This sermon wonders as we approach Veterans Day how the words the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians inspire those who find themselves in harm’s way defending what  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke of during World War Two as freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear as I prepare for my own pilgrimage to the beaches of Normandy.  preached on The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27C) by The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas at Christ Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City NC, October 19, 2025.

Normandy Cemetery View Photo by Malek Larif on Unsplash
Poppy Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash