St. Paul Podcast

Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches that we are all one in Christ Jesus. There is often the mistake and confidence of many people who claim to have the truth when in fact we should be pursuing the truth. Jesus didn’t seem to pay much care to the distinctions that society was obsessed with; gender, race, heritage, ancestry. Sometimes we forget about loving because we are so eager to be right. No one should be written off. Everyone counts. Everyone matters. No exceptions. 

Pastor Katy Warren preaches making time to be in awe of the things God has made. We can be quick to the frustration of inconveniences and slow to look at the marvels around us. Carve out time to explore the beauty and intricacies of what God has formed. Be surprised, be astonished, be present, pause just long enough to say ‘wow.’

Pastor Peter A. Pettit preaches on Acts. “What does this mean?” Showing up, walking alongside, and doing it all in the way that is needed - that’s what incarnation is all about. That’s what it means that Jesus came into this world to know our lives, walk alongside us, know our language and experience, and know our power and our strength. This is how we come to know the Gospel - when someone comes alongside us and speaks it to us in the language of our lives. 

Pastor Sara Olson-Smith preaches on the ascension of our Lord. God has a plan for bringing about God’s way of love in this world. Jesus was part of this plan; he lived, taught, healed, then died, rose again, and ascended into Heaven. But God’s plan continued to unleash the life-saving and world-changing power of God’s love into this world through us. Jesus ascended and passed that baton to us. Jesus is in us, with us, and working through us.

Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches on wholeness. Do you want to be made whole? Do you want to take the steps necessary to make you whole? We all live with unhealthiness. It could be in our relationships, our homes, our spirits and sometimes we can’t imagine an alternative to our situation, we’re not willing to take the steps necessary to get out of our circumstances. Being made whole means to be whole on the inside, to be at peace in your center, to have God deeply shaping the core of your life.

Pastor Katy Warren preaches on Revelation and all things becoming new. “See, I am making all things new.”  God is constantly at work making new joy or restoring hope in our lives, reassuring us of God’s presence. Not just someday, but right now. We are not starting over from scratch or erasing everything else that has happened but simply that God is making things new.

Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches on Psalm 23. Trusting our lives to God, who is capable of planting a deep internal peace within us, a God who doesn’t disappear when we needed but embraces us through some of the darkest and chilliest shadows of life.   

Pastor Sara Olson-Smith preaches on love and the different ways in which it is spoken to each other. Jesus’ love language is about making a way when there is no way, making possibilities where there are only impossibilities, hope where there is despair, freedom where we are stuck, and forgiveness when we’ve messed up. It is in loving others in our varied ways that we show our love for God. 

Pastor Megan Eide preaches on the questions and doubts we often face in our faith journey. Making observations, forming questions, and gathering evidence are how we interact with the world and make meaning in it. These questions aren't stop signs or road bumps on our journey, instead, they can be guideposts to help travel a more authentic road toward God. 

Hear Our Praises
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Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches on Easter Sunday. Life is stronger than death and despair is not permanent. While none of us know exactly what resurrection will look like, not until it happens to us, Paul makes clear that it is stitched into our lives in a daily way and we can come to know and trust the shape of resurrection through small signs in our lives.  

Because He Lives

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