The Wayside Podcast
A ministry of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, TX. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 266
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr. - "Grant Us Faith to Be Such Fools"
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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 infinit…
Episode #024: Life's U-Turns
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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 abl…
Episode #023: The Geography of Holy Week with Dr. Cyndi Parker, Part Two
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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…
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr. - "Come Out! And Live Again...!"
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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 th…
Episode #022: The Geography of Holy Week with Dr. Cyndi Parker, Part One
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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 Israe…
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Suse McBay - "Man Looks on the Outside... God Looks at the Heart""
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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…
Episode #021: Destroying Pittsburgh for a Cookie (and Marriage in General) with Rev. Dr. Frank Wade
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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 …
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr. - "Why... When... What..."
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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…
Episode #020: He Gets Us
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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 …
Sunday Sermon: Rev. John D. Sundara - "A Trinitarian Salvation"
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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…
Episode #019: Freedom in Forgiveness with Rev. Sharron Cox
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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 Minis…
Sunday Sermon: Rt. Rev. Mike Hill - "Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places"
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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. Mar…
Episode #018: Practical(ly) Lent
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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 A…
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Suse McBay - "How Can God Forgive the Unforgivable?"
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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…
Episode #017: A Closer Look at Paul: The Principalities and Powers
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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…
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr. - "The Good News of Jesus' Truth"
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Our Rector, Russ, preaches on the truth behind Jesus' word in the Gospels: He loves us perfectly, even in our imperfections.
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Episode #016: Getting Back to the Basics with the Rev. Dr. Christopher Beeley
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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…
Sunday Sermon: Rev. Alex D. Graham III - "Jesus Christ and Him Crucified"
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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 Co…
Episode #015: Would You Baptize an AI?
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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 …
Sunday Sermon: The Rev. Dr. Christopher Beeley - "The Beatitudes"
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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'…