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Pastor Hector argues that obedience to Jesus isn't a condition for love but its natural overflow

Pastor Hector invites us to see John 14 through a surprising lens: the power of narrative to hold systems in place — or set people free.

This summer, for several Sundays, the sermon time will again take the form of a dialogue between Pastor Hector and a member of the congregation.

To be shepherded is to submit — not to worldly power, which promises control but delivers captivity, but to the living God who seeks us in spite of ourselves.

What keeps us from recognizing Jesus in our midst? Fear, grief, busyness, comfort — and yes, the relentless propaganda of a culture that has weaponized Jesus's name to divide and diminish.

The world is full of forces working to push us into locked rooms — into isolation, fear, and despair.

The resurrection body is not unmarked; it is mended.

As Jesus enters Jerusalem — not on a warhorse, but on a donkey — we see a God who does not hover above our fractures but descends into them.

When Jesus asks Martha if she believes, she doesn't offer a theological argument. She says simply: Yes, Lord.