Latest Saviour's Podcast Episodes
Episode 208: I Am The Man
Proclamation! - March 25, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutesProclamation! For the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Sunday, 19 March 2023 “I am The Man” Reverend Shelley McVea shares another miracle in lent. Jesus encounters a blind man and heals him in an unusual way: he mixes his spit with earth, mingling his godliness with the essence of the ear...
Episode 207: Living Water
Proclamation! - March 17, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutesProclamation! For the Third Sunday of Lent: Sunday, 12 March 2023 The Living Water Reverend Shelley McVea weaves an old testament and a new testament story together, to help us understand the role of water in a desert land. After fleeing Egypt the people of Israel wandered the deser...
Episode 206: For God So Loved the World
Proclamation! - March 07, 2023 00:00 - 40 secondsProclamation! For the Second Sunday of Lent: Sunday, 5 March 2023 Reverend Shelley McVea shares with us a most loved Bible verse, “For God so Loved the world” and not just part of the world but the whole world, so much that He sent his only Son to become an integral part of our world...
Episode 205: A Journey that Begins in the Wilderness
Proclamation! - February 28, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutesProclamation! For the First Sunday of Lent: Sunday, 26 February 2023 Reverend Shelley McVea starts her sermon on the first Sunday of Lent with her one and only Lent joke. Then Shelley gets deeper into the experience of Lent by comparing lent to a journey, a journey that requires us ...
Episode 204: Transfiguration on the Mountain
Proclamation! - February 28, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutesProclamation! For the Last Sunday After Epiphany: Sunday, 19 February 2023 Today our Warden, Gillian Eley, preaches the sermon on this Transfiguration Sunday, the day when Jesus went up the mountain and entered a state of radiance as he spoke to Moses and Elijah. Peter and some disc...
Episode 203: Let It Be Yes Yes
Proclamation! - February 14, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutesProclamation! For the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Sunday, 12 February 2023 Reverend Shelley McVea continues more deeply into Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus preaches about at way of living that gives us a spiritual freedom, but it is a high standard that Jesus sets for us, and ne...
Episode 202: A Life that is Salty and Bright
Proclamation! - February 12, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutesProclamation! For the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Sunday, 5 February 2023 A Life that is Bright and Salty Reverend Shelley McVea looks into the greatest sermon of all time, Jesus’ sermon on the mount and sheds light on the way Jesus compares his followers to two essential elements:...
Episode 201: The Lightness of the Kingdom
Proclamation! - January 22, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutesToday a special guest, James Beck, Lay Pastoral Associate, Little Trinity Church, brings us a sermon on the ways that sin alienates us from God and from each other. Alienation leads to isolation, isolation to despair, and despair to darkness. The presence of Christ can pierce the darke...
Episode 200: Behold the Lamb of God
Proclamation! - January 17, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutesProclamation! For the Second Sunday after Epiphany: Sunday, 15 January 2023 Behold the Lamb of God Reverend Shelley McVea continues our experience of the “aha!” season with the baptism of Christ. The greatest prophet John the Baptist prepares the way to Jesus by baptizing his cousin...
Episode 199: Sometimes God Speaks at NIght
Proclamation! - January 12, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutesProclamation! For the first Sunday after Epiphany: Sunday, 8 January 2023: Reverend Shelley McVea welcomes us into the great “aha!” season, immersing us into experience of the epiphany (“epi” = abundance and “phany” = sighting). We are like those original astronomers who followed th...
Episode 198: Bring the Children to Glory
Proclamation! - January 05, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutesProclamation! For the first Sunday of 2023, a New Year’s Day Sermon: Bring the Children to Glory A new season of Proclamation! Begins with a New Year’s Day sermon from Reverend Shelley McVea. Shelley tells us about the passage from Isaiah, where we are told that God came to earth to se...
Episode 197: Trick Question
Proclamation! - November 13, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutesProclamation! For the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 6 November 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea takes a deeper look at the way that some people asked questions of Jesus. Not everyone was looking for answers, instead they were looking for ways to trip Jesus up. But Jesus doe...
Episode 196: Climbing a Sycamore Tree
Proclamation! - November 02, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutesProclamation! For the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday, 30 October 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea tells the stories of two different biblical figures: the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk and the tax collector Zacchaeus in the New Testament. Habakkuk cries out against the injus...
Episode 195: "Hot Seat" Sunday
Proclamation! - October 25, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutesProclamation! For the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 23 October 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea takes a seat on the “hot” seat and welcomes questions from the congregation. “When are we supposed to cross ourselves?” “Why are 20 years of Jesus’ life not accounted for?” “Why are s...
Episode 194: A Tiny Mustard Seed of Faith
Proclamation! - October 04, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 2 October 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea reminds us that a tiny mustard seed of faith is all it takes to do the impossible. And the impossible is found inside the bounds of normal life. Placing our faith in Jesus and doing ...
Episode 193: The Dishonest Manager
Proclamation! - September 19, 2022 00:00 - 12 minutesReverend Shelley McVea tackles a most curious parable, that of the dishonest manager. When his boss found out that he was cheating him, he was fired. But afraid that he would not be able to find work, the manager undercut his boss one more time before leaving. And what is Jesus’ pers...
Episode 192: The Nature of Abundance
Proclamation! - July 31, 2022 00:00 - 19 minutesProclamation! For the Eight Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 31 July 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea tells the story of a man who struggles with his family possessions and approaches Jesus for advice on his will. In those days it would not have been unusual for a Rabbi to give advice on fam...
Episode 191: 4,000 Weeks
Proclamation! - July 19, 2022 00:00 - 20 minutesProclamation! For the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 17 July 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea reminds us that life is short, especially when we think that a long life is only 4,000 weeks long, and that is if we live to be 80 years. Paul tells us how serving Christ brings meaning and ...
Episode 190: When Compassion is a Choice
Proclamation! - July 12, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutesProclamation! For the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 10 July 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea shares the parable of the man who went from Jerusalem to Jericho only to be robbed and beaten on the road. He is naked and near death. Who will have the compassion to rescue him? Three dif...
Episode 189: Freedom to Love
Proclamation! - June 26, 2022 00:00 - 19 minutesProclamation! For Third Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 26 June 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea explores the many meanings of freedom found in today’s gospel. Dwelling in Christ we find the freedom to love God and to love each other as God loves us. *** St. Saviour’s Church, 43 Kimbe...
Episode 188: Chosen by the Spirit
Proclamation! - June 19, 2022 00:00 - 7 minutesProclamation! For Second Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 19 June 2022 Reverend Shelley McVea returns to church with a sermon that celebrates the spirit of liberation. Paul’s letter to the Galatians proclaims the role of the spirit, as the energy that dissolves the apparent differences ...
Episode 187: In the Upper Room
Proclamation! - June 06, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutesProclamation! For Pentecost Sunday, 5 June 2022 Today’s preacher is familiar member of the St. Saviour family: our warden, Gillian Eley. Gillian leads us through the celebration of the feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is the day that the Holy Spirit came to the disciples. When the Holy ...
Episode 186: A Prayer, Overheard
Proclamation! - May 30, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Sunday, 29 May 2022 Reverend David Bryant’s last sermon reflecting on the post-resurrection days of Jesus. Some conversations are meant to be private, but some conversations are overheard. We listen in as Jesus prays to his heavenly fath...
Episode 185: Going Away, Yet Coming to You
Proclamation! - May 22, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, 22 May 2022 Reverend David Bryant explores the passages of John’s 14th chapter, known as the farewell discourse. Jesus gives words of comfort and encouragement to the disciples. Jesus is preparing them to carry on without him: “Do...
Episode 184: A Lesson in Love
Proclamation! - May 15, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutesProclamation! For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, 15 May 2022 Reverend David Bryant provides us with a challenge that Jesus once gave to his disciples. Jesus taught his disciples to love God. Now, Jesus gives his disciples a new commandment: they are to love each other, even as He...
Episode 183: The Shepherd King
Proclamation! - May 08, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Fourth Sunday after Easter, Sunday, 8 May 2022 Reverend David Bryant takes us through two scriptures on the theme of the shepherd. In the Gospel of John, we find Jesus spoken of as our shepherd, and in Psalm 23, the well-known ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ psalm, R...
Episode 182: Tend My Sheep
Proclamation! - May 01, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Third Sunday after Easter, Sunday, 1 May 2022 Jesus reveals himself again to the disciples after the resurrection. This time, the disciples are fishing by the Sea of Tiberias. Jesus is on shore, near a charcoal fire with bread and fish cooking on it. As they eat...
Episode 181: Evidence Given, Faith Assured
Proclamation! - April 25, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutesProclamation! For the Second Sunday after Easter, Sunday, 24 April 2022 During the seven Sundays of Eastertide, Jesus reveals himself to his disciples, greeting them with “Peace be with you.” Jesus showed his disciples peace and also he showed them his scars, proving to his doubters ...
Episode 180: God's Ambassadors
Proclamation! - March 27, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutesGod’s Ambassadors Proclamation! For the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Sunday, 27 March 2022 Jesus hears grumblings among his followers, who are complaining about the presence of some others that they don’t like or approve of. Reverend Shelley McVea shows us how the parable of the prodigal s...
Episode 179: Second Chances
Proclamation! - March 20, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutesThe Hard Promise that Leads to Second Chances Proclamation! For the Third Sunday in Lent, Sunday, 20 March 2022 The season of Lent continues as Reverend Shelley McVea shares with us the hard promise of forgiveness, the transforming path that leads to second chances. Like the fig tree ...
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