Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart
A place to consider God’s voice in the old familiar stories and find how those ancient words still speak into our lives today. Here we will explore history, themes, candid thoughts, messages, and generally celebrate the bible being alive! Each episode will have a slightly different flavor!
Episodes
38 episodes
S2 Ep.26-The Lighthouse In The Storm
When the rain is steady and the sky is dark, it’s easy to believe the storm is the whole story. I open with that simple weather scene and use it as a metaphor for the seasons we all face: foggy days when you cannot see ahead, nights when anxiet...
S2 Ep.25-The Mountain We Climb Together
What if God isn’t waiting for you at the summit, arms crossed, grading your climb? This week, I’d like to invite you to see the Sermon on the Mount the way Jesus first gave it: not as scattered rules, but as a single, steady map into a life sha...
S2 Ep.24-Beatitudes: Blessed Before You Try
The fastest way to exhaust your soul is to treat God like a scorekeeper. If you’ve ever pictured a divine clipboard tracking whether you prayed enough, forgave fast enough, or got your life together, this reflection offers a different starting ...
S2 Ep.23-Follow Me Part 4: Judas And The Mercy We Resist
Judas Iscariot makes most of us tense up, because his name feels like a shortcut to the worst parts of the Passion story. But I want to slow down and look at what the Gospels actually show: before Judas becomes the betrayer, Judas is a disciple...
S2 Ep.22-Follow Me Part 3: The Jesus You Know Is Just The Beginning
You can memorize the stories and still miss the moment God is trying to open your eyes. That’s the tension we sit with as we talk about Jude, traditionally understood to be the brother of Jesus, and why his journey is so unsettling and hopeful ...
S2 Ep. 21-Follow Me Part 2: Fishers of People
“Follow me” sounds simple until it asks you to loosen your grip on the life you can control. We return to the Sea of Galilee with Simon Peter and Andrew, two working fishermen who respond to Jesus fast, not because they have a blueprint, but be...
S2 Ep.20-"Follow Me" Part I: Matthew
Two words can expose what we’ve been hiding behind for years. When Jesus looks at Matthew sitting at a tax booth and says, “Follow me,” he isn’t offering a lecture or a checklist, he’s offering himself. I walk through Matthew 9:9-13 and why thi...
S2 Ep.19-Summer Joys!
Summer has a way of making everything feel more alive, and that includes the parts of us that have been running on empty. From open windows and birdsong to gardens, thunderstorms, and fireflies at dusk, we lean into the question many of us quie...
S2 Ep.18-Everyday Faith
Nobody talks much about Anna, the wife of Tobit, and that’s exactly why I can’t stop thinking about her. She doesn’t part seas or stand before kings. She works, worries, carries a household through financial strain, and loves her family with th...
S2 Ep.17-The Miracle Was Not The Wine
Mother’s Day can feel like a celebration and a wound in the same breath. If you’re carrying gratitude, grief, distance, longing, or all of it at once, you belong here.I reflect on biblical motherhood as something far bigger than biology...
S2 Ep16- Stepping In and Making It So
When everything feels uncertain, most of us reach for a map. I reach for something steadier. John 14 opens with words that don’t shame our anxiety, they name it: “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” From there, I reflect on what faith looks li...
S2 Ep.15-The Good Shepherd
You can do everything “right” and still not know what’s next. That’s the tension I sit with today: our deep desire for a clear plan, and the reality that life with God often feels like walking forward without a map. Rather than forcing quick an...
S2 Ep14.-Locked Doors And A Peace That Enters
Locked doors can be physical, but most of ours are emotional: fear we can’t shake, grief that still feels close, questions that keep circling even after we’ve heard good news. We start with John 20:19–29 and step into the room with the disciple...
S2 Ep.13-Peace Behind Locked Doors
The empty tomb is only the beginning, and that’s what makes the days after Easter so honest. Fear doesn’t evaporate overnight. Questions don’t instantly resolve. The disciples gather behind locked doors, trying to make sense of what changed, an...
S2 Easter-The Love That Returns
Easter doesn’t always land like fireworks. Sometimes it shows up before the day gets loud, while grief is still in the air and the questions haven’t loosened their grip. We sit with that honest edge of the resurrection story where the tomb is o...
S2 Good Friday-The Love That Does Not Leave
Good Friday doesn’t ask us to understand everything. It asks us to stay. When the road grows quieter and the story turns toward the hill and the cross, we face a moment that feels heavy, honest, and strangely important for the modern heart....
S2 Maundy Thursday-A Table, A Towel, A Command
The loudest day of Holy Week gives way to the quietest kind of power: a shared meal, a simple cup, and a towel in the hands of Jesus. I’m Steve Pozzato, and this reflection lingers with Maundy Thursday, where faith isn’t performed in a crowd bu...
S2 Palm Sunday: Hosanna! Peace Comes Home
Hosanna is a beautiful word until you realize how much you’re loading into it. When the crowd welcomes Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, they’re not clueless, they’re desperate for change. And if we’re honest, so are we. We want the breakthr...
S2 Ep. 8-Who Are You Becoming On The Road
The road you’re on is doing more than carrying you forward, it’s changing you. Lent begins with walking, but it keeps going until it reaches something most of us both want and resist: transformation. I’m Steve Pizzato, and I’m inviting you to s...
S2 Ep.7-Sheep Are Bad At Relaxing And So Are We
Psalm 23 is everywhere, but we often hear it at the one moment it was never meant to be limited to. I’m Steve Pizzato, and I want to sit with this psalm as a companion for the middle of life, when the road stretches longer than we expected and ...
S2 Ep. 6- "Will you give me a drink?"
A hot noon, an empty jar, and a question that disarms: “Will you give me a drink?” We walk to Jacob’s well and linger there, not to rehearse a scandal but to face the ache we recognize in ourselves—thirst that keeps returning no matter how ofte...
S2 Ep.5 When Faith Begins In The Dark
Questions tend to show up after dark, when the noise fades and honesty has room to speak. We step into that quiet with Nicodemus—respected, thoughtful, and unsure—who meets Jesus at night and leaves with a reimagined path to change. Instead of ...
S2 Ep.4 Bread Isn’t Bad, But It’s Not The Point
Start where few of us would choose: the wilderness. We open Lent by tracing Jesus’ path through hunger, power, and the urge to demand a sign—and we discover why these same temptations stalk modern life through quick fixes, control, and certaint...
S2 Ash Wednesday: Ashes And Honesty
A smudge on the forehead can feel small, but it opens a wide door. We explore Ash Wednesday as a truthful beginning to Lent—less about performance, more about presence—drawing on the ancient use of ashes as signs of grief, humility, and honest ...