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Companions
Companions is a podcast for those who want to engage Scripture honestly, thoughtfully, and in community. Hosted by Pastors Angelo Sanchez and Becca Detterman, the show offers reflective conversations designed to help listeners walk with the Bible—not rush through it. As we journey through the Bible together, Companions creates space for curiosity, questions, and real-life connections. Each episode invites listeners to slow down, listen deeply, and discover how God’s story continues to shape our…
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CompanionsCompanions Season 3: Episode 44 - Romans
Romans is one of the most influential—and sometimes most challenging—letters in the New Testament. In this episode of Companions, we finish our journey through…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 43 - Acts Part 2 + Intro to Romans
We're wrapping up the book of Acts, and things are getting a little wild! Paul is on trial, survives a shipwreck, encounters some unusually kind strangers, and…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 42 - The Book of Acts Part 1
The book of Acts begins with Jesus’ followers waiting for what comes next—and quickly discovering that the Holy Spirit has other plans. In this episode of…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 41 - Luke Part 2 + Acts Intro
In this episode of Companions, we journey through the second half of Luke’s Gospel and into the opening of Acts, following one persistent theme: Jesus keeps…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 40 - The Gospel of Luke Part 1
This week on Companions, we begin our journey through the Gospel of Luke—and Luke wastes no time giving us plenty to talk about. From James and John wanting to…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 39 - The Gospel of John Part 2
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca conclude their journey through John’s Gospel by exploring what it means for Jesus to be the Word made flesh. From…
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Companions Season 3: episode 38 - The Gospel of John Part 1
After Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Gospel of John feels decidedly different. In this episode of Companions, Pastor Angelo and Pastor Becca explore what makes…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 37 - The Gospel of Mark
Fast-paced, urgent, and often surprising, Mark’s Gospel wastes no time introducing us to Jesus. This week on Companions, Pastor Angelo and Pastor Becca explore…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 36 - The Gospel of Matthew
In Season 3, Episode 36 of Companions, we take a high-level journey through Matthew’s Gospel. From healing and compassion to discipleship, community, the…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 35 - Beginning the New Testament!
In this episode of Companions, Pastors Angelo and Becca celebrate the start of the New Testament by discussing its structure, how the books were chosen, how…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 34 - Now That’s What I Call the Old Testament
We’ve reached the final Old Testament episode! Pastors Angelo and Becca turn 2 Chronicles into an Old Testament greatest-hits album, revisiting the Temple…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 33 - 1 Chronicles and the importance of retelling old stories
Pastor Becca is back—and her reward is nine straight chapters of genealogies! This week on Companions, Angelo and Becca explore why 1 Chronicles retells…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 32 - Building and Rebuilding w/ Jameson Tomlin (Ezra-Nehemiah)
Pastor Angelo is joined by Jameson Tomlin of Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity for a conversation about Ezra and Nehemiah. Through the stories of Zerubbabel…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 31 - Alex in Exile (Meet our Family Ministries Director!)
In this episode of Companions, Pastor Angelo is joined by Wesley Memorial’s Director of Family Ministries, Alex Rammell, for Alex in Exile. Together, they…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 30 - For the Hevel of it (Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations
This week on Companions on the Journey, we explore three of the Old Testament’s most distinctive books: Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 29 - Job (Angry, Confused, and Still Faithful)
In Season 3, Episode 29 of Companions on the Journey, Angelo and Becca close the book on Job by exploring the final speeches of Job’s friends, the unexpected…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 28 - Job (When doing everything right still goes wrong...)
If Proverbs gives us the rule, Job offers the painful exception. How do we respond when righteous living does not keep us from suffering? In this conversation…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 27 - Proverbs (Probabilities or Promises?)
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca talk about wisdom literature, the book of Proverbs, and why it is important to understand the difference between a…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 26 - We're Halfway There (and Livin' on a Prayer!)
This week on Companions, we celebrate reaching the halfway point in our Bible in a Year reading plan! As we finish the Minor Prophets and prepare to turn…
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Companions: Season 3, Episode 25 - The Annual Conference Edit
Recording from Annual Conference, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on the Minor Prophets and their ongoing call to the church today. From justice and mercy to…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 24 - Starting The Not-So-Minor Prophets
This week on Companions on the Journey, Pastors Angelo and Becca leave the Major Prophets behind and enter the world of the Minor Prophets. Together they…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 23 - Dry Bones, Dragons, and Dystopian YA Novels?
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca finish reflecting on Ezekiel. Together, they discuss the valley of dry bones, dragons, and the close connection…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 22 - Emma and Ezekiel
This week on Companions, Pastor Angelo is joined by Wesley Memorial’s summer pastoral intern, Emma Strickland, for a special episode. Before diving into the…
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Companions Season 3 Episode 21 - Jeremiah Part 2: The Prophet and The Pretender
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca close out their reflection on Jeremiah by discussing prophets and pretenders. What is a false prophet? How do we…
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Companions Season 3 Episode 20 - Jeremiah Part 1 (Bullfrog?)
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on the first half of Jeremiah. Does God speak through visions and dreams? What does it look like to be…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 19 - Isaiah 49-66: On Faithfulness, Suffering, and the importance of Me
In this episode on companions, Pastors Angelo and Becca share their thoughts on the end of Isaiah, the importance of remembering (and not remembering) in…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 18 - Isaiah 1-48: Judgment, Trust, and Comfort in Exile
Isaiah doesn’t let us stay on the surface. In this episode of Companions, we walk through Isaiah 1–48—moving from confrontation in Jerusalem to comfort in…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 17 - The Prophets: An Overview
This week on Companions, we step into the Prophets—and discover they’re not nearly what we thought. Far from distant predictors of the future, the prophets…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 16 - 1 & 2 Kings: Power, Prophets, and the Presence of God
What happens when a people slowly drift from the God who formed them? In this episode of Companions, we walk through 1 & 2 Kings, tracing nearly 400 years of…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 15 - Sing to the Lord a New Psalm
This week, we hit another checkpoint in our Bible-in-a-year journey—and we’re slowing down to spend some time in the Psalms. Joined by a very special guest…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 14 - 2 Samuel (God & Flawed People)
This week on Companions, we step into one of the messiest stretches of Scripture yet—where power is complicated, leadership is unpredictable, and the line…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 13 - 1 Samuel (God's Still Working)
This week on Companions, we step into the story of 1 Samuel—a world filled with leadership failure, spiritual confusion, and people grasping for control. From…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 12 - The Book of Judges (Listener Discretion is Advised)
This week, we step into one of the most unsettling sections of the Bible. The Book of Judges is raw, chaotic, and at times deeply troubling—so much so that…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 11 - Joshua and Courage
This week on Companions, we journey through the book of Joshua and reflect on what courage really looks like in the life of faith. When God tells Joshua to “be…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 10 - Completing the Torah!
This week on Companions, we reach a major milestone: the end of the Torah. After journeying from Genesis through Deuteronomy, we pause to reflect on what this…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 9 - Shema and Listening
What does it really mean to listen to God? In this episode, we spend most of our time in Deuteronomy 6 and the Shema—exploring how, in the Hebrew imagination…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 8 - Numbers and Dory (Just Keep Reading)
This week on Companions, we journey through Numbers 14–32 and Psalms 44–50—a stretch of Scripture filled with rebellion, accusation, ritual, and worship. From…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 7 - Warnings, Wilderness, and Waiting
What do we do with the intense language of Leviticus? How do we keep reading when the text feels repetitive or monotonous? In this episode of Companions, we…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 6 - What do we do with Leviticus?
Leviticus doesn’t ease us in—and neither does faith when God feels distant. In this episode of Companions, Angelo and Becca wrestle with offerings, holiness…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 5 - Law and Order
What do we do when Scripture feels heavy, repetitive, or even troubling? In this episode of Companions, Angelo and Becca reflect on Exodus 19–40 and the…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 4 - Saved...and still Complaining
In this episode of Companions, Angelo and Becca return to last week’s lingering question—what feels unresolved?—as they step into the book of Exodus. Together…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 3 - Flawed People, Faithful God
Genesis doesn’t always give us clear heroes—and this episode leans into that discomfort. Angelo and Becca reflect on Jacob, Joseph, deception, power, and…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 2 - It's not a bug, it's a feature....
What do we do when Scripture feels confusing, uncomfortable, or even troubling? In this episode of Companions, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on the early…
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Companions Season 3: Episode 1 - The Journey Starts Here
A new year, a new season, and a shared journey begins. In this opening episode of Companions, Pastors Angelo and Becca introduce a refreshed podcast and invite…
CompanionsCHRISTMAS Companions!
A special BONUS Christmas Episode! Today, we are talking about our favorite sermons and series from this past year, the words and themes that have held it all…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 13 - On Unexpected Joy
What happens when joy shows up where we least expect it—right in the middle of waiting, grief, or uncertainty? In this episode of Companions, Pastors Angelo…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 12 - Advent Peace with Special Guest Rev. Julia Hayes!
In this week’s episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca sit down with Rev. Julia Hayes to talk Advent peace, John the Baptist’s challenging call to prepare, and how…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 11 - What even is Advent?
Pastors Angelo and Becca dive into the heart of Advent—what it is, why it matters, and how this season invites us to slow down, tell the truth about our lives…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 10 - On Grief and Solitude
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on Becca’s recent sermon, Grieving with Hope, exploring what it means to name our pain without losing sight…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 9 -- Grieving with Hope
In this episode of Companions on the Journey, Pastor Becca sits down with long-time friend and mentor Dan Stokes for an honest and hope-filled conversation…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 8 - On Grief and bearing without OVERbearing
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca dive into the realities of grief and what it means to truly bear one another’s burdens—without becoming overbearing…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 7 - A Special Birthday Episode!
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca wrap up their conversation on the Fault Lines series—reflecting on what we’ve learned about sin, grace, and God’s…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 6 - Authentic Faith (and Comfort Food)
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on Acts 5:1–11 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira. Together, they wrestle with what it means to live with…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 5 - Truth > Lies
In this episode, Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on last Sunday’s sermon, taking a deeper look at the lies we tell ourselves and how those inner distortions…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 4 - Not a West Wing Podcast...
"Who’s your Nathan? 👀 In this week’s podcast, Pastors Angelo & Becca talk about why we all need truth-tellers in our lives—those friends who love us enough to…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 3 - A Time for Prayer
In this episode, Pastor Angelo guides you through the Ignatian Examen—a prayerful practice of reflecting on the day that has passed and preparing for the day…
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Companions Season 2: Episode 2 - Crisis, Division, and Hope
Season 2, Episode 2 of Companions on the Journey is all about navigating crisis, division, and hope. Pastors Angelo and Becca reflect on last week’s sermon on…
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Companions Season 2 - Episode 1
Season 2 opens with a hard but hopeful conversation. Pastor Becca and Pastor Angelo wrestle with sin—not just as broken rules but as ruptured relationship—ask…
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Companions - Episode 17
As we wrap up our summer journey through Paul’s letters, we step back to see the bigger picture. Why does context matter when we read Paul? How do we make…
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16. Philippians 4, Campus Ministry, and Rejoicing Always with Rev. Elizabeth Villegas
What does it really mean to “rejoice in the Lord always” when life is messy, unpredictable, and often exhausting? In this conversation, Pastor Becca sits down…