Are We the Salt of the Earth?

Recorded live at the service for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 8, 2026.

The Rev. Christopher Rogers presided and preached 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 18:50 on the video).  The sermon can be found in a separate video on the YouTube channel.

Image: Hans Stiegler (18th c.), painting of Martin Luther as reformer, from the balustrade of the northern gallery of the Amanduskirche, Freiberg am Neckar, Germany. The uncovering of the candle light is an allusion to the parable of the lamp under a bushel basket (Matthew 5:14-15), from this week’s gospel. Photograph (2010) by Roman Eisele, reproduced under CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.