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Discover how embracing our smallest, most vulnerable moments allows us to soar together and lift the entire world:

True ascension requires us to first descend. Jesus didn’t rise from a seat of power, but from Bethany—the “house of misery and affliction”—and early Christians celebrated this day in the Bethlehem grotto where his humble life began.

In this Mother’s Day sermon, Rev. Tim examines the nature of Jesus’ message: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

Rather than a conditional threat, Tim reframes this as a call to radical advocacy rooted in the “Spirit of Truth.” Drawing on the maternal imagery of medieval mystics and the intellectual legacy of “Veritas,” this message explores what it means to hold a deep reverence for God in spaces where organized religion is often viewed with suspicion, spaces such as LGBTQ communities and progressive activism.

Pastor Tim speaks about recognizing the divine in the often overlooked:

On the road to Emmaus, two disciples of the risen Christ meet him disguised as a stranger they almost dismiss. They encounter him not with compassion but with confusion, grief, and even fear. This sermon invites us to see how that same pattern unfolds today: Christ present in the overlooked, the “other,” the migrant, and in the quiet, ordinary moments we might miss.