Tag: Letting Go
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Stuff – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
Many years ago a good friend of mine showed me a book he’d recently been given. The abbott of a monastery gave it to him. My friend said, “It came from the abbott’s personal library. It’s very rare and valuable. Can you believe he could be that free with his book and just give it Read more
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What If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13
In the summer of 2000 Cyndy and I moved from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Sewanee, Tennessee, for me to attend seminary. A few months before we left Cyndy asked the wife of our priest about being a clergy spouse. “What’s it like being married to the priest?” she asked. Speaking about her husband, she said, Read more
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Yes Means Letting Go – A Sermon On John 13:31-35
I was invited to be the guest preacher at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, on the Sunday before The Rev. Beth Knowlton, rector of St. Mark’s, began her sabbatical. ————— I want to start by being very direct with a couple of things I have to say to you all and to you Beth. Read more
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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
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What Needs To Be Left Behind? – A Sermon On Mark 1:14-20
“Follow me,” isn’t only about going somewhere, it’s also about leaving behind. That’s the hard part for most of us. We’re pretty good at accumulating and clinging but not so good at letting go. More often than not our spiritual growth involves some kind of letting go. We accept Jesus’ invitation to follow, not by… Read more
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A New Day, A New Life – A Sermon On Mark 10:17-31
Proper 23B – Mark 10:17-31 “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” I wonder what drove the man to Jesus. I wonder what was going on in his life that caused him to run to Jesus, kneel down, and ask his question. What’s the desperation behind his question? What’s his desire? We Read more
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The Secret To Life – A Sermon On John 12:20-33
Seeing Jesus isn’t a spectator sport. It is a way to be followed, a truth to be embodied, a life to be lived. It’s being a grain of wheat that falls into the ground and dies so that it might bear much fruit. That’s where we see him. It’s the letting go, the emptying, the… Read more
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“Follow Me” Moments – A Sermon On Mark 1:14-20
What if “Follow me” is Jesus’ invitation to every one of us to step into the fullness of our life? What if it is the call to become fully alive? What if it’s about becoming more authentically ourselves, living with integrity, and discovering our truest self? Maybe every time we act in such a way… Read more
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Leaving It All Behind
Every journey whether physical, emotional, or spiritual begins with leaving something behind. Maybe the reason we feel like we never get anywhere new in life is because we are unwilling to leave anything, much less everything, behind. Read more
Interrupting the Silence 