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TWU Chapel Podcast

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Campus chapel, Scripture, and Christian formation.

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TWU Chapel Podcast offers campus chapel messages from Trinity Western University, shaped by Scripture reading, prayer, testimony, and theological reflection. Its talks move between biblical texts and lived experience, from Gethsemane and Genesis to hospital suffering, vocational discernment, and mental health strain.

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About TWU Chapel Podcast

TWU Chapel Podcast is a collection of chapel talks from Trinity Western University, shaped by Scripture, prayer, and Christian reflection. Its center is not interview banter or topical commentary. It is the chapel message. Episodes commonly begin with a biblical reading, then move into a sustained reflection on what that passage asks of faith, imagination, and daily life. The range is broad within a clearly Christian frame. One talk considers the cross through Gethsemane, guilt, restoration, and the voluntary suffering of Christ. Another uses Romans 5 to speak about physical suffering, sleeplessness, fear, and the hope of God’s presence. Ephesians becomes a meditation on the new self, vocation, and the startling idea of being formed into the fullness of Christ. Genesis opens questions of wisdom, flourishing, creation, and uncertainty. Job gives language to anguish that is not quickly resolved. The Sermon on the Mount turns attention toward treasure, desire, and the direction of the heart. The show’s register is pastoral and campus-facing, but it often carries real theological density. It can be gentle. It can also be direct about pain, sin, despair, and the costliness of Christian hope. Speakers include Ed Gerber, Andrew Bouchard, Dwight Friesen, Paul Evans, Andy Steiger, and Father Chad, each bringing a different texture: preaching, testimony, academic reflection, apologetics, or pastoral care. The episodes are especially grounded in university life, with recurring attention to students thinking about careers, calling, suffering, and spiritual maturity. Rather than packaging faith as quick reassurance, the series tends to linger with Scripture until consolation has weight. It is best understood as chapel preserved for later listening: spoken word, biblical imagination, and prayerful formation in a Christian academic community.

Made for: For Christian listeners, students, alumni, and seekers who want chapel-style teaching grounded in Scripture, prayer, and reflective application to ordinary life. It especially suits those wrestling with calling, suffering, hope, and faithful living.

What sets it apart: Its strength is the university chapel setting: messages feel communal, pastoral, and intellectually attentive without becoming a studio debate or sermon-performance format. The episodes connect biblical texts to student life, vocation, mental health, suffering, and worship with a distinctly campus-shaped cadence.

In their own words

Take a moment to refocus on Christ with the Trinity Western University Chapel Podcast.Hosted by Chaplain Ed Gerber, Chapel messages are delivered by a wide range of speakers and seek to touch on topics of special relevance for today's Christian. Devotion services are facilitated by Associate Chaplain Jennifer Graves, and include immersive student led contemplative, meditative, and Christian spiritual practices to refocus and refresh.TWU Chapel seeks to empower the Trinity Western University community to think truthfully, act justly, and live faithfully for the good of the world and the glory of God through worship, Word, and reflection.TWU Chapel services can be experienced daily on the Trin…

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  • biblical teaching that connects Genesis, Job, and Gethsemane to the life you are actually living
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Danny Foster

    ·16m
  2. 2

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  3. 3

    Dr. Theon Hill

    ·14m
  4. 4

    Rev. Bill Tuininga

    ·18m
  5. 5

    Christopher Ogundare

    ·13m
  6. 6

    Rebecca Swaim

    ·16m
  7. 7

    Ed Gerber

    ·20m
  8. 8

    Joanne Pepper

    ·14m
  9. 9

    Rob Rhea

    ·15m
  10. 10

    Ed Gerber

    ·20m
  11. 11

    Andrew Bouchard

    ·14m
  12. 12

    Dwight Friesen

    ·13m
  13. 13

    Paul Evans

    ·17m
  14. 14

    Andy Steiger

    ·16m
  15. 15

    Senater Tese

    ·10m
  16. 16

    Ed Gerber

    ·16m
  17. 17

    Caleb Wollf

    ·13m
  18. 18

    Francis Wang

    ·18m
  19. 19

    Aklilu Mulat

    ·15m
  20. 20

    Shannon Parrot

    ·16m
  21. 21

    Leanne Smythe

    ·14m
  22. 22

    Bing Chavez

    ·12m
  23. 23

    Christopher Ogundare

    ·18m
  24. 24

    Matthew Bender

    ·15m
  25. 25

    Blair Whitmarsh

    ·14m
  26. 26

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  27. 27

    Rochelle Salazar

    ·13m
  28. 28

    Ed Gerber

    ·16m
  29. 29

    Father Chad

    ·21m
  30. 30

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  31. 31

    Dr. Joanne Pepper

    ·18m
  32. 32

    Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  33. 33

    Bishop Mike Stewart

    ·11m
  34. 34

    Hakan Tastan

    ·18m
  35. 35

    Kristen Maynard

    ·16m
  36. 36

    Christopher Ogundare

    ·17m
  37. 37

    Kristen Maynard

    ·12m
  38. 38

    Matthew Dickerson

    ·16m
  39. 39

    Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  40. 40

    Phil Laird

    ·17m
  41. 41

    Ruthanne Downey

    ·14m
  42. 42

    Laurie Matthias

    ·15m
  43. 43

    Ed Gerber

    ·16m
  44. 44

    Cheryl Jean-Paul

    ·17m
  45. 45

    Sue Rhea

    ·15m
  46. 46

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  47. 47

    Rebecca Strafforelli

    ·11m
  48. 48

    Doug Allen

    ·10m
  49. 49

    Jason Burtt

    ·11m
  50. 50

    Shaka

    ·15m
  51. 51

    Ed Gerber

    ·17m
  52. 52

    Mamma Maggie

    ·12m
  53. 53

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  54. 54

    Todd Martin

    ·17m
  55. 55

    Ed Gerber

    ·19m
  56. 56

    Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  57. 57

    Jennifer Doede

    ·17m
  58. 58

    Slava Petlitsa

    ·15m
  59. 59

    Trygve Johnson

    ·15m
  60. 60

    Christopher Ogundare

    ·10m
  61. 61

    Ed Gerber

    ·17m
  62. 62

    Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  63. 63

    Todd Martin

    ·16m
  64. 64

    Ed Gerber

    ·20m
  65. 65

    Ed Gerber | For the Good of the World and the Glory of God: "Live Resurrection!"

    ·19m
  66. 66

    Student Athlete Panel | Glorifying God in Sport

    ·19m
  67. 67

    Jeff Gamache and Graham Roxburgh | Glorifying God in Sport

    ·13m
  68. 68

    Estera Boldut | Living Faithfully: "Tend Your Relationships"

    ·19m
  69. 69

    Ed Gerber | Living Faithfully: "Tech Tok"

    ·17m
  70. 70

    Dwight Friesen | Living Faithfully: "Tech Tok"

    ·15m
  71. 71

    Scott Macklin | Living Faithfully: "Being Joygantic!"

    ·18m
  72. 72

    Joel Kumar | Living Faithfully

    ·16m
  73. 73

    Christopher Ogundare | Acting Justly

    ·16m
  74. 74

    Aklilu Mulat | Acting Justly

    ·14m
  75. 75

    Ed Gerber | Acting Justly

    ·17m
  76. 76

    Ed Gerber | Acting Justly: Justice for God

    ·18m
  77. 77

    Joelle Turner | Thinking Truthfully: Mental Health and the Life of Faith

    ·13m
  78. 78

    Rob Rhea | Thinking Truthfully: The Year Ahead

    ·16m
  79. 79

    Rev. Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  80. 80

    Rev. Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  81. 81

    Rev. Ed Gerber

    ·16m
  82. 82

    Heren Yohannes

    ·11m
  83. 83

    Darren Young

    ·13m
  84. 84

    Dr. Mark Husbands

    ·17m
  85. 85

    Brittany Martin

    ·15m
  86. 86

    Rev. Ed Gerber

    ·18m
  87. 87

    Christopher Ogundare | Student Testimony

    ·14m
  88. 88

    Aliya Coy | Student Testimony

    ·10m
  89. 89

    Ellen Yuniwo | Student Testimony

    ·18m
  90. 90

    Kiki Liao | Student Testimony

    ·8m
  91. 91

    Steven Abraham | Patient Endurance Part 2 | 2 Peter 3:14-18

    ·22m
  92. 92

    Sacha Mugisha | Student Testimony

    ·17m
  93. 93

    Steven Abraham | Patient Endurance Part 1 | 2 Peter 3:8-13

    ·18m
  94. 94

    Dr. Priscilla Kim | Come Lord, Come | 2 Peter 3:1-7

    ·21m
  95. 95

    Ed Gerber

    Jesus, “the second and better Adam,” lives the pattern of saying thanks, stomping badness, and doing good with wisdom.

    ·21m·1 clip
  96. 96

    Ed Gerber

    Hidden gem

    Ed Gerber opens TWU Chapel Podcast’s “Ed Gerber” episode with Hebrews 11 and Genesis 4, then reads Abel and Cain’s offerings alongside the chapel setting at Trinity Western University.

    ·20m·1 clip
  97. 97

    Matthew St. John

    A chapel talk at Trinity Western University focusing on God's love and the message from Isaiah 43:4 that we are precious and honored.

    ·14m
  98. 98

    Tastan

    A chapel speaker shares his personal testimony and reflects on Acts 20:24 and 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, emphasizing God's work in Turkey and the transformative power of faith.

    ·13m
  99. 99

    Ed Gerber

    Hidden gem

    Ed Gerber’s TWU Chapel message on Job 6:1-10 argues that suffering can never be the final authority on identity, because “our diagnoses do not indicate who we are.” He contrasts Job’s refusal of his friends’ blame logic with Scripture’s broader account of suffering, including the sin of Adam, the sins of other people, and our own sin.

    ·20m·1 clip
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    Harold Gutierrez | Jude 1:8-16

    Hidden gem

    Harold Gutierrez’s TWU Chapel reflection on Jude 1:8-14 warns that harmful voices can emerge from inside the church.

    ·23m·2 clips
  101. 101

    Ed Gerber

    Hidden gem

    Ed Gerber of the TWU Chapel Podcast reflects on Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane and why Matthew presents the cross as the only way to address human guilt.

    Apr 1, 2026·20m·1 clip
  102. 102

    Andrew Bouchard

    Hidden gem

    Andrew Bouchard finds hope after sleeping six hours in an improvised sideways position during jaw-surgery recovery.

    Feb 23, 2026·14m·1 clip
  103. 103

    Dwight Friesen

    Dr.

    Feb 11, 2026·13m
  104. 104

    Paul Evans

    A chapel talk at Trinity Western University exploring the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22, focusing on God's beauty and provision.

    Feb 9, 2026·17m
  105. 105

    Andy Steiger

    Andy Steiger shares a message on storing up treasures in heaven from Jesus' sermon in Matthew 6, encouraging listeners to focus on eternal hope.

    Feb 4, 2026·16m
  106. 106

    Senater Tese

    Feb 2, 2026·10m
  107. 107

    Ed Gerber

    Jan 28, 2026·16m
  108. 108

    Caleb Wollf

    Jan 26, 2026·13m
  109. 109

    Francis Wang

    Jan 21, 2026·18m
  110. 110

    Shannon Parrot

    Jan 19, 2026·16m
  111. 111

    Bing Chavez

    Jan 14, 2026·12m
  112. 112

    Rob Rhea

    Jan 12, 2026·15m
  113. 113

    Aklilu Mulat

    Nov 24, 2025·15m
  114. 114

    Ed Gerber

    Ed Gerber preaches on Job 6, exploring the theme of suffering and finding consolation in God amidst unrelenting pain.

    Nov 19, 2025·20m
  115. 115

    Christopher Ogundare

    Nov 17, 2025·18m
  116. 116

    Matthew Bender

    Nov 12, 2025·15m
  117. 117

    Blair Whitmarsh

    Nov 5, 2025·14m
  118. 118

    Father Chad

    A chapel talk about a woman overwhelmed by life's challenges and seeking help.

    Nov 3, 2025·21m
  119. 119

    Ed Gerber

    Oct 29, 2025·19m
  120. 120

    Rochelle Salazar

    Oct 27, 2025·13m
  121. 121

    Matthew St. John

    Oct 22, 2025·14m
  122. 122

    Tastan

    Oct 20, 2025·13m
  123. 123

    Ed Gerber

    Oct 1, 2025·16m
  124. 124

    Leanne Smythe

    Sep 24, 2025·14m
  125. 125

    Ed Gerber

    Sep 17, 2025·19m
  126. 126

    Dr. Joanne Pepper

    Sep 15, 2025·18m
  127. 127

    Ed Gerber

    Sep 10, 2025·18m
  128. 128

    Bishop Mike Stewart

    Mar 17, 2025·11m
  129. 129

    Hakan Tastan

    Mar 12, 2025·18m
  130. 130

    Kristen Maynard

    Feb 26, 2025·16m
  131. 131

    Christopher Ogundare

    Feb 12, 2025·17m
  132. 132

    Danny Foster

    Feb 10, 2025·16m
  133. 133

    Matthew Dickerson

    Feb 5, 2025·16m
  134. 134

    Ed Gerber

    Jan 29, 2025·18m
  135. 135

    Phil Laird

    Jan 27, 2025·17m
  136. 136

    Ruthanne Downey

    Jan 22, 2025·14m
  137. 137

    Ed Gerber

    Ed Gerber discusses the foundational story of Genesis 2, focusing on the Garden of Eden and how it offers wisdom for navigating an uncertain new year.

    Jan 15, 2025·21m
  138. 138

    Laurie Matthias

    Jan 13, 2025·15m
  139. 139

    Ed Gerber

    Nov 25, 2024·16m
  140. 140

    Cheryl Jean-Paul

    Nov 18, 2024·17m
  141. 141

    Sue Rhea

    Nov 13, 2024·15m
  142. 142

    Ed Gerber

    Nov 6, 2024·19m
  143. 143

    Rebecca Strafforelli

    Nov 4, 2024·11m
  144. 144

    Doug Allen

    Oct 28, 2024·10m
  145. 145

    Jason Burtt

    Oct 23, 2024·11m
  146. 146

    Shaka

    Oct 21, 2024·15m
  147. 147

    Ed Gerber

    Oct 16, 2024·17m
  148. 148

    Mamma Maggie

    Oct 7, 2024·12m
  149. 149

    Ed Gerber

    Oct 2, 2024·19m
  150. 150

    Todd Martin

    Sep 16, 2024·17m