Sorta Sacred

06/02/2026

Our friend and guest of the pod, Beth Repp Coaching just started her own podcast. The first 5 episodes are out now and they are great!

Go back and check out Beth's episode on Sorta Sacred to get a sneak peek of what her podcast is all about: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2407036/episodes/18475152

Self-improvement and mindset tools from Beth Repp, a physician and certified life coach

05/31/2026

If you haven't had a chance to listen to this week's episode yet — this weekend is a good time. Two men, two different paths, one really honest conversation about what service, sacrifice, and faith actually look like from the inside.

Link in bio.

05/29/2026

What does it mean to serve something greater than yourself — and what happens to your faith when that service asks everything of you?

In honor of Memorial Day, Jess and Mark sit down with two men who have lived that question from the inside. Rev. Gregory S. Brown is the senior pastor at St. David Lutheran Church in West Columbia, South Carolina, and an Army National Guard chaplain. Lt. Col. David Kelso is a West Point graduate with 21 years of Army service, two tours in the Middle East, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart.

It's a conversation about duty, sacrifice, and the unexpected places where the sacred shows up — even in the hardest ones.

OUT NOW! Link to new episode in bio!

05/29/2026

"There is no thing that saved me there, but the grace of God. And I can only do what I can in the rest of my life to make that worthwhile." — Lt. Col. David Kelso

New episode out tomorrow.

05/19/2026

"When you look at me, do you see me? Do you really see me?"

Full conversation with Rev. Kenneth Wheeler is live now. Link in bio.

05/15/2026

In this episode, Jess and Mark sit down with the Rev. Kenneth Wheeler — retired ELCA pastor, public theologian, preacher, and author of US: The Resurrection of American Terror.

Rev. Wheeler grew up under Jim Crow segregation in Jackson, Mississippi, and has spent seven decades as a Black man in America bearing witness to the through-line of white supremacy — from the lynching tree to January 6.

In our second installment of How to Be An Ally, we delve into Race, Faith, and the Work in Front of Us. The work that we all must do together.

Link in bio!

05/04/2026

Nearly ten years ago, this family arrived in the Quad Cities — carrying everything they had, starting over in a place that was entirely new.

Today, they're part of a community. They're growing food. They're home.

This is the kind of story Ann McGlynn gets to be part of many days through — and it's the kind of story we believe is sorta sacred.

New episode out now. 🎙️ Link in bio.

05/02/2026

On the pod now: the beginnings of Tapestry Farms with Ann McGlynn

Ann's original post: This girl is growing spinach in her garden. She knows I eat spinach every day, so she gave some to me. This morning, that spinach fueled my morning protein shake....and it was delicious. ❤

This is where it started.

A bowl of fresh spinach.

Ann McGlynn saw that bowl and saw something most people would have missed: skills, dignity, and a community need waiting to be met.

The rest is Tapestry Farms.

Hear the whole story out now on Sorta Sacred.

05/01/2026

🎙️ NEW EPISODE TODAY: From the Ground Up

Ann McGlynn didn't set out to start a nonprofit urban farm. She just couldn't ignore what she saw — a refugee family, homegrown food, and a community gap no one else was filling.

So she built something.

Today on Sorta Sacred, we talk with the founder of about farming as healing, what it really means to welcome a neighbor, and why the word flourishing hits differently when you've had to leave everything behind.

🌱 Listen now — link in bio.

04/30/2026

11,000+ pounds of fresh food grown in 2024. 🥗

12 farm sites across the Quad Cities.

130+ refugee families served since 2017.

That's what has built — starting from a single bowl of spinach.

Tomorrow on Sorta Sacred, founder Ann McGlynn tells us how. 🌱