A podcast from the Summer of 2015, featuring Kate Bowler introducing us to her 2013 book, BLESSED: A History of The American Prosperity Gospel. It was not that long after that session that Kate was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at the age of 35, and her pitch battle with that cancer began. That journey is chronicled in her books Everything Happens for a Reason (and other lies I’ve loved) from 2018, and more recently No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) from 202...
Jan 26, 2022•35 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from January 23, 2022, with the readings for the evening being 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 and Luke 4:14-21 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg , where we’ve been making gre...
Jan 24, 2022•17 min
A music podcast featuring two songs recently recorded for our new online songbook project. First up is Larry Campbell's "Let Us Return," followed by Charles Garinger's "Prayer of Humble Access." Both songs were recorded by Rob Kwade at his home studio, with additional musical support from Rachel Titterton, Mark Holmes A' Court, Tatianna Friesen, and of course Rob himself. Please go to the podcast post for lyrics and more information on the songs. You can also find the full catalogue of these mus...
Jan 20, 2022•18 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from January 16, 2022, with the readings for the evening being 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and John 2:1-11 . The sermon references the reflections of Makoto Fujimura on the art of Kintsugi , which you can see more about by clicking here . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast ...
Jan 17, 2022•17 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from January 9, 2022, which we marked as the Feast of the Epiphany. The readings for the evening were Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnip...
Jan 10, 2022•15 min
A reflection piece by Jamie Howison, as we face the newest wave of COVID-19. This podcast also includes Jenny Moore's song "Be Our Light," and to see the lyrics of that song head to the podcast web post on our site . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a c...
Jan 04, 2022•15 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from the Second Sunday in Christmastide, January 2, 2022. The readings for the evening were Ephesians 1:3-14 and John 1:1-18, both of which are "big picture" texts on the meaning of the Incarnation. Due to awaiting a test for COVID-19, this sermon was preached from home. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others joi...
Jan 03, 2022•21 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from December 26, 2021, which we marked as "the Feast of Stephen." The readings for the evening were Acts 6.8–7.2, 51–60 and Matthew 23.34–39. This was our first Sunday since July, 2021, in which we were again shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only nine people present in the building. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts ...
Dec 27, 2021•14 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Christmas Eve, 2021, with the readings for the evening being Isaiah 9:2-7 and Luke 2:1-20. This was the first liturgy since July, 2021, in which we were again shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’...
Dec 25, 2021•13 min
A music podcast featuring the song "We Come," written by Jim Croegaert and performed at home by Anass Quinten. This is a particularly appropriate song for the season of Advent, with its themes of waiting and longing. If you'd like to see our whole catalogue of music podcasts, that link is available on the podcast post for this song. You can also find the full catalogue of these music podcasts at this link . You might also consider offering a bit of support for our online ministry, which you can ...
Dec 23, 2021•8 min
Back in 2013 we released a series of six podcasts for the Advent season, sponsored by the Anglican Church of Canada. This episode reprises one of the two podcasts Steve Bell did for this series, and it seemed a good thing to re-release it this year, as the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast series was inspired by a resource we produced in 2012 called In Days to Come: Words for Advent . If you're interested in getting a copy of that little book, you can download ...
Dec 22, 2021•11 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday December 19, 2021. The Sunday was marked as the Fourth Sunday in the season of Advent, and the readings were Micah 5:2-5a and Luke 1:39-56 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Church of ...
Dec 20, 2021•16 min
The third and final Ancient/Future podcast of select readings from our November 29, 2021 book event. In this episode we feature a presentation by John Badertscher on his book Ten Steps on Freedom Road , and a reading by Adeline Berg from her book The Orange Couch on Wheels . For a podcast page of the various readings, go to this link . To see the roster of readers or watch the video recording of the evening, simply click here . You can also listen to a full reading by John Badertscher of his boo...
Dec 16, 2021•27 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday December 12, 2021. The Sunday was marked as the third Sunday in the season of Advent, and the readings were Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Luke 1:26-38 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Church...
Dec 13, 2021•15 min
A special Ancient/Future podcast of select readings from our November 29, 2021 book event. In this episode we feature a reading from Jamie Howison from his 2021 book A Kind of Solitude , and a presentation by Samantha Klassen on her comic book, The Threads of Vocation . Copies of Samantha's comic are available from the church for just $5, with an earlier online edition available by clicking here . We'll be following up this podcast with one more featuring the last two writers from the evening, s...
Dec 09, 2021•19 min
Somehow in the midst of uploading the sermon from Sunday, we inadvertently re-posted the audio of the sermon from the previous week, by Paul Peters Derry. Here is the corrected version! A sermon by Jamie Howison from the Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021. The readings for the day were Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-18 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcas...
Dec 08, 2021•16 min
A special Ancient/Future podcast of select readings from our November 29, 2021 book event. In this episode we feature some poetry by Angeline Schellenberg , from her 2020 book Fields of Light and Stone, published just as things were shut down due to the pandemic, and a reading by Jan Woltmann from her book A Brain Tumour Changes Everything: Searching for the Shape of Mercy in a Suffering Season . We'll be following up this podcast with another one featuring some of our other writers from the eve...
Dec 04, 2021•23 min
A music podcast featuring a setting of the "Benedictus" or "Song of Zechariah" written and performed by Samantha Klassen, with guitar and background vocals by Anass Quinten. This is a particularly appropriate song for the season of Advent, with its themes of promise and hope that are found in the birth of a baby. If you'd like to see our whole catalogue of music podcasts, that link is available on the podcast post for this song. You might also consider offering a bit of support for our online mi...
Dec 02, 2021•10 min
A sermon by Paul Peters Derry from Sunday November 28, 2021. The Sunday was marked as the first day in the season of Advent, and the readings were Jeremiah 33:14-16 and Luke 21:25-36 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Chur...
Nov 29, 2021•18 min
A sermon by our guest preacher Helen Kennedy from Sunday November 21, 2021. The Sunday was marked as the feast of Christ the King, and the readings were Revelation 1:4b-8 and John 18:33-37 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglica...
Nov 22, 2021•12 min
A music podcast featuring two songs by our music director, Charles Garinger, recently recorded by Rob Kwade in his home studio with the musical assistance of Tatiana Friesen and Rachel Titterton. First up is "Prayer of Humble Access," based on a text from the communion liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer . That is then followed by "Therefore Keep Hope," which is a song for early in the season of Advent. If you'd like to see our whole catalogue of music podcasts, that link is available on the po...
Nov 18, 2021•14 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday November 14, 2021, on Mark 13:1-8 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg , where we’ve been making great audio since 2006. Listen to other recent episodes on o...
Nov 15, 2021•15 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday November 7, 2021. The reading for the sermon was the story of the poor widow giving her last two coins to the temple treasury, found in Mark 12:38-44 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help others join the conversation. * * * This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table , a congregation of the Anglican...
Nov 08, 2021•17 min
One of our solid saint ben’s people has gone off on a three year journey to Ukraine, working as the Peace Engagement Coordinator for Europe with the Mennonite Central Committee. A good many of us had the opportunity to bid Andrea Shalay farewell in the summer, but we thought it would be a good idea to produce an occasional podcast series. In this first podcast we get a basic picture of how life is going and what Andrea is beginning to learn in her new setting. We’ll be back with another podcast ...
Nov 05, 2021•25 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday October 31, 2021, which we marked as the Feast of All Saints'. The readings for the week were Isaiah 25:6-9 and John 11:32-44 . The sermon also references a book by Richard Coles called Lives of the Improbable Saints, about which you can read more by clicking here . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews help oth...
Nov 01, 2021•17 min
A sermon by Helen Kennedy from Sunday October 24, 2021, on Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Mark 10:46-52 . Helen has a long history with saint ben's, having first been raised up to consider ordained ministry back in 2004. Over the years she has come to the church as a guest many times, but this may be one of her last visits for a while. Last Saturday she was elected as the new Bishop in the Diocese of Qu'Appelle, and so will be moving to Regina in the early winter. Subscribe to the show wherever you liste...
Oct 25, 2021•13 min
This is an archival podcast, going back over a decade to a session with Dr. Pierre Plourde, Dr. Donald Dyck and spiritual care provider Helen Holbrook, offering perspectives on the intersection of faith and medicine in health and healing. Originally offered at Aqua Books in our ideaExchange series, this seemed a good time in which to again share this audio. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday October 17, 2021, on Job 38:1-7, 34-41 and Mark 10:35-45 . The lectionary has us in the midst of a four week tour through the book of Job, which barely scratches the surface of that complex text. This text takes us into the territory of God's reply to Job from "out of the whirlwind," bringing the story closer to its resolution. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a r...
Oct 18, 2021•18 min
A music podcast featuring a collaborative project between Alana Levandoski and Ignatius Mabasa, originally released on a three song CD we put out in 2011. Alana's song, "Where were you?" picks up on the text of Job 38-41, in which Job hears the voice of God coming to him from "out of the whirlwind," to which Ignatius has added poetry which speaks of the longing for fulfillment. If you're interested in hearing the other two songs from the project, they're available to you in podcast form by click...
Oct 14, 2021•10 min
A sermon by Jamie Howison from Sunday October 10, 2021, on Job 23:1-9, 16-17 . The lectionary has us in the midst of a four week tour through the book of Job, which barely scratches the surface of that complex text. In this sermon on one of Job's laments, we try to unpack more of what is going on in the book. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts . Reviews he...
Oct 11, 2021•16 min
