06/22/2026
The tragedy of our current age is that so many of us have become so accustomed to the demands of empire that we mistake them for the demands of God. And yet, Jesus stands before us this morning with the same invitation he offered his first disciples: “You who are weary, take up your cross. Come and follow me, because my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Leave behind the endless sacrifices demanded by the kingdoms and the empires of this world. Choose instead the costly, but beautiful work of becoming fully human. For in losing the life the empire promises, we discover the life that God has been offering us all along. And my friends, that life is worth everything we have. From “True Life,” sermon preached by The Reverend Marcus George Halley, D. Min College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2026.