This sermon is about not losing heart in a world overwhelmed by what the Apostle Paul calls itching ears as we seek to share, with utmost patience, the love we have found in Jesus Christ preached on The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24C) at Christ Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City NC, October 19, 2025.

For those who attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY, especially the Class of 1970, I remembered our classmate Andrea Wasmer, whose passing last week struck me quite hard yet caused me to find strength in the manner by which she lived her life as one who listened and cared deeply for others.

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