October 20, 2024 | Gillian Garcia | Jeremiah 29:4-11 (NRSV)

In this sermon, guest preacher Gillian Garcia draws a parallel between the Babylonian Exile and the Filipino American experience to point out that God calls God’s people in exile (be it an external, geographical exile, or an internal kind of exile) to recover their humanity. The sermon implores people experiencing exile to pursue joyful resistance as they seek God’s justice and shalom-wholeness for all people, especially those on the underside of power and privilege.