• Sacred Monotony, the Season after Pentecost

    Sacred Monotony, the Season after Pentecost

    “Let me check my calendar and I’ll get back with you.” Coordinating calendars has become a regular routine for many, perhaps most, of us. We are scheduled people, busy people. Computers and phones buzz, beep, or ring reminding us of our schedule. They send texts and e-mails telling us where to go, when to be there, Read more

  • God the Unbearable, A Sermon on the Holy Trinity

    God the Unbearable, A Sermon on the Holy Trinity

    I do not intend to try and explain the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons. Some might hear that as a strange or even unfaithful beginning for a sermon on this day, the Feast of the Holy Trinity. Others, perhaps, will be relieved that they are to be spared nonsensical math and silly analogies Read more

  • Pentecost Makes us Capable of God

    Pentecost Makes us Capable of God

    There are moments in each of our lives when we begin to hear a new language. It’s new yet echoes with familiarity. We know it through our deepest longings and desires. If fills us with hope, life, and peace. It lies hidden deep within us. It’s always been there but then one day we hear Read more

  • A Litany to the Holy Spirit

    A Litany to the Holy Spirit

    This Litany to the Holy Spirit was prepared using the traditional form of a litany. The contents of the litany are based on scripture, the Book of Common Prayer, and an Eastern Orthodox prayer to the Holy Spirit. O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Have mercy upon us. O God the Son, Read more

  • God’s Conspiracy Gives Life

    God’s Conspiracy Gives Life

    Jesus “breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’” (John 20:22). Recall a moment when you held another person so close that you could hear his or her breathing, the sound of life. Maybe it was your husband or wife, a parent, your child or grandchild, a dear friend. Cheek to cheek. Read more

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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