On Pentecost Sunday, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons reflects on Acts 2 and the miracle of unity born through the Spirit. Drawing an unexpected parallel to a lost typeface tossed into the Thames, he explores how human pride fractures what God makes beautiful—and how, through the Spirit, God stoops down to restore us. This is a message of community, forgiv…

In Psalm 42, the psalmist cries out from the depths of despair, longing for the presence of God. In a world filled with chaos, confusion, and silence, what do we do when the old answers don't work and hope feels far off? This week, we reflect on spiritual thirst, memory, exile, and the deep that calls to deep—even when God seems hidden. Join us as …

On this Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day, we explore how the Holy Spirit speaks truth—not just to individuals, but through community. In a world of confusion and crisis, especially for young men and fathers, Jesus promises a Guide who leads us into all truth. This week, we reflect on how the Spirit animates our lives together, calling us not to with…

On this Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day, we explore how the Holy Spirit speaks truth—not just to individuals, but through community. In a world of confusion and crisis, especially for young men and fathers, Jesus promises a Guide who leads us into all truth. This week, we reflect on how the Spirit animates our lives together, calling us not to with…

Hear Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons sermon from June 1, 2025 In a world pulled apart by division, Jesus prays for unity. This sermon from Peachtree Christian Church explores John 17 and the radical call to solidarity, connection, and love—not based on sameness, but rooted in the heart of God. Discover how Scripture, worship, and service can form us into …

Send us a text It’s the final episode before Talk Paper Scissors takes a break until September and we have one of the best with us today, talking all about accessibility in digital publishing. Laura Brady is an accessible publishing expert who works with eBound Canada, the Accessible Books Consortium, the International Publishers Association, and A…

Send us a text Let’s make magic! In this episode you’ll hear about Diana’s latest collaborative making project (that could involve you!) called Making Magic; a collection of creativity kits that anyone can use to experience a bit of everyday joy and wonder. You’ll hear about the first batch of kits ready to share (Upcycled Zine Kits), as well as th…

When the present feels heavy with cynicism, Revelation offers a hopeful vision of God’s future—a city of light, healing, and welcome. Discover how we can become thin places where heaven and earth meet, right here and now.#VisionOfHope #NewHeavenNewEarth #Revelation21 #PeachtreeChristian #ThinPlaces #FaithInTheCity #GodsPromise #HopeForTheFuture #Ch…

Send us a text A home for zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about the exciting medium of zines where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. This is the 4th and final episode in the series, featuring the Toronto Zine Library. The Toronto Zine Library & Archive (TZL) is…

Send us a text Yesssss zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about the exciting medium of zines where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. This is the 3rd of 4 episode in the series, featuring Sisley Mark. Sisley is a Chicago-based artist and creative. She primarily wor…

Multiplying Ministry: A Centennial Celebration of Calling As Peachtree Christian Church celebrates 100 years, we hear from homegrown ministers whose lives were shaped by its mission. This is more than a look back—it's a Spirit-led call to carry the gospel forward. These are early days. #MultiplyingMinistry Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral …

Send us a text Zines! Zines! Hooray for Zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about the exciting medium of zines where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. This is the 2nd of 4 episode in the series, featuring Hannah and Sarah of Feels Zine. In this episode, you’ll hear…

Send us a text Welcome to a 4-part publishing series all about the world of zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about this exciting medium where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. First up we have Ioana Simion, who is an artist-educator and facilitator based London.…

Rev. Dr. Sam Wells brings a prophetic and hopeful word to Peachtree Christian Church, challenging us to rethink our place in God’s unfolding story. What if the Church isn’t in decline, but just getting started? This is a message for every believer hungry for renewal, purpose, and a bigger imagination for the future. #SamWells #EarlyChurchVision #Pe…

Send us a text Meet emerging typeface designers, Paulina Marin and Darrab Qureshi! Paulina designed a typeface called Funky Pants and Darrab designed an Arabic typeface called Qalam in GCM 806 Advanced Typography at Toronto Metropolitan University. In the following conversation, you'll get to hear about each typeface. You'll also hear their perfect…

In a powerful message on faith and perseverance, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons reminds us that God’s promises often come through seasons of pain—but they are never smaller than our suffering. This sermon invites us to trust, to hope, and to keep walking forward. #JarrodLongbons #PeachtreeChristianChurch #FaithAndPerseverance #ChristianHope #GodsPromises…

Send us a text Welcome to a thought-provoking and paradigm-shifting conversation with James McCrae, author, poet, and teacher who empowers creators to live with purpose and turn imagination into reality. In this conversation you’ll hear how James’ career has always been rooted in both art and writing, including his navigation through various facets…

Send us a text Today we have educator, storyteller and Toronto tourism go-to, Alex Sein @BeardedProf416. In this conversation, you’ll hear Alex’s story of becoming a Torontonian, including his link to graffiti culture in the city and how he accidentally became intwined in this community. You’ll hear about the history of graffiti, why it matters and…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING John 20:19-31 When it was evening on that day, the…

Send us a text Today’s conversation features Paige Deasley, photographer, storyteller, and creative strategist passionate about helping people reconnect with nature. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Paige’s life that exists at the intersection of nature and creativity. You’ll hear how she handles working remotely while immersing herself in n…

Send us a text Today we have the one, the only, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., an American printer, book artist and papermaker who has been puttin’ ink on paper since 1949. He is a citizen printer, which you’ll hear much more about very soon. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Amos’ incredible book, Citizen Printer, including how it came to be, what …

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, w…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Philippians 2:5-11 Let the same mind be in you tha…

Send us a text Today’s guest is internet artist, Nolen Royalty. He's interested in getting strangers to interact over the internet in unusual ways and in pushing mundane technology to its limits. Projects of his include stranger video (a website that shows you live, silent video of a stranger's face until one of you blinks), One Million Checkboxes …

Send us a text Could you collaborate to make an award-winning professional short film with a team from start to finish in just 48 hours? Our guest today has done just that! James Rowan is a technologist, educator, and researcher working at the intersection of film, television, and emerging technology. You’ll hear James talk about the ways in which …

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READINGJohn 12:1–8 Six days before Passover Jesus came to …

Send us a text Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer and musician, known in typographic circles thanks to his time as Creative Director of Adobe Typekit, founder of typography magazine 8 Faces, and for his recent collaboration with Google that lead to the creation of Google Fonts Knowledge. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Elliot’s prolific career…

Send us a text Welcome to 250th episode of Talk Paper Scissors where I celebrate YOU the listeners, chat about podcasting milestones and share info about the upcoming release of my book called Brave Creative Human: Reframe imposter syndrome, embrace failure and be unapologetically you, with the foreword written by the one and only Drag Artist & Cre…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READING Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The tax collectors and sinners …

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READING Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some prese…

Send us a text From actionable leadership strategies to creative direction to AI, this episode is for all of the creative change makers! In this conversation, you’ll hear from creative leader, Vince Wanga, author of "The Art of Direction” with a distinguished two-decade career. He shares the benefits of long-term goal setting and he shares his next…

Send us a text Have you ever dressed up as a life-sized paper doll, used a typewriter in a public bathroom or traveled to multiple continents to learn more about sheep? Meet Kara Dunne, who has done all of the above and more in the name of art. In this conversation, you’ll learn more about why and how many artistic modalities are part of Kara’s art…

Send us a text Today’s guest is Rosie Meleady, Irish author and my first cousin once removed! Rosie is currently having a fabulous midlife crisis in Italy, running women’s writing retreats in Italy twice a year, and hosting women solo travellers and creatives in her Umbrian villa guest house. She writes humorous living memoir and humorous fiction. …

Send us a text This 3 part mini-series features 3 designers who bring different kinds of magazines to life. In this third and final episode, we have Creative Director and magazine designer, Kyle Scrhuder. In this conversation, Kyle straddles the line between printed magazines and digital magazines. You’ll also hear about a project early in Kyle’s c…

+SCRIPTURE READING Luke 13:31-35 At that time some Pharisees came to him and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the f…

Send us a text This 3 part mini-series features 3 designers who bring different kinds of magazines to life. In this second episode, we have Alexandra Golubeva, Designer at Readymag! In this conversation, Alexandra takes us through what Readymag is all about, as well as a series of projects that showcase the platform’s capabilities. You’ll better un…

Send us a text This 3 part mini-series features 3 designers who bring different kinds of magazines to life. First up we have Art Director and Issues Magazine Shop owner, Nicola Hamilton! In this conversation, you’ll hear Nicola share what it means to work on projects that manifest in print, as well as how she approaches the design of Serviette maga…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READING Luke 4:1-13 Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus retu…

Send us a text This is the third and final episode in a 3-part mini series about exploring creative education, both as a noun and a verb; new ways of thinking about assessments, grading and ungrading with 3 brilliant educators who work and teach in the spaces of communication, design, creativity, art and art therapy. In this episode, you’ll hear fr…

Send us a text This is the second episode in a 3-part mini series about exploring creative education, both as a noun and a verb; new ways of thinking about assessments, grading and ungrading with 3 brilliant educators who work and teach in the spaces of communication, design, creativity, art and art therapy. In this episode, you’ll hear from resear…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Luke 9:28-36 About eight days after he said this, …

Last year Spotify launched a big update to the app: a new typeface. For most of us, changing fonts is easy. It’s just a dropdown menu away. But creating a whole new typeface and then rolling it out across 45 unique platforms, and over 2,000 types of devices spread across 200 brands – that’s not so simple. This brand new font is called Spotify Mix a…

Send us a text This is the first episode in a 3-part mini series about exploring creative education, both as a noun and a verb; new ways of thinking about assessments, grading and ungrading with 3 brilliant educators who work and teach in the spaces of communication, design, creativity, art and art therapy. First up is Dom Prevost, Group Creative D…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READING 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 But someone will ask, …

Send us a text From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Natalie Annabelle. Name: Lora Release Date: 2022 Designers: Cyreal, (Type Designer) Alexei Vanyash…

Send us a text From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Sam Weinberg. Name: Eurostile Release Date: 1962 Designer: Aldo Novarese Classification: Geometric…

Send us a text From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Joanne Liao. Name: Abhaya Libre Release Date: 2015 Designer: Sol Matas Classification: Serif Owned…

Send us a text From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Matthew Karton. Name: Lexend Release Date: 2019 Designers: Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Linnea Lundquist, …

Send us a text From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Darrab Qureshi. Name: Georgia Release Date: 1996 Designer: Matthew Carter Classification: Transiti…

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READING Luke 6:17-26 He came down with them and stood on a …