The Wayside Podcast

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Happy New Year! We're excited that you're joining us in 2023. To start off the new year, listen to a sermon by Eric Priest -  our Lay Associate Pastor - on a gospel reading from Luke 2. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org  

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast, and Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the season, Wesley and Ryan begin this episode by exchanging gifts. What could you possibly give to your fellow podcast host? One gift is given in the form of two readings by parishioner David Stockwell, a long-time member of St. Martin's and member of the Parish Choir. We hope you've enjoyed listening to The Ways...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For our last Sunday in Advent, Rev. Levenson teaches on Mary, the mother of Jesus, and how her story shows that we are favored in God's sight. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week is the third and final part of our conversation with Fleming Rutledge on the season of Advent. If you've listened to the last two episodes, Fleming has walked us through the purpose and meaning of Advent, followed by the apocalyptic theology of the season. In this episode, Fleming brings us back to hope in the coming of Christ and concludes with...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In this week's sermon, the Rev. John D. Sundara - our Vicar for Worship and Evangelism - continues our "Keep Watch" series for Advent in our Riverway contemporary service. Rev. Sundara shares three ways for us to wait for Jesus' coming: waiting in patience, waiting on people, and waiting on the prize. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.s...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Today's episode is Part Two of our three-part conversation with Fleming Rutledge on Advent. Wesley, Ryan, and Fleming dive deep into the theology of the season of Advent, perhaps with a perspective you haven't heard before. Be sure to listen to last week's episode if you haven't already! ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepisco...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week's sermon comes from our Traditional service, given by Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., our Rector. Rev. Levenson shows us the hope that can be found in the Advent season and Jesus' coming, through the words of John the Baptist. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www.stmartinsepiscopal.org   Contact us: podcast@stmartinsepiscopal.org  

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! Today's episode is the first part of a three-part conversation between Wesley, Ryan, and Fleming Rutledge, a preacher, teacher, and author of several works on theology and contemporary culture. One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for twenty-one years in parish ministry, fourteen of them on the clergy...

Welcome back to the Wayside Podcast! This week's sermon comes from our Traditional Services. The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., our Rector, leads us into the first Sunday of the season of Advent - a season of waiting for Jesus' coming at Christmas. How do we respond to the adversity inherent in waiting on the Lord? And how does God meet us there? ----- Links: St. Martin’s website: www...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! We hope you're all having a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! In this episode, we welcomed back an old friend of St. Martin's, the Rev. Chris Bowhay. Rev. Bowhay served as an Associate Rector at St. Martin's from 2002 to 2006, and currently serves as the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Columbia, TN, where he has faithfully served since 2...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week's Sunday Sermon comes from our Riverway contemporary service, given by Rev. R. Wesley Arning, our Associate for Young Adult and Small Group Ministry. Not only does he cohost The Wayside Podcast, he also preaches every now and then! Rev. Arning reminds us that everything we do through our worship is in gratitude to God, our creator and provider. T...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, Rev. Wesley Arning sat down with our Rector, the Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., to talk about his recently released book, "Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush." The book is the untold, intimate, and eye-witness account of the character, integrity, service, faith, and dignity of former President George H...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! For this week's Sunday Sermon, listen as the Rev. Dr. Suse McBay - our Associate for Christian Education and Riverway - wraps up a series on Psalm 107 from our Riverway service called "Songs of the Redeemed." We hope you are reminded that God loves us deeply and that he never leaves us when we're in trouble. ----- Links: St. Martin’s website...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! In today's episode, Wesley is joined by the Rev. Dr. Suse McBay - our Associate for Christian Education and Riverway - and the Rev. Dr. Michael Lloyd. Dr. Lloyd is the Principal of Wycliffe Hall and was formerly the chaplain at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and the Chaplain and Director of Studies in Theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge Univ...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast!  We're excited to announce that we'll be publishing an additional episode of the podcast every week! Every Tuesday, you'll get to hear a wonderful sermon from one of our Sunday worship services. This week's episode is a sermon from our Rector, The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., who preached in our Riverway service on Psalm 107 as part of...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! This week, our rector - The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr. - sat down with Max Lucado, a long-time friend of St. Martin's. Max is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He faithfully serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. We hope you enjoy their conversation!...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast!  This week's episode rounds out our four-week series on Christian hope. You'll hear Wesley's conversations with two of our wonderful parishioners - Joy Hilley and Daniel Poon - followed by a short series wrap-up with Wesley and Ryan.  We're so grateful for everyone who has joined us on this podcasting journey so far. If you're enjoying...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast! We are excited to welcome a special guest to today's episode. Peggy Determeyer, Ph. D., is the Director of CARES (Caregiving, Aging, Resilience, Ethics, And Spirituality) at the Hope and Healing Center and Institute. Founded in 2011, HHCI is an expression of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church’s vision to minister to those broken by life’s circumstances and a di...

Welcome back to The Wayside Podcast at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, TX! This week, we're continuing our four-part series on Christian hope! Our hosts - Ryan Presly and The Rev. R Wesley Arning - are joined by two members of our wonderful clergy at St. Martin's: The Revs. Jane P. Ferguson and Sharron L. Cox. We're grateful to them for sharing their thoughts and expe...

Welcome to the first full episode of The Wayside Podcast, a new ministry of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, TX! Our hosts, Ryan Presly and The Rev. R. Wesley Arning, kick off a four-part series on hope in this episode. What does hope look like in the context of a Christian life? What does the Bible have to say about hope? Stay tuned every week on Thursdays for a new episode! ----- L...

We're incredibly excited to introduce The Wayside Podcast, a new ministry of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, TX! In this introductory episode, you'll get to know our hosts: Ryan Presly and the Rev. R. Wesley Arning. They also walk us through the ideas and conversations that the podcast originated from, as well as the meaning behind the name of it. Stay tuned for more episo...