-and-the-sacraments-then-and-now.mp3?download=true

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07/26/2024

We were pleased to interview Rev. Dr. Martha Kriebel about her book Schwenkfelders and the Sacraments. She wrote this book in 1961. In this interview she reflects on it after a lifetime of ordained ministry.

Click here for the podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1046041/15461440-schwenkfelders-and-the-sacraments-then-and-now.mp3?download=true

07/23/2024

We look forward to releasing a conversation about Schwenkfelders and the Sacraments - Then and Now. Rev. Dr. Martha Kriebel wrote on this topic in the 1960's for her master degree from Lutheran Seminary. Now with over 65 years of ordained ministerial experience, she reflects on that book and also on the importance of the sacraments.

06/17/2024

What is the future of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)? It is a significant viewpoint of many American universities. In this podcast, we interview Dr. Patrick Casey about his perspective on DEI. For the podcast click here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1046041/15234354-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-and-the-university.mp3?download=true