St. Paul Podcast

Amy Current, Bishop of the Southeast Iowa Synod, preaches on humanity. We are all humans created by God and we are set free to live our lives. We often come up short. We aren’t always compassionate. We aren’t always kind. But we are never alone. In this week’s episode of the podcast, Pastor Mac Mullins reflects on Bishop Current’s Sunday sermon and the installation of Pastor Mark Niethammer as the ninth senior pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church.  

To learn more about the Southeastern Iowa synod, visit their website at seiasynod.org.  

Preaching text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 

The writer of Ephesians grounds life together in community in truthfulness and thoughtful restraint, showing those to be echoes of God's saving love for us.

Preaching text: Ephesians 4: 25-5: 2

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul.  With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor

Mark Niethammer preaches on hope. We have all hoped. When we have hoped and things have not turned out how we wanted them to, we must live in that grief. But that broken hope doesn’t end with the tragic, they evolve into something amazing and often, something miraculous. Second chances give us all the chance to move from grief to accompanied grief to life on the other side.  

Preaching text: Luke 24: 13-35

Mac Mullins preaches on being grounded in faith. When left to our devices, our hearts and desires tend to remain focused on ourselves, on our own wants and desires. Letting go of selfish ambition and trusting our needs will be met even if our wants may not be, are part of what it means to be rooted in Christ. We are filled with love because we are meant to share that love deeply with others.  

Preaching text: Ephesians 3: 14-21

In a dramatic story set on the evening of Easter day, Luke addresses crucial questions for every Christian community that lives after the resurrection.

Preaching text: Luke 24:13-35

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul.  With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor

Near the end of the first century CE, a follower of Paul affirms the good news that the wide diversity of the Ephesians' community holds together in unity as a gift of God.

Preaching text: Ephesians 3:14-21

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul.  With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor

Katy Warren preaches on compassion. Compassion is the ability to tend to someone’s needs, to take time away from our own agendas and though it’s rarely convenient, it’s sacred and needed work. Your true character is what you do or how you respond when no one is watching, even if it is an inconvenience for you. Wherever someone shows up in front of you, wherever this is a need, it is no small thing to go out of your way, to set aside your own needs, to honor the humanity of another.  

Preaching text: Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56

In Mark's Gospel Jesus stitches together different communities, showing that our oneness as people of God makes it possible to live in our differences with love and respect.

Preaching text: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul.  With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor

Max Franks preaches on the power of love. Even if you believe and have faith that can move mountains, it doesn’t matter if you do not have love. When the fear of change, the pain of loss, or the anxiety of what will come next arises within us, we’re bold to lean into love and to lean into God who is love. The love we share is a powerful force. 

Preaching text: Hebrews 12: 1-13

The example of biblial Israel's ancestors and heroes, living in the embrace of God's faithful promise, is called "faith," and it models the stance that Christians are exhorted to adopt in the face of adversity.

Preaching text: Hebrews 12: 1-13

Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul.  With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor