Learning to let go and trust God with the details of the future can be a way of opening our eyes and our trust to the presence of God in the moment at hand. It truly can be a way, a truth, and a life for us right now. And this way is not just any way. It is the way of Jesus. The way of love. Maybe trust is just the space we need to meet this world with the kind of love Jesus taught and lived to the end.
“Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.” When was the last time awe came upon you?
Baptism is the shaper of our identity as beloved children of God. God shapes us in a form that can be reshaped over time to meet the opportunities and challenges we encounter at different stages of our journey. God is constantly reshaping us, much like the ways Linus reshapes his blanket.
High school seniors Bruce Marshall, Jack Jordan, Dahlia Townley-Bakewell, and Sam Shiberou offer today’s sermon.
Christ is risen, my friends! Christ is risen! The only work that’s left for us to do is walk away from the stories of the empire, and commit together to being the people of Abel’s God, the community of Jesus, and to giving our fears over to his resurrection to be raised as joy.