Sunday, May 31, 10:30 am
The Lens of Liberation
Kelly Schaecher, Homilist
Jesse Invik, Worship Associate
Kelly reflects on her journey across places, identities, and personal crises to explore what “liberating love” truly means. Weaving together stories of wartime resistance, cultural mistrust, neurodiversity, and years of caregiving through illness and uncertainty, she reframes liberation not as escape, but as the courage to live with honesty, trust, and vulnerability. Through exhaustion, anxiety, and “poly crisis,” she discovers that freedom comes not from pushing harder, but from connection, adaptation, and care—for ourselves and each other. In the end, liberation is deeply personal, nonlinear, and shared: a messy, human process of breaking through what confines us and choosing to keep going, together.
Music: Cantabile Handbell Choir