An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
Evening worship on the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting will be offered on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us…
Read More Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
I suspect we’ve all seen before and after pictures; before and after the diet or workout plan, before and after a re-model, before and after a particular event or experience. If you looked at my before St. Philip's pictures you'd…
Read More Changing The Picture of Life – A Sermon On Luke 13:10-17
“Lord, teach us to pray,” one of the disciples asked Jesus in today’s gospel (Luke 11:1-13). I wonder what’s behind his request. When you reflect on your own life of prayer what do you imagine he’s really asking? In what…
Read More Can I Get An “Amen”? – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
It’s not too difficult to make some connections between the man in today’s gospel (Luke 8:26-29) and ourselves and what has happened in Uvalde. Though his circumstances may be different from ours, we’re not that different from him. The man…
Read More Enlarging Life In Uvalde – A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39
We will never get over what has happened - children were killed, our hearts have been broken, and an image of our hometown has been shattered - but as I said Thursday evening my hope and belief, and even my…
Read More A Better Question For Uvalde
Photo by Ray Fragapane on Unsplash Today’s gospel (Luke 3:7-18) is the continuation of last week’s gospel (Luke 3:1-6). They are two parts of the same story and I don't think we can fully understand today's without the context of last week's Last…
Read More What Then Should We Do? – A Sermon On Luke 3:7-18
There’s a particular person in my life I sometimes just don’t want to be with. It’s often uncomfortable and sometimes scary to be together. There are times when I intentionally avoid this person. Sometimes I don’t like what I see…
Read More Looking At The Landscape Of Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 3:1-6
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash Do you ever feel like you are one person here and another person over there? Do you sometimes change who you are and how you present yourself depending on where you and who you are with? I suspect…
Read More Am I Really Who I Say I Am? – A Sermon On John 18:33-37
Healing the Blind Man of Jericho by Unknown Author - Codex Egberti, Fol 31, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Most of you have heard enough of my preaching that you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I don’t want…
Read More “Let Me See Again” – A Sermon On Mark 10:46-52
Photo by Alexandros Chatzidimos from Pexels A friend of mine often says, “Sometimes the good news is bad news before it is good news.” That sure fits today’s gospel (Mark 9:38-50). Today’s gospel tells us that the prognosis is good…
Read More Jesus’ Prescription For Healing And Wholeness – A Sermon On Mark 9:38-50
Interrupting the Silence 