Albert Schweitzer & Reverence for Life

In the ninth episode of the Fountain Street Church podcast, Listening At The Fire, host Virginia Anzengruber takes a deeper look at the longstanding practice of Reverence for Life Sunday, which originally began as Albert Schweitzer Day. 

Born in the Alsace-Lorraine, Germany in 1875, the son of a Lutheran pastor, Albert Schweitzer is noted as a medical doctor; a theologian, philosopher and minister; a writer and humanitarian; a Nobel Peace Prize winner; an organist; a scholar on the life of Jesus Christ; a missionary; and someone who influenced something called the Organ Reform Movement (more info on that HERE). Schweitzer's philosophy of Reverence for Life garnered him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. 

Virginia examines Fountain Street Church's longstanding history and relationship with Dr. Schweitzer, and see how this practice of honoring all life and the will to live has evolved since the very first Albert Schweitzer Day at FSC in 1948. 

*The views of the host are not necessarily the views of Fountain Street Church. 

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Episode credits:

Producer/Host: Virginia Anzengruber

Editor: Virginia Anzengruber

Voice Actors (in order): Stephen Pell, Scott Pell

Excerpt from sermon by Rev. Duncan Littlefair, "Is Albert Schweitzer A Christian?" made available through the tireless efforts of our Digital Archivist, Dick Wood. 

Watch the entire 2018 Reverence for Life Sunday Service on YouTube HERE. 

Theme song: "Alone Again" by Kingsbury. Her new song "Blurry Now" is available on Spotify, and the new music video for "All Gone" is now on YouTube.