Being Formed by Jesus

Recorded live at the service on the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost on Sunday, September 7, 2025.

The Rev. Christopher Rogers presided.  The Rev Blair Pogue gave the sermon.

The live-stream of this entire service is available on the church’s YouTube channel (@stmatthewsmn).  Click   here to access the sermon (minute 19:09 on the video).

Image:  The uncompleted nave of the Cathedral of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The expanded nave, which would have doubled the size of the cathedral, was abandoned in 1348 due to the Black Plague. The floors of the planned nave now serve as a parking lot. In the parable in this week’s gospel (Luke 14:25-33), Jesus says those who lay a foundation for a tower they cannot finish leave themselves open to mockery.  Photograph (2007) by Wikimedia User:Hiro-o, reproduced under CC-BY-SA 1.0