The Wayside Podcast

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In a very special bonus episode, the Rev. John Sundara - our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism - sat down with the Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. During this wonderful conversation recorded in October 2022, John and Ephraim engage with the idea of givenness, what it means to be human, a...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! "Jesus tells us that the reception of God's word is determined by the condition of our heart." Open your hearts this week to Rev. Keyworth's words about the parable of the sower from Matthew 13. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, our Rector, Dr. Levenson, walks us through one of the most unbelievable phrases in Paul's letters: there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Since we started this show last October, we've been fortunate to produce 35 episodes of incredible conversation with some wonderful guests and friends. Before we take a brief break for the summer, Wesley and Ryan reflect on the completion of our "Beauty Will Save the World" series, as well as some reflections (with sound clips) on their favorite...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Listen as Rev. Cox takes us through a new beginning with Paul's words in Romans 6. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In the episode, we continue our conversation with Rev. Dr. Mark Clavier from last week. Last week, we identified the problem keeping us from embracing the beauty of Christ: the religion of consumerism.  To lead us toward the solution to this problem, Rev. Clavier helps us envision the Church’s call to be a community of delight in a consumeristic world. And with...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Following a three-week series in our Riverway service about the Holy Spirit, Wesley walks us through the season after Pentecost known as "Ordinary Time." How does the Holy Spirit move and work in our lives in ways that might not seem extraordinary? ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepi...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For the final two episodes in our "Beauty Will Save the World" series, Wesley and Ryan spoke with Rev. Dr. Mark Clavier about practical ways that individuals , communities, and churches are embracing this call to share the beauty of Christ with the world. Our guest today has a stark message about the consumeristic world we live in, but also a delightf...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Using the words of Galatians 5, Rev. Sundara - our Chaplain to the St. Martin's Episcopal Preschool -  invites us to sow the seeds of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Wesley and Ryan sat down with Shawn Welling, Regional Representative with Plant With Purpose, to talk about the beauty within restoration and global mission. Plant With Purpose is a non-denominational, international, Christian organization operating at the intersection of poverty alleviation, environmental restoration, and spiritual renewal. The organization se...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For the second week in Riverway's "Breath of Heaven" series focusing on the Holy Spirit, Eric uses the Great Commission in Matthew 28 to show us how the Holy Spirit draws us toward Christlikeness. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast!  In today's episode, Wesley and Ryan interviewed Rev. Dr. Kristine Blaess. Dr. Blaess grew up in Bozeman, Montana where she enjoyed hiking and skiing. She received a BA in Music (Organ) from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. After seminary, Kristine and her husband Michael...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! On Pentecost Sunday - the day in which we celebrate the Holy Spirit's descent on the apostles after Jesus' resurrection and ascension into heaven - Rev. Ferguson opens our hearts and minds to who the Holy Spirit is in our lives. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! To continue our "Beauty Will Save the World" series, Wesley and Ryan spoke with with musicians and good friends Jon Guerra and Daniel Kohavi. Jon is a gifted singer-songwriter who writes, as he describes it: “devotional music that is attending to the soul and listening for God.” Jon is based in Austin, TX, and he has recorded a number of studio albums...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! On the final Sunday of the Easter season - and the first Sunday after the Ascension - Rev. Graham shares one of the most unique passages in the Bible: a conversation in prayer between Jesus and the Father from John 17. Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In 2 Samuel chapter 6, King David danced for joy before the entire city of Jerusalem as the ark of God was brought to reside in the city. To continue our "Beauty Will Save the World" series, we brought in a professional dancer to talk about the importance of the art of dance and how we can glorify God through it. Laura Hilley is a classically trained...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! On a very special Mother's Day, Dr. Suse McBay preached in our Traditional services for the final time - 8 years to the day since her ordination in the Episcopal church. As Suse prepares to leave her role at St. Martin's, she reflects on the words of 1 Peter 3 and what it means to do good in God's name - without fear. ----- Links: St. Martin’s we...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, our Rector Dr. Levenson tackled one of the most important questions in the Christian life: what do we believe about life after death? Dr. Levenson uses our faith and the words of John 14 as our guide to the answer. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In the world of the visual arts, an icon is a work depicting an important person or image in the Christian faith. Icons can include everything from various saints and early church fathers and mothers To biblical scenes and images of Christ himself. For many Christians, these images aren’t just artworks – they are sacred images meant to be used in acts of worshi...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! "You show me someone who has changed, I'll show you someone who walks with a limp." Hear guest preacher Jim Jackson's powerful message from Genesis 32 - the story of Jacob and Esau. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! Have you ever been awestruck at the beauty of creation? Maybe it was the colors of a sunset or the vastness of the ocean. Have you been inspired by a piece of music, or “drawn in” by a particular work of art? What is that in each of us that longs for something bigger than ourselves? As we continue the theme of last week’s conversation about a new Christian Rena...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! On the second Sunday of the Easter season, Rev. Levenson - our Rector - reminds us of our deep need of God and his love. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! "Beauty will save the world..." This quote from Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky serves as the title and theme of our new series. This week we experience week one of the “Great Fifty” – for us, Easter Sunday is a feast day that merely kicks off fifty great days of rejoicing, celebration and joyful thanksgiving – from the darkness of Good Friday and...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For the second Sunday of the Easter season, Rev. Lisa R. Neilson - our Vicar for Pastoral Care - spoke of the story of Jesus returning to his disciples after his resurrection in John 20. Much like the disciple Thomas, and the band U2, we often find ourselves saying "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." ----- Links: St. Martin’s websi...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! DISCLAIMER: Due to connection issues with our Zoom call, the audio quality for this episode isn't quite up to our usual standards. Wesley and Ryan welcomed a special guest to the show this week: Shellie Rushing Tomlinson. Shellie is a multi-published author, speaker, and farmer’s wife. After more than a decade in radio, Shellie now hosts The Story Table po...