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St. Paul Podcast
A vibrant faith community in Davenport, Iowa, St. Paul Lutheran Church runs a ministry that reaches across the country and outreach commitments that extend around the world.
Episodes
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Palm/Passion Sunday, The Bible for Worship
Mark shows his community that something more than a Messiah from David has come to lead them into the future. Preaching text: Mark 11: 1-11 Bible for Worship…
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Embracing redemption, 3.17.2024
Max Franks preaches on God’s mercy. We don’t carry the impulse to be forthright about our shortcomings. Not only do we veil our shortcomings, we also avoid…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and Jesus at the Last Supper
In this week’s episode, Little Bird shares a very special meal with Jesus and the disciples. And before that meal, Jesus does something a little different but…
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Fifth Sunday in Lent, The Bible for Worship
Jeremiah announces to the people Israel that God will once again and always move beyond their rebellion and lift them up to life with God that cannot collapse…
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Love not condemnation, 3.10.2024
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on salvation. Those who do what is true come to the light. We all have things we do in the shadows and cannot make the changes that…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and Jesus at a Palm Parade
We're going back again to revisit the Easter story and revisit a very special donkey friend. On today's episode, Little Bird adds another new friend to the…
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Fourth Sunday in Lent, The Bible for Worship
John shows the "lifting up" of Jesus, in death and in resurrection, as a way to awaken people to the fullness of life unbounded by time and space. Preaching…
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Beyond the sanctuary, 3.3.2024
Max Franks preaches on sensing God’s presence in our lives. God’s presence is just as available to us outside of the church as it is inside. God comes home…
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Little Bird and Jesus and God's big house
Have you ever wondered what heaven looks like? That’s what Little Bird is wondering…what exactly heaven looks like? Jesus talks about just that in today’s…
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Third Sunday in Lent, The Bible for Worship
John goes to the heart of religious life to show Jesus pleading for people to honor the holy graces that God showers on us. Preaching text: John 2:13-22 Bible…
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Intimidated and scared, 2.25.2024
Peter W. Marty preaches on abundant life. What does it mean to take up your cross? If we’re not afraid to let go of the myth that nothing bad will happen to…
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Little Bird and Jesus and the I AM sayings
This week, we need your superpowered imaginations as we tell stories with lots of comparisons. Jesus is often compared to things and today, we’ll hear an…
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Second Sunday in Lent, The Bible for Worship
Mark writes the gospel for us after the resurrection, which is the promise that calls us to follow in the pattern of Jesus' suffering love for others…
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Rainbow grace, 2.18.2024
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on God’s amazing promise. What truly changes people is grace. Rainbows appear when there is both rain and sunshine. God doesn’t deny…
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Little Bird and Jesus and a lesson on anger
Today, Little Bird is MAD. Very, very mad. Do you ever get mad? Of course you do. We all do! But it’s how we deal with those feelings that is very important.
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First Sunday in Lent, The Bible for Worship
The covenant God makes with all living things after the Great Flood opens up our lives to honest self-critique and an earnest quest to respond more fully in…
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The beauty of change, 2.11.2024
Katy Warren preaches on change. Every day we get to choose how and when to let others influence us and how we’ll let our perspectives shift or modify our own…
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Little Bird and Jesus and the greatest commandment
Hello podcast friends! Do you know about the commandments? Which one do you think is the greatest commandment of all? In today’s episode, we’ll talk about just…
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Transfiguration of our Lord, The Bible for Worship
In the story of Jesus's transfiguration, Mark's powerful use of symbols underscores God's presence and grace in both strength and weakness. Preaching passage…
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There comes a time, 2.4.2024
Peter W. Marty preaches on strength and vulnerability. When I am weak, that is precisely in the Lord when I am strong. This inversion of strength and weakness…
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Little Bird and Jesus teach how to pray
Today, Little Bird is a little baffled. Jesus is always talking to himself, and she can’t quite figure out who he is talking to. What do you think Jesus is…
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, The Bible for Worship
Isaiah encourages Israel in exile with a reminder that God is the author of creation and history, giving enduring power to the weak and weary. Preaching…
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The magic of words, 1.28.2024
Katy Warren preaches on words. Our words carry much more weight or power than we sometimes give them credit for. You don’t need special powers to make change…
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Little Bird and Jesus and the unexpected dinner guest
On this week’s episode, a very unexpected person shows up and does something even more unexpected! This is an episode of love and forgiveness.
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, The Bible for Worship
Mark opens the story of Jesus's public work, affirming that a close, undistracted alignment with God gives power over the forces that oppose life. Preaching…
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The Gift of Availability, 1.21.2024
Peter W. Marty preaches on relationships. We seem to live in a world where we no longer need each other much anymore need our neighbors for the meaning in our…
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Little Bird and Jesus at Mary and Martha's house
Little Bird and Jesus visit some very good friends in today’s episode. The sisters are so excited to see Jesus and Little Bird but they each show their love…
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Third Sunday after Epiphany, The Bible for Worship
Telling the story of Jesus calling the first four disciples, Mark offers important insights into the nature of Christian discipleship. Gospel passage: Mark…
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20/20 vision, 1.14.2024
Katy Warren preaches on renewing our vision. We can look at the same situation, the same person, the same thing and see very different things and come to very…
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Little Bird & Jesus and the generous widow
This week, we fast forward to when Jesus is a grown-up. Today, we’ll meet a very generous woman who gives so much of herself to others.
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Second Sunday after Epiphany, The Bible for Worship
John tells the story of Jesus calling two disciples, in a scene that can teach us all about discipleship. Preaching passage: John 1:43-51 Bible for Worship is…
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Chaos and goodness in life, 1.7.2024
Peter W. Marty preaches on the chaos and goodness in life. So many of the words in scripture are like three-dimensional words you can climb inside of because…
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Little Bird and Jesus meet Simeon and Anna
For the next few weeks of Little Bird and Jesus, we’re going to introduce you to some wonderful people Jesus met throughout his life. This week, meet Simeon…
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First Sunday after Epiphany, The Bible for Worship
The first verses of the Bible open up to us the God who is for us from beginning to end. Preaching passage: Genesis 1:1-5 Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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God’s great story, 12.31.2023
Mac Mullins preaches on encountering God’s grace. How is your life being shaped by God’s grace? We are surrounded by this heavenly peace and God’s great story…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and the wise men
Happy New Year! This week, we find Little Bird just where we left off - the stable in Bethlehem. On this day, some astounding new visitors arrive, bringing…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and the shepherds
Last week's episode ended with Little Bird waking up to a most peculiar sound. What could that sound have possibly been? This week, Little Bird meets a very…
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A Special Christmas Eve Edition, 12.24.2023
Peter Marty preaches on gentleness. How might we operate in the world more gently? What would happen if we all aspired to be more gentle in our lives? Let your…
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Second Sunday of Christmas, The Bible for Worship
Luke's profoundly rich story of Jesus' first visit to the Jerusalem Temple signals the key themes of his gospel message in an appealing story filled with…
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Christmas Eve, The Bible for Worship
Luke uses subtle irony and surprise to underscore the revolution that arrives with Jesus' birth. Gospel passage: Luke 2:1-14 Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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The power of dreams, 12.17.2023
Katy Warren preaches on dreams. What does it mean to be people who dream? The season of Advent is about the hope and anticipation that there is something more…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird, Mary, and Joseph go to Bethlehem
This week, Little Bird is off on her longest journey yet, flapping her little wings all the way to Bethlehem. Little Bird, Mary, and Joseph find comfort and…
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Third Sunday in Advent, The Bible for Worship
The prophet's vision of a world restored brings hope for freedom, healing, comfort, and growth both in our day and in our spirits. Preaching text: Isaiah…
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Crooked becomes straight, 12.10.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on the winding path of life. Most of the roads we navigate in life are not perfectly straight. Not everything works the way we wish it…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and Mary visit Elizabeth
This week, our brave Little Bird is off on another adventure. This time, traveling days and days to visit Mary's cousin Elizabeth. This week's episode is…
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Second Sunday in Advent, The Bible for Worship
Mark opens the gospel story boldly, setting John the Baptizer in an older biblical context and signaling that "the one who is coming" will be different. Bible…
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Please don’t go to sleep on me, 12.3.2023
Peter Marty preaches on staying awake. Stay alive to everything that life brings you, offers you, asks of you, and what the world needs of you. The best way to…
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Little Bird and Jesus: Little Bird and Mary meet an angel
It's time to jump back to the beginning of the story, even before Jesus was born. Today, we're revisiting stories we started with last year! Little Bird meets…
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First Sunday of Advent, The Bible for Worship
Mark shows Jesus offering reassurance about troubling times and encouraging his followers to stay alert for the arrival of God's reign in all its fullness…
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A sheep’s life, 11.26.2023
Mac Mullins preaches on living out mercy. The things we do without thinking, our habits, are deeply a part of how our lives are defined even if we don’t…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E12: Little Bird and Jesus tell the story of the sheep and the goats
Happy snowy day, podcast friends! Today’s podcast is all about recognizing Jesus in the world. In what ways do you recognize Jesus and what does that even…
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The Reign of Christ, The Bible for Worship
In the last teaching before Matthew’s Passion story, we hear Jesus talking about eternal judgment for life or punishment, for disciples and for the world…
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A large measure of treasure, 11.19.2023
Sara Olson Smith preaches on giving and mercy beyond measure. God gives love, grace, and mercy with excess and abundance that cannot be counted. Our fear often…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E11: Little Bird and Jesus tell the story of the one proud man and the one humble man
Podcast friends! It’s almost Thanksgiving. Are you ready for all of the yummy goodies coming your way later this week? On today’s episode, Jesus overhears a…
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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Matthew uses the parable of the talents to caution the community about being paralyzed by fear in the face of the delay in Jesus’s return. Bible for Worship is…
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A harvest of gratitude, 11.12.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on gratitude. If we’re feeling the least bit down by the realities out of our control what we want to try and see, know, believe, and…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E10: Little Bird and Jesus tell the story of the prodigal son
In today’s episode, we hear all about a parent who just couldn’t stop loving their son, no matter what. And that’s just like God. Know that God loves you, no…
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Joy Sunday, The Bible for Worship
Matthew’s summary of Jesus’ ministry sets the stage for the story of Jesus sending the disciples out as laborers in the harvest of the kingdom. Bible for…
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What is a saint?, 11.5.2023
Katy Warren preaches on identity. Naming who we are in relation to circumstances outside of ourselves is a reality many of us face at one point or another. We…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E9: Little Bird and Jesus tell the story of the Good Samaritan
Sometimes help and kindness come from very unexpected places and that’s just what today’s story is about. Jesus tackles the question: “Who is my neighbor?”…