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...

"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 ...

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. 

"They shall be like a tree planted by the water, sending out its roots by the stream."  - Jeremiah 17:7Friends,How do we continue to stand firm, in the face of so much that is coming at us?Jeremiah 17 reminds us to ...

"When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything behind and followed him." - Luke 5:11Friends,That is maybe the most frightening phrase in the Bible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it like this in The Cos...

"But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went on his way." Luke 4:30Friends,Jesus almost didn't make it through his first sermon!He started out fine, but then he began saying what some didn't want to hear. They st...

Friends,Over the last several days, the power of words has been on full display. Proclamations, addresses, orders, organizational memos, statements, and lots and lots of emails, tweets, texts, and posts are swirling around us, each clai...

"Jesus replied to his mother, 'Woman, what concern is that to you and to me?'" John 2:4 I don't know about you, but some days lately, I feel pretty drained. It's hard to deal with one more piece of news. It's a challenge to sum...

Friends,Very few things grab our attention as quickly as the simple phrase, "Once upon a time."  Storytime is the best.  Kids and adults both love the cozy, cuddle up time over a picture book.  And there is nothing as swe...

Pilate asked Jesus, “So you are a king?” - John 18:37Friends,On the last Sunday of the Christian year, right before the beginning of Advent, we celebrate "The Reign of Christ", also known as Christ the King Sunday. It has an int...

"This is but the beginning of the birth pangs." - Mark 13:8Friends,Birth pangs are a frequently used motif in the apocalyptic imagery that was common in Jesus's Jewish tradition. As someone who physically birthed two humans from...