Interrupting the Silence

It’s Just One Thing After Another – A Sermon On Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

June 12, 2023

Do you ever have days when you just go from one thing to the next? Sometimes they are planned appointments or errands. Sometimes they are interruptions of your plans. And often it’s both in the same day. That’s the kind of day Jesus is having in today’s gospel (Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26). And it started even Read more
Faithful Doubters – A Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20 For Trinity Sunday

June 5, 2023

It’s Trinity Sunday but I’m not going to say much about the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. Today I want to focus on the fourth person of the Trinity. You might be thinking, “That makes no sense. Four persons in the Trinity? How can that be? The Trinity is by definition three.” You Read more
We Have Some Decisions To Make – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21 And John 20:19-23

May 28, 2023

We have some decisions to make – as individuals, as a parish, and as a city. They are important decisions, not unlike the decision facing the disciples in today’s gospel (John 20:19-23) I say that in light of and specifically in reference to last Wednesday, May 24th, the first anniversary of the Robb School shooting. Read more
People Of The Light – A Sermon On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting

May 25, 2023

It’s been one year. It’s been one hell of a … year. Some days I feel the intensity, the rawness, and the pain of what has happened and what we’ve lost like it happened just yesterday. Other days it feels like it’s been twenty-one years, even a lifetime. It never goes away. I suppose this Read more
Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting

May 23, 2023

Evening worship on the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting will be offered on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us in person, online, or whenever might be convenient for you. Thank you for your prayers. Read more
Who Will Restore The Kingdom? – A Sermon On Acts 1:6-14

May 21, 2023

“Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” That’s the question the apostles ask Jesus in today’s first reading (Acts 1:6-14). In one form or another it’s probably a question we’ve all asked at times throughout our lives. Aren’t there things in your life and world today in need of 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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