The Wayside Podcast

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! He is Risen! For Easter Sunday, our Rector Dr. Levenson reminds us that the incredible story of Jesus' resurrection is so much more than a story: it is of infinite importance. Let us all be fools who believe wholeheartedly in the risen Christ.  ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.or...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! To round out the season of Lent, Wesley and Ryan sat down together during a special live event here at St. Martin's to discuss life's u-turns, and how God was able to anchor them through all the challenges and the change. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org Video recording...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! As we march onward toward Holy Week, we return to the second part of our conversation with Dr. Cyndi Parker. We've set the stage on the importance of place in the stories of the Bible; now, Dr. Parker takes us through Jesus' journey during Holy Week with some specific details and the unexpected beauty within them. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: ht...

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! As the Lenten season comes to a close and Holy Week is around the corner, our Rector Dr. Levenson showed us the coming hope we have in the resurrection through the story of Lazarus in John 11. Let the dry bones of our faith be raised to new life as in Ezekiel 37. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmarti...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This episode is the first of a two-part conversation with Dr. Cyndi Parker, an expert educator and writer specializing in the context of the Bible, trips to Israel, and Theology of Place. She is the creator of Narrative of Place, the host of the Context Matters podcast, and the Director of Education and Conversation at Resurrection Philadelphia. Join us as we d...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! The Rev. Dr. Suse McBay - our Associate for Christian Education and Riverway - preached this past Sunday on David's anointing in 1 Samuel 16. For the next king of Israel, God was looking for a someone with a pure and genuine heart, and he found it in David.  ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmarti...

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! Wesley and Ryan were joined by a very special guest this week: the Rev. Dr. Frank Wade. Dr. Wade, who has been a priest for 57 years, has served parishes in West Virginia and Washington D.C. He currently serves on the faculty at Virginia Theological Seminary, where Wesley himself studied for several years. Today, Dr. Wade shares his extensive knowledge and expe...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast!  For our third Sunday in Lent, Rev. Levenson tackles one of the most challenging questions in our faith: why do bad things happen to innocent people? Let the words of Paul in Romans 5 give you some clarity in these challenges.  -----  "Let nothing disturb you.  Nothing frighten you.  All things are passing.  God never changes.  Patience obtains all things....

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! He Gets Us. All Of Us. That's the simple message of the "He Gets Us" ad campaign, which millions of people first heard about after a pair of 30-second ads during this year's Super Bowl. Since then, a whirlwind of opinions have been swirling about the campaign, all across the political and theological spectrum. During this season of Lent - a...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For our second Sunday in Lent, Rev. Sundara preaches in our Riverway contemporary service on a very well known Gospel passage: John 3. What can we learn about our salvation from Nicodemus' conversation with Jesus? ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Continuing our discussions around the Lenten season, Wesley and Ryan were joined by Rev. Sharron Cox, our Associate for Outreach, Pastoral Care, and Women's Ministries. Faced with the wildness and abundance of God’s mercy, forgiveness, and reconciliation with us - something we talked about at length when exploring themes in the book of Jonah - what is our...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For our first sermon in the Lenten season, we welcomed the the Right Reverend Mike Hill, former Bishop of Bristol from 2003 to 2017 and longtime friend of St. Martin's. Rev. Hill preached on the story of Jesus temptation in the desert from Matthew 4, and reminded us of the power we have over temptation through the Holy Spirit. ----- Links: St. Martin’s web...

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! To begin the liturgical season of Lent, Wesley and Ryan are joined by the Revs. John D. Sundara - our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism - and Jane Ferguson - our Associate for Student and Family Ministries. Their discussion ranges from Lent at its best and worst to some meaningful spiritual practices to quiet our hearts and minds for the season.  ----- Links: St...

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! The ultimate impact of Jonah's story is in God forgiving the "unforgivable." In this week's Sunday Sermon, hear as Rev. McBay concludes Riverway's two-week series on the book of Jonah with a word from Jonah 3. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, Wesley and Ryan are joined by Stephen McBay. Stephen has a background in anthropology and physics and is currently a Ph. D. candidate at Trinity College Bristol under the supervision of Steve Walton. He is also married to one of St. Martin's very own: the Rev. Dr. Suse McBay. We hope you enjoy this spirited discussion on the writings of Paul. --...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Our Rector, Russ, preaches on the truth behind Jesus' word in the Gospels: He loves us perfectly, even in our imperfections. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! The Rev. John D. Sundara, our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism, joins the podcast once again to interview the Rev. Dr. Christopher Beeley, Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, TX. Dr. Beeley, who grew up attending St. Martin's, is an orthodox theologian and church leader and is well known as an accomplished pastor, preacher, author, and train...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Today's sermon was given by the Rev. Alex D. Graham III, our Associate for Children and Family Ministries. Rev. Graham preaches on Paul's profound words from 1 Corinthians 2. -----  Links:  St. Martin’s website: https://www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org  

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! We have an exciting episode for you this week! Wesley and Ryan are joined by two special guests: Tori Gilliland from St. John the Divine and Rev. Bradley Varnell from Christ Church Cathedral, both in Houston. The topic? Whether Christians and the Church should be wrestling with matters related to artificial intelligence. How far will our society take this progr...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, we were joined by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Beeley, Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, TX. Dr. Beeley, who grew up attending St. Martin's, is an orthodox theologian and church leader and is well known as an accomplished pastor, preacher, author, and trainer of new ministers. We hope you are spiritually filled this week by his teac...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! We're excited to welcome the Rev. Martin J. Bastian to the podcast this week. "Marty" serves as the Vice-Rector at St. Martin's, where he has served faithfully for over twenty years. His experiences with small groups during his young adulthood gave him a unique insight on their importance to the life of a church. Wesley and Ryan follow up th...

Welcome Back to The Wayside Podcast! The Riverway contemporary service began 2023 with a 5-week series about the Five Marks of Mission, calls by the Anglican Communion to do God's work in the world. This week, guest preacher Jim Jackson paints a picture of the third Mark: "to respond to human need by loving sacrifice." ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org  ...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In our first full episode of 2023, the Rev. John D. Sundara - our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism - sat down with Dr. Garwood Anderson. Dr. Anderson, or "Gar" as his friends call him, is the Dean of Nashotah House in Wisconsin, where he has served as faculty since 2007 and as Dean since 2017. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal....

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In this week's sermon, Rev. John D. Sundara - our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism - invites us to be comfortable in the presence of Jesus, who loves us perfectly despite our imperfections. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org  

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Our Rector, the Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., shared his first sermon of the new year with us this past Sunday. To start our year off right, Rev. Levenson asks us a simple question with a powerful answer. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org