Interrupting the Silence

Interrupting the Silence is a place for spiritual reflection, guidance, and growth.
It offers practical spirituality grounded in the contemplative tradition.

  • What If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    What If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    In the summer of 2000 Cyndy and I moved from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Sewanee, Tennessee, for me to attend seminary. A few months before we left Cyndy asked the wife of our priest about being a clergy spouse. “What’s it like being married to the priest?” she asked. Speaking about her husband, she said, Read more

  • Touching The Cloak – A Sermon On Mark 5:21-43

    Touching The Cloak – A Sermon On Mark 5:21-43

    A few days ago someone told me that several years ago he blocked a friend of his from contacting him. They had some very different opinions about life and the world and their relationship had become difficult. He said, “I regret that I did that. I don’t know why but I’ve recently started thinking about Read more

  • What’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34

    What’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34

    What’s next?  It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. What’s next for Uvalde? What’s next for me and my priesthood? What’s next for St. Philip’s? What’s next for Cyndy and me in our marriage and life together? What’s next for me and my life as an individual, a human being? What’s next? Read more

  • Be Crazy Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 3:20-35

    Be Crazy Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 3:20-35

    Last week we got angry Jesus. In this week’s gospel (Mark 3:20-35) we get crazy Jesus. People are saying, “He’s gone out of his mind.” They’re calling him insane. Have you ever thought Jesus was crazy? Have you ever said he was out of his mind? I don’t think I have but more and more Read more

  • Be Angry Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 2:23-3:6

    Be Angry Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 2:23-3:6

    Last week Cyndy and I were leaving the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin when a little boy who was probably two or three or years old screamed at his mother, “I want to catch a dragonfly.” He was so angry and he was loud. He sat on the ground yelling and crying.  “But Read more

  • Filling The Empty Space – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On John 3:1-17

    Filling The Empty Space – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On John 3:1-17

    Today is Trinity Sunday but I’m not going to say much about the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. Today, I’m more interested in the empty space. Are you familiar with the empty space in the Trinity? Let me show you what I’m talking about.  This is Andrei Rublev’s icon of the Holy Trinity. Read more

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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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