An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
He did not shun; he chose. He did not shun the virgin’s womb; he chose a mother. He did not shun the human body; he chose flesh and blood. He did not shun the angel’s name; he chose a destiny.…
Read More The Life of Jesus: God’s Extreme Consideration for Humanity
The feast of Christmas is the feast of the mystical Body, for it is through the Incarnation that men have become members of Christ. Whatever theological interpretation we give to this great scriptural and patristic affirmation of our incorporation into…
Read More Christmas – The Gift of Union
I probably need to begin with a disclaimer. My understanding of the nativity has changed. It is not what it used to be. I no longer see the birth of Jesus the way it is so often portrayed. The image…
Read More Nativity Scenes Here, There, Everywhere – A Sermon for Christmas Eve, Luke 2:1-20
How could the human race go to God if God had not come to us? How should we free ourselves from our birth into death if we had not been born again according to faith by a new birth generously…
Read More Irenaeus and the Purpose of the Incarnation
Remember packing for the last trip you took? Suitcases, backpacks, bags. Sometimes packing can be the most stressful part of the journey. What did you take? What did you leave behind? Why did you take what you did? Most of…
Read More Expectations, Baggage, and God
"Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow - for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people…
Read More As They Love Their Cow
“If Caesar can require his image in a coin, cannot God require his image in a human being?” - St. Augustine, Sermon 308A.7
I do not venerate matter, I venerate the fashioner of matter, who became matter for my sake and accepted to dwell in matter and through matter worked my salvation, and I will not cease from reverencing matter, through which my…
Read More Why Matter Matters – St. John of Damascus
Today, September 29, is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. With every liturgy we celebrate we “[join] our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven,” who are forever proclaiming the glory of God’s…
Read More Angelic Thoughts and Prayers on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
"Christian faith is not about some god who is an abstract presence somewhere else but about the living presence of God here and now, in this world, in exactly this world, as we know it and touch it and smell…
Read More Making the Gospel Relevant
Interrupting the Silence 