The Freedom of Surrender
Aug 23, 2026 • The Rev. Dr. Sandi Kerner
Paul's appeal in Romans 12 to offer our whole selves as a living sacrifice rests on the mercies of God, a Hebrew word linked to the shelter of the womb. Dr. Kerner tells of a woman freed through healing prayer from her father's stinging judgment of her prayers, and of a Charleston couple whose surrender in caring for their profoundly disabled daughter became a holy calling. Transformation, not conformity, follows when we lay everything down.