Coastal Theology
Coastal Theology - Faith, Learning, and Creativity at the Edge of the Pacific
Welcome to Coastal Theology, a podcast from the Vancouver Island School of Theology and the Arts. Each episode invites you to join us in thoughtful conversations on faith, art, and Christian learning — shaped by the coastal rhythms and spiritual richness of Vancouver Island. Whether you’re a curious learner or considering a course with VISTA, we’re glad you’re here.
Coastal Theology
Latest Episodes
Your Calling, Here and Now with Dr. Gordon Smith
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Gordon T. Smith to explore what it means to live faithfully in the here and now.Gordon invites us to move beyond nostalgia and “what ifs,” and instead pay attention to the real circumstances of our l...
Mark Buchanan: What We Leave Undone - Learning to Trust Through Sabbath
In this episode of Coastal Theology, Andy Withrow and Vanessa Caruso sit down with pastor and author Mark Buchanan (The Rest of God) to explore how Sabbath, vocation, and trust belong together.As VISTA prepares for i...
Mend, Not Fix: Indigenous Invitations to the Church with Jodi Spargur
Author and pastor Jodi Spargur joins host Vanessa Caruso and poet Matthew Church to explore her new book Mend—a gentle yet challenging invitation for the Church to move beyond “fixing” toward true repair and rec...
The Prophet's Playlist: Walking Through Leonard Cohen's Biblical Landscape with Dr. Brian Walsh
"You want it darker? We killed the flame." These haunting words from Leonard Cohen capture the spiritual emergency of our times—and might be his most important message for today's church, according to theologian Dr. Brian Walsh.In this ...
Improvising Church with Dr. Mark Glanville
What if the church's greatest strength isn't in repeating what's worked elsewhere, but in learning to improvise within our unique contexts? Dr. Mark Glanville, jazz pianist and Old Testament scholar, invites us to discover a more vibrant way of...
