Oddwalk pOddcast 2.0

New on the podcast today (10/15/15) – a bit of preview audio for our new CD, from the first two tracks:

SUCH DECADE

Hello everyone! Today, October 24, 2014, is the 10th anniversary of the very first Oddwalk performance!

As we said on our 5th anniversary, “Whenever Orin and Shannon are asked about Oddwalk’s origins, how we met, etc., we find ourselves using language as if we’re talking about a wedding or a marriage.  While that analogy is certainly more different than it is like, Oddwalk is certainly about relationship and relationships, and it is a day to celebrate just that!”

To celebrate this milestone,  we’ve put together a brief pOddcast from that very first Oddwalk show for the diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota. You can listen to it here, on our pOddcast page, via iTunes, etc.  You’ll here early versions of your favorite Oddwalk songs, snippets of stories, watching the 2014 world series, and a whole lot more!  Maybe you’ll discover, as we did: the more things change the more things stay the same!

Thanks for the opportunities, everyone, to travel as much as we have and to offer our talents and services for the building of the Kingdom.  Looking forward to another great 10 years, maybe more!

Hello everyone, and thanks for visiting Oddwalk’s “Super Sam” page.

As part of his full-time parish position, Oddwalk founding member, Shannon Cerneka, serves St. Peter School in Fulton, MO as a music teacher. One of Shannon’s kindergarten students, a little boy named Sam is currently battling a very rare and very aggressive childhood cancer called Rhabdomyoscarcoma. Sam is currently in stage 4, but battling hard. If you would like to read more about the journey that Sam and his family have been on, please visit their Caring Bridge site here: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/samsanthuff

When people you know are struggling, how do you offer comfort and hope? What do you say? How do you offer hope, when life offers no certainties? As Shannon was thinking about Sam and his family, he was grappling with these very questions. He ended up turning to scripture, to John 1:1-5 to be exact, for answers.

Super Sam!

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:1-5

Through reading and meditating on that passage, Shannon found the ‘certainty’ he was looking for, namely that: 1. God is, was, and always will be. 2. Our God is a God of life. 3. No darkness will ever overcome God’s light. Does this mean that bad things won’t happen? No. What it does mean, though, is that our God is with us through it all. Through this process, Shannon felt led to put this passage to music, ultimately writing “His Light” as a way to offer prayer, support, hope, and encouragement to Sam and his family, but also to anyone who needs to be inspired and lifted up during difficult times.

His Light – by Shannon Cerneka, arranged by Shannon Cerneka and Orin Johnson

His light, His light Shines through the darkness,

From the beginning of time our God has been, And to the end of time our god will remain.

His light, His light Shines through the darkness,

All things came to be through him, and without him nothing is.

His light, His light Shines through the darkness,

No evil, no pain, No sin, no foe, No struggle, no death, No storm, no cold,

© 2014, Shannon Cerneka, © 2020 GIA Publications

Thanks to Oddwalk band members Dan Lang (bass) and Rick Turcotte (drums, Flatlander Sound Studios)

To support Sam’s family and the foundation in prayer and to download the song for free,

9/19/14 – Super Sam Santhuff passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014.  He fought very hard and was very brave to the end.  Please continue to pray for Sam and his family.  Also, if you are so inclined, please use the links above as a way to pray for and support Sam’s family.

10/24/20 – Sheet music for this piece is now available via GIA Publications – click here to find out more!

Love (2/10/10) – A new song, free from Oddwalk Ministries!

Love256.mp3

This song is dedicated to the memory of Shannon’s cousin, Phillip Nigma, who tragically ended his own life on October 20, 2011. Phillip was only 19 years old. He was a great and funny young man, and his untimely death leaves a hole in the hearts of those who knew him, especially his friends and family.

If you would like to know more about suicide, what causes someone to want to take their own life, and what you can do to try and prevent it, please follow this link: http://yellowribbon.org Thank you, and please pray for those who might be considering suicide as well as those who have lost loved ones to suicide.

When I was young it was easy

Love, love, love, love love

When I go out on my own

Calling all you believers

Give all you have. Share everything.

Still at NCYC? Oddwalk is located at booth #122 in Victory Park. In addition to our usual array of merchandise and giveaways, we will have two special features: 1. Get more information about us and the free song download.

2. Take a free picture with the Oddwalk Keytar, post that pic to our Facebook page, and have a chance to win a fabulous prize – an iPod Nano, preloaded with Oddwalk music and pics, and our two CDs!

But wait, there’s more! Stop by to pick up some Oddwalk clearance shirts for only $5!

Also, make plans to see us perform, live, both on Friday, November 18th:

1. We are providing musical support and storytelling for the workshop called, “Peace through Justice – One Person at a Time”, being co-presented by Jane Angha and Joan Weber of the Center for Ministry Development. 11:45-1pm. Round A, Rooms 125-128

2. Musical warmup for the mega-workshop called, “A Faith to Call Your Own”, being presented by Fr. Stan Fortuna CFR. Our set will be from 1:15-1:45pm. The workshop will run from 1:45-3pm. Round B, Halls F & G

Jammin’ Redux (8/18/10) – “Jammin’ With Jesus” as you’ve never heard it before!

What an outstanding hockey match this afternoon, and an outstanding win by Canada.  Great team, great gold medal count, and a great Olympic games.

Having at last lost a wager with Clay Imoo that wasn’t ultimately negated, we follow through with our end of the deal.  Here’s part one, a serious rendition of Canada’s national anthem – they do, after all, deserve it!

Oh Canada (2/28/10) – In Honor of Clay, Canada, and our losing Olympic hockey wagers…

Stay tuned, for as soon as we can, we’ll post a video of us at an event, ending every non-stage-time sentence with “eh?”

Fill Us, O God (2/10/10) – A new Lenten song from Orin and Shannon

These posts and the ones like it sprinkled about the Oddblog are due to moving the pOddcast to a local feed.

The Christmas Shoes Parody (12/2/09) – A 2009 Christmas gift to our fans – make sure to listen to the original first!

These posts and the ones like it sprinkled about the Oddblog are due to moving the pOddcast to a local feed.

Teapot/Rock You (10/20/09) – A “deleted scene” from our new CD “Alright Now” – Enjoy!

These posts are due to moving the pOddcast to a local feed.