With God’s Help:
Faithful-filled Conversation in Uncertain Times
Bishop Shannon Duckworth hosts a five-part podcast series that explores the promises of the Baptismal Covenant as a guide for navigating this moment in our national life. Each episode features a guest who joins Bishop Duckworth in reflecting on one of the Covenant’s core questions, offering thoughtful and practical insights on how to speak the truth in love, pursue justice, and remain grounded in faith.
Series Guests
06/30 – The Rev. Ed Bacon
Ed Bacon is an Episcopal priest, speaker, and author of 8 Habits of Love. Now, after decades of leading churches, he travels from his Alabama home, teaching across all spiritual paths as well as in non-religious contexts how our Oneness in Love overcomes our separateness in fear. He also works to help save the Pando forest in southern Utah.
07/28 – Br. Angel Gabriel Roque, BSG
Brother Angel Gabriel Roque was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He currently serves as Diocesan Missioner for Youth and Young Adults and Director of Camp Stoney for the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. A seminarian at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, he is pursuing an M.Div. with a focus on Spiritual Direction (Class of 2026).
Angel has served diverse communities, as a youth pastor, chaplain, and night manager at an Episcopal shelter, and co-founder of two Latinx Episcopal ministries. He has contributed nationally through the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and the Council for Safe Church and Communities. A Certified Recovery Peer Specialist, Angel supported youth during the opioid crisis and pandemic, offering care around HIV prevention, trauma, and addiction.
He also has a background in the classical arts and culinary management and continues to create when time allows. Angel lives in Austin with his dog, Koko, and is a life-professed member of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory.
08/25 – The Rt. Rev. Anne B. Jolly
09/29 – The Rev. Ollie V. Rencher
11/03 – The Rt. Rev. Jeff Mello
Upcoming Zoom Conversation!
Brother Angel Gabriel Roque was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He currently serves as Diocesan Missioner for Youth and Young Adults and Director of Camp Stoney for the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. A seminarian at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, he is pursuing an M.Div. with a focus on Spiritual Direction (Class of 2026).
Angel has served diverse communities, as a youth pastor, chaplain, and night manager at an Episcopal shelter, and co-founder of two Latinx Episcopal ministries. He has contributed nationally through the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and the Council for Safe Church and Communities. A Certified Recovery Peer Specialist, Angel supported youth during the opioid crisis and pandemic, offering care around HIV prevention, trauma, and addiction.
He also has a background in the classical arts and culinary management and continues to create when time allows. Angel lives in Austin with his dog, Koko, and is a life-professed member of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory.
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