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In this deeply personal sermon, the Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young reflects on faith through the lens of one of U2's most iconic songs, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Rather than offering arguments intended to prove God's existence, he explains why the teachings of Jesus continue to shape his understanding of reality, love, and what it means to be human.
Drawing on the story of the feeding of the five thousand, Bertrand Russell's famous essay Why I Am Not a Christian, the relationship research of Julie and John Gottman, and the writings of Sam Wells, Rowan Williams, and Timothy Seamans, this sermon explores humanity's deepest hunger—the longing that no earthly achievement can fully satisfy.
Young argues that Christianity is not simply about solving life's practical problems, but about responding to our profound yearning for meaning, learning to "turn toward" one another with compassion and forgiveness, and remaining open to moments of what Rowan Williams calls "angelic awareness," when God's presence breaks into ordinary life.
Whether you are a lifelong believer, a skeptic, or someone still searching, this sermon offers an honest reflection on why Christian faith continues to matter in the modern world.
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G23
10 Pentecost (Proper 13A) 11:00 a.m. Baptism
Sunday 2 August 2026
Genesis 32:22-31
Psalm 17:1-7, 16
Matthew 14:13-21
In this deeply personal sermon, the Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young reflects on faith through the lens of one of U2's most iconic songs, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Rather than offering arguments intended to prove God's existence, he explains why the teachings of Jesus continue to shape his understanding of reality, love, and what it means to be human.
Drawing on the story of the feeding of the five thousand, Bertrand Russell's famous essay Why I Am Not a Christian, the relationship research of Julie and John Gottman, and the writings of Sam Wells, Rowan Williams, and Timothy Seamans, this sermon explores humanity's deepest hunger—the longing that no earthly achievement can fully satisfy.
Young argues that Christianity is not simply about solving life's practical problems, but about responding to our profound yearning for meaning, learning to "turn toward" one another with compassion and forgiveness, and remaining open to moments of what Rowan Williams calls "angelic awareness," when God's presence breaks into ordinary life.
Whether you are a lifelong believer, a skeptic, or someone still searching, this sermon offers an honest reflection on why Christian faith continues to matter in the modern world.
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G23
10 Pentecost (Proper 13A) 11:00 a.m. Baptism
Sunday 2 August 2026
Genesis 32:22-31
Psalm 17:1-7, 16
Matthew 14:13-21
