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October 7, 2026

Menlo Midweek Podcast | Hope for Everyone | Still

On this special follow-up episode, we're taking a break from our series to sit down with Lead Pastor Phil EuBank to discuss his message, Still. Set against the setting of Hope for Everyone, this conversation moves past campaign updates and tracking stats to reframe stewardship not as fundraising, but as the quiet formation of an unshakable, living faith. Together, Matt and Phil unpack what it actually means to stay faithful when the fruit doesn’t fit our forecast, exploring how to cultivate open-handed trust when our expectations don't match reality. Tune in as they break down: - Why nostalgia is a forecast built on dated data, and how longing for the past can blind us to what God is doing in the present. - The critical biblical order in Haggai 2, why God’s presence must always precede our performance, and grace must come before generosity. - How to shift the stewardship question from "What should I give?" to "What kind of person am I becoming?" - The four pastoral invitations: Begin, Come Back, Ask the Question, and Plant a Tree and how they meet us wherever we are without grading or pressure. - The "First and Best Week" practice and seven daily questions designed to transform financial anxiety into trust and freedom. Grab your journal, pick one question to sit with each day, and join us for an unhurried conversation on why stewardship isn't a transaction to complete it's a formational practice that sets us free.
September 16, 2026

Menlo Midweek Podcast | Repentance For the Rest Of Us | The Two-Sided Coin

On Week 1 of Repentance for the Rest of Us, hosts Matt Summers and Phil EuBank sit down with guest speaker and author Dr. Vince Vitale to confront a word most of us spend our lives avoiding: repentance. Kicking off our new series under our year-long focus, Reclaiming The Way of Jesus, this conversation moves past clinical definitions to reframing repentance not as punishment or shame, but as the daily exhale of a living faith. Together, Matt, Phil, and Vince dismantle the corporate project-management approach to apology and explore what it actually costs to step into horizontal, present-tense ownership of our lives and relationships. Tune in as they break down: Why "repent" and "believe" are two sides of the exact same coin and why we dropped one word while keeping the other. The critical difference between vertical confession with God and horizontal repair with people. How high-performing culture tempts us to project-manage our apologies instead of giving up control. Why forgiveness and consequences are not the same transaction, and how to keep grace from becoming a shield against accountability. The marital "ban" on I’m sorry and the four words that shift an apology from self-defense to genuine surrender. Grab your Reclaiming Journal, ask yourself whose face comes to mind when you close your eyes, and join us for a conversation on why repentance isn't a sentence to carry. It's a gift that sets us free.