More to The Story

"More to the Story"

Sermon by The Rev. Brad Landry

June 15, 2025


It’s hard to say what’s more difficult—preaching on the mystery of the Trinity or telling you that my time as rector of All Saints is coming to a close. If you haven’t yet, I hope you’ll read the letter I wrote last Tuesday. But for now, thank you. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with care and encouragement. No, I won’t be the next Archbishop of Canterbury—the commute would be brutal. In the meantime, as we mark Trinity Sunday, I invite us to reclaim words like “dogma” and “doctrine”—not as closed-mindedness, but as the best language we have for something disturbing and inexhaustible. The Trinity is not a puzzle to solve, but a relationship to experience. God is still speaking, still revealing truth. As Jesus said, “I still have many things to say to you.” And I believe that’s true for me, for you, and for this whole community.

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