An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
“He was a baby, a child, so that you may become a complete, mature person. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes, so that you might be freed from the bonds of death. He was in a manger, so that…
Read More He and Us – Thoughts on the Nativity from St. Ambrose
Most of you have heard enough of my preaching and teaching to know that when it comes to either/or questions my default response is “yes.” Is it this or is it that? Yes. This isn't about playing a game, being…
Read More Advent, A Season of Uncategorized Life – A Sermon on John 1:6-8, 19-28
The wilderness, John the Baptist, preparing the way of the Lord. They are three major images in today’s gospel, Mark 1:1-8. They are three signposts on the Advent journey. They are three windows into our heart. I want us to…
Read More Advent, A Season in the Wilderness – A Sermon on Mark 1:1-8
Nicodemus “came to Jesus by night” (John 3:1-17, Lent 2A). I wonder if that’s not true for all of us. I wonder if we don’t all come to Jesus by night. Some have said that Nicodemus was hiding in the…
Read More Daytime Lives and Nighttime Lives – A Sermon on John 3:1-17
The older I get the more aware I become of how my life, my way of being, is filled with contradictions. It is neither all darkness nor all light. It is both at the same time. I have said things I…
Read More The Contradiction of Life Veiled and Unveiled
The crowds from last night’s liturgy have gone home. There’s just a few of us here this morning. The noise, song, and voices of last night’s celebration have fallen silent. The candlelight of Christmas Eve has given way to the…
Read More Walk Away from the Manger
There are some stories that simply bear repeating. Children want to hear the same old bed time story. Lovers tell the story of meeting and falling in love. Parents tell the story of their child’s birth. Tonight the Church tells…
Read More Luke, Tell Me the Story Again!
“Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” When I look at the various situations and circumstances of my life, the joys and sorrows, the successes and failures,…
Read More You are More than the Circumstances of your Life
O come, Emmanuel Wisdom from on high Branch of Jesse's tree Key of David Dayspring from on high Desire of nations Emmanuel
There comes a time when we realize change is needed. Things don’t work out. Something happens. Someone says something. The tried and true ways become tired and trite. It may happen suddenly or slowly over time. Either way, we realize…
Read More Repentance Means Becoming Human
Interrupting the Silence 