Interrupting the Silence

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

  • “I Can’t Breathe” – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20

    “I Can’t Breathe” – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20

    I don’t know and never will know what it’s like to have the knee of a police officer against my neck, but I still can’t breathe. I want to be able to breathe again. I want you to be able to breathe. I want the George Floyds of the world to be able to breathe.… Read more

  • Letting Peace Hold Our Wounds – A Pentecost Sermon On John 20:19-23

    Letting Peace Hold Our Wounds – A Pentecost Sermon On John 20:19-23

    America is in a hard place these days, and we have been for quite a while. Over the last few months of the coronavirus many have said that we’re all in this together. Yes, but we’re not all together in this. We are not “all together in one place” on this day of Pentecost. Our… Read more

  • The Gaps In Our Lives – A Sermon On Acts 1:6-14

    The Gaps In Our Lives – A Sermon On Acts 1:6-14

    At some point we all come to a gap in our life. It takes us to the edge of what we know, to the border of what we believe, to the horizon of what we can see, to the limit of our self-sufficiency. The gap is paradoxical. It look like two opposing edges and feels… Read more

  • The Advocate – A Sermon On John 14:15-21

    The Advocate – A Sermon On John 14:15-21

    That we need an Advocate to change God’s mind about us just doesn’t fit a God “who so loved the world.” It’s contrary to Jesus saying that he came not to condemn the world but to save, heal, and transform it (John 3:17). “I came,” he says, “that they may have life, and have it… Read more

  • Recentering Life – A Sermon On John 14:1-14

    Recentering Life – A Sermon On John 14:1-14

    Spoken or unspoken, I think there’s a question every troubled heart is asking. Will the center hold or is everything collapsing around us? That’s my question and maybe it’s your question too. I think it’s one many are asking. And today Jesus answers, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Read more

  • The Question of Reopening – A Sermon on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10

    The Question of Reopening – A Sermon on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10

    Jesus says that he is the gate. Gates open and close. Gates keep sheep in, and thieves and bandits out. Gates close to death and open to life. I’m attracted to the gate metaphor because it fits what is happening in our country, our state, our town, your life and my life. I’m talking about… Read more

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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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