Interrupting the Silence

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

  • Choosing Our Blessings And Our Woes: An All Saints’ Day Sermon on Luke 6:20-31

    The Feast of All Saints is on November 1. The Book of Common Prayer, however, permits it to be celebrated on the Sunday following November 1. The collect and readings for the day may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 6:20-31. Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you Read more

  • The One With The Most Points Is Dead – A Sermon On Luke 18:9-14

    The collect and readings for today, the Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 25C, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 18:9-14. He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and Read more

  • Solitude for Ourselves And Others Revisited

    In response to my recent post, Solitude for Ourselves and Others, a reader commented, …there is a particular radio talk show that i frequently listen to in which the host advocates a meditation exercise called “be still and know”…his listeners regularly call into the show to tell of their experiences while trying the exercise and Read more

  • Overruling The Unjust Judge – A Sermon On Luke 18:1-8

    The collect and readings for the Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 24C, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 18:1-8. Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had Read more

  • Healing Skin-Level Life, A Sermon On Luke 17:11-19

    The collect and readings for the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 23C, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 17:11-19. On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, Read more

  • “Supersize My Faith Please” – Luke 17:5-10

    The collect and readings for today, Proper 22C, the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 17:5-10. The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and 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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