Lazarus & the Rich Man: Flipping the Mission Script

Recorded live at the service on the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost on September 28, 2025.

The Rev. Christopher Rogers presided and Marian May, Resident Seminarian, 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 18:10 on the video).

Image: James Tissot (1836–1902), Le mauvais riche dans l’Enfer (The Bad Rich Man in Hell, c. 1890). Gouache over graphite on gray wove paper. Brooklyn Museum. The image depicts the closing of the Rich Man and Lazarus parable from our Gospel this week.