St. Paul Podcast

Pastor Katy Warren preaches on 1 Corinthians and love. Sometimes love looks like wedding gowns, tuxedos, flowers, and a great big party, and other times, love looks like sharing what you have, putting a smile on someone else’s face, or making sure someone else has a warm meal. Love comes in all shapes and sizes and can look like all sorts of different things. 

Rise, Shine, You People
Text: Ronald A. Klug, b. 1939, alt. Music: Dale Wood, 1934-2003. Text and music © 1974 Augsburg Publishing House, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. All rights reserved.

Love the Lord
Words & Music by Lincoln Brewster © 2005 Integrity's Praise! Music. Used with permission. CCLI License #2900188

Pastor Peter Pettit preaches on Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. There are always reasons for discontent, embarrassment, and frustration about our bodies, however, this body is what God created. This body is what God formed. All of what Jesus did, he did in his body and all that we do in our bodies and all our bodies can do is amazing. No one body can be the whole, no one body can be perfect or perfected.  

Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
Text: Rusty Edwards, b. 1955; Music: J. Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, Part III, 1813.Text © 1987 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. All rights reserved.

Canticle of the Turning
Text: Rory Cooney, based on the Magnificat. Music: Irish traditional Text © 1990 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534.

Pastor Peter Marty preaches on John 2. Pastor Marty explores the helping of others and the mission of the church. Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s words from his Mountaintop speech, a need to develop an almost dangerous unselfishness. Instead of “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” King suggested the real question should be “If I don’t stop to help this man, what will happen to him?” 

All the People Said Amen
Words and Music by Matt Maher, Paul Moak, and Trevor Morgan © 2013 Thankyou Music | Valley of Songs Music. Used with permission. CCLI License #2900188

Pastor Peter Marty preaches on the third chapter of St. Luke and the baptism of Jesus. “I have called you by name, you are precious in my sight, and I love you.” Our names are distinctive and part of our identity. This is a big reason why we get baptized. We are baptized with our full name and we are told that we have a place in the heart of God and we are loved by God. 

Crashing Waters at Creation
Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955–1993 Music: attr. Christian F. Witt, 1660–1716; adapt. Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805–1876. Text © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. All rights reserved.

Be Lifted Up
Words & Music by Paul Oakley © 2001 Thankyou Music. Used with permission. CCLI License #2900188

Peter W. Marty preaches on Ephesians. We are the adopted children of God and God as our adoptive parent. “Do not think the point of life is just to set goals, think instead the point of life is to be faithful to the commitments that have already been built into your life.”

O Come, All Ye Faithful
Text: attr. John Francis Wade; tr. Frederick Oakeley, sts. 1, 3-4; tr. unknown, st. 2. Music: attr. John Francis Wade. Stanza 3 and 4 arranged by David Willcocks  © 1961, Oxford University Press. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. 

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Verse Text: African American Spiritual; Refrain: John W. Work, Jr.; Music: Go Tell It, African American Spiritual

Peter W. Marty preaches on this special Christmas edition of the St. Paul podcast. The Christmas story tells us that the things that count are human and deeply personal. Jesus offers a new way of being human, with power found in vulnerability, humility, and service to others. May the Christmas story remind you of that tiny child who is determined to teach us the difference between the love of power and the power of love. With Christmas favorites like Joy to the World and Silent Night as well as Oh Holy Night with lyric soprano Claire Kuttler.

Sara Olson-Smith preaches on Luke chapter 1 and Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth and the song of Mary and Elizabeth. Our collective memory can be our shared hope. God has been faithful to us, is faithful to us now, and will be faithful to us and this world forever. 

Lo, How A Rose / Child of Mary
German Carol. Chorus & Arrangement by Bill Campbell

Peter W. Marty preaches on Isaiah chapter 12. Salvation is the name for Christian hope. Hope is what allows us to overcome despair, for some to wage a realistic war against the depression that bedraggles you or the anxiety that bedevils you. “Surely God is my salvation. I will trust and I will not be afraid.”

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Words: Charles Wesley. Melody: "Hyfrydol." Arranged by Bill Campbell

Katy Warren preaches on the first chapter of the gospel of Luke and the song Zechariah sings just days after his son John was born. Pastor Warren reflects on Brahms Lullaby and the constant hope for renewed life and a hope for the future even during struggles and difficult times. The names two realities: Life is hard, death is an ever-present reality and you will be surrounded by the tender mercy of God. While life is challenging, it is beautiful and God is present in the midst of it all. 

Prepare the Royal Highway
Text: Frans Mikael Franzén; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship; Music: Swedish folk tune, 17th cent.; Text © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. All rights reserved.

Candle In the Dark
Words & Music by William Campbell © 2020 William Campbell Music. Used with permission.

Peter W. Marty preaches on the first Sunday of Advent. Be on your guard so you aren’t avoiding or wasting your true purpose. Stand tall, keep your head up, stay engaged with all of the messy activities of life. The proper response in anxious times of disaster, Jesus says, is to keep your head high, stand up, and go about living, to keep loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself. Christian people see and rejoice in endless hope. 

 Creator of the Stars of Night
Conditor Alme Siderum, Latin Hymn, 9th Century, Arranged by Bill Campbell, 2020