[Content guidance: This episode mentions suicide. Please listen with care.]

I was so grateful to sit down with Bishop Lanette Plambeck to explore what she’s learned about life, death, and community through personal experiences and faith. From sharing deeply personal stories about my father to discussing how tragedy unites communities, Lanette offers profound wisdom and genuine insight. Our conversation spans a variety of topics including the importance of expressing kindness, the complexities of grief, and hopes for a more united world. Reflecting on how shared experiences shape us, this episode emphasizes the sacredness of human connection and the enduring impact of love and service.

Bishop Lanette Plambeck was elected a bishop of The United Methodist Church in 2022. She earned her B.A.in Religious Studies and Political Science. After serving in the United States Army as an Intelligence Analyst, she worked as an executive and therapist for public and not-for-profit agencies. In 2001 she completed her Master of Divinity degree and in 2013, she received a Doctor of Ministry. She’s served in rural, county, and urban centers and in extension ministry as a college chaplain. Banding together with military veterans she founded SoldierOn, a redemptive and restorative ministry with soldiers addressing moral trauma and the tragedy of war. She launched Sister-to-Sister, a mental health and soul care ministry for trauma survivors who were harmed by rape, abuse, and/or incest. In 2015, Plambeck was awarded the Athena Leadership Award, from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for attaining the highest level of professional excellence, contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and actively assisting others, particularly women, in realizing their fullest potential. Her ecumenical, interfaith, and community engagements provide opportunities to know, walk with, and serve veterans, the homeless, the addicted, children-at-risk, folks doing the arduous work of recovery, and survivors of violence as she seeks to seek, see and serve the least of these (Matthew 25).

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