This sermon explores the guiding values in the expression “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger” through the lens of dependence, independence, and inter-dependence preached on The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20B) at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Seven Springs NC on September 15, 2024.

Quoted as a poem in the sermon, please listen to a version of The Servant Song Written by British New Zealander Richard Gillard in 1977, “The Servant Song” (CCLI #72673) is such a beautiful expression of the Christian call to community and friendship, marked by selfless service, a walking alongside, and the bearing of one another’s joys, sorrows, and fears.

Lighted Candle Photo by David Tomaseti on Unsplash
Pilgrims Photo by Victoriano Izquierdo on Unsplash