Interrupting the Silence

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

  • What About The Unjust Widow? – A Sermon On Luke 18:1-8

    What About The Unjust Widow? – A Sermon On Luke 18:1-8

    We know today’s gospel (Luke 18:1-8) as the parable of the unjust judge. One implication of that title is that the widow is just. Maybe she is. But I’m not convinced. That makes the story too clean and easy. So I struggle with this story. I think it is a difficult and challenging story because Read more

  • Living In Exile – A Sermon On Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

    Living In Exile – A Sermon On Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

    In today’s reading from the Old Testament (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7) the people of Israel are living in exile. It’s not what they wanted. They didn’t choose to go. They were forcibly sent from Jerusalem to Babylon and their lives will be forever changed. Sometimes life gives us what we neither wanted nor chose. I suspect Read more

  • Lazarus Is Knocking – A Sermon On Luke 16:19-31

    Lazarus Is Knocking – A Sermon On Luke 16:19-31

    Exclusive communities, membership dues, railroad tracks, border walls, the other side of town; it seems there is always a gate between the rich and the poor. And so it is in today’s gospel (Luke 16:19-31). On one side of the gate a rich man lives in splendor. He’s well dressed in expensive clothes. He sits Read more

  • Searching For Wholeness And Completeness – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-10

    Searching For Wholeness And Completeness – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-10

    If you were to imagine your life as whole and complete what would that look like and mean for you today? What qualities or characteristics would describe that kind of life? And what keeps that from happening? What is missing or has been lost? What would it take for you to live a bit more Read more

  • Hospitality To Strangers – A Sermon On Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 And Luke 14:1, 7-14

    Hospitality To Strangers – A Sermon On Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 And Luke 14:1, 7-14

    “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers.” So we’re told in today’s Letter to the Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16. So let me ask you, how’s that working for you these days? What does hospitality mean and look like for you and me, Uvalde? I think it’s gotten a bit harder after May 24th. Sure, by Read more

  • Changing The Picture of Life – A Sermon On Luke 13:10-17

    Changing The Picture of Life – A Sermon On Luke 13:10-17

    I suspect we’ve all seen before and after pictures; before and after the diet or workout plan, before and after a re-model, before and after a particular event or experience. If you looked at my before St. Philip’s pictures you’d see brown hair. And after, gray. That’s what today’s gospel (Luke 13:10-17) reminds me 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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