For the fifth Sunday of the Easter season, Rev. Cari preached on the story of the stoning of Stephen from Acts 7. The actual lectionary text is 6 verses long, but she summarizes what comes before early in the sermon.

Then she spends a bit of time unpacking the concept of “witness” — which is a word used in the text not to describe Stephen himself (as might be expected), but it’s a word used to describe those who stone him.

Just how that comes around to us, here and now, is the surprise turn of the rest of the sermon. Have a listen.