FaithIsland – Podcast

by Pastor Mitch

Whenever someone says, no one lives on an island alone – at OSHi, Aiea we are living proof. We live on an island, but we are never alone. We welcome you to journey with us as we follow Jesus – through this life – finally arriving at the life to come. Aloha ke Akua!

• Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Audio
  September 5, 2026
  If I came to church on Sunday with a backpack full of rocks and complained I had a backache – you would tell me to stop carrying the backpack full of rocks. You don't have to be a doctor or nurse to figure out what's causing my aches and pains. […]
• Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Audio
  August 29, 2026
  Jesus made you His own in baptism – and every single day the Holy Spirit works in and through you to bring about miracle after miracle. Jesus said, "whoever wants to be My disciple has to take up His cross and follow Me." That's our carry-on – our cross – […]
• Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Audio
  August 22, 2026
  When disaster happens – God isn't going to make it unhappen. But He will use you to dull the pain, soften the loss, allow the tears of a neighbor to turn your shoulder into a soggy mess. The only thing we can really do is draw close to God and […]
• Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost audio
  August 15, 2026
  The Canaanite woman doesn't try to justify herself or claim she is good enough or deserved anything – but she knew God was a "dog" person – the kind that "accidentally – on purpose" dropped scraps from the table.
• Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost audio
  August 8, 2026
  Jesus reaches through the waves and the wind as we start to sink and pulls us into His arms and sets us inside the boat. He sets us back into a community that watched us try to walk on water. He does not yell at us and say, "what were […]
• Tenth Sunday after Pentecost audio
  August 1, 2026
  Last week I said St. Paul was, "Bald-headed, bowlegged, strongly built, a man small in size, with meeting eyebrows and a rather large nose." We don't know what the Prophet Isaiah looked like – except his lips – sounds strange, but we know exactly what his lips looked like. Isaiah […]
• Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Audio
  July 25, 2026
  When we think about Easter's empty tomb it should lead us to ask, "If God could bring His Son back from death, what else could He do?" That is where our hope comes from as we realize God has a plan and purpose for us beyond just existing. St. Paul […]
• Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Audio
  July 18, 2026
  Why do you pray? What are the reasons behind prayer? It's one thing to say a "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest…" at mealtime or "now I lay me down to sleep…" prayer before we close our eyes. But that's not the kind of prayer we're talking about today. The […]