• All Things Are Being Made New – A Sermon For All Saints’ Sunday On John 11:32-44

    All Things Are Being Made New – A Sermon For All Saints’ Sunday On John 11:32-44

    Mary said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  The thing that strikes me about Mary in today’s gospel (John 11:32-44) is that she wants something different from the life she has. She wants something new. And who among us today doesn’t know what that’s like? Haven’t there been times… Read more

  • How’s Your Love Life? – A Sermon On Mark 12:28-34

    How’s Your Love Life? – A Sermon On Mark 12:28-34

    The year my dad was in Viet Nam my mom, sister, and I lived in my mom and dad’s hometown. I was about nine or ten years old. Every few weeks I’d go to Alfie’s Barber Shop for a haircut. It was always the same routine. I’d climb up in the chair and Alfie would… Read more

  • “Let Me See Again” – A Sermon On Mark 10:46-52

    “Let Me See Again” – A Sermon On Mark 10:46-52

    Most of you have heard enough of my preaching that you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I don’t want us to literalize today’s gospel (Mark 10:46-52) and make it about only physical blindness and sight. We often hear this story and think of blindness and seeing in their outward forms. But what… Read more

  • Too Big For Your Britches? Good – A Sermon On Mark 10:35-45

    Too Big For Your Britches? Good – A Sermon On Mark 10:35-45

    James and John want to be on top. They want to sit on either side of Jesus in his glory.  The other ten disciples are angry about this. I picture them looking at James and John and saying, “You arrogant, selfish, and presumptuous sons of Zebedee. Who do you think you are?” It sounds like… Read more

  • God Wastes Nothing Of Our Lives – A Funeral Sermon On Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39

    God Wastes Nothing Of Our Lives – A Funeral Sermon On Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39

    Where to begin? What to say?  He was a good man, a crazy friend, a character, an operator, an entrepreneur. He was a story teller, funny, gregarious, outgoing, and mischievous. He was a rancher, a pilot, an excellent shot, a great golfer, an Aggie. “He was fun to be with and we had some good… Read more

  • What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31

    What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31

    “Do you want to be something or do you want to do something?” That’s the question a friend of mine was asked by his spiritual director many years ago.  I wonder what that question brings up for you in your life today. How would you answer it? What matters more to you – being something… 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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