• The Two Questions Of Easter – An Easter Sermon On Mark 16:1-8

    The Two Questions Of Easter – An Easter Sermon On Mark 16:1-8

    Easter is not just something from the past to be looked at and celebrated. It is the lens through which we are to see everything. It’s a life to be lived. Getting Jesus out of the tomb is not the ultimate goal of Easter. Easter is about our new life. That means that today is… Read more

  • What Have You Laid In The Tomb? – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    What Have You Laid In The Tomb? – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    “They laid Jesus there,” in the tomb (John 19:42). At one level that’s a literal-historical statement of what happened next. At another level it’s about you and me. We’ve all come to the tomb. We’ve laid in the tomb our family and friends, loves, hopes, dreams, relationships, parts of our selves and our lives. I… Read more

  • Struggling With The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon On John 18:1-19:42

    Struggling With The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon On John 18:1-19:42

    Before I talk about Good Friday I want to talk about Bad Friday. That’s the Friday that I struggle with. Don’t you? How are we to make sense of an all powerful, can do anything, kind of God who seemingly chooses to do nothing? That’s the Bad Friday question. Read more

  • Returning The Colt – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11

    Returning The Colt – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11

    Mark’s is the only gospel that says Jesus entered the temple, looked around, and left. So why did Jesus leave the temple and go to Bethany? The gospel tells us why. Jesus left the temple “as it was already late” (Mark 11:11). So that got me to wondering. What if this is about something more… Read more

  • The Secret To Life – A Sermon On John 12:20-33

    The Secret To Life – A Sermon On John 12:20-33

    Seeing Jesus isn’t a spectator sport. It is a way to be followed, a truth to be embodied, a life to be lived. It’s being a grain of wheat that falls into the ground and dies so that it might bear much fruit. That’s where we see him. It’s the letting go, the emptying, the… Read more

  • The Snaky Places of Life – A Sermon On Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21

    The Snaky Places of Life – A Sermon On Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21

    The serpent that bites and kills and is also the serpent that heals and give life. That doesn’t make sense but what if that’s really how it is?  What if the snaky places are not so much places to escape but places from which soul-medicine arises? Can opposites really coincide in that way? Read more

Fr. Mike

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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