On Annual Meeting Sunday, we remember that the Church begins not with performance but with identity. A sermon on light, grace, growth, discernment, and the living story of St. John’s in 2025.
On Annual Meeting Sunday, we remember that the Church begins not with performance but with identity. A sermon on light, grace, growth, discernment, and the living story of St. John’s in 2025.
St. John’s Episcopal ChurchTallahassee, FL Micah 6:1-81 Corinthians 1:18-31Matthew 5:1-12 The video version of this sermon is unavailable due to technical difficulties. Right now, we…
In a moment marked by noise, fear, and division, Christian hope is not found in certainty or power, but in staying close to Christ, trusting God’s steady presence, and learning to love without hardening our hearts.
The Christian life is not a choice between contemplation and engagement. Rooted in prayer and sent into the world, the Church has to learn how to live faithfully without retreating or hardening in a noisy, fractured age.
At the muddy edge of the Jordan, God speaks a name before anything is earned or achieved. Baptism reveals a grace that steps into our mess and claims us as beloved, delighted in, and forever God’s own.