Every Day Is Easter

This is my sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord taken from our live stream of the Liturgy of the Word at St. Stephen’s in Huntsville. In the aftermath of the riot at the Capitol on the Feast of the Epiphany, I can’t help thinking that the Christian community (and people of faith in general) should find the courage to speak out against violence and authoritarianism instead of keeping silence, or worse, aligning with the perpetrators of violence and authoritarianism. We’ve been baptized into the Body of Christ, after all, and follow the one who guides us into all truth and sets us free. Life in community should teach us about the responsibility of freedom and remind us that we have renounced the ways of this world to follow Jesus. A large part of our call is to prioritize relationships over self interest.

Peace,

Jeff+