Menlo Church Podcasts

Hope for Everyone has always been asking the question underneath the question. Not what should I give, but what kind of person am I becoming? The campaign is the context. Formation is the point. The reason the gift...

In this episode, Matt Summers sits down with Banda Health co-founders Steve Letchford and Wes Brown to hear the story behind their work in Kenya. Banda Health equips resource-constrained clinics with practical...

We spend so much energy trying to "measure up." Repentance is the relief of finally admitting we can't. This "purification" isn't about being scrubbed clean by our effort, but being made whole through our honesty. Text...

We often think God waits for us to fix ourselves before He is kind. Romans 2:4 flips the script: His kindness is the reason we are able to change. This shifts us from the "Pressure" of the law to the "Purpose" of grace...

To believe in Jesus is to trust His direction. If we say we trust Him but keep walking the opposite way, we don't truly believe. This week focuses on the "Undivided Follower"—aligning our feet with our confession. Text...

Episode Description: On Week 4, the finale of What is a Follower of The Way?, host Matt Summers and pastor Phil EuBank sit down to confront an uncomfortable reality: the illusion of control. Building on our year of...

James closes with a warning to the arrogant planner and the hoarder of wealth. He calls our life a "vapor" (mist). The "Sacrificial Developer" understands that because time is short, we must invest in the future—not...

Episode Description: On Week 3 of our series through James, Pastor Phil EuBank swaps chairs to sit down with Matt Summers to ask a grounding question: What do your words reveal about the "junk drawer" of your life...

James 3 is the most famous passage on the tongue. In an era of hot takes, cancel culture, and digital outrage, the "Thoughtful Witness" is rare. James describes the tongue as a "restless evil." A follower of Jesus is...

Episode Description: Fresh off Vision Sunday and the launch of our new series through James, host Matt Summers sits down with Pastor Phil EuBank to ask a grounding question: What is your life actually becoming? Moving...

James 2 attacks the sin of partiality—treating the rich better than the poor. In our context, this is "networking" vs. "friendship." We tend to be "hurried" with people who can't help us and "unhurried" with people who...

Description Welcome back to the Menlo Midweek Podcast! Following Vision Sunday at Menlo Church, host Matt Summers sits down with Phil EuBank to launch our new year-long journey: Reclaiming the Way of Jesus. In this...

James opens with a punch: "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." In the Bay Area, we are experts at fragmentation—we have a "work self," a "home self," and a "church self." But a Follower of the Way seeks...

In this series finale of the Menlo Midweek Podcast, Matt Summers and Phil EuBank wrap up seven weeks of exploring the world’s major worldviews by turning their focus directly toward the heart of Christianity: the...

Get to know two familiar faces stepping into new leadership roles at Menlo Church! Our Lead Pastor Phil sits down with Tommy, the new San Mateo Campus Pastor, and Brett, the new Mountain View Campus Pastor, to discuss...