Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson, Author at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church

Resurrection Dancing

April 20, 2025

“In the garden that morning, Mary Magdalen, alone, eyes full of tears, thought she met the gardener, only to be surprised into joy when she recognized it was Jesus. I imagine she caught him in an embrace, that they twirled in amongst the flowers, to the songs of the early birds and the rhythms of the insects buzzing. And Jesus told her, do not hold onto me. This was a dance of abandon, a body resurrected and a whole world went free, unrestrained, unafraid, unabashedly itself as it was meant to be.”

There IS an Easter Hope

April 15, 2025

“This Lent may have felt to you like a particularly intense season of testing. Perhaps you come to this Holy Week with the words echoed from the cross by Jesus himself— ‘My God. My God. Why have you forsaken me?’— resonating in your own heart and mind.”

Both Being and Doing

March 17, 2025

“Lent is a time of fasting and stripping away so that we can attend to the essence of who God is calling us to be and what God is calling us to do.”

This Is How You Stand

March 16, 2025

“The image of Ieshia Evans captured the imagination of so many, because of the way it juxtaposed a courageous vulnerability with a world bound in systems of death and destruction. Evans’s galvanizing witness in that moment showed us a more human way to be in the face of great suffering and evil. “

Too Amazed To Be Weary

February 9, 2025

Genuine amazement might seem like a rarity these days. Cause for wonder might feel aloof and out of reach – those moments when the impossible happens, when hope is answered, beauty dazzles us, when something feels miraculous. Like you, I yearn for these things.

Post-Inauguration Letter to St. John’s

January 29, 2025

“We have been given power beyond ourselves to resist evil. We have been given courage to face any fear. We have been given hope for we are bound together with the whole of the body of Christ, saints both living and who have gone before, who will walk with us in resisting evil.”

An Invitation to a Slow Christmas

December 23, 2024

“The church bids us slow down and prepare slowly and patiently for something as grand as the arrival of Jesus in our midst. What frustrates me each year, as I try my darnedest to be in Advent, is that as soon as Christmas arrives, all of the celebrations stop!”

Today is Election Day

November 5, 2024

“Today marks the beginning of the work of faithfulness in whatever world greets us tomorrow.”

Our Listening Hearts

October 23, 2024

“Our practical and tangible leadership choices—where we’ll spend our money, what projects we’ll undertake, what challenges we will tackle—are choices that now stem from that season of deep listening, so that we can truly take care of one another and the world we’ve been called to serve.”

What is Day 1?

August 14, 2024

“We might decide, based on the various possible outcomes of the election, that there is a lot more we need to do. But also, we might have our hearts turned from fear and anxiety toward hope and joy when we realize the good work we’re already engaging in.”

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