Parkway Heights Women's Ministry

03/31/2026

The Embodied Holiness a podcast is celebrating 100 Episodes! 👏🏼🙌🏼 Listen Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1933780/episodes/18825673

Susan is joined by original co-hosts Lyerly Christensen and Lindsey Lewis for a rich and meaningful conversation about how life has changed over the past four years. Along the way, they dive into topics that hit close to home: navigating compassion fatigue in a nonstop news cycle, finding your voice when it feels risky to speak, and learning to own your faith instead of living to please others. It’s an honest, encouraging conversation for anyone trying to live faithfully in a complex world.

03/24/2026

Don’t Miss Ep. 99 with Parkway Heights’ own, Steve Wiest!

Grammy-nominated jazz musician and Hattiesburg native Steve Wiest joins Susan for a wide-ranging conversation about faith, creativity, mentorship, and making the most of the one life we’ve been given.

Steve reflects on his formative years in the church, the mentors who “saved his life” during a difficult season, and how those roots shaped both his faith and his wildly creative career. This episode is honest, eclectic, and full of hope — a reminder of the power of people who pour into us and the importance of living fully, right now.

Listen to Ep. 99 Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1933780/episodes/18684144

Website: https://steve-wiest.com/

ABOUT STEVE: Steve Wiest is a Grammy-nominated trombonist, composer, author, and cartoonist with multiple albums to his name as both a leader and sideman.

As a young soloist and composer for Maynard Ferguson, he later toured with Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Orchestra, performing alongside numerous renowned artists.

Steve is also a distinguished figure in jazz education, best known for his tenure as director of the One O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Under his leadership, the ensemble earned two Grammy nominations—one for Best Large Jazz Ensemble and another for Best Instrumental Composition for his original work, Ice-Nine. He also received a Grammy nomination for his arrangement of Bésame Mucho, featured on Maynard Ferguson’s final album, The One and Only.

After UNT, Wiest served as Co-Chair of Jazz Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Before that, he was Director of Jazz and Trombone at UW-Whitewater and began his teaching career as Assistant Director of Jazz at the University of Texas at Arlington.

A sought-after guest artist, clinician, composer, and conductor, Wiest has led numerous all-state ensembles and continues to perform and teach worldwide. Wiest is an artist for Edwards Instruments playing his custom “Excalibur” version of the Edwards T302 and the Griego-Steve Wiest Mouthpiece exclusively.

Steve makes his home in Chicago, Illinois with his wonderful wife Deborah and their golden retriever Phoebe, where Wiest can often be heard remarking, “Ain’t life grand!?!”

03/18/2026

Women's Connection Event
Ladies, come out to eat with us! All women are invited to join us for dinner at Newk's on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. Invite a friend to join you. If you plan to attend, please let Susan Eaton know by signing up in the Sunday bulletin or by emailing her.

12/17/2025

You may not realize it, but you need this message in your ear today. Give it a listen. And may it encourage your heart — especially if you struggle with waiting. Listen Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1933780/episodes/14112876

Join Susan Eaton and Alex Doleac as they discuss how the season of Advent invites us to cultivate the habit of patience and trust the slow work of God.

Listen Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1933780/episodes/14112876

"If we are healthy, financially secure, and privileged, we can seek to meticulously rid our lives of waiting. We dwell in an impatient culture. We collectively avoid the hard lessons found in waiting." ~Tish Harrison Warren

05/20/2025

Listen to Episode 84 of The Embodied Holiness Podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1933780