How to call disciples
Sermon for Epiphany V, 2025, delivered at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Louisville, KY Text: Luke 5:1-11 Twenty years ago, I started a three-year quest that led to a Masters degree in Biochemistry. I took one class at a time, and would leave my lab job for an hour to an hour and a half on class days, and then return to finish my work day. There were two other lab techs I worked with, and after I left that lab job, I learned that they both went for their Master’s degree. One of them told me that once she saw me do it, she realized that she could do it as well. I had no idea that they were paying attention to me, watching me juggle a full-time job, classwork, and raising a family. In June of 2020, we started our food collection service here at St. Paul’s to help Calvary church downtown keep their pantry open during the pandemic. The area around Calvary had recently become a food desert when two grocery stores had closed, and people found themselves without many options between social ...