Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer, from the August 17 service.

Jesus said, "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" - Luke 12:49I'm back! Did you miss me? It was tempting, given the present political circumstances, to stay in Ireland, a place of relative...

Please join Pastor Sally Rausch in a moment of prayer, from the August 10, 2025 service.

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going." – Hebrews 11:8Friends,Summer is peak travel season, and that’s no exce...

“Some want to keep a gospel so disembodied that it doesn’t get involved at all in the world it must save. Christ is now in history. Christ is in the womb of the people. Christ is now bringing about the new heavens and the new earth.”– Fr. O...

Jesus replied, “Martha, Martha! You’re anxious and upset about so many things, but only a few things are necessary—really only one. - Luke 10:41-42Friends,As I prepare to say goodbye (for now) to this community that has raised m...

Please join Aurora Celestin in a moment of prayer, from the July 13, 2025 service.

"A Samaritan, seeing the wounded man, was moved with compassion..." Luke 10:33Friends,Jesus never calls the 'good' Samaritan good. That's our idea. The Samaritan in the famous story was just a person. A random person. Lik...

Dear Friends,This Sunday, we begin our summer worship series: Grounded in Grace, Growing in Gospel. We’ll reflect on what it means to carry the peace of Christ into the world-- not as conquerors, but as guests. Not with power, but with t...

Dear Friends,This Sunday, we'll celebrate Pride!  We're delighted to welcome our beloved friend and colleague, the Rev. Dr. Althea Spencer Miller to the pulpit. Dr. Spencer Miller is a an ordained elder in the New York Annual Confe...

Please join Rev. Dr. J. Terry Todd in a moment of prayer (from the June 29, 2025 service).

"They found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind." Luke 8:35Jesus is always going out of his way to seek people that others go out of their way to avoid. This week's scripture ...

"When Jesus saw the sick man lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, Jesus said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?'” - John 5:6Friends,Sitting at breakfast a few weeks back, our friend Cameron was telling us ...

Friends,Have you ever been in the same room and as someone you knew deeply and didn’t understand a word they were saying? How did you react? Panic and yelling? Or are you calm under pressure and able to use your know-how to work towards...

"God has put all things under Christ’s feet and made Christ, as the rule of everything, the head of the church, and the church is Christ’s body; it’s the fullness of the One who fills all of creation." - Ephesians 1:22-23Friends,

Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and God will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” John 14:23.As we journey through Eastertide and work together to figure out how to be Easter people,...

"Those who find victory in love will inherit all things..." Revelation 21:7Easter Sunday, 1984 was my last Easter before coming here to St Paul & St Andrew. Pretending I had an hour of free time, I went next door to Riversid...

I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out. - Luke 19:40Friends,This Sunday, we enter Holy Week with Palm Sunday worship. Interestingly, this year's Palm Sunday lectionary text comes from the Gospel of...

Friends,Today's text is the famous story from Luke 15, the 'parable of the prodigal parent'. We usually call this parable the 'prodigal son', but I like to focus on the father's prodigality: extravagantly generous, he shows...

Please join Julia Tulloch in our Morning Prayer, from the March 30, 2025 service.

In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus calls his disciples the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world." Surrounded by a diverse group—fisherpeople, tax collectors, the vulnerable and disenfranchised - Jesus offers a revolutionary message in a turbu...

"Jesus said to the Pharisees (who came to warn him about Herod), "Go and tell that fox..." Luke 13:32This week's Gospel text shows us some strange bedfellows. The Pharisees, who are often depicted as enemies of Jesus - or at least antago...

Happy Birthday! On the first Sunday of March back in 1835, our congregation officially began, dedicated as the "Second Wesleyan Chapel". A church building was soon under construction, down on Mulberry Street.  Barely 2...

Then Rachel and Leah spoke up: “We no longer have an inheritance in our father’s house. Aren’t we regarded as foreigners, now that he has effectively sold us and used up the purchase price? […] Now while Laban was out among the herds sheari...

Join join Rev. Lea Matthews in a moment of prayer, from the February 16, 2025 service.