the Fourth Sunday of Lent All Souls Parish Sermons

the Rev. Emily Boring

The Rev. Emily Boring reflects on what it means to trust in the living and
resurrected body of Jesus the Christ. What does this trust offer us in
times of fear, uncertainty, grief, and change? It draws on the work of
German theologian Paul Tillich, who writes about sin as the state of
separation: separation from true self, from others, and from God. To trust
in the body of Christ means trusting that connection, relationship, and
love are stronger than separation, and acting from that conviction. Emily
reminds us that we are the living body of Christ in the world, and asks the
listeners to consider what that identity calls us to do.