• Sermons For Easter Sunday And Holy Week 2022

    Sermons For Easter Sunday And Holy Week 2022

    I often follow a thread or theme through Holy Week to Easter. This year I focused on self-betrayal, the ways in which we turn away from ourselves and our lives, and live less than who we truly are. It will be easier to see and follow that theme through these sermons if you begin with Read more

  • Stop Believing In Easter And Start Eastering – An Easter Sermon On Luke 24:1-12

    Stop Believing In Easter And Start Eastering – An Easter Sermon On Luke 24:1-12

    Alleluia. Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. Do you really believe that? Who believes today’s gospel (Luke 24:1-12) is true?  So let me ask you this, what makes this story true? I don’t think it’s true because the women “found the stone rolled away from the tomb.” And I don’t think it’s Read more

  • Nobody Wants To Come To Holy Saturday – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66

    Nobody Wants To Come To Holy Saturday – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66

    Nobody wants to come to Holy Saturday. Look around. Very few show up on this day, and most probably do not even know there is a liturgy for this day. I don’t blame them, I understand.  Not much happens today. The liturgy is short, maybe twenty minutes. The church is empty and bare. There are Read more

  • On Days Like This – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42 For Good Friday

    On Days Like This – A Sermon On John 18:1-19:42 For Good Friday

    I used to try to understand, explain, or make sense of this day, Good Friday. I don’t anymore. I’ve given that up. What do you say on days like this? What can be said?  Besides, most of the explanations that I’ve heard or come up with myself don’t really satisfy. They are mostly ways of Read more

  • Re-membering – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday

    Re-membering – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday

    What comes to mind when you think about Maundy Thursday?  Most of us probably think about the foot washing and the last supper. That’s certainly part of what happens on this night, and that’s the focus of tonight’s gospel (John 13:1-17, 31-35). But this night is also the night of the betrayal.  After washing the Read more

  • The Messiness Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week

    The Messiness Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week

    I don’t know what to make of or do with today’s gospel (John 13:21-32). It raises more questions for me than it offers answers. There are some things that don’t fit or make sense to me. It’s a messy story, betrayals always are.  The simplest and easiest thing to do with this story would be 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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