Episode 007: Grace, Grace, Grace!

Welcome to The Local Pastor podcast! Andrew and Amanda interview Pastor John Stevens of Zion Lutheran Church in Oregon City Oregon and the host of Dollar Store Children’s Sermons on Youtube. Andrew and Amanda discuss life and some books that have fed Andrew in this time of personal change with a knee surgery and new baby. All […]

Episode 003: The Lay Pastor

Click the link or photo below to listen to episode 003 of The Local Pastor Podcast! Welcome to The Local Pastor podcast! Amanda interviews Pastor Cydni Waldner of Vale United Methodist Church and discusses her calling as a lawyer and lay pastor and all the challenges and blessings that have lead to it. Andrew and […]

Episode 002: Too Sick to Preach?

Click the link or photo below to listen to episode 002 of The Local Pastor Podcast! Andrew interviews Pastor Tim Brewer of The Ontario Church of the Nazarene and discusses the unique difficulties of state border towns and the value of preaching. Plus, when vacation ends in sickness – who preaches on Sunday? All this […]

Preaching

I fear the words I do not know will soon expose the fraud I do, or that a sermon kills the work of all I’ve done, I hope, for you. They catch somewhere inside my throat — I dread the flames they may ignite; of love or hate, how can I know? Each word a […]