Saint Paul’s Pod

The book of Revelations depicts a new heaven and earth full of the grandeur of God. How can we keep hope as we exist in the meantime? We sustain our hope through Jesus’ commandment to love one another. We live toward the new world by loving one another and keeping an eye out for the good that breaks down barriers of evil and shines through into the present world. Fun fact: This week’s sermon was i...

We celebrated Senior Sunday with our graduating seniors. One of our high school seniors, Campbell Harison, preached the sermon. She shared reflections on the book of Romans acknowledging we need the power of grace, the gift we receive through faith in Jesus. Campell is an amazing testament to the community at Saint Paul’s where all are empowered to know and share the love of God as we walk through...

This week we welcomed the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Rt Revd Anthony Poggo. Based in London, we were honored to have him visit us from across the pond to share in prayer and encourage our ministries. He talked about strengthening relationships and the power of serving one another, feeding each other’s minds, bodies and souls with God’s bounty, grace and love.

Mother Kimberly leads us during the second Sunday of Easter. We discuss how Jesus is the reason for the season. We cherish the mystery of the Passion. Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension helps us reconcile humanity with God. God is everywhere and only a prayer away for all of us.  

We journey through the resurrection story from John. The God we serve is the God who raised Jesus from the dead. Jesus conquers death, hypocrisy, power, cruelty and pain. The divine's response? Light and never-ending life. Christ is risen.

On this Good Friday, we look to the gospel according to John. It is in a way a miracle we keep the custom of narrating the death of our God. But we tell the stories during Holy Week that make us who we are including the story of Jesus’s arrest and execution.

"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!" Luke Chapter 19 As we celebrate Palm Sunday, we learn of Jesus healing a servant's severed ear. This highlights Jesus' power as a healer and His refusal to respond to violence with violence, demonstrating the power of peace. We invite you to join us throughout Holy Week and on Easter Sunday a...

We learn stories from Paul and Mary and their journeys to knowing Christ as their Lord and Savior. If you have ever wondered, “what does it mean to make Jesus the Lord of my life?” we invite you to listen.

Jesus illustrates God's boundless love and forgiveness, contrasting it with the Pharisees' self-righteousness, highlighting the joy of welcoming back repentant sinners. Love and mercy come from who God is and not from what we do.

Together we navigate how to live well and faithfully during the valleys of life. How do we have an honest and faithful response to suffering? How do we face our own suffering and the suffering of others with faithfulness?

Together we explore a fruit of the Spirit, joy. Joy enables us to navigate life in peace. It is a state of mind and a matter of the heart. Without joy, we cannot fully love. Joy gives us the opportunity to move through life with hope.

During the first Sunday in Lent, we learn how Jesus was tested in the wilderness. At the beginning of Jesus’ teachings, Jesus answers the call and the question of who He is as the son of God.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a season of preparation for new life. We are invited into a period of self-examination and spiritual discipline. The ashes remind us of our mortality, and we are guided through fasting, prayer and alms giving.

The last Sunday after the Epiphany, we read the story of the Transfiguration...the story of Jesus glowing on the mountain coupled with what he did the next day, healing a child who was overcome by an unclean spirit.

This week Bishop Logue visited Saint Paul's and focused on the radical call of Jesus to love without expectation of return and to love our enemies. 

Isaiah was a prophet of the Lord whose call was to deliver messages to God's people preparing them for the unfolding of God's will. Sometimes those messages were not pleasant and disrupted the "norm". Likewise, Jesus' sermons, parables and presence were also disruptive to the daily flow of living. Might unsettling and disruptive times render to us good things like purpose and direction?

During the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus shares wisdom in the midst of the difficulties of the people. He comes down to them and heals them. He pronounces blessings on the poor, hungry, and persecuted, while warning the comfortable and complacent. He is never separate from us. He is always present in the mess of human need and hope.   

When Jesus is 40 days old, Mary and Joseph take him to the temple. On the steps, He is recognized as the salvation of the world, representing light and hope in the darkest of times.

Today’s podcast is from the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Here at Saint Paul’s Church, this feast day is always a highlight of our year. This year, we celebrated even with the backdrop of the national turmoil and controversy surrounding the Episcopal Church after a church bishop directly addressed the president in a sermon asking him to have mercy on our neighbors who are frightened. The...

Renewing our baptismal vows reminds us God loves the person you really are and the person you are called to become.  The Baptism of the Lord is a feast that commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. The Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany. 

Listen to the message and hope of the Christmas Eve message at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Augusta, Georgia.

The message and readings from the third week of advent.

This second week of Advent presents to us a lectionary full of messages that encourage keeping with preaching repentance and preparing the way for salvation. This special sermon is pointed towards the good people of SPC as we have journeyed together forming a bond of trust and love. May your heart also be encouraged as you listen to this week’s message.

Welcome to Saint Paul's Pod, a podcast where faith is nurtured, and the love of God is shared with all. Today, we begin a special journey—one that invites us into a season of anticipation and reflection: Advent. Join us as we reflect, meditate, and journey through Advent. You belong here, in this space of love and hope. Welcome to Saint Paul's Pod.