Podcast Episodes
Back to Search(From the Archives) Conniving Repentance — Aaron Thiessen
For the next several Sundays at River East—due to Table Sundays, new member testimonies, and the annual church picnic—we won't have new sermons to up…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Love in Conflict; Faith of Christ — Aaron Thiessen
On May 25, Aaron took a look at the political turmoil behind the letter to the Galatians, and the emotions it seems to be stirring up in the Apostle …
11 months ago
Love Beyond Boundaries: The Council of Jerusalem's Call to Grace — Charlotte Kroeker
On May 18, Charlotte used the image of a quilt as a way to enter the text of Acts 15:1-18—how both the early church and us today are being woven and …
11 months, 1 week ago
Centripetal Love? Or Centrifugal Love? — Aaron Thiessen
On May 11, Aaron stretched the metaphor of "Love makes the world go 'round" to include Newtonian physics, and then mapped it onto the story of Philip…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Eagle Love and Stephen's Witness — Niigaan Sinclair
On May 4, 2025, we were pleased to welcome Niigaan Sinclair to speak with us on Acts 6:1-7:2a, and 44-60. Niigaan is an Anishinaabe writer, editor, a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Eagle-Eye Seeing on the Road to Emmaus — Mary Anne Isaak
On April 27, Mary Anne kicked off our exploration into Love this Eastertide—one of the Christian names for God, as well as one of the Seven Sacred Te…
1 year ago
Easter in a Time of Rupture — Mary Anne Isaak
On Easter Sunday, Mary Anne reflected on the ways that collective 'ruptures' affect our public life together. Be it the bombing of Hiroshima, 9/11, o…
1 year ago
Footwashing — Mary Anne Isaak
It's a short one this week.
At River East, it's our tradition to commemorate Christ's washing of the disciples' feet as part of our Palm Sunday servic…
1 year ago
Who Really Is Lost? — Jon Isaak
On April 6, Jon Isaak took us through the story of Zaccheus, the "wee little man in a tree." Beyond seeing this story as a charming tale for children…
1 year ago
The Parable of the Comfy Rich Man — Aaron Thiessen
On March 30, Aaron offered an unorthodox interpretation of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)... which didn't get recorded becau…
1 year, 1 month ago