July 4, 2022

t’s okay for us to feel our feelings, to have our concerns, to be anxious, and to worry. It’s important not to theologize pain or use escapism of religion to say it doesn’t matter.
We’re here today to be told that it does, and that it’s not the end. Jesus’ disciples go ahead of him to tell people to repent and believe in the Good News: the Kingdom of God is at hand.