Our Advent Mix Tape: Mary’s Song – The Uprising of Love, Perspectives FUMCSD Pastors Podcast Season 3, Episode 15
Dec 14, 2025
Summary
Feeling the weight of uncertainty, turmoil, or transition this Advent season? You’re not alone—and neither was Mary. As she moved toward the birth of Jesus, facing risk and social stigma, she still found the courage to sing the very first Christmas carol: Mary’s Magnificat. In this week’s conversation, Rev. Hannah and Rev. Brittany from First United Methodist Church of San Diego explore Mary’s bold, justice-filled song that’s sometimes described as a female punk rock Christmas anthem.
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Feeling the weight of uncertainty, turmoil, or transition this Advent season? You’re not alone—and neither was Mary. As she moved toward the birth of Jesus, facing risk and social stigma, she still found the courage to sing the very first Christmas carol: Mary’s Magnificat.
In this week’s conversation, Rev. Hannah and Rev. Brittany from First United Methodist Church of San Diego explore Mary’s bold, justice-filled song that’s sometimes described as a female punk rock Christmas anthem. Found in Luke 1:46–55, the Magnificat isn’t sentimental or soft; it’s a prophetic cry that challenges power, confronts injustice, and lifts up the marginalized.
Whether you identify as Christian, spiritual-but-not-religious, skeptical, or simply curious, this episode invites you to reimagine Mary not as a quiet figure in a nativity scene but as a courageous young woman leading an uprising of love.
It’s the third track of Our Advent Mix Tape, the female pastors’ exploration of lesser-known songs of Christmas – and the powerful gifts they deliver. This week’s gift: Love.
Join us to explore:
- Why cultivating a trusted community matters
- Mary’s journey of questions, accepting, assuring, and praising
- The danger Mary faced as an unwed, pregnant teen in the ancient world
- How the Magnificat flips the status quo and proclaims radical, prophetic hope
There is so much to explore with this rich song. We encourage you to continue the conversation with friends and family, our online Patreon community, or our in-person Convergence discussion group.
Here are some reflection questions for you to explore:
- If Mary's song were sung today, what specific injustices, hopes, and transformations would she name?
- What song is God inviting you to sing even if your voice trembles?
- How does Mary's love for her child expand into a vision for a world turned upside down?
- Why does true justice-seeking love often feel disruptive rather than comforting?
- How can we practice love today in ways that are tangible and lifegiving and not just symbolic?
Join us next week for the final track in this mix tape! And be sure to get the first two tracks: Perspectives FUMCSD Pastors Podcast, Season 3 Episode 13 & 14.
