On Worship: Surprised By Light
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA podcast about worship, spiritual habits, and being human. We are all made to worship, and what we worship shapes us and transforms us. This podcast examines and explores healthy Christ-focused worship.
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Episodes
Year B: Second Sunday after Epiphany (Ordinary Time) - Scripture and Reflection with KC Ireton
January 12, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Second Sunday after Epiphany (Ordinary Time) from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Reflection with guest K.C. Ireton, author of several book including The Circle of Seasons. You can find out more about K.C. Ireton here and more about her books and writing here. 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51 Additional reflection by the host, Ricky Blaha and K.C Ireton. The music used during the reading and...
Year B: Fourth Sunday of Advent - Scriptures Only
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.82 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Fourth Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Luke 1:46b-55 Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Artist Name: Philip Daniel Song Name: What Child Is This (Instrumental) License#: 5941550304 Artist Name: Goldfinch Song Name: The Dimming (Instrumental) License#: 9349039311 Scripture quot...
Year B: Third Sunday of Advent - with Scriptures and Reflection
December 16, 2023 23:00 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Third Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Psalm 126 Luke 1:46b-55 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 Additional reflection by the host, Ricky Blaha. The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Artist Name: Matthew L. Fisher Song Name: Immanuel (Instrumental) License #: 2314446285 Artist Name: Beren Song Name: Heaven (Instrumental) ...
Year B: Third Sunday of Advent - Scripture Only
December 16, 2023 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Third Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Psalm 126 Luke 1:46b-55 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Artist Name: Matthew L. Fisher Song Name: Immanuel (Instrumental) License #: 2314446285 Artist Name: Beren Song Name: Heaven (Instrumental) License#: 3255868980 Artist Name: Nova Song Nam...
Year B: Second Sunday of Advent with Scripture and Reflection
December 09, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Second Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 Additional reflection by the host, Ricky Blaha. The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Artist Name: Brilliant Sky Song Name: Comfort In Sadness (Instrumental) License#: 9938905913 Artist Name: Brilliant Sky Song Name: Travel Light (Instrumental) Licen...
Year B: Second Sunday of Advent - Scriptures Only
December 07, 2023 07:00 - 7 minutes - 4.89 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the Second Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Artist Name: Brilliant Sky Song Name: Comfort In Sadness (Instrumental) License#: 9938905913 Artist Name: Brilliant Sky Song Name: Travel Light (Instrumental) License#: 9665738740 Scripture quotations marked CSB ...
Year B: First Sunday of Advent - Scriptures Only
December 01, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.88 MBThe scriptures for the Year B: the First Sunday of Advent from the Christian Standard Bible as read by Karlyn Blaha. Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from audiio.com. Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered tradem...
Year B: First Sunday of Advent - Scriptures and Reflection
December 01, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBThe first Sunday of Advent is this Sunday, December 3, 2023. This episode contains the scripture readings given in the Revised Common Lectionary as read from the Christian Standard Bible. Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 For further reflection on these passages, check out Debie Thomas’s essay one the website Journey with Jesus. The Scriptures were read by Karlyn Blaha. The music used during the reading and in the end were used with a license from aud...
Gather, Pray, & Eat with Eric McAllister
December 29, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBSunday Morning Songs is a collaborative project led by Eric McAllister. Eric has served in churches and church plants over the last 10+ years. God has blessed him with education and experience that fits his calling to lead and provide biblically rich music for the everyday life of the church. In an endeavor on Kickstarter, Eric has been raising money for the production of a couple EP albums for the church of Jesus. You can find that Kickstarter here: Gather, Pray, & Eat This interview i...
Debie Thomas: On Writing and the Lectionary
December 10, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBDebie Thomas is a writer and a spiritual director in her church in Palo Alto, CA. She is a regular essayist on the website Journey With Jesus and contributes for the blog Christian Century. I became familiar with her from her weekly essays that she shares on Journey With Jesus. Her essays are thoughtful and inspiring. I find them each week to be very helpful as I work to craft the liturgy at my church and as I prepare to lead our congregation in worship on Sunday. If you are interested in fo...
Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper
November 19, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBWith Advent less than two weeks away, the start of the new liturgical calendar year is right around the corner. If you are one who already follows that liturgical year or perhaps you are just dipping your toes in the water, Jenn Giles Kemper offers a wonderful resource to help you plan your days and weeks following the new liturgical calendar. Sacred Ordinary Days is a planner designed to help a curious or serious follower of Christ make the most out of their days. Jenn has been at this pr...
The Wonders of His Love with Champ Thornton
November 12, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBAdvent is only weeks away. Have you figured out how you might observe Advent this year with your family? Here is a great idea!! Use the new book The Wonders of His Love by Champ Thornton published by New Growth Press. In this very new episode of Surprised by Light we hear from Champ Thornton the author of this new Advent book. The episode is certainly worth the listen, and you will certainly want to get a copy of this book. Champ guides us through the Advent season helping us to anticipate...
Work and Worship with Matthew Kaemingk and guest co-host Bob Bixby
March 03, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBEvery Sunday workers from many different places and vocations gather together to worship, and yet are the leaders of our churches really recognizing that through them the work of the commission of Christ taking place right in front of them? In the book Work and Worship, Matthew Kaemingk and Cory Wilson make a compelling case that church leaders, pastors and worship leaders, often create a unhelpful disconnect between what church members do each day and what they do when they gather to worshi...
Baptists and Liturgy, Lent and the Lectionary with Matthew Wireman
February 23, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBIf you are a baptist or have grown up in a baptist(ic) church the terms "liturgy", "lent", and "lectionary" might be a bit foreign to you. If you have heard of them at all, it might have actually been in a negative or cautionary context. In this episode, we hear from Matthew Wireman who is a pastor of a Christ the Redeemer, a baptist church in Greenville SC, that utilizes the lectionary as a guide throughout the year and even observes Lent. Intrigued? I hope so. This conversation will be h...
Every Moment Holy with Douglas McKelvey
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBDouglas McKelvey, composer, storyteller and author of the book Every Moment Holy (volume 1 & 2) joins me in this episode for a conversation about his story and the story behind writing these incredible volumes. Doug and I talk about story and liturgy is a surprisingly helpful mechanism that helps us know how to worship in the ordinary moments of life, whether they are silly, joy filled, or sorrowful. Every Moment, when understood as being given and ordained by God, is holy. This is an ep...
What Happens When We Worship with Jonathan Landry Cruse
February 05, 2021 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBIn a very foundational and accessible book, Jonathan Cruse lays out a very helpful understanding of worship especially as it relates to congregational worship . In the book What Happens When We Worship, Jonathan walks us through the theology of worship, the anatomy of worship in the church and practical applications as we try and implement these principles into our lives. Jonathan in the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, MI. He enjoys writing as well as composing new h...
What Happens When We Worship with Jonathan Landry Cruse
February 05, 2021 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBIn a very foundational and accessible book, Jonathan Cruse lays out a very helpful understanding of worship especially as it relates to congregational worship . In the book What Happens When We Worship, Jonathan walks us through the theology of worship, the anatomy of worship in the church and practical applications as we try and implement these principles into our lives. Jonathan in the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, MI. He enjoys writing as well as composing new h...
The Church: A Place to be Human
January 29, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBRight in the center of Silicon Valley, the fountain of technology and digital life a few pastors come together to discuss what it is for the church to be a "place to be human." If that resonates with you or maybe it seems a little strange. This conversation dives into the discussion of what it is to be human, and why the church is the place that God intended for humans to not be more digital, but rather it is the place where we realize both what we were made to be as well as what God is re...
Analog Church: Questions and Answers with Jay Kim (part 2)
January 26, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBIn Episode 3, Jay Kim talks about his new book Analog Church. He shared about writing the book as well as his experience as he has been able to apply the concepts and ideas in his own life and ministry. In this episode, I am joined with several other pastors as they ask Jay questions about how to apply the principles and ideas in his book to preaching, evangelism and community. Jay and this small group of local pastors explore what Analog Church looks like in what we would consider to be "...
Analog Church: Interview with Jay Kim (part 1)
January 22, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBWho would have thought just a year and a half ago a book called Analog Church would end up being almost immediately obsolete upon publication... or maybe instead critically vital to understanding healthy church life today in the midst of a year long pandemic. My guest in Episode 3 is Jay Kim, pastor, teacher and author of the new book Analog Church. Jay shares of wealth of helpful insights in his book, and I was more than honored that he took the time to sit down with me and talk with me ...
Biblical Theology and Worship with Chris Bruno and Gabe Zepeda
January 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBIn this conversation, I sit down with Chris Bruno and Gabe Zepeda and discuss Biblical Theology and worship. Chris is a professor of theology at Bethlehem Seminary and Gabe is a recent graduate of Bethlehem and is currently working on his ThM. Chris has written several books about Biblical Theology: Biblical Theology According to the Apostles The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses More information about the work that Chris Bruno and his famil...
Surprised By Light: The Introduction
January 15, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe idea behind this podcast has been rolling around in my brain for sometime now, but it is because of the time that I was given to study the topic of WORSHIP more in depth during the pandemic that I was able to really have a focus and a vision for Surprised By Light. Taken from the the hymn written by William Cowper, surprised by light references the effect that the power of God has on a broken and desperate soul as the glory of God and the gospel pierce through the fog and gloom of a si...