The Wayside Podcast

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...

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...