An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
6:52. "The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'” The short answer to the dispute we read about in our lesson from John is love. The longer answer fills thousands of books.…
Read More Who Has Nourished Your Life?
John 6:49, 51a. "Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died…. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever." Manna and living bread are both necessary, because…
Read More Meeting Our Daily Nutritional Requirements
Jeremiah 18:6. “'Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just at this potter has done?' says the LORD. 'Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.'” Who I am today is…
Read More Life on the Potter’s Wheel
John 6:26. "Jesus answered them, 'Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.'” The crowds that follow Jesus all throughout John’s stories are back…
Read More Satisfying Our Hunger
John 6:5. "When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, 'Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?'” Do the math: one loaf for every thousand people and half…
Read More It’s Not About the Math
Psalm 23:4. "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Someone whose husband recently died said to me, “I…
Read More Walking Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
Luke 1:43. "Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I am a virgin?'” In the innermost courts of the temple in Jerusalem, a veil separated humanity from the Holy of Holies, where the Spirit of God rested…
Read More Parting the Veil of Impossibility
Psalm 92:1. "It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to your Name, O Most High." When I was a child, I always received a box of blank thank you notes as a…
Read More Thanksgiving for Everything
Psalm 86:11. "Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; knit my heart to you that I may fear your Name." The palmist has named a truth about my life: I live with a divided…
Read More The Antidote is Wholeheartedness
John 8:12. "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.'” When the sun sets and night comes, many people turn…
Read More The Light By Which We See
Interrupting the Silence 