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Strays, Orphans, and Exiles
by Two Rivers Church
A podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Hosted by Ian Van Harten and produced by Peter Szabo.
Episodes
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Ep. 24 – Blessed Are the Undone - An Exploration of Faith Deconstruction in Canada
On this episode, our guest is Peter Schuurman, who's back for his second appearance on the podcast. Peter has co-authored a new book, called Blessed Are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada. We discuss a few people's personal stories of faith deconstruction, the...
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Ep. 23 – Welcoming a New Interim Pastor to Our Community
We welcomed a new interim pastor recently. Andrew Hyde is the Ecumenical Campus Ministry Pastor at the University of Guelph, and he’ll balance his time between that role and this role at Two Rivers. We interviewed Andrew and his wife, Andrea, at a church gathering, and we decided to record the...
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Ep. 22 - Church and the LGBTQ+ Community
On this episode, our guest is Wendy Vanderwal Martin. She is the Director of Development with the Henri Nouwen Society, and author of Generous Spaciousness, a book about the church's engagement with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Christians. We discussed the church’s fraught...
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Ep. 21 - Turning Church Buildings Into Affordable Housing
On this episode, our guest is Ainsley Chapman. She is the Executive Director of Evangel Hall Mission, an organization that supports individuals experiencing poverty and homelessness in downtown Toronto. In addition to running the Mission’s daily programming and supportive housing services…
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Ep. 20 - Ministry Forum, Part Two
This is part two of our conversation with John Borthwick, the Director of Lifelong Learning at Knox College and the Director of the Ministry Forum, an online platform that supports and empowers church leaders. In part one, we discussed his exploration into how social media and virtual spaces can...
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Ep. 19 - Ministry Forum, Part One
This is a two-part series with our guest, John Borthwick. He is the Director of Lifelong Learning at Knox College and the Director of the Ministry Forum, an online platform that supports and empowers church leaders. On this episode, part one, we discuss John’s vision for new kinds of church...
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Ep. 18 - How to Practice Discernment
On this episode, our guest is Cathy Stewart. She is the interim minister at Knox Presbyterian Church in Guelph and author of the book, A Goodness I Cannot Explain. Cathy describes her encounter with a difficult medical diagnosis and how she faced the unknown without fear by practicing…
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Ep. 17 - Christian Spiritual Practices, Part Two
This is part two of a conversation with our pastor, Glen Soderholm, about church as a community of spiritual practices. In part one we discussed how practices help Christians sustain their beliefs. Now in part two, we look at our specific spiritual practices here at Two Rivers. Links and…
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Ep. 16 - Christian Spiritual Practices, Part One
On this episode, our guest is Glen Soderholm. He’s our pastor here at Two Rivers Church, and was the first guest on the podcast when we started two years ago. He’s returned to talk about an uncommon way of thinking about church as a community of spiritual practices. In this episode, we discuss…
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Ep. 15 - Royal City Mission
*Note: Our apologies for the sound quality on this episode, but some background noise made its way into the audio that we could not remove. On this episode, our guest is Kevin Coghill. He’s a pastor at Royal City Mission in downtown Guelph, a church devoted to making the invisible visible,...
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Ep. 14 - Discovering the Christian Contemplative Tradition
On this episode, our guest is Phileena Nikole (formerly Phileena Heuertz). She is the author of ‘Mindful Silence,’ a book that explores the Christian contemplative tradition. We studied this book in a Learning Room at Two Rivers, so we were quite excited to talk with Phileena about how this...
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Ep. 13 - Circles of Support and Accountability
On this episode, we speak with Two Rivers member, Eileen Henderson, who shares about her experiences with various church communities supporting people coming out of the prison system, including those who committed sexual offences against children, and those affected by the crimes. This work can…
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Ep. 12 - Love Your Bike
On this episode, our guest is Fred Ferwerda who’s here to tell us about Love Your Bike, an event happening here in Guelph on June 17. We’ll be talking about what happens at Love Your Bike, the various Guelph community partners that are part of it, and what loving your bike has to do with church....
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Ep. 11 - The Rise and Fall of The Meeting House
On this episode, we’ll be discussing the rise and fall of The Meeting House, also known as the church for people who aren’t into church. A few of us at Two Rivers have been members of the Meeting House in the past. They had a number of their home churches in Guelph and throughout Ontario, until a...
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Ep. 10 - The First Nations Version New Testament
On this episode, our guest is Terry Wildman. He's the lead translator, general editor, and project manager of the First Nations Version, an Indigenous translation of the New Testament. A number of us at Two Rivers have spent much of the past year reading through the First Nations Version, and so…
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Ep. 9 - The Guelph Campus Ministry
On this episode, our guest is Sara DeMoor, the campus minister for the Guelph Campus Ministry at the University of Guelph. We've invited her to talk to us about what we can learn from the students as they explore their faith, and what they can bring to the Christian community in Guelph. Connect...
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Ep. 8 - Supporting Ukrainian Refugees
On this episode, our guest is Rick McRonald, a volunteer coordinator of the Mission and Outreach Committee at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Rick has been helping to organize support for Ukrainian refugees coming to Guelph, and we've invited him here to share that story with us. Connect with…
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Ep. 7 - The Enneagram, with Sandy Halloran
On this episode, our guest is Sandy Halloran, an Enneagram coach, consultant, and student. The enneagram is a tool for self-understanding that has been very popular and helpful for many of us at Two Rivers. We discuss some of the background of the Enneagram and where it comes from, and how we can...
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Ep. 6 - The Four L's: Living Missionally
It's the final episode in our series on the Four L's. This episode is on Living Missionally and features David Kupp. Connect with us: - Our website: www.tworiverschurch.ca - By email: [email protected] Music by Glen Soderholm Produced by Peter Szabo and Ian Van Harten
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Ep. 5 - The Four L's: Living Rooms, part two
Welcome to Strays, Orphans, and Exiles, a podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, ON. We are continuing our series on our Four L's with the second of two episodes about Living Rooms. This episode features Joel Cuthbert and Kathryn Dean. Connect with us: - Our website: www.tworiverschurch.ca…
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Ep. 4 - The Four L's: Living Rooms
Welcome to Strays, Orphans, and Exiles, a podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, ON. We are continuing our series on our Four L's with the first of two episodes about Living Rooms. This episode features Heather Elliott and Jesse Turton. Connect with us: - Our website: www.tworiverschurch.ca -...
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Ep. 3 - The Four L's: Liturgy
Welcome to Strays, Orphans, and Exiles, a podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, ON. On this episode we are continuing our series on the Four L's and talking about Liturgy with Beth Anne Fisher. Connect with us: - Our website: www.tworiverschurch.ca - By email: [email protected]…
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Ep. 2 - The Four L's: Learning Rooms
Welcome to Strays, Orphans, and Exiles, a podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, ON. We are beginning a series of episodes on what our church has called the Four L’s, which have become the foundation for what we do. These Four L's are Liturgy, Living Rooms, Learning Rooms, and Living...
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Ep. 1 - Our Story
Welcome to Strays, Orphans, and Exiles, a podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. We are a diverse community. Some of us have been connected to church for many years, some have left church but are cautiously returning, others are exploring the Christian faith for the first…
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A podcast about Two Rivers Church in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Hosted by Ian Van Harten and produced by Peter Szabo.
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