Interrupting the Silence

Interrupting the Silence is a place for spiritual reflection, guidance, and growth.
It offers practical spirituality grounded in the contemplative tradition.

  • Let Them Taste and See – A Sermon on Matthew 5:13-20

    Let Them Taste and See – A Sermon on Matthew 5:13-20

    Who are you? How do you answer when someone asks you that question? The most common answer is to give our name. We might also tell a bit of family history and the connections that help identify us. Often we’ll tell something about our work, the things we do, and how we spend our time. Read more

  • Act As If God Did Not Exist

    Act As If God Did Not Exist

    When someone comes to you and asks for help, then you must not say to him with a pious mouth, ‘Have trust and cast your care on God!’ What you must do is act as if God did not exist, as if in the whole world there were only one person who could help the Read more

  • Arvo Pärt’s Nunc dimittis

    Arvo Pärt’s Nunc dimittis

    Nunc dimittis, the Song of Simeon, from the Feast of the Presentation: Lord, you now have set your servant free to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, and the Read more

  • A Life that Fits – A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40 for the Feast of the Presentation

    A Life that Fits – A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40 for the Feast of the Presentation

    I recently heard a man say, “I feel as if I have dropped into my own life and it fits.” It made me smile. It was such a great description. I think we all want to be able to say that. He went on, however, to say that it wasn’t about his family, his work, Read more

  • A Blessing for the Feast of the Presentation

    A Blessing for the Feast of the Presentation

    In a previous post I wrote about blessing candles on the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. But what about a blessing specific to the feast itself? The Book of Occasional Services offers several blessings specific to seasons and feast days. It does not, however, offer a blessing specific to the Read more

  • A Blessing of Candles for the Feast of the Presentation

    A Blessing of Candles for the Feast of the Presentation

    The Feast of the Presentation, celebrated on February 2, is one of the major feasts in the church year. It is sometimes known as Candlemas or the Feast of the Purification. This feast is celebrated forty days after Christmas and commemorates the presentation of Jesus and the purification of Mary in the Jerusalem temple (Luke Read more

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My name is Mike Marsh. I am a priest of the Episcopal Church. I retired from active parish ministry in 2025 after serving twenty-two years in The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.

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