St. Paul & St. Andrew's Sermon and Prayercast

From the historic St. Paul & St. Andrew on Manhattan's Upper West Side comes a weekly reflection on scripture, justice, love, and our lives.

St. Paul & St. Andrew's Sermon and Prayercast is a religion podcast hosted by St. Paul & St. Andrew, with 378 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  K Karpen: "Those Puzzling Parables" (Sermon for July 26, 2026)

  Jul 26, 202617 min

  "The Kin-dom of Heaven is like a mustard seed... No, wait, it's like yeast mixed into flour... Maybe, it's like buried treasure? Or a valuable pearl!" Matthew 13 This week we're presented with four more puzzling parables. Jesus desperately wants his followers (including us) to understand something about the community, the way of life, that he is calling us into. But it's evidently a bit hard to describe. Jesus uses parables not because they clear everything up, but because they force us to think, and maybe to change. Join us this Sunday as we continue to puzzle through the parables! K PS: Please plan to stay after worship for a fabulous Cook-Out/Eat-In. Feel free to bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share. Or just yourself!

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  Jacob May: "The Case of the Wheat and the Weeds" (Sermon for July 19, 2026)

  Jul 19, 202614 min

  “He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field’” – Matthew 13:24 This week, Jesus tells us another parable about sowing and reaping—but something’s different. Something’s off. The wheat and the weeds look exactly alike! Can you tell them apart? Can you judge which is which? Is that your decision to make? Jesus wasn’t in the business of reinforcing our binaries but disturbing them. We can see all around us the dangers of dividing the world into us versus them, the guilty and the innocent. Jesus knows that humans aren’t so simple. The wheat and the weeds are mixed in our fields. As our church and our community try to embody the justice and compassion of the kin-dom of God, our path will not be free of obstacles. It will not be free of ambiguity or uncertainty. So we must rely on the gracious and liberating God who knows us and loves us deeply. And that is good news! Peace, Jacob

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  Benz: "Stay Salty" - (Sermon for PRIDE Sunday | June 28, 2026)

  Jun 28, 202628 min

  “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 his followers – tells us – to stay salty. As we celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride this month and this Sunday in particular, it feels like a fitting exhortation. After all, Stonewall was a riot, as they say. But what does that mean for us in this moment? This moment of unrelenting assaults on trans people, continuing genocide, ICE’s ethnic cleansing terror campaign, massive attacks on civil liberties and civil rights, ongoing climate crisis… and so much more. I found some clues by taking a deep dive into Mark Kurlansky’s history of salt (all 484 pages of it) and reaching for inspiration from the fierce resistance of our queer and trans ancestors. I can’t wait to share it with you! See you Sunday! - Benz

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  K Karpen: "Called This Way?" (Sermon for June 21, 2026)

  Jun 21, 202617 min

  “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword." - Matthew 10:34 That saying of Jesus has got to be among his most controversial. Really, Jesus? Aren't you our Prince of Peace, who departed from your disciples with the words, "Peace, I leave with you, my peace I give to you."? And didn't you chastise Peter, saying, "Those who live by the sword, die by the sword? But Jesus was never one to shy away from controversy, and even conflict. At the end of last week's New York Annual Conference meeting, our bishop congratulated us for avoiding contentiousness and disputes. And yes, that made it a welcome respite from some years. But, as we all know, without conflict, there can be no change. And so much in our nation and world today demands change. See you Sunday! K PS: Please stay after for our Potluck "Cook Out/Eat In". Bring a salad, side, drink or dessert to share, if you can. Or just yourself!

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  Sally Rausch: "The Harvest That Nourishes" (Sermon for June 14, 2026)

  Jun 14, 202615 min

  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 9:37-38 Every summer as a kid, my mom would load our family in the car in the early morning and we’d go blueberry picking. She had a whole system - a belt around our waist holding a plastic ice cream bucket at our hips, and rows upon rows of bushes waiting to be harvested. We became masters of the craft, positioning our hips under our outstretched hands so that as we pulled berries off branch they fell precisely into the container. We'd spend the morning like this, gathering ripe berries and eating almost as many as we picked, until the heat of the day sent us home with stained fingers and full buckets, the berries headed to the freezer to last us through the following July. I found myself thinking about those summers as I read this week's gospel text. Harvesting is hard work, but it is also deeply satisfying work. It is work connected to the land, to seasons, to community, and to the simple delight of gathering at its peak what has been patiently growing for so long. In a world where so much human labor is exploited or abused, where the work for justice can feel endless and exhausting, Jesus' words invite the questions: What are we laboring for? What are we harvesting? This Sunday we'll explore what it means to become co-laborers in God’s harvest, and how Jesus calls ordinary, imperfect people - people very much like you and like me - back to the work we were made for. Looking forward to being with you Sunday, Sally

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