This page provides an index of all posts on Interrupting the Silence, beginning with the most recent.
- We Have Some Decisions To Make – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21 And John 20:19-23
- People Of The Light – A Sermon On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
- Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
- Who Will Restore The Kingdom? – A Sermon On Acts 1:6-14
- And What About You, O God? – My Lament On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
- Making Space And Place For Others – A Sermon On John 14:1-14
- Let’s Not Be Sheepish About Abundance – A Sermon On John 10:1-10
- Instructions For Living An Easter Life – A Sermon On Luke 24:13-35
- Sermons For Easter Sunday And Holy Week 2023
- Telling The Same Old Story – A Sermon On Matthew 28:1-10 For Easter Sunday
- We Shall Overcome – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66 For Holy Saturday
- The Jesus Choice – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42 For Good Friday
- Our Jesus Moments – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
- Facing Our Betrayals – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
- Figuring It Out As We Go – A Sermon On John 12:20-36 For Tuesday In Holy Week
- Love Without Measure – A Sermon On John 12:1-11 For Monday In Holy Week
- Maybe We Should Call It Turmoil Sunday – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Matthew 21:1-11
- Here’s Mud In Your Eye – A Sermon On John 9:1-41
- Heroes On A Journey – A Sermon On Genesis 12:1-4
- Let’s Not Waste A Good Temptation – A Sermon On Matthew 4:1-11
- I Don’t Want To Do Lent This Year – An Ash Wednesday Sermon On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- “Get Up And Do Not Be Afraid” – A Sermon On Matthew 17:1-9
- Healing Our Divided Life – A Sermon On Matthew 5:21-37
- Salt And Light – A Sermon On Matthew 5:13-20
- Let’s Wait And See – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40
- We’re All Blessed – A Sermon On Matthew 5:1-12
- Rethinking Repentance – A Sermon On Matthew 4:12-23
- What Are You Looking For? – A Sermon On John 1:29-42
- My New Christmas Word – A Christmas Day Sermon On Luke 2:8-20
- What Is Your Amazing Story? – A Christmas Eve Sermon On Luke 2:1-20
- Emmanuel And The Messiness of Life – A Sermon On Matthew 1:18-25
- Imprisoned By Our Blinders – A Sermon On Matthew 11:2-11
- Correcting My Mistake: Advent Credo By The Rev. Allan Boesak
- Peace For Our Wolves And Lambs – A Sermon On Isaiah 11:1-10
- Advent Credo Of Fr. Daniel Berrigan
- Waking Up To The Unexpected Hour – A Sermon On Matthew 24:36-44
- The Reign Of Nonviolence – A Christ The King Sermon On Luke 23:33-43
- A Vision For The Future – A Sermon On Isaiah 65:17-25
- Are You Getting Warmer Or Colder? – An All Saints Sermon On Luke 6:20-31
- A Prayer for the 2022 Mid-Term Elections
- What About The Unjust Widow? – A Sermon On Luke 18:1-8
- Living In Exile – A Sermon On Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
- Lazarus Is Knocking – A Sermon On Luke 16:19-31
- Searching For Wholeness And Completeness – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-10
- Hospitality To Strangers – A Sermon On Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 And Luke 14:1, 7-14
- Changing The Picture of Life – A Sermon On Luke 13:10-17
- Interpreters Of The Present Time – A Sermon On Luke 12:49-56
- If That’s What Faith Is Like … – A Sermon On Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
- Can I Get An “Amen”? – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
- Choosing The Better Part – A Sermon On Luke 10:38-42
- Resetting Plumb Lines In Uvalde – A Sermon On Amos 7:7-17 and Luke 10:25-37
- Enlarging Life In Uvalde – A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39
- Living The Unbearable In Uvalde – A Sermon On John 16:12-15
- A Better Question For Uvalde
- Uvalde Weeps – A Sermon On Jeremiah 31:15-17
- Prayer For Uvalde – Lament And Hope, Light In The Darkness
- Evening Prayer For Uvalde
- Light And Bells For Uvalde
- Where Are You Stuck In Your Life Today? – A Sermon On John 5:1-9
- Yes Means Letting Go – A Sermon On John 13:31-35
- Living In Suspense – A Sermon On John 10:22-30
- What’s The Story Of Your Easter? – A Sermon On John 21:1-19
- Sermons For Easter Sunday And Holy Week 2022
- Stop Believing In Easter And Start Eastering – An Easter Sermon On Luke 24:1-12
- Nobody Wants To Come To Holy Saturday – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66
- On Days Like This – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42 For Good Friday
- Re-membering – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
- The Messiness Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
- The Power Of Holy Week – A Sermon On John 12:20-36 For Tuesday In Holy Week
- Sometimes It’s Hard Being True To Ourselves – A Sermon On John 12:1-11 For Monday In Holy Week
- The Things That Make For Peace – A Sermon Luke 19:28-40 For Palm Sunday
- Smelling the Fragrance of Beauty – A Sermon On John 12:1-8
- Coming Clean With Ourselves – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
- Reimagining Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 13:1-9 and Exodus 3:1-15
- Gaining Some Clarity – A Sermon On Luke 13:31-35
- Pray For Ukraine, And Then Act
- Facing Our Greatest Temptation – A Sermon On Luke 4:1-13
- Pulling Back The Husks On My Life – An Ash Wednesday Sermon On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- Bursts Of Light – A Sermon On Luke 9:28-43
- Living Large – A Sermon On Luke 6:27-38
- Woah To Us Who Just Want To Be Happy – A Sermon On Luke 6:17-26
- Raging At Jesus – A Sermon On Luke 4:21-30
- Today Is The Day – A Sermon On Luke 4:14-21
- What Are You Whining About? – A Sermon On John 2:1-11
- Winnowing Our Life – A Sermon On Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
- The Star Knows The Way – An Epiphany Sermon On Matthew 2:1-12
- What About The Fourth Wise Man?
- A Sermon Collection From Advent-Christmas 2021
- Epiphany Proclamation Of Easter 2022
- House Blessing With Chalk, Epiphany 2022
- What Will You Do With Your Fear In 2022? – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
- Standing On The Threshold Eve – Ponderings And A Prayer For 2022
- It Still Matters – A Reflection On The Feast Of The Holy Innocents, Matthew 2:13-18
- Grace Upon Grace – A Sermon On John 1:1-18
- It’s Just Us And The Baby – A Christmas Day Sermon On Luke 2:8-20
- Tonight It Is Filled – A Christmas Eve Sermon On Luke 2:1-20
- The Reversals In Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 1:39-55
- What Then Should We Do? – A Sermon On Luke 3:7-18
- Greening The Church And Our Lives
- Looking At The Landscape Of Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 3:1-6
- The Days Will Surely Come – A Sermon On Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Am I Really Who I Say I Am? – A Sermon On John 18:33-37
- Do Not Be Alarmed – A Sermon On Mark 13:1-8
- All Things Are Being Made New – A Sermon For All Saints’ Sunday On John 11:32-44
- How’s Your Love Life? – A Sermon On Mark 12:28-34
- “Let Me See Again” – A Sermon On Mark 10:46-52
- Too Big For Your Britches? Good – A Sermon On Mark 10:35-45
- God Wastes Nothing Of Our Lives – A Funeral Sermon On Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39
- What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
- Jesus’ Prescription For Healing And Wholeness – A Sermon On Mark 9:38-50
- Becoming Our Better Selves – A Sermon On Mark 9:30-37
- What Causes You To Sigh? – A Sermon On Mark 7:24-37
- Come And See
- When The Gospel Gets Flesh And Blood Real – A Sermon On John 6:56-69
- Is There Life Within You? – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
- “But I’m Really Hungry!” – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
- Time For An Update
- What Haunts You Today? – A Sermon On Mark 6:14-29
- The Hometown Disadvantage – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13
- The Divine Touch – A Sermon On Mark 5:21-43
- God’s Seedy People – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34
- Where Are You? – A Sermon On Genesis 3:8-15
- Our Advocates – A Pentecost Sermon On John 15:26-27; 16:4-15
- Working Out Our Life – A Sermon On John 17:6-19
- Wholehearted Life – A Sermon On John 15:1-8
- Love Without Reserve – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
- Here’s My Question – An Easter Sermon On Mark 16:1-18
- Waiting – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66
- A Call For Change – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42
- Coming Clean About Ourselves – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35
- The Night Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32
- What Troubles Your Soul? – A Sermon On John 12:20-36
- Fragrancing Life – A Sermon On John 12:1-11
- Working Out Our Life – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11
- Unless … – A Sermon On John 12:20-33
- Confessing
- Lifting Up Our Contradictions – A Sermon On John 3:14-21
- Cleaning Out And Enlarging Life – A Sermon On John 2:13-22
- The Most Important Day Of Your Life – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15
- Life In The Deserted Place – A Sermon On Mark 1:29-39
- What Needs To Be Left Behind? – A Sermon On Mark 1:14-20
- Remembering The Future – A Reflection On 2020
- Deep Listening – A Sermon On John 1:43-51
- All Are Responsible – A Sermon On Mark 1:4-11 And Acts 19:1-7
- Do You Know The Story Of The Fourth Wise Man?
- Epiphany 2021 House Blessing With Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation Of Easter 2021
- Will We Be Dreamers Or Searchers In 2021? – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
- The Flight To Egypt In Poetry And Music
- “The Work Of Christmas” – A Sermon On John 1:1-18
- Now What? So What? – A Christmas Day Sermon On Luke 2:8-20
- By Way Of The Interruptions – A Christmas Sermon On Luke 2:1-20
- The Christmas Proclamation
- Hold The Tension – An Ordination Sermon On Isaiah 6:1-8
- “Creator Of The Stars Of Night” – An Advent Chant
- Can I Get A Witness? – A Sermon On John 1:6-8, 19-28
- New Life Emerges From The Dark – A Sermon On Mark 13:24-37
- Thankfulness In 2020
- Sheep Or Goat? Yes We Are – A Sermon On Matthew 25:31-46
- Pushing Back The Darkness – A Sermon On Matthew 25:1-13
- Here We Are – A Baptismal Sermon On the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12
- Reading The Book Of Nature
- Love’s Only Hope In This World – A Sermon On Matthew 22:34-46
- There’s Got To Be More Than This – A Sermon On Matthew 22:1-14
- Between What Is And What Could Be – A Sermon On Isaiah 5:1-7
- A Prayer And A Pledge For The 2020 Presidential Election
- We Are Nineveh – A Sermon On Jonah 3:10-4:11
- Every Day Is The Third Day – A Sermon On Matthew 16:21-28
- “Show Me Your Work” – A Sermon On Matthew 16:13-20
- Facing Our Ghosts – A Sermon On Matthew 14:22-33
- When You’re Down To Five Loaves And Two Fish – A Sermon On Matthew 14:13-21
- Pulling Weeds, Reaping Life – A Sermon On Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
- Sowing Seeds Of New Life – A Sermon On Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
- Racism – An Online Reading And Discussion Group
- Prophetic Tracks – A Sermon On Matthew 10:40-42
- Jesus’ Line In The Sand – A Sermon On Matthew 10:24-39
- “I Can’t Breathe” – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20
- Letting Peace Hold Our Wounds – A Pentecost Sermon On John 20:19-23
- The Gaps In Our Lives – A Sermon On Acts 1:6-14
- The Advocate – A Sermon On John 14:15-21
- Recentering Life – A Sermon On John 14:1-14
- The Question of Reopening – A Sermon on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10
- Easter Unlocked And Opened – A Sermon On John 20:19-31
- Holy Week And Easter In The Season Of COVID-19
- Easter Happens – An Easter Sermon On Matthew 28:1-10
- Not Sorrowing As Those Without Hope – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42
- Life In The Shadow Of The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon
- Let’s Never Stop Loving – A Maundy Thursday Sermon On John 13:1-7, 31-35
- This Is The One – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Matthew 21:1-11
- The Pandemic Is Our Holy Week
- A Prayer For Law Enforcement Officers
- A Prayer For Healthcare Providers
- And You Shall Live – A Sermon On Ezekiel 37:1-14
- All Shall Be Well – A Sermon On Psalm 23 And COVID-19
- The First Sunday Of COVID-19 – A Reflection On Exodus 17:1-7
- A Prayer Concerning COVID-19
- The Perfect Question For Ash Wednesday – An Ash Wednesday Sermon
- Stop Doing The Religious Thing – A Sermon On Isaiah 58:1-12
- Selah: Instructions For A Marriage – A Wedding Sermon
- Do You Have A Secret? – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40
- Consenting To Life – A Sermon On Matthew 3:13-17
- Longing And Fear – An Epiphany Sermon On Matthew 2:1-12
- Epiphany House Blessing With Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation Of Easter 2020
- The Word Is Still Becoming Flesh – A Sermon On John 1:1-18
- I Think It Still Matters – A Reflection On Matthew 2:13-18
- Your Christmas Life – A Sermon On Luke 2:1-20
- The Ethics of Christmas
- The Christmas Proclamation
- Filling The Jesus Gap – A Sermon On Matthew 11:2-11
- Life Can Be Different – An Advent Sermon On Matthew 3:1-12
- The Double Yes of Marriage – A Wedding Sermon On Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7
- Entering Advent In Hope – Fr. Daniel Berrigan
- Advent Possibilites – A Sermon On Matthew 24:36-44
- The How Of Life – A Sermon On Luke 6:20-31, Feast of All Saints
- Finding The Lost Pieces Of Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-10
- Hospitality: Unlocking The Door Of The Heart – A Sermon On Luke 14:1, 7-14
- Blessing Of The Backpacks: A Prayer For The Start Of School
- A Non-Possessive Life – A Sermon On Luke 12:32-40
- A Prayer For Gilroy, El Paso, And Dayton
- When Life Ebbs Away – A Sermon On Luke 12:13-21
- Let Us Dare To Pray (And Not Just For What We Want) – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
- But First…. – A Sermon On Luke 9:51-62
- Being Free Of God – A Trinity Sunday Sermon on John 16:12-15
- Translating God Into A Deed – The Feast of the Ascension
- Getting To The Heart Of The Migrant Situation – A Sermon On John 14:23-29
- Giving Existence To More Life – A Sermon On John 21:1-19
- Sermons For Holy Week and Easter Sunday (2019)
- A Promise, A Hope, And A Call – A Sermon On Luke 24:1-12 For Easter Sunday
- Sitting In Opposition – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66 For Holy Saturday
- Aligning Our Lives – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42 For Good Friday
- This Is Our Night – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
- Judas, More Than A Betrayer? – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
- A Weak and Troubled Soul – A Sermon On John 12:20-36 For Tuesday In Holy Week
- What Really Matters? – A Sermon On John 12:1-11 For Monday In Holy Week
- Without A Why – A Sermon On John 12:1-8
- The Burning Bush: What If? – A Sermon On Exodus 3:1-15
- Opening To Life – A Sermon On Luke 13:31-35
- Life Is Promise And Risk – A Sermon On Luke 4:1-13
- Life Before Death – An Ash Wednesday Sermon
- The Beautiful Risk – A Wedding Sermon
- Desire Beyond Desire – A Sermon On Luke 5:1-11
- The One Thing We All Have In Common – A Sermon On Luke 4:21-30
- Where And With Whom Will You Stand? – A Sermon On Luke 4:14-21
- Water Does Not Turn Into Wine – A Sermon On John 2:1-11
- With You I Am Well Pleased – A Sermon On Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
- God Insists – An Epiphany Sermon On Matthew 2:1-12
- Blessing Chalk For An Epiphany House Blessing
- Epiphany House Blessing Using Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation of Easter 2019
- Yes – A Christmas Sermon on Luke 2:1-20
- The Christmas Proclamation
- Hospitality Heals Our Estrangement – An Advent Sermon On Luke 1:39-45
- It’s About Ordinary Life – An Advent Sermon On Luke 3:7-18
- The Music Hasn’t Ended, The Key Has Changed – A Funeral Sermon
- What Has Laid Claim To Your Life? – An Advent Sermon On Luke 3:1-6
- The Unforeseeable Future – An Advent Sermon On Luke 21:25-36
- Shh, Be Quiet, It’s Advent.
- Opening Gates – A Funeral Sermon For A Nonbeliever
- Unbinding Abundance – An All Saints’ Sermon On John 11:32-44
- A Prayer For Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- A Vote That Matters – A Sermon On Mark 10:35-45
- A New Day, A New Life – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
- What Have We Confirmed? – A Sermon On Mark 10:2-16
- Irreparable Loss
- First, Do No Harm – A Sermon On Mark 9:38-50
- I Want To Be Great, Don’t You? – A Sermon On Mark 9:30-37
- Medicine For Our Disillusionment – A Sermon On Mark 8:27-38
- Could We Be The Bread of Life? – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
- Playing The Game Of Life – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
- Life Interrupted: When Our Plans And The Unexpected Meet – A Sermon on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
- Battling For The Heart Of Humanity – A Sermon on 1 Samuel 17:1, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49
- A Litany of Prayer for Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced Persons
- Two Challenges – An Ordination Sermon On Acts 20:17-28
- And The Word Became Fresh – Finding Us In God’s Story
- The Dividing Lines In Life – A Sermon On John 17:6-19
- The Many Baptisms Of Life – A Sermon On Acts 8:26-40
- The Abundant Life – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
- The Impossible Made Real – A Sermon On John 20:19-31
- The Two Questions Of Easter – An Easter Sermon On Mark 16:1-8
- What Have You Laid In The Tomb? – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42
- Struggling With The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon On John 18:1-19:42
- Returning The Colt – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11
- The Secret To Life – A Sermon On John 12:20-33
- The Snaky Places of Life – A Sermon On Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21
- Interrupting Business As Usual – A Sermon On John 2:13-22
- The Conflicting Snapshots Of Our Lives – A Sermon On Mark 8:31-38
- The Wilderness Of Gun Violence – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15
- The One For Whom Difference Makes No Difference – A Funeral Sermon On John 6:37-40
- Mortality And The Fragility Of Life – An Ash Wednesday Sermon On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- Recognizing The Stranger Within – A Sermon On Mark 1:21-28
- “Follow Me” Moments – A Sermon On Mark 1:14-20
- Nazareth: A Condition Of The Heart – A Sermon On John 1:43-51
- What Is Absent From Your Life? – An Epiphany Sermon On Matthew 2:1-12
- Epiphany House Blessing With Chalk 2018
- Epiphany Proclamation of Easter 2018
- A New Year’s Day Reflection: 2017, Good Or Bad?
- The Poetry Of Christmas – A Christmas Eve Sermon on Luke 2:1-20
- Creator of the Stars of Night
- The Proclamation of the Birth of Christ
- The One Among Us – A Sermon On John 1:6-8, 19-28 for Advent 3B
- Comfort For The Displaced – A Sermon on Mark 1:1-8 for Advent 2B
- Wisdom Answers – An Advent Reflection on the O Antiphon
- Advent Hope – Fr. Daniel Berrigan
- “I just needed to be reminded.” – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37 for Advent 1B
- Choices – A Sermon on Matthew 25:31-46
- The Thanksgiving Feast
- Faith In The Days Of Tragedy
- For Las Vegas, We Cry To You O Lord – A Litany Of Prayer
- Pray For Us St. Francis
- Seeing With The Eye Of The Heart – A Funeral Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9
- The Light In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death – A Funeral Sermon on Psalm 23
- What Is The Songline Of Your Life? – A Sermon On Luke 1:46-55
- I Look At Charlottesville And I Am Afraid – A Sermon on Matthew 14:22-33
- Deliver Me From The Hand Of My Brother – A Sermon On Genesis 32:3-31
- Dealing With The Unknown, Unchosen, or Unwanted – A Sermon on Genesis 29:15-28 and Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
- A Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking
- A Sower Went Out To Sow – A Sermon on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
- A Father’s Faith Or A Father’s Certitude? – A Sermon on Genesis 22:1-14
- Who Would You Be If You Ever Became Fully Yourself? – A Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39
- We Worship and We Doubt – A Trinity Sunday Sermon on Matthew 28:16-20
- Troubled Hearts – A Sermon on John 14:1-14
- Try Them Apples On For Size – A Sermon on John 10:1-10
- Life Shattered, Life Restored – A Sermon on Luke 24:13-35
- Get Out Of The House! – A Sermon on John 20:19-31
- Good Morning. Now Go Home. – An Easter Sunday Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10
- Good Friday? Really? – A Sermon on Suffering and Death
- The Table and Remembrance – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday
- Will to Power or Will to Life? – A Palm Sunday Sermon on Matthew 21:1-11
- Disappointment and Unanswered Questions – A Sermon on John 11:1-45 and Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Who Has Nourished Your Life?
- Meeting Our Daily Nutritional Requirements
- Life on the Potter’s Wheel
- Satisfying Our Hunger
- It’s Not About the Math
- Seeing All There is to See – A Sermon on John 9:1-41
- Walking Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
- Parting the Veil of Impossibility
- Thanksgiving for Everything
- The Antidote is Wholeheartedness
- The Light By Which We See
- Ears Are a Gateway to the Heart
- Growing Up
- Where Do You Get That Living Water?
- The Things I Want
- Inside Out Living
- Doing the Law
- A Prayer for Interfaith Conversation and Friendship
- Getting Unstuck
- Prayer Begins When the Words End
- Secondhand Faith or Firsthand Experience?
- In the Nighttime of Life – A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17
- Leaving It All Behind
- Displaying the Ten Commandments
- When A Loved One Dies – A Funeral Sermon on John 14:1-6
- A Positive Decrease
- Resting as a Spiritual Practice
- The Luminous Darkness
- Humanizing the Temple of our Lives
- Two Questions for Lent – A Sermon on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11
- When the Wine Gives Out
- What If Temptation is Necessary?
- When Life Changes – A Sermon on Matthew 17:1-9
- Longing for God
- What Are You Looking For?
- God’s Treasured Possession
- Giving Away Our Hearts – An Ash Wednesday Sermon on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- Treasuring Hunting for Lent – An Ash Wednesday Meditation
- The Sedition of Christ – A Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48
- The Choice is Yours – A Sermon on Sirach 15:15-20 and Matthew 5:21-37
- Showing Up – A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40 for the Feast of the Presentation
- Is It A Good Or A Bad Thing?
- My Thank You Note to President Trump
- Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation of Easter 2017
- And the Word Continues to Become Flesh – A Christmas Day Sermon on John 1:1-14
- What Will You Bring to the Manger? – A Christmas Eve Sermon on Luke 2:1-20
- The Ethics of Christmas – The Nativity Sermon of Isaac the Syrian
- Aleppo Doesn’t Need Our Prayers
- The Proclamation of the Birth of Christ
- A Litany of Prayer for Aleppo
- Beauty, Hope, and Repentance – A Sermon on Matthew 3:1-12, Advent 2A
- Entering Advent in Hope: An Advent Credo by Daniel Berrigan, SJ
- Advent Preaching in Year A, The Gospel According to Matthew
- Advent in America: Politics and Baptism – A Sermon on Matthew 24:36-44 for Advent 1A
- A Post-Election Prayer for America
- Let’s Not Add to the Pain of the World – An All Saints Sermon on Luke 6:20-31
- When Life Cuts You Down to Size – A Sermon on Luke 19:1-10
- When It’s No Longer My Way or the Highway – A Sermon on Luke 18:9-14
- Greed, the Thief of Life – A Sermon on Luke 12:13-21
- Prayers for France and Turkey (Again)
- Where is the Peace of God Today? – A Sermon on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
- Prayers for Turkey and the World
- Setting Our Faces To Go To Jerusalem – A Sermon on Luke 9:51-62
- Praying for Orlando – A Service of Evening Prayer
- The Holy Work of Crossing Over – A Sermon on Luke 7:11-17
- Bearing the Unbearable – A Sermon on John 16:12-15 for the Feast of the Holy Trinity
- Holding the Opposites in Tension – A Sermon on John 17:20-26
- Sacred Music: Liturgical Treasures from Bulgaria
- Resurrection Is In The Details – A Sermon on John 21:1-19
- He Came Back – A Sermon on John 20:19-31
- Resurrection, The First Day Stories of our Life – An Easter Sermon on Luke 24:1-12
- Hell Yeah! – A Holy Saturday Sermon on Matthew 27:57-66 and Job 14:1-14
- The Tearful Entry into Holy Week – A Palm Sunday Sermon on Luke 19:28-46
- Rethinking Temptation: It’s More Than Just Saying No – A Sermon on Luke 4:1-13
- Yesterday’s Palms, Today’s Ashes – An Ash Wednesday Sermon on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- An Eye for Beauty – A Sermon on Luke 9:28-43
- Borders and the Politics of Jesus – A Sermon on Luke 4:21-30
- I Don’t Want To Do Lent This Year
- The Politics of Jesus – A Sermon on Luke 4:14-21
- Retelling the Flight to Egypt – A Sermon on Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
- “The Flight” by Richard Causton and George Szirtes
- Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation of Easter 2016
- Prayers for the New Year
- What Is Your Christmas Story? – A Christmas Sermon on Luke 2:1-20
- The Proclamation of the Birth of Christ
- A Good Christmas with Rowan Williams
- What Then Should We Do? – An Advent Sermon on Luke 3:7-18
- Repentance, Responsibility, and San Bernardino – An Advent Sermon on Luke 3:1-6
- There Will Be Signs – An Advent Sermon on Luke 21:25-36
- The Truth Does Not Belong to Us – A Sermon on John 18:33-37
- Praying for Beirut and Paris
- Taking the Next First Step – An All Saints Sermon on John 11:32-44
- Here is the Man – A Good Friday Sermon on John 18:1-19:42
- Looking Around and Leaving Nothing Behind – A Palm Sunday Sermon on Mark 11:1-11
- The Promise of Interruption – A Sermon on the Annunciation, Luke 1:26-38
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: Fasting From Words
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: Detaching From Another’s Scorn or Praise
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: Is it Yours?
- Celebrating St. Gregory the Great
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: Detachment and Simplicity
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: How Should One Fast?
- Lent with the Desert Fathers: A Series on Fasting and Simplicity
- Welcome to the Human Race – An Ash Wednesday Sermon, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- Healing the Fever of Disconnection – A Sermon on Mark 1:29-39
- Blessing Candles on the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)
- A Blessing Specific to the Feast of the Presentation
- Into What Then Were You Baptized? – A Sermon on Mark 4:1-11
- When a Star Isn’t a Star – An Epiphany Sermon on Matthew 2:1-12
- A Star Powered Epiphany
- No Longer a Manger Baby: Letting Jesus Grow Up – A Sermon on Luke 2:41-52
- Epiphany Proclamation of Easter 2015
- Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
- From Fact to Meaning – A Christmas Day Sermon on Luke 2:8-20
- The Manger of Christ Never Disappoints – A Christmas Eve Sermon on Luke 2:1-14
- He and Us – Thoughts on the Nativity from St. Ambrose
- Advent, A Season of Uncategorized Life – A Sermon on John 1:6-8, 19-28
- Advent, A Season in the Wilderness – A Sermon on Mark 1:1-8
- Advent, the Season of Necessary Endings – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37
- Called to Become God: The Human Vocation
- Silence, the Way Home
- Is it God’s or the Emperor’s? A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22
- An Open Invitation – A Sermon on Matthew 22:1-14
- How’s Your Garden Growing? A Sermon on Matthew 21:33-46
- Not 7 Essential Facts Everyone Should Know About Angels – A Sermon on Genesis 28:10-17 for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
- God is Not the Boss of You – A Sermon on Matthew 21:23-32
- Crucifying our Programs for Happiness – A Sermon on Matthew 16:21-28
- A Question to be Lived – A Sermon on Matthew 16:13-20
- A Litany of the Angels
- A Litany of Prayer for Persecuted Peoples and Religions
- No Fear – A Sermon on Matthew 14:22-33
- The Only Way to Pray
- Solomon’s Choice, Me or We? A Sermon on 1 Kings 3:5-12
- Divna – In Search of Divine Light
- Weeding out Judgment – A Sermon on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43; Parable of the Wheat and Weeds
- Sowing More than 52,000 Seeds – A Sermon on the Parable of the Sower, Matthew 13:1-23
- Independence Day Prayers for America
- Lift Me Up and I Shall Live Again
- No More Admirably Arranged Lives – A Sermon on Romans 6:12-23
- Love Triangles – A Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39
- Stop Thinking About God – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity
- Living Under the Influence – A Sermon on Acts 2:1-21 for the Feast of Pentecost
- Blessing of a Labyrinth
- Flowering of the Cross
- Yes, It’s Still True – A Sermon for Easter, Matthew 28:1-10
- The Morning After – A Sermon for Holy Saturday
- Lamentations for Holy and Great Saturday
- Hell Awaits – A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42
- Taking our Share with Jesus – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday on John 13:1-17, 31-35
- Life-giving Turmoil – A Sermon for the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Matthew 21:1-11
- Clothes Really Do Make the Man, and the Woman
- “Prayer is a Matter of Love”
- On the Feast of the Annunciation, Speaking the Creator into the World
- Oscar Romero – In Life and Death his Blood was “a Seed of Freedom.”
- Daytime Lives and Nighttime Lives – A Sermon on John 3:1-17
- Taking Ourselves More Seriously than God – An Ash Wednesday Sermon, Mt. 6:1-6, 16-21
- Fairness, Monkeys, and Love – A Sermon Matthew 5:38-48
- Keeping the Rules or Keeping the Relationship? A Sermon on Matthew 5:21-37
- Let Them Taste and See – A Sermon on Matthew 5:13-20
- Act As If God Did Not Exist
- Arvo Pärt’s Nunc dimittis
- A Life that Fits – A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40 for the Feast of the Presentation
- A Blessing for the Feast of the Presentation
- A Blessing of Candles for the Feast of the Presentation
- Pray for Ukraine
- Turning Points in Life – A Sermon on Matthew 4:12-23
- On the Feast of Phillips Brooks
- The Antidote to a Secondhand Life – A Sermon on John 1:29-42
- We Need a Moses in Every Age
- He is Always Coming to Us – A Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17
- A Spiritual Pilgrimage
- Where is the Child? – An Epiphany Sermon on Matthew 2:1-12
- Holiness Always Wins – A Sermon on Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
- Epiphany Proclamation 2014
- Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
- Claiming Our Share in His Divinity
- Christmas On! A Sermon on John 1:1-18
- Gazing into the Face of a New Beginning – A Christmas Sermon on Luke 2:1-20
- The Scandal We Long For – A Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25
- The Womb that Contains What the Heavens Cannot
- What are you Giving for Christmas?
- Advent Preparation – Let the Baby be Born
- Recognizing the One Who is to Come – A Sermon on Matthew 11:2-11
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- The Feast of Thomas Merton
- Too Content to Repent? A Sermon on Matthew 3:1-12, Advent 2A
- Re-membering is Paradise, A Sermon on Luke 23:33-43
- A Reversal of Fortune to Celebrate – A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Luke 6:20-31
- Wrestling for a New Name and a New Life, A Sermon on Genesis 32:22-31
- Prayer and Praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary
- The Chasm Within, A Sermon on Luke 16:19-31
- The Grace of Accounting for our Life, A Sermon on Luke 16:1-13
- When We are Good and Lost – A Sermon on Luke 15:1-10
- Prayers for Syria
- How Many Priorities Can a Disciple Have? A Sermon on Luke 14:25-33
- The Vesper Light
- Practicing Presence, Disconnect to Connect
- You are God, Te Deum Laudamus
- Sermons and Reflections on the Transfiguration of Jesus
- Unanswered Prayer? A Sermon on Luke 11:1-13
- Choosing Like Mary and Martha, A Sermon on Luke 10:38-42
- For the Life and Salvation of our Souls
- Episcopal Monastics, the Order of St. Helena
- 7 Teachings from Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet
- Dionysius the Areopagite on Prayer
- 7 Thoughts on Prayer
- The True Image Defeats Legion – A Sermon on Luke 8:26-39
- The Freedom of Forgiveness, A Sermon on Luke 7:36-8:3
- Death is not the End – A Sermon on Luke 7:11-17
- The Reaching Down Faith of God – A Sermon on Luke 7:1-10
- Believing Like Mary and Elizabeth
- Sacred Monotony, the Season after Pentecost
- God the Unbearable, A Sermon on the Holy Trinity
- Pentecost Makes us Capable of God
- A Litany to the Holy Spirit
- God’s Conspiracy Gives Life
- Come, Holy Spirit (Video Litany)
- Unity is a God-Entrusted Life, A Sermon on John 17:20-26
- Ascension Day Blessing
- Get Up Off Your Mat – A Sermon on John 5:1-9
- Entrances into the Divine Life and Presence
- Loving Our Way to a New Heaven and a New Earth
- Love Could Not Bear That
- Struggling to Believe the Resurrection, John 20:19-31
- Saturday in Easter Week
- Friday in Easter Week
- Thursday in Easter Week
- Wednesday in Easter Week
- The Grammar of Resurrection
- Tuesday in Easter Week
- Monday in Easter Week
- Christos ansesti, Christ is risen (Divna Ljubojevic)
- The Stone has been Rolled Away and the Tomb is Empty, Luke 24:1-12
- In the Hell of Life, Holy Saturday
- The Crucifixion as Revelation and not Causation
- A New Position and Role as Lover, John 13:1-17, 31-35
- “Lord, who is it?” A Sermon on John 13:21-32
- Dying to See Jesus, A Sermon on John 12:20-36
- Limits or Love? A Sermon on John 12:1-11
- Oscar Romero: “Let my blood be a seed of freedom.”
- On the Feast of Oscar Romero
- Between the Palms and the Passion is Vulnerability
- Judging and Sentencing
- A Prayer for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury
- St. Joseph, a Man of Silence
- To Love or to Not Love, A Sermon on John 12:1-8
- A Prayer for Pope Francis
- For Those in the Distant Country (Luke 15:11-32)
- Tyrants Act and Towers Fall, Choose Life (Luke 13:1-9)
- Temptation is the Way to Salvation, Luke 4:1-13
- The Contradiction of Life Veiled and Unveiled
- Interruptions
- Agendas in Nazareth, A Sermon on Luke 4:21-30
- Blindness and Seeing, A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40
- Blessing Candles on the Presentation of our Lord
- Today is the Moment of Christ’s Presence, A Sermon on Luke 4:14-21
- Wine Time, A Sermon on John 2:1-11
- Running From Ourselves
- Make Way for the Image of God!
- A Sermon on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22: The Baptism of Jesus
- Carriers of the Treasure, Everyone a Magi
- Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
- Epiphany Proclamation 2013
- The Choice, A Reflection on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
- Walk Away from the Manger
- Luke, Tell Me the Story Again!
- You are More than the Circumstances of your Life
- O Come, Emmanuel
- Christ is the Fruit of the Faithful
- Repentance Means Becoming Human
- If You Want a Spiritual Life
- A Welcome Word in the Wilderness
- Remembering St. John of Damascus
- When Our World Ends
- You Should Observe Silence
- Thank You, O Lord!
- When Everything Falls Apart
- Becoming an Icon of Divine Blessedness
- Unbinding and Letting Go of the Past
- A Blessing for All Saints
- Of Saints and Horses
- Seeing Our Way to a New Life
- The Seat of Arrogance or the Heart’s Desire?
- Don’t Confuse Wealth with Life
- What is Blessing the Lord About?
- A Soft Heart Heals the Divorces of our Lives
- The Angelic Salutation to the Virgin Mary
- We Do Not Believe in the Nicene Creed
- On the Death of a Child
- On the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and Every Day
- Believing in the Giver of Life
- Urgent Need Makes A Real Meditation
- Room Enough, A Place for Everyone
- The Scandal of Being Human
- Five Things We Believe About God
- A Litany for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
- Openness Cures Deafness
- Communal Believing – The Nicene Creed, Part 3
- Who Believes? The Nicene Creed, Part 2
- Repetitious Believing – The Nicene Creed, Part 1
- Eat Me, Drink Me – A Sermon on John 6:51-58; Proper 15B
- Magnifying Mary; It Is Truly Meet.
- Holy Bread for Holy Hunger – A Sermon on John 6:35, 41-51; Proper 14B
- Behold What Your Are, Become What You See – A Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36
- The Bread We Eat – A Sermon on John 6:24-35; Proper 13B
- No Longer Drained of Life – A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43; Proper 8B
- Peaceful Storms – A Sermon on Mark 4:35-41; Proper 7B
- Redbirds, Seeds, and Weeds: What You See Is Not All You Get – A Sermon on Mark 4:26-34; Proper 6B
- Call to the Inner Life – Remembering Evelyn Underhill
- Spiritual Formation – The Missional Challenge and Future of the Church
- Putting the Pieces Back Together – A Sermon on Mark 3:20-35
- Gregory of Nazianzus on the Three and the One
- A Sermon for Trinity Sunday – Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
- Co-conspirators with God – A Sermon for the Feast of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21; Ezekiel 37:1-14
- A Lived Amen – A Sermon on John 17:6-19; Easter 7B
- “Why do you stand looking up to heaven?” – A Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension
- Candy Wrappers and the Love of Christ – A Sermon on John 15:9-17; Easter 6B
- Tell the Story
- Quotations from St. Julian of Norwich.
- The Fruitfulness of Staying Connected – A Sermon on John 15:1-8, Easter 5B
- Learning to See Satisfaction – A Sermon on John 14:6-14 for the Feast of St. Philip
- Blessing of an Icon – The Protection of Philip
- A Laying Down Life Kind of Love – A Sermon on 1 John 3:16-24 and John 10:11-18; Easter 4B
- “You are Witnesses” – A Sermon on Luke 24:36-48; Easter 3B
- Prayer of St. Ioannikos to the Holy Trinity
- Seen and Touched – A Sermon on John 20:19-31 for the Second Sunday of Easter
- Regina Caeli – Good News to Mary
- Christ is Risen, Christos Anesti – A Collection of Holy Week Postings
- Life Unburied – A Sermon for Easter; Mark 16:1-8
- Life on the Edge – A Sermon for Holy Saturday; Matthew 27:57-66
- Who Holds the Cross of Christ?
- Crucifixion, A Love Story – A Sermon for Good Friday; John 18:1-19:42
- All Are Washed, All Are Loved – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday; John 13:1-17, 31-35
- Maundy Thursday Honor
- The Fragrance of Holy Week
- Emptying and Embodying – A Sermon for Palm Sunday; Mark 11:1-11
- Holy Week, Love Week
- There’s Something About Mary – A Sermon for the Feast of the Annunciation; Luke 1:26-38
- Dying to Live – A Sermon on John 12:20-33; Lent 5B
- The Feast of the Annunciation 2012
- Watch for Snakes – A Sermon for Lent 4B; Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21
- The Silence of Music – Angelic Light: Music From Eastern Cathedrals
- Self-denial is More than Just Saying, “No”
- Denying Self, Choosing Christ – A Sermon on Mark 8:31-38, Lent 2B
- The Greatest Gift
- Leave Home, Get Baptized, Go to the Wilderness – A Sermon on Mark 1:9-15, Lent 1B.
- The Prayer of St. Ephrem
- When Pictures Become Windows – A Sermon on the Transfiguration, Mark 9:2-9
- Taking second place.
- Searching for Jesus – A Sermon on Mark 1:29-39, Epiphany 5B
- Ave Regina Caelorum
- I have everything to do with you – A Sermon on Mark 1:21-28; Epiphany 4B
- Casting and Mending – A Sermon on Mark 1:14-20, Epiphany 3B
- Jesus of Nazareth Meets Nathanael of the Fig Tree – A Sermon on John 1:43-51, Epiphany 2B
- In Whose Name Shall I Baptize You?
- The First Day – A Sermon for the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus; Mark 1:4-11, Genesis 1:1-5
- The Nightlight of God’s Presence, Jesus – A Sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany, Matthew 2:1-12
- Epiphany Proclamation 2012
- Salty, Doo Doo, and Jesus – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Name, Luke 2:15-21
- Richard Rolle on Devotion to the Name, Jesus
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Feast of the Holy Name
- The Choice – A Reflection on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
- The Life of Jesus: God’s Extreme Consideration for Humanity
- Worship and Liturgical Symbolism
- Christmas – The Gift of Union
- Nativity Scenes Here, There, Everywhere – A Sermon for Christmas Eve, Luke 2:1-20
- Boots and a Blue Bra, a Modern Nativity Scene
- St. Thomas and St. Joseph, Faithful Doubters
- Irenaeus and the Purpose of the Incarnation
- Learning to Say Yes – A Sermon on the Annunciation, Luke 1:26-38, Advent 4B
- St. John of the Cross on “Our Most Important Task”
- Waiting for Mary’s Answer
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Witnesses and Interrogators – A Sermon on John 1:6-8, 19-28; Advent 3B
- Expectations, Baggage, and God
- Advent Credo of Daniel Berrigan, SJ
- When Exile and Words of Comfort Meet – A Sermon on Isaiah 40:1-11, Advent 2B
- Alma Redemptoris Mater
- “In Those Days….” – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37, Advent 1B
- To Occupy or Be Occupied? A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1-12
- Salve Regina
- Feast of All Saints – Te Deum laudaumus
- The First Step is to Get Your Feet Wet – A Sermon on Joshua 3:7-17, Proper 26A
- As They Love Their Cow
- Coined in the Image of God – A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22, Proper 24A
- Minted by God
- Why Matter Matters – St. John of Damascus
- Prayer Before the Crucifix
- St. Francis – The Canticle of the Creatures
- Angelic Thoughts and Prayers on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
- On Entering Church – Talking or Praying?
- Grace in a Wage Based World – A Sermon on Matthew 20:1-16, Proper 20A
- Infinite Forgiveness – A Sermon on Matthew 18:21-35, Proper 19A
- Be Prayer
- A Litany for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
- Making the Gospel Relevant
- Re-centering – A Sermon on Matthew 16:13-20, Proper 16A
- WIlliam Porcher DuBose, Episcopal Theologian
- The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, Dormition, and Assumption
- Children and Dogs – A Sermon on Matthew 15:21-28, Proper 15A
- Keep Your Hands and Feet Inside the Boat – A Sermon on Matthew 14:22-32, Proper 14A
- The Feast of the Transfiguration
- Crossing the Jabbok – A Sermon on Genesis 32:22-31 (Jacob Wrestling), Proper 13A
- Waking Up With Leah – A Sermon for Proper 12A: Genesis 29:15-28; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
- Life on the Run – A Sermon on Genesis 28:10-19 (Jacob’s Ladder), Proper 11A
- Theosis in the Episcopal Church
- It’s About God, Not The Dirt – A Sermon on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, Proper 10A
- Theosis, the Human Vocation
- The Yoke of Christ – A Sermon on Matthew 16:11-30, Proper 9A
- The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul
- The Choreography of Love – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20
- The Holy Trinity – A Strange and Paradoxical Diversity-in-Unity and Unity-in-Diversity
- Artisans of the Likeness of God – The Feast of St. Basil the Great
- Breathe, You Have Been Pentecosted – A Sermon on John 20:19-23 for the Feast of Pentecost
- The Icon of Pentecost
- The Feast of the Ascension – Filling All Things
- “I will not leave you orphaned.” – A Sermon on John 14:15-21, Easter 6A
- Inner Space: Journey to the Heart
- Unlocking Doors – A Sermon on John 20:19-31, Easter 2
- “The Works of my Hands” – Thoughts on the Death of Osama Bin Laden
- Easter: A Noun or a Verb?
- Run For Your Life, You Will See Him – An Easter Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10
- A Sermon for Holy Saturday, Matthew 27:57-66
- A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42
- A Sermon for Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-17, 31-35
- A Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week, John 13:21-32
- A Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week, John 12:20-33
- A Sermon for Monday in Holy Week, John 12:1-11
- Jesus, The Man of Turmoil – A Sermon on Matthew 21:1-11, Palm Sunday
- Unbinding Stinky George – A Sermon on John 11:1-45, Lent 5A
- “Surely we are not blind, are we?” – A Sermon on John 9:1-41, Lent 4A
- Found Out and Known – A Sermon on John 4:5-42, Lent 3A
- Annunciation Happens at the Virgin Point – A Sermon for the Feast of the Annunciation, Luke 1:26-38
- The Feast of the Annunciation, Lent Interrupted
- A Litany for Japan
- Miserere mei, Deus
- Marked for Death, Destined for Life – A Sermon for Ash Wednesday
- Face to Face Moments – A Sermon on Matthew 17:1-9, The Last Sunday After the Epiphany
- Beholding and Becoming Perfection – A Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48, Epiphany 7A
- Falling Up – St. John Climacus
- Flavoring the World, Dispersing Darkness – A Sermon on Matthew 5:13-20, Epiphany 5A
- The Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer – A Brief Review
- Longing – A Reflection on the Feast of the Presentation, Luke 2:22-40
- Prayer: The Test of Everything
- The Way Forward – A Sermon on the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12
- Blessed are the Peacemakers
- World Holocaust Day – We Must Remember….
- Nickels and Noses – What Do We Value and Measure in the Parish?
- Abba Poeman on Silence
- Looking For The Way Home – A Sermon On John 1:29-42, Epiphany 2A
- Immersed in Each Other’s Lives – A Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17, Baptism of our Lord
- A Sermon for The Feast of the Epiphany – Matthew 2:1-12
- Becoming Epiphany
- Growing Up And Moving Home – A Sermon On Luke 2:41-52
- A Franciscan Blessing For Justice And Peace
- The Manger Is Not In Bethlehem – A Christmas Sermon On Luke 2:1-20
- A Strange Mystery
- The Final Work of Advent
- Nativity Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
- Scandals, Wombs, and Emmanuel – A Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25
- Mothers of God
- How Big is the Church?
- Expectations, Prison, and Jailbreaks – A Sermon on Matthew 11:2-11
- The Church – An Atmosphere or Container?
- Who Cares? A Sermon on Matthew 3:1-12, Advent 2A
- Archbishop Williams’ Reflections on Advent
- Playing King of the Hill – A Sermon for the Feast of Christ the King, Luke 23:33-43
- Stone By Stone God Rebuilds Our Temple – A Sermon On Luke 21:5-19
- Choosing Our Blessings And Our Woes: An All Saints’ Day Sermon on Luke 6:20-31
- The One With The Most Points Is Dead – A Sermon On Luke 18:9-14
- Solitude for Ourselves And Others Revisited
- Overruling The Unjust Judge – A Sermon On Luke 18:1-8
- Healing Skin-Level Life, A Sermon On Luke 17:11-19
- “Supersize My Faith Please” – Luke 17:5-10
- Solitude For Ourselves And Others
- A Life Well Squandered – Luke 16:1-13
- Unique, Priceless, and Irreplaceable – Everyone Belongs
- The Fire-Bringing Family-Dividing Jesus, Luke 12:49-56
- Waiting For The Unexpected Hour – Luke 12:32-40
- Prayer: A To-Do List For God?
- Sacred Monotony, Resting in God
- Tombs, Chains, Nakedness, Demons – The Stuff of Life, The Power of Christ
- Required Reading: The Book of Created Things, Written By The Gulf Oil Spill
- Widows Prophesying At The City Gate – A Sermon for Proper 5C, Luke 7:11-17
- Life, Love, and Dancing – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, John 16:12-15
- A Sermon for Pentecost – Genesis 11:1-9
- “That They May All Be One” – A Sermon For Easter 7C, John 17:20-26
- The Bath – A Reflection on the Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-32
- Uncomfortable Faith, Unsnatchable People – A Sermon For Easter 4C, John 10:22-30.
- A Sermon for Easter 3C, John 21:1-19. Dark Night Fishing or Resurrection?
- Go On! Get Out Of Here! He Is Risen!
- Hades Replies to the Resurrection
- Holy Saturday: Weep Not For Me.
- Which Will It Be, Palms or Cloaks?
- Spreading Our Life Before Jesus: St. Andrew of Crete’s Palm Sunday Sermon
- The Feast of the Annunciation – Let it be.
- The Angelus Domini – Feast of the Annunciation
- Thieves and Lovers of the Common Purse – A Sermon on John 12:1-8
- Trusting Love, A Prodigal Son Sermon: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
- Are We There Yet? Never!
- Sermon for Lent 3C: Repent, Towers Are Falling And Trees Are Fruitless
- What Might You See By Turning Aside?
- The Road To Jerusalem Is Paved With The Stones of Rejection
- Whom Do I Treat Unjustly?
- Ash Wednesday – Finding our Place in Death
- Thin Places, Veils, and Transfiguration
- What Are You Giving Up For Lent?
- An Invitation to a Holy Lent
- Guaranteed Catch – A Sermon for Epiphany 5C
- A Sermon for The Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)
- Who is Presenting Whom?
- How Wild Is Your Jesus?
- Patriarch Bartholomew – Christian History, Current Circumstances
- St. Ephrem – The Deformities Made Beautiful
- St. John Chrysostom – “God Desired to Make Thee Immortal”
- The Last Anchorite
- Extreme Pilgrim – A Journey to St. Anthony’s Monastery
- St. Maximus on Image and Likeness
- “If You Consider Me Wise, Become As I Am”
- A Wedding at Cana, An Earthquake in Haiti
- Where is God in the Hatian earthquake?
- Pray in Silence – St. John Cassian
- “You can’t touch me. I’ve been baptized!”
- Epiphany, Wise Men, and Watchfulness
- A Sermon for Christmas 2 – Caring for the Holy
- The Feast of the Holy Name, Jesus
- Get Up Again
- Incarnation, Theosis, Ecstasy
- The Ecstasy of Christmas
- The Cradle of Birth and New Life – A Sermon for Christmas Eve
- Hymns on the Nativity – St. Ephrem
- Nativity Sermon of St. Isaac the Syrian
- Advent 4C – Greeting our Coming Salvation
- The Time of our Salvation Approaches
- Hail Mary
- The Feast of St. John of the Cross – Mystic of the Dark Night
- Sermon for Advent 3C – Do the Next Right Thing
- The Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Advent Videos
- The Feast of Thomas Merton
- Brother Lawrence – Chapel of the Heart
- The Seven Rules of a Monk
- Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
- Sermon For Advent 2C
- Some Thoughts On Repentance
- The Feast of St. John of Damascus
- Sermon for Advent 1C – Faithfulness Not Forecasting
- The Season of Advent – Holy Waiting and Watching
- The Feast of Christ the King
- Are You Saved?
- Apocalypse – When the Temple Falls
- The Feast of St. Gregory Palamas
- Detachment – Opening the Way to Salvation
- The Feast of Leo the Great
- The Treasury of Poverty – Mark 12:38-44
- Love Came Down – St. Symeon the New Theologian
- A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints
- St. Macarius the Great on Apophatacism
- Unwedded Bride, Agni Parthene, O Virgin Pure
- The Feast of All Saints
- Bless the Lord (Taize)
- Sobriety, the Guardian of the Spirit
- The Protection of Archangel Michael
- A Psalm of Thanksgiving
- The Beatitudes
- For God All Things Are Possible
- And Death is Only a Horizon.
- Anima Christi, Soul of Christ
- Stumbling Blocks
- Secularism: The Negation of Homo Adorans
- The Feast of the Holy Cross
- What Should We Do About That Moon?
- Dominion Over All The Earth
- A Funeral Sermon For Warren
- And I Will Raise Them Up On the Last Day
- I Am the Bread of Life
- “Holy Mary, Mother of God, Do Not Abandon Me.”
- Feast of the Transfiguration – Listen
- You Are What You Eat
- Doing the Math
- Blogs Worth Reading
- Feast of the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Anna and Joachim
- Better the Silence of the Heart than Distracted Words
- Symeon the New Theologian – Christ’s Body
- Etty Hillesum – Finding Beauty, Meaning, and Optimism
- Do Not Judge, See Good
- Christ Comes to our Hometown
- May God Bless You With Anger, Tears, Foolishness
- Faith and the Storms of Life
- When There is No Mystery
- St. Ephrem the Syrian
- Evelyn Underhill – Call to the Inner Life
- The Season After Pentecost – Ordinary Time
- The Feast of Pentecost
- The Interior Life – To Ascend We Must First Dive
- Answering Jesus’ Prayer
- Divinity Hidden
- The Feast of the Ascension
- The Sanctified Person
- Called to Perfection
- Believing is Seeing
- Looking for Someone to Resurrect
- The Virgin Mary, A Letter Sent by the Father
- Do I Understand Holy Week?
- The Archbishop of Canterbury Reflects on Easter
- Easter Blessings
- Holy Saturday – Tomb Work
- A Good Friday Reflection
- The Crucifixion by St. John of the Cross
- Growing in Prayer: The Holy Week Lectures of the Archbishop of Canterbury
- We Need Each Other’s Feet – A Maundy Thursday Reflection
- A Share with the Bishop
- The Triumph of Palm Sunday
- Prayer of Abandonment
- John Donne
- Trusting Death
- Birthing God – The Feast of the Annunciation
- “A bishop will die.”
- Watch for Snakes
- Feast of St. Joseph
- Feast of St. Patrick
- Elchaninov: God’s Will is in the Present Moment
- Strengthening our Life in the Church
- Feast of St. Gregory the Great
- A Lord’s Prayer for Justice
- Feast of St. Gregory of Nyssa
- Spiritual Reading – Formation or Information?
- The Faces of Christ
- The Freedom of Self-Denial
- The Archbishop of Canterbury Reflects on Lent
- Sermon for Ash Wednesday
- Shrove Tuesday
- An Invitation to the Observance of a Holy Lent
- How is your prayer?
- Certain or Faithful?
- The Merciful Heart
- Entering the Temple of the Heart
- The Temple of the Heart
- The Feast of the Presentation
- A Prayer for the Journey
- Feast of St. John Chrysostom
- Sacred Time
- Iconoclasm
- What are your icons?
- God’s Will
- Feast of St. Antony
- Prayer – the essence of living
- With Every Breath
- Yeh hum naheen – this is not us
- The Feast of the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Incarnation
- The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
- The Icon of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
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Interrupting the Silence 
That’s a whole lot of hard work! Well done!
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Thanks Stephanie.
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Hello Fr. Mike,
I often use your homiletic ideas in my homilies. Hope you don’t mind! My parishioners really appreciate them.
Thank you very much and have a fruitful Lent, Father!
Fr. Philip
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Thank you Fr. Philip. I am glad the sermons are helpful to your preaching and congregation. May God bless your words and ministry,
Peace be with you,
Mike+
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your sermons have been helpful since
I stumbled on them. Father stay Blessed.
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Thank you Samuel. i am glad the sermons have been helpful.
May God bless you and your ministry.
Mike+
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Hi Mike
Really enjoy ruminating along with you on all things gospel. Thank you.
Why aren’t the posts catalogued by date any longer?
I found it interesting to pick points in history & see you connect the good news with the affairs of the day. Can’t do that so easily with the new site format…or am I missing something somewhere?
Peace!
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John, thanks so much for reading my blog and for your question. I’ve added a “Post Archives” widget in the sidebar. It is organized by year and month. See if that is what you were looking for. I hope it helps.
Peace be with you,
Mike+
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Like your site. It is very educative. Please Rev. Mike am also very soon to be made a deacon in the Anglican Diocese of Accra, Ghana. I want to partner with you and your church for sponsorship and support of my church in Ghana. I will be glad if you come for my ordination
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Unfortunately, I am not able to attend your ordination. You will be in my prayers. May God bless you and your ministry.
Mike+
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Love the sight and sermons Blessings to you and your ministry.
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Thank you very much. God‘s peace be with you, Mike+
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Thank you for your sermons Fr. Marsh.
I am very encouraged by them.
God bless you for sharing them with us.
Canon Robert Vun, St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia.
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Canon Vun, thank you for your kind words and for reading my blog.
Holy Week blessings and Easter joy to you.
Mike+
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