Augustana Podcasts

A conversation with Barb Rolfes and Deaconess Claire Schoepp

Beyond the Pulpit - Trust, a conversation with Merri Guggisberg, parent coach, and Deaconess Claire Schoepp. What does it mean to build trust as you're raising your family? Join Merri Guggisberg, parent coach, and Deaconess Claire Schoepp in a conversation about the relationship between trust and forgiveness, the relationship between trust and mindfulness, and the relationships between parents/caregivers and children. Maybe walk away with a few tools to help you stay grounded as you continue to build a relationship rooted in trust with your child. During Vacation Bible School (VBS) in 2025, we learned a whole bunch of water stories, each story invited us to dive deeply into a biblical theme. The theme of Trust came from the story where Jesus Walks on the Water and invites Peter to jump out of the boat in Matthew 14. The sermon on this theme is from Sunday, July 20: "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat."

Faith Conversation with Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner with Bob Sorensen. Text: John 9.

Guest Preacher: Rachel Larson. Preaching Text: John 9.

Faith Conversation with Intern Pastor Nathan Adu-Gyamfi and Jorja Gale. Text: John 4:5-42

Guest Preacher: Pastor Lindsey (Bulger) Bina. Preaching Text: John 4:5-15, 27-28a, 39.

Sermon Title: The Shadow of Isolation. Preacher: Pastor Intern Nathan Adu-Gyamfi. Preaching Text: John 4:5-42. Today’s Gospel brings us to a quiet place outside a Samaritan town, where Jesus sits beside an ordinary well. What begins as a simple conversation about water becomes a life-changing encounter with the living God. At that well, a woman who came alone and burdened discovers that Christ already knows her story—and still offers her living water. As we gather this morning, many of us come carrying our own thirsts: questions, worries, fatigue, hopes, and prayers. The good news is this—Christ still meets people at the well. He still speaks into our ordinary lives. And He still offers living water that satisfies the deepest thirst of the soul.

Guest Preacher: Pastor Beth (Wilkie) Horsch. Text: John 3:1-17.

Faith Conversation with Deaconess Claire Schoepp and Pastor Rachel Tune. Text: John 3:1-17

Sermon Title: The Shadow of Doubt. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: John 3:1-17. Today we meet Nicodemus, who comes to Jesus under the cover of night. He is a leader, a teacher, a faithful person - and yet he is searching. He carries questions he feels he cannot ask in the daylight. We may know something about that kind of night; what it is to believe and still wonder, to trust and still wrestle, to hope and still have questions. In this conversation, Jesus does not shame doubt or dismiss searching faith. Instead, he meets it. He speaks of new birth, of wind and Spirit, of a love wide enough to hold the whole world. Today’s scripture reminds us that a searching faith is still welcomed faith. Even in the night, we are met by love.