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Pastor K Karpen’s sermons

Out of Service? April 28th podcast and text

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By K Karpen  Church of St Paul and St Andrew  New York City

Download or listent to the podcast of K’s Sermon 4-28-13

    John 113

“When Judas had left the table and gone out, Jesus said… “Little children, I am with you only a little longer.  You will look for me, but where I am going you cannot come. So I am giving you a new commandment, and here it is:  Love each other!  The way I have been loving you, that’s the way you should now love each other.  And by this, everyone will know that you are my followers, if you have love for each other.”  John 13:31-35

Charlene and I were coming home from South Street Seaport the other day, so we caught the #3 express train at Fulton Street and figured we’d make it home in plenty of time before our son Harry got home from school.  Everything was fine until we pulled into Penn Station/34th Street.  We sat there a minute, and then we heard those seven last words of the MTA, “This train is going out of service.” Continue reading →

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Married to the Builder

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January 20, 2013   St Paul and St Andrew UMC, NYC

K Karpen   Isaiah 62:1-5; John 2: 1-12

Download K Karpen Sermon 1-20-2013 podcast or click to listen.

“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest… The nations shall see your vindication, and all the rulers your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give you.”  Isaiah 62

I told Jesus it would be alright if he changed my name. Continue reading →

Communing in Troubling Times

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“Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”  Mark 10

Download K Karpen Sermon10-7-2012 podcast or click to listen.

I am a great admirer of the Common Lectionary, that three year cycle of prescribed Biblical readings handed down from some mysterious ecumenical committee somewhere.  Before the lectionary became a popular tool in Protestant churches, preachers would often preach about the same dozen favorite texts, ignoring the rest of the Biblical witness. Continue reading →