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Expanding your Faith

Bishop Greer Godsey

Expanding your Faith tackles modern day issues with a focus on spirituality. This podcast is produced by the hardworking staff at the Old Catholic Churches International’s Office of Communications and Media Relations. You can find us on the web at https://facebook.com/ExpandingyourFaith.

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Season 13 • Episode 1 • January 10, 2026 • 2990

The State of the American Church

What’s really happening to the American Church right now—decline, plateau, or something else? In this episode, Bishop Greer, Rev. Marc, and Bishop ...

Season 12 • Episode 9 • October 4, 2025 • 3135

Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and the Afterlife

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Father Matthew Schnabel (ANCC) discuss the i...

Season 12 • Episode 8 • September 20, 2025 • 3143

Scriptural Welcome

What is our responsibility to the immigrant and stranger among us? Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Willia...

Season 12 • Episode 7 • September 13, 2025 • 3073

Political Violence and Disagreements

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Father Matthew Schnabel (ANCC) discuss Polit...

Season 12 • Episode 6 • September 6, 2025 • 3047

Open Table: Radical Inclusion of Communion

Bishop Greer Godsey, Bishop Ben Williams, and Father Matthew Schnabel discuss Open Table, the Radical Inclusion of Communion.

Season 12 • Episode 5 • August 23, 2025 • 2983

Faith and Pop Culture

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Father Matthew Schnabel (ANCC) discuss Faith...

Season 12 • Episode 4 • August 16, 2025 • 2905

Interfaith Dialogue and Why it Matters

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Father Matthew Schnabel (ANCC) discuss Inter...

Season 12 • Episode 2 • August 3, 2025 • 2958

Immigration and Faith

On this episode of Expanding Your Faith, Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Fat...

Season 12 • Episode 1 • July 30, 2025 • 2575

Spirituality for Skeptics

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC) discuss spirituality for skeptics.

Season 11 • Episode 8 • May 24, 2025 • 3414

The Jewish Temple

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss the Jewish Temple and what it means f...

Season 11 • Episode 7 • May 17, 2025 • 3378

Gender in the Bible

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss gender in the Bible.

Season 11 • Episode 6 • May 3, 2025 • 3114

The Resurrection of Jesus

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) is discuss what the Resurrection of Jesus mea...

Season 11 • Episode 5 • April 26, 2025 • 3569

Pope Francis' Death and the upcoming Conclave

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic discuss Pope Francis’ Death and the upcoming Conclave.

Season 11 • Episode 4 • April 12, 2025 • 2986

Purpose, Calling, and Assignments

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss our purpose here on earth, our callin...

Season 11 • Episode 3 • March 30, 2025 • 3013

Hope after the church hurts you

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC) discuss how to regain faith, trust, and hope after being hurt by the church.

Season 11 • Episode 2 • March 22, 2025 • 3013

Lent and how to celebrate it

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC) discuss the season of Lent and how we are to celebrate it.

Season 11 • Episode 1 • March 8, 2025 • 3157

Christians and Politics (Part 2)

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss the responsibility of Christians when...

Season 10 • Episode 13 • February 1, 2025 • 3380

The Spirituality of Star Trek - Part 1

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marquetta Byrd (MCC/Methodist), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) disc...

Season 10 • Episode 12 • January 25, 2025 • 3201

Dealing with rage baiting

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss how to deal with all the rage baiting...

Season 10 • Episode 11 • January 18, 2025 • 2990

When to say good-bye

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss when to walk away from toxic people.

Season 10 • Episode 10 • January 11, 2025 • 3414

Preparing for the worst

Bishop Greer Godsey and Bishop Ben Williams of the Old Catholic Churches International discuss how to prepare for the change in leadership in the U...

Season 10 • Episode 9 • January 5, 2025 • 2651

Theology of Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC) and Bishop Greer Godsey (MCC) talk about the theology of Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Season 10 • Episode 8 • December 28, 2024 • 3319

Cigar Chat

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (MCC) talk about cigars

Season 10 • Episode 7 • December 21, 2024 • 2400

Sweet Baby Jesus - Childhood

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (MCC) talk about the childhood of Jesus and the infancy narrativ...

Season 10 • Episode 6 • December 7, 2024 • 3229

Christianity according to Saint John (the epistles)

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC) discuss Christianity according to Saint John’s epistles.

Season 10 • Episode 5 • November 30, 2024 • 3119

Advent 2024

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss Advent 2024 and how to celebrate it.

Season 10 • Episode 4 • November 23, 2024 • 3463

Being thankful in thankless world

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss being thankful in a thankless world.

Season 10 • Episode 3 • November 16, 2024 • 3007

Technology in the Church

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss the use of technology in the church.

Season 10 • Episode 2 • November 9, 2024 • 3131

Living in a Chaotic World

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss how people ought to live in a chaotic...

Season 10 • Episode 1 • November 3, 2024 • 2990

Suffering or Inconvenience

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss whether what we go thru is true suffe...

Season 9 • Episode 11 • August 31, 2024 • 3135

Season 9 Finale

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) talk about Star Trek and TV Shows of the 1990...

Season 9 • Episode 10 • August 24, 2024 • 2668

Racism in our society

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss racism in our society.

Season 9 • Episode 9 • August 10, 2024 • 3010

The Christian Church

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams discuss some of the issues facing the Christian Church today.

Season 9 • Episode 8 • August 3, 2024 • 3369

Prayer

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Dr. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss prayer and how God is not a genie in ...

Season 9 • Episode 7 • July 28, 2024 • 3666

Jokes, cigars, and sound systems

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) share jokes, discuss cigars, and sound systems in...

Season 9 • Episode 6 • July 21, 2024 • 3090

Overcoming isolation and depression

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss overcoming isolation and depression.

Season 9 • Episode 5 • July 14, 2024 • 3479

What it takes to be Clergy

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss what it takes to be clergy and the challe...

Season 9 • Episode 4 • June 30, 2024 • 8207

Women in the Bible

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss the powerful female leaders in the Bible.

Season 9 • Episode 3 • June 16, 2024 • 8207

How Christian fundamentalist get to hate

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss how Christian fundamentalist get to their...

Season 9 • Episode 2 • June 9, 2024 • 8207

Pride vs Pride

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC) and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss the difference between LGBT Pride and the sin of Pride.

Season 9 • Episode 1 • June 2, 2024 • 8207

Middle East Crisis

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss the Middle East crisis.

Season 8 • Episode 7 • April 28, 2024 • 8207

Q&A Season 8 Ending

We end season 8 with our question and answer podcast.

Season 8 • Episode 6 • March 16, 2024 • 3094

The Anatomy of an Ethical Crisis

In this episode we discuss the Anatomy of an Ethical Crisis with Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic).

Season 8 • Episode 5 • March 10, 2024 • 3140

Nothingness and Connectedness

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams discuss nothingness and connectedness.

Season 8 • Episode 4 • March 10, 2024 • 2485

Fear

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams discuss fear.

Season 8 • Episode 3 • March 10, 2024 • 2725

Civility

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams discuss civility.

Season 8 • Episode 2 • February 18, 2024 • 3279

Christians and Politics

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic) discuss how Christians should approach political ...

Season 8 • Episode 1 • February 3, 2024 • 3068

Various Issues Facing Christianity

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss various issues facing Christianity today.

Season 7 • Episode 8 • December 24, 2023 • 3048

Questions and Answers

This episode features Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) as we take our audiences qu...

Season 7 • Episode 5 • December 22, 2023 • 3162

Soul Safe: How to have difficult discussions around the holidays

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC) and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss how to have those difficult discussions around the holidays.

Season 7 • Episode 7 • December 3, 2023 • 3153

Religious Trauma

This episode features Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Bishop Ben Williams (Old Catholic), and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) as we discuss religious tra...

Season 7 • Episode 6 • November 26, 2023 • 3521

America before Europeans

This podcast discusses what America was like before the arrival of the Europeans. We talk with Native American Activist Blackbird. Bishop Greer God...

Season 7 • Episode 4 • November 4, 2023 • 3294

Thankfulness and the Bible

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC) and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss thankfulness and the Bible.

Season 7 • Episode 3 • October 28, 2023 • 3585

Finding True Peace

Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) and Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC) talk about how to find true peace in a world of chaos.

Season 7 • Episode 2 • October 14, 2023 • 2345

Middle East conflict and the end times

Bishop Greer Godsey talks about the current Middle Eastern Conflict and discusses the myths of the end time cult.

Season 7 • Episode 1 • October 7, 2023 • 2071

Hope

In this episode we discuss hope and what it means to have hope in God. Joining Bishop Greer is Rev. Marc Trimm and Bishop Ben Williams.

Season 6 • Episode 12 • August 26, 2023 • 3439

Q&A Episode

Questions and Answers with Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), and Mr. Matthew Schnabel.

Season 6 • Episode 11 • August 12, 2023 • 3260

What makes a good pastor?

Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC Augusta), Mr. Matthew Schnabel, and Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic) discuss what a pastor is, what makes a good pastor and ...

Season 6 • Episode 10 • August 5, 2023 • 3490

What is prayer and how should we pray?

In this episode Bishop Greer Godsey (Old Catholic), Rev. Marc Trimm (MCC), Dylan De Aguero (MCC) and Mr. Matthew Schnabel discuss what the Bible sa...

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