Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D.

In the wake of awe-filled moments when God feels near, we often return to ordinary routines wondering what comes next. This sermon explores the disciples’ post-resurrection confusion and Jesus’ quiet recommissioning—an invitation to live out faith not just in the extraordinary, but in daily acts of love and service. Discipleship, we discover, means casting the net again and again, trusting that Christ meets us there.

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This sermon was originally delivered on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. We recorded Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D., on 4/29/2025 to add them to this podcast series.

Easter doesn’t restore order—it upends it. This sermon celebrates the holy disruption of resurrection, where death is defeated, power is reversed, and grace runs wild. In a world shaped by control and conformity, we are invited to live as dis-orderly people of love, proclaiming that everything has changed—because Christ is risen.

For episode transcripts and more about Grace Episcopal Church, visit online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠gracechurchgainesville.org⁠/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This sermon was originally delivered on Saturday, April 19, 2025 for Easter Vigil. We recorded Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D., on 4/29/2025 to add them to this podcast series.

At the Great Vigil of Easter, we stand not in full light, but on the threshold—between darkness and dawn, between death and new life. The first Easter did not come wrapped in triumph but in trembling, as faithful women carried spices and sorrow to a tomb already empty. This sermon names the sacred truth that resurrection meets us not in perfection, but in our dis-ease—and promises that even here, even now, love has the final word.

For episode transcripts and more about Grace Episcopal Church, visit online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠gracechurchgainesville.org⁠/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.