Community Revival

Jan 28, 2024  •  The Rev. Charlie Holt

When Jesus enters the synagogue at Capernaum and silences an unclean spirit with a word, a whole village is set free and healing follows. Drawing on Edwin Friedman's account of leaders who lose their nerve, and an image of a child bargaining in a grocery aisle, the sermon calls St. Mark's to community revival, closing with Paul's reminder in 1 Corinthians 8 that knowledge puffs up but love builds up.