Learning to Listen, Not Run

This week’s sermon, The Gospel of Guilt: Learning to Listen, Not Run, explores one of the most powerful and often misunderstood emotions in the spiritual life: guilt. Drawing from Psalm 51 and real-life moments (including one about staying up past bedtime as a kid), Rev. Shawn Garan reflects on the difference between toxic guilt and healthy guilt. He invites us to consider how both Scripture and psychology can help us face guilt without shame and find the grace hidden inside it. With insights from Carl Jung, warm humor, and pastoral care, this message offers a new way to think about guilt. It does not have to trap us. It can guide us. And it might just bring us back to God. Scripture: Psalm 51:1–12