January 18, 2026

On the Sunday before MLK Day, Father Christopher (filling in for Pastor Ron) reflects on our tendency to honor “safely dead” heroes while resisting the costly visions they lived for.

Drawing on Scripture, the poetry of Carl Wendell Hines Jr., and the witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this homily points us to Jesus as the living Lamb of God—not a monument to admire, but a call that still confronts and transforms us.

What are we really looking for: comfort, distraction, or a faith that changes how we live?