St. Paul & St. Andrew's Sermon and Prayercast
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Benz: "Stay Salty" - (Sermon for PRIDE Sunday | June 28, 2026)
“You are the salt of the earth but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot.” – Matthew 5:13 In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells ...
K Karpen: "Called This Way?" (Sermon for June 21, 2026)
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword." - Matthew 10:34That saying of Jesus has got to be among his most controversial. Really, Jesus? Aren't you our Prince of Pea...
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Sally Rausch: "The Harvest That Nourishes" (Sermon for June 14, 2026)
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” - Matthew 9:37-38Every summer as a kid, my mom would load our family i...
Lea Matthews: "The Medicine of Mercy" (Sermon for June 7, 2026)
Friends,We're carrying a lot right now. There is so much hurt in our lives, in our communities, and in the world. This Sunday, we'll gather with a gospel story that invites us to look honestly at that reality and to consider what healing...
Andrea Steinkamp: "Pursuing Peace" (Homily for May 31, 2026)
Then God said, ‘Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness…So God created humans in God’s own image, in the divine image, God created them… – Genesis 1:26-27Friends,It is always a bit of a mystery and a miracle t...
Hannah Reasoner: "Keep Planting Seeds" (Sermon for May 24, 2026)
“Among the disciples were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna; and many others who were contributing from their own resources to support Jesus and his disciples.” - Luke 8:2-3Friends,What a joy it is to be back in NYC and ...
Kat Armas: "Liturgies for Resisting Empire" (Sermon for May 17, 2026)
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” — Acts 1:8Friends,This Sunday, we mark the Ascension, the day forty days after Easter when, accor...
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K Karpen: "To Be Honest" (Sermon for May 10, 2026)
"Some of the people then joined Paul and became believers, including... a woman named Damaris." - Acts 17:34Nearly every chapter in the Acts of the Apostles speaks of women disciples and apostles, including this mention of Damaris, who j...
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K Karpen: "That's My Church" (Sermon for May 3, 2026)
"The people were constrained from donating any more, because what they had already given was more than enough to finish the work." - Exodus 36In Exodus, we read the strange tale how during the building o...
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K Karpen: "Left Behind?" (Sermon for April 26, 2026)
"Then Cleopas and his friend told what had happened on the road, and how Christ had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread." - Luke 24:35Luke’s tale of the encounter of two disciples with the risen Jesus on the road ...
Sarah Patlan: "See My Hands" (Homily for April 12, 2026)
“Then Jesus said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ ” - John 20:27I always thought the passage of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances to the disciple...
K Karpen: "Where's Your Resurrection?" (Sermon for Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026)
In Matthew's Gospel, resurrection happens multiple times, for multiple sets of people!First, of course, for Jesus. Before the story even starts, before the women get to the tomb, before the angel opens the tomb, Jesus is already up. Jesu...
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Andrea Steinkamp: "Save Us!" (Sermon for March 29, 2026)
“The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’” — Matthew 21:9Palm Sunday is sometimes framed as a victory parade—a foreshadowin...
K Karpen: "Back From the Dead: A Collective Resurrection" (Sermon for March 22, 2026)
As Lazarus emerged from the tomb, Jesus told the crowd, "Unbind him, and set him free." - John 11:44If it has meaning, resurrection is always a collective experience. We are all involved in the process of moving beyond the fear of death...
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Lea Matthews: "Returning Us To Life" (Sermon for March 15, 2026)
Hi Friends,For more than 40 years, a woman named Sally Winey has been repairing old teddy bears that people send to her from across the country. These bears arrive worn thin, missing eyes, with torn seams and fading fur. But to the peop...
K Karpen: "Living Water" (Sermon for March 8, 2026)
Friends,You may have caught on that John chapter 4, the story of the encounter of Jesus with a Samaritan woman at a well, is a favorite of mine, since I reference it nearly every Communion Sunday.The truth is, I come to that story...
K Karpen: "Resisting the Devil" (Sermon for February 22, 2026)
"Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil..." Matthew 4:1The devil is clever. Devil in Greek is διαβόλου (diabolos), one who 'throws-across', or 'casts-through'; in other words, one with the a...
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Lea Matthews: "The Courage To Be Awestruck" (February 15, 2025)
Dear Friends,This Sunday, we’ll gather at the threshold of Transfiguration, a moment in the church year that invites us to look up and around, to notice what’s shining. We’re invited to remember that the holy happens here, too, ev...
K Karpen: "Be Salt, Shine a Light, Build the City, and Embody the Law of Love" (February 8, 2026)
"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt becomes tasteless, can it be salty again?" - Matthew 5:13Friends,In the collection of sayings we call the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls us away from blandness, challenges us to resi...
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Sally Rausch: "How Are We To Be?" (Sermon from February 1, 2026)
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8Friends, These days, I find myself asking the question o...
Morning Prayer: K Karpen (January 25, 2026)
Please join Pastor K Karpen in a moment of prayer, from the January 25, 2026 service at St. Paul & St. Andrew in New York City.
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K Karpen: "Walking with Jesus" (Homily for January 25, 2026)
"Immediately, they left their nets and followed Jesus" - Matthew 4:20Friends,Those words from the gospels are so familiar. Jesus gathers disciples, and they 'follow' him.This week, I would love to consider a different under...
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Morning Prayer: K Karpen (January 18, 2026)
Please join Pastor K Karpen in a moment of prayer, from the January 18, 2026 service.
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