Tyndale Chapel Podcast

As we kick off this year’s Community Chapel, Dr. Marjory Kerr shares a message around the theme of sitting in God’s waiting room and invites listeners to explore Psalm 90 verses 1 to 6. We might find ourselves feeling like we're sitting in waiting rooms, waiting. During those times as well, God is holding us in His hands. 

We hope that you’ll join us for Community Chapel this term and make a habit of taking time out of your week to join the community for corporate worship. 

In this week’s Community Chapel, Pastor Sawyer Bullock from Bayview Glen Church shares a message entitled “The Head and the Heart” from the book of Matthew 22 verses 34 to 39. 

Pastor Sawyer Bullock, an alumnus of Tyndale University (BA ’19), is currently an associate pastor at Bayview Glen Church near the Tyndale campus. While at Tyndale, Sawyer served in numerous student leadership capacities while continuing his side gig of entertaining young and old with his remarkable sleight-of-hand ability, deft card tricks, and stupefying illusions. Before beginning his work at Bayview Glen, Sawyer completed a Master’s degree in philosophy from Toronto Metropolitan University. Sawyer is husband to Rebekah, dog walker to Tommy, and patron to many downtown dumpling restaurants.

Elizabeth Reynolds, Coordinator of Student Mentoring and Spiritual Development at Tyndale is our guest speaker. Her message is entitled “I Give Up!: Abiding with the Divine in all Things”. 

Elizabeth Reynolds grew up in Ohio as a PK and graduated with a Master’s degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts (where she met her husband Ben). After spending a season in Scotland, Lizzie and her family moved to Toronto to begin the family’s work at Tyndale. Along with her work here, Lizzie is a mother to three thriving and active boys and she loves to hosts gatherings of all sorts at their home. As a skillful and compassionate listener, who is in demand as a mentor, Lizzie offers students at Tyndale several ways to connect and grow via regular prayer times, weekly Bible studies, and two personal retreats every term. Lizzie is an enthusiastic contemplative and thrives by staying physically active, participating in the work of her local congregation, and spending time in silence and solitude.

In this week’s Community Chapel, Reverend Paul Lam shares a message about solitude entitled “A post Christian Lament” from Mark 12 verse 6.

The Reverend Paul Lam is passionate about the integration of discipleship and spiritual formation. He loves the church and longs for the people of God to flourish. For many years, he served in a local congregation in the GTA and is currently the Church Life and Leadership Associate for the CBOQ where he pastors ministers and cultivates a culture of discipleship in the denomination’s churches. He is a life-long learner and enjoys playing basketball. He is married to Lis, a Korean-American, who is a content creator and food blogger and together they have three girls.

Reverend Paul Woodburn invites listeners to explore Philippians chapter three verse 5 as he opens up with the question, “do you want to know God?”. 

Reverend Paul Woodburn grew up as the youngest member in a family of eleven.  After completing a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Divinity at Tyndale Seminary he and his wife have served in full-time pastoral ministry for just shy of 30 years. Last year Paul published his second book entitled *A Waste of Time: Journeying Towards Intimacy with God.* The book is designed to help individuals, families, and small groups grow deeper in their love of and relationship with God. Recently Paul and his wife returned to Toronto to serve at the First Alliance Church.

In this week’s Community Chapel, Professor Jesse Sudirgo shares a message about being a guest and a host in practicing hospitality – entitled “Radical Hospitality” from Luke 14 verses 7 to 14. 

Professor Jesse Sudirgo is the Director of the Masters of Divinity Church in the City (In-Ministry) Program and Assistant Professor of Contextual Ministry at the Seminary. He has a diverse breadth of experience in multiple disciplines of ministry in both the church and non-profit sectors.

He is the former Director of Street-Involved Services at the YSM Evergreen Centre and continues to consult with churches in their engagement with poverty in the city. He brings to his work a conviction for interdisciplinary theological reflection that considers those most marginalized in society. His background in church planting in Boston Massachusetts has shaped his interests in missional lay leadership, community development, and urban poverty.

In this week’s Community Chapel, Dr. Jen Gilbertson invites listeners about what it means to build rhythms of community and to belong to the body of Christ from 1 Corinthians 12.

Dr. Jen Gilbertson joined the undergraduate faculty at Tyndale this past summer after a few years of teaching undergraduate and seminary courses in Saskatchewan. She takes great delight in helping students to grasp the big story of Scripture and to see their place in the story. Some of her current research interests include the implications of design, disability and neurodifference for biblical interpretation and church life.

Although a farm girl at heart, Jen is experiencing all that life in Toronto has to offer. She and her husband are discovering new trails in the GTA that they enjoy hiking with their two dogs.

For this week, Dr. Danny Foster of the Canadian Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) shares the history of John Wycliffe and William Tyndale and their impact on translating the Bible. Dr. Foster brings attention to communities who do not have access to the scriptures and invites listeners to training in Applied Linguistics.

Dr. James T. Robertson shares his reflection on our namesake’s life and talks about Tyndale University’s new podcast “Heavenly Minded Earthly Good”. 

James Robertson has been teaching at Tyndale since 2014 and brings the past and present together in order to equip the students of Tyndale for the future. Along with his academic work James also serves as the Director of Tyndale's Distributed Learning Department. In this role, he oversees the development of online content and pedagogy for the entire University.

James' research and publishing explores the Canadian context of the Christian faith. He works with church planting/missionary groups from around Canada and the United States highlighting the importance of historical awareness.

On National Day of Truth and Recognition, Shari Russell, Ph.D. (cand.) reminds listeners to wrestle and lament about what it looks like to live together in a way that honours one another, brings life and health, vitality, and wholeness to all people.

Shari Russell was born into the Yellow Quill First Nation, and she and two siblings were removed from their home on the reserve during the Sixties Scoop. Shari reunited with her family in 2002 and became actively involved in Indigenous ministry in 2004. She is the Salvation Army's Territorial Indigenous Ministries consultant and has served as Chair of the Board of Indigenous Pathways.