• What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    Wednesday of this week I was at the civic for the press conference announcing a settlement between the City of Uvalde and some of the families whose children died in the Robb School shooting. Two years ago tonight I was at the civic center with families as they awaited an announcement about their children. We Read more

  • Evening Worship On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    Evening Worship On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    Evening worship on the second anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting will be offered on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. central time, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us in person today or whenever might be convenient for you. Thank you for your prayers.  Peace be with Read more

  • What Is Amazing And Perplexing You? – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21

    What Is Amazing And Perplexing You? – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21

    I’m going to begin with a couple of questions that ask you to reflect on your life. Since today is the Feast of Pentecost they are questions about the Holy Spirit in your life. You ready? Here’s my first question. What is amazing you today? I’m talking about the kind of amazement that deepens your Read more

  • What Is Your Final Prayer? – A Sermon On John 17:6-19

    What Is Your Final Prayer? – A Sermon On John 17:6-19

    In just a moment I’m going to ask you to compose a prayer in your head. Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to pray it out loud. This isn’t, however, just any prayer. This is your last prayer.  If you had only one prayer left to offer what would your final prayer be?  What’s the Read more

  • Stepping Into The Gap – An Ascension Day Sermon On Acts 1:1-11

    Stepping Into The Gap – An Ascension Day Sermon On Acts 1:1-11

    One minute Jesus was standing with and talking to his disciples. They can see him. They can hear his voice. And if they had reached out they could’ve touched him. The next minute, “he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” (Acts 1:1-11) I have no idea how that happened Read more

  • The Imprints On Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:9-17

    The Imprints On Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:9-17

    In each of our lives there are people who have left their imprint on us. It may be something they said or did, the values they gave us, the example they set. They marked our life in ways that continue to influence and guide us whether they live down the street, across the country, or Read more

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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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