An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
What do you make of today’s gospel? (Matthew 1:18-25) It’s a beautiful story but does it make sense to you? I doesn’t to me. I have some doubts about it. It doesn’t sound or feel real to me. Does it…
Read More Emmanuel And The Messiness of Life – A Sermon On Matthew 1:18-25
What happened to John the Baptist? That’s the question that comes up for me when I hear today’s gospel (Matthew 11:2-11). Last week (Matthew 3:1-12) John was a voice crying out in the wilderness. He was preparing the way of…
Read More Imprisoned By Our Blinders – A Sermon On Matthew 11:2-11
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near,” John the Baptist announces in today’s gospel (Matthew 3:1-12). But it’s Isaiah in today’s Old Testament reading (Isaiah 11:1-10) who describes the kingdom. It’s Isaiah who gives us a glimpse of…
Read More Peace For Our Wolves And Lambs – A Sermon On Isaiah 11:1-10
It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss — This is true: For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish…
Read More Advent Credo Of Fr. Daniel Berrigan
A few nights ago my wife Cyndy woke me and said, “Mike, turn over. You’re snoring.” I said, “I am? Really? I didn’t even know I was asleep.” That’s the thing about sleeping; we don’t know we’ve been asleep until…
Read More Waking Up To The Unexpected Hour – A Sermon On Matthew 24:36-44
Today brings us to the end of the Christmas season and, with tomorrow's Feast of the Epiphany, the beginning of the Epiphany season. Here are some ways to enter more deeply into the meaning of the season: Hear the story…
Read More A Sermon Collection From Advent-Christmas 2021
Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash Do you ever feel like your life is out of kilter and you’re a hot mess? Do you ever feel like you’re out of sync with yourself, others, or God? “The days will surely come,” says…
Read More The Days Will Surely Come – A Sermon On Jeremiah 33:14-16
https://youtu.be/b0_-Szd53zU "Creator of the Stars of Night" is an Advent chant with words from the 9th century. The music, Conditor lame siderum, is plainsong chant, mode 4. This rendition is by two choir members of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde. Creator of the stars of…
Read More “Creator Of The Stars Of Night” – An Advent Chant
“It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss— This is true: For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish…
Read More Entering Advent In Hope – Fr. Daniel Berrigan
The First Sunday in Advent, Year A - Matthew 24:36-44 Starry Night on the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons “But about that day and hour no one knows,” Jesus says. I hear those words and can’t…
Read More Advent Possibilites – A Sermon On Matthew 24:36-44
Interrupting the Silence 