Interrupting the Silence

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

  • What’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34

    What’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34

    What’s next?  It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. What’s next for Uvalde? What’s next for me and my priesthood? What’s next for St. Philip’s? What’s next for Cyndy and me in our marriage and life together? What’s next for me and my life as an individual, a human being? What’s next?… Read more

  • Be Crazy Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 3:20-35

    Be Crazy Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 3:20-35

    Last week we got angry Jesus. In this week’s gospel (Mark 3:20-35) we get crazy Jesus. People are saying, “He’s gone out of his mind.” They’re calling him insane. Have you ever thought Jesus was crazy? Have you ever said he was out of his mind? I don’t think I have but more and more… Read more

  • Be Angry Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 2:23-3:6

    Be Angry Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 2:23-3:6

    Last week Cyndy and I were leaving the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin when a little boy who was probably two or three or years old screamed at his mother, “I want to catch a dragonfly.” He was so angry and he was loud. He sat on the ground yelling and crying.  “But… Read more

  • Filling The Empty Space – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On John 3:1-17

    Filling The Empty Space – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On John 3:1-17

    Today is Trinity Sunday but I’m not going to say much about the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. Today, I’m more interested in the empty space. Are you familiar with the empty space in the Trinity? Let me show you what I’m talking about.  This is Andrei Rublev’s icon of the Holy Trinity.… Read more

  • 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

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Fr. Mike

My name is Mike Marsh. I am a priest of the Episcopal Church. I have served as rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church – Uvalde, a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, since 2005.

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