Posts from July 2026

Introduction This Sunday we begin a new five-week series, Our Baptismal Vows, walking through the promises at the heart of the United Methodist baptismal covenant one Sunday at a time. Most of us made these promises once, or had them made on our behalf, and we’ve rarely looked at them closely since. We start where the covenant itself starts: with renunciation. To renounce is to turn away from the powers that diminish us and to choose, again, who we’ll serve.…