“How do we respond…” — Gospel and Sermon for Sunday, May 29, 2022

Here is the manuscript for today’s sermon:

A plague killed somewhere between 5–40% of the population. Imagine what that does to a society.

The Peasant’s Rebellion and the long-standing wars throughout the continent on a constant basis that ripped young men from families, caused death and great destruction throughout the land. Imagine what that does to people and families.

Everyday life was shrouded in what scholars called a culture of violence in which violence was a…