• Epiphany Proclamation Of Easter 2022

    Epiphany Proclamation Of Easter 2022

    The ancient Church had a practice of announcing the dates of Easter as well as other feasts and fasts that do not have a fixed date. Since the Epiphany is a fixed date feast (January 6) and also the last major fixed date feast before we enter the Easter cycle which is characterized by moveable Read more

  • House Blessing With Chalk, Epiphany 2022

    House Blessing With Chalk, Epiphany 2022

    The Church has a custom of blessing homes on the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) and the weeks following. Family and friends gather to ask God’s blessing on their homes and those who live in or visit the home. It is an invitation for Jesus to be a daily guest in our home, our Read more

  • What Will You Do With Your Fear In 2022? – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

    What Will You Do With Your Fear In 2022? – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

    So we’re two days into the new year, what are you thinking about 2022 this morning? Will 2022 be different from and better than 2021? I don’t know but I suspect that’s a question many of us are asking and wondering about, and with good reason.  2021 began with an attack on our nation’s capitol Read more

  • Standing On The Threshold Eve – Ponderings And A Prayer For 2022

    Standing On The Threshold Eve – Ponderings And A Prayer For 2022

    As we move closer to the New Year and that threshold Eve between 2021 and 2022, I’ve been thinking of the Israelites standing at the Eve of their entry into the Promised Land.  What do you imagine they were thinking, feeling, and saying as they stood at that Eve and looked onto the Promised Land? Read more

  • It Still Matters – A Reflection On The Feast Of The Holy Innocents, Matthew 2:13-18

    It Still Matters – A Reflection On The Feast Of The Holy Innocents, Matthew 2:13-18

    Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents – Matthew 2:13-18 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the Read more

  • Grace Upon Grace – A Sermon On John 1:1-18

    Grace Upon Grace – A Sermon On John 1:1-18

    Pecan pie. That’s what I thought about as I was reading today’s gospel (John 1:1-18) and preparing for this sermon. I thought about pecan pie. I know, it’s a strange connection but stick with me. It’s not as much of a half-baked idea as it sounds. A couple days before Christmas Cyndy and I were 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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