St. Paul Podcast

Katy Warren preaches on knowing. We often talk about knowing someone or something but there is a broad spectrum of what knowing implies. What is known about you and who knows all about you? God knows our challenges and our fears, our hopes and joys. There’s nothing we can think, say, or do that God isn’t aware of. God knows all of this and all of us, inside and out, and loves us completely.   

Preaching text: Psalm 139: 1-14

Approaching God with a fervent plea, the psalmist acknowledges just how many ways there are that God knows them, and in that vulnerability entrusts the plea to God.

Preaching passage: Psalms 139:1-6, 13-18

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 change. We all find ourselves at different times between chapters in life. These are the spaces between what has been and what is to come. Times when something that brought us life and joy is passing or has passed away and we wonder if there is new joy or new promise on the other side of the transition. The new is sometimes scary, especially when the old ways are comfortable and familiar, but hanging on to the old things God takes from us can hinder the newness of life that God is creating for us.  

Preaching text: Mark 2: 13-22

Peter W. Marty preaches on prayer. It can be hard to figure out what to pray. Many of us are focused on receiving some answers. That’s why we pray. We should eliminate the word ‘answers’ when we talk about prayer or prayer outcomes. Prayer is about conversation with God; conversations are not about answers but about engaging a relationship and sharing company with someone. Once we realize this about prayer, our relationship with God becomes much deeper.  

Preaching text: Romans 8: 22-27 

Leading a desperate community after catastrophe into new ways to be God's people, Mark emphasizes reaching out and settling in for an indefinite future.

Preaching text: Mark 2:13-22

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.

The apostle Paul reminds the community in Rome that they have the "first fruits" of the Spirit as both the guarantee of God's promises and the gifts and strength to persevere until those promises are brought to fulfillment.

Preaching passage: Romans 8:22-27

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.

Sara Olson-Smith preaches on connectedness. When faced with something scary, our friendships and our community matters. When are are afraid of things, imagined or real, getting together to dance, to laugh, to play, chases away our fears. We are not lost, we are not alone, we have each other and God will hold us through everything we face, even death. Connecting to God and one another dares us to love with courage and step into the world even when it’s scary. 

Preaching text: John 17: 6-13 

Peter W. Marty preaches on boundaries. We shape our lives around social distinctions and cultural affinities that we’re often barely even aware of. We segment ourselves and measure our happiness by being around people who are roughly like us. In God, there is no partiality. God does not make distinctions between faces. Ask yourselves: am I learning to live as Jesus would in my place? Live in such a way that you are always prepared to be interrupted by the Lord’s spirit. 

Preaching text: Acts 10: 34-36, 44-48 

In Jesus' final prayer, John reminds the community that God has given them all that they need to be protected from the seductions and corruptions of the world.

Preaching text: John 17:6-13

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.

Luke, the author of Acts, depicts a key step in his program of gospel expansion – the realization that the Holy Spirit works in many ways throughout the world, and it is the same Holy Spirit that the apostles experienced on Pentecost.

Preaching text: Act 10: 44-48

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.