"Making melody to the Lord in your hearts"

A view of St. Paul’s Selman during the recording of the Prayers of the People and the Roll Call of the Martyrs for the 2021 Celebration of Jonathan Daniels.

A sermon offered for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 15, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama.

Principal text: Ephesians 5:15-20

"Blessed Jonathan Daniels is certainly an example of living a life transformed by Baptism. He let his whole life be transformed by God and let himself be shaped through worship. Jonathan also shows us how to always give thanks and praise to God, even in the darkest days."