Your Week with St. Luke’s

What happens when the Holy Spirit interrupts ordinary life? In this Pentecost episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastors Corey and Melissa dive into Acts 2:1–21 and explore how God’s Spirit transformed fearful disciples into a courageous, compassionate community that carried the story of Jesus into the world. Together, they reflect on the meaning of Pentecost as more than a dramatic moment of w...

What do we do with the parts of our story we wish we could undo? In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastors Corey and Melissa reflect on one of the most tender and human moments in the Gospel of John: the resurrected Jesus meeting Peter beside a breakfast fire in John 21:15–19. After denial, shame, and failure, Peter expects judgment—but instead receives grace, restoration, and a...

In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastors Corey and Melissa reflect on John 21 and the powerful post-resurrection moment when Jesus meets his disciples in the midst of their ordinary lives—after a long, fruitless night of fishing—and quietly serves them breakfast on the shore. Their conversation explores how resurrection isn’t just found in dramatic or extraordinary moments, but...

Is doubt the opposite of faith? In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we continue our Eastertide journey through “Love University” in the Commons, exploring what it means to live as a resurrection community through the story of Thomas in John 20:24–29. In a thoughtful and engaging conversation, Pastors Corey, Jad, and Melissa reflect on Thomas’s so-called “doubt,” reframing it not a...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, St. Luke’s Pastors Corey, Jad, and Melissa reflect on John 20:19–23, exploring how the risen Jesus meets the disciples in their fear, speaks peace into their anxiety, and immediately sends them out with the gift of the Holy Spirit and the responsibility of forgiveness. The conversation highlights the movement from fear to joy, from disorientation to pu...

In this special episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad is joined by St. Lukers Dayani Fernando and Mark Niederman for an honest and hope-filled conversation marking Autism Awareness Month—while inviting listeners to move beyond awareness toward true acceptance. Through personal stories and faith-centered reflection, they explore the wide spectrum of autism, the challenges families face,...

In this Eastertide episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastors Corey, Jad, and Melissa reflect on Luke 24:36–49, exploring the powerful moment when the risen Jesus appears to his disciples—speaking peace into their fear even as they struggle with doubt. Through honest conversation, they unpack the tension of believing in something that feels “too good to be true,” highlighting how Jesus meets th...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, the pastors kick off our new Eastertide series, The Commons, reflecting on Luke 24 and the story of the road to Emmaus, exploring what it means to live as a resurrection community. As two disciples walk in confusion, grief, and disappointment, the risen Jesus meets them along the way—though they do not recognize him at first. Through their conversation...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, the final episode of our Lenten series Crossroads, pastors Corey, Melissa, and Jad invite us into the depth and significance of Holy Week as more than just a lead-up to Easter, but as the very heart of the Christian story. Walking through the movement from Palm Sunday to the Last Supper, the cross, and the stillness of Holy Saturday, they reflect on ho...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad reflects on the Palm Sunday story from Matthew 21 as the culmination of the Lenten Crossroads series, inviting listeners to wrestle with the tension between expectation and the way of Jesus. While the crowds shout the right words— “Hosanna” and “Son of David”—they misunderstand the kind of king Jesus is, expecting power and triumph while he...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we continue our Lenten series, Crossroads, by exploring John 11 and the powerful story of the raising of Lazarus. Pastor Jad reflects on how the story unfolds less as a miracle tale and more as a series of conversations that reveal who Jesus is, culminating in his declaration, “I am the resurrection and the life.” As Martha, Mary, and their grieving co...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we explore John 9 and the story of Jesus healing the man born blind through the lens of our Lenten series Crossroads and this week's theme: Learning to See Differently. What begins as a story about physical sight becomes a deeper reflection on perception, assumptions, and spiritual openness. As the man who was blind gradually recognizes who Jesus is, t...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad explores the powerful encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4:5–42, a story that unfolds at the crossroads of culture, theology, and human division. As part of our Lenten journey, this lesson reveals how Jesus intentionally crosses boundaries of ethnicity, gender, and religion to reveal God’s living water to someone society...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad explores Gospel of John 3:1–17 through Jesus’ nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, inviting listeners to reflect on what it means to be “born from above.” Unpacking the rich symbolism and double meanings in John’s Gospel: light and darkness, wind and Spirit, lifting up and exaltation, the episode examines how sincere faith can coexist with...

In this special episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad launches the Lenten series called Crossroads with a reflection on Matthew 4:1–11, where Jesus faces temptation in the wilderness. Framed as “Love 101: Resisting False Power,” the episode explores how Jesus, freshly named God’s beloved Son at his baptism, is tested not in his identity but in what that identity means. Drawing connectio...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad invites listeners to step thoughtfully into the season of Lent by exploring the meaning and history of Ash Wednesday. Tracing Lent’s roots to the early church as a season of communal preparation, repentance, and renewal, he explains the biblical symbolism of ashes as signs of mortality and truth-telling before God. Reflecting on Matthew 6, P...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, all four pastors come together to explore what it truly means to lead our lives as disciples of Jesus in everyday, ordinary life. Rooted in 2 Peter 1 (from The Message), the conversation reflects on discipleship as transformation rather than perfection; faith that moves from belief into embodied practice through God’s grace. Using rich Wesleyan imagery...

This episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s continues the Love University journey by exploring what it truly means to love God through worship, using Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. Together, all 4 St. Luke’s pastors unpack how Jesus reframes worship away from arguments about the “right” place or style and toward worshiping God in spirit and truth—something commun...

This episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s invites listeners into a reflection on what it truly means to live God’s story in community. As part of the Love University series, Pastor Melissa and Pastor Jad explore Acts 2:42–47, one of the earliest snapshots of the church, highlighting practices of teaching, prayer, shared meals, generosity, and deep connection. Their conversation unpacks how these s...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we kick off the new year and introduce Love University, St. Luke’s 2026 theme centered on learning to live, love, and lead like Jesus. 3 of our pastors (Jenn, Corey, and Jad) explore St. Luke’s discipleship rhythm—Learn, Live, Love, Lead—and why deep engagement with scripture matters for faithful, thoughtful Christian living today. Drawing from Deutero...

As Christmas Eve approaches, Pastors Jen, Jad, and Melissa invite listeners to look beyond the familiar glow of candles and carols and rediscover the deeper, incarnational meaning of this holy night. Rooted in Isaiah’s promise of light in the darkness and the grounded reality of Luke 2, this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s reflects on a God who does not arrive in perfection or comfort, but en...

As Advent draws to a close and we approach the Sunday of Joy, this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s explores a surprising path to joy through Joseph’s often-overlooked annunciation in Matthew 1. St. Luke’s pastors Jenn, Jad, and Melissa reflect on how Joseph, a righteous man shaped by duty, expectation, and responsibility, is invited to loosen his grip, trust God’s work, and say yes to a story...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, pastors Jenn, Jad, and Melissa take us into the theme of love through the story of Mary visiting Elizabeth in Luke 1. Reflecting on the moment when Elizabeth feels John leap in her womb, they discuss how the presence of Christ brings confirmation, transformation, and a deep sense of God’s love that moves from head to heart. Drawing connections to John...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, pastors Jenn, Jad, and Melissa explore the theme of peace through Luke 1 and Mary’s encounter with the angel Gabriel. They share personal reflections on seeking peace amid life’s chaos, discuss Mary’s courageous trust and agency, and wonder about the spiritual shaping that prepared her to say “yes” to God’s call. Drawing connections to the season, dail...

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we launch our new Advent series, A REEL Christmas: You Can’t Make This Up, exploring how beloved Christmas films help us make sense of a world that often feels unbelievable—yet the hope God offers is even more extraordinary. Pastors Jenn, Melissa, and Jad reflect on Isaiah 9, the theme of hope, and the surprising promise that God’s light enters the wor...