An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
Alleluia. Christ is risen. Thank you for reading and supporting Interrupting the Silence. I am grateful for your presence through this past Holy Week and into Easter. Below are the sermons I preached. Easter peace be with you. O God, who…
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Earlier this week I was talking with a friend about tonight’s foot washing. He said, “Do you want to hear about my Jesus moment?” I couldn’t help it and I just started laughing. And then he started laughing. “Sure,” I…
Read More Our Jesus Moments – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
I often follow a thread or theme through Holy Week to Easter. This year I focused on self-betrayal, the ways in which we turn away from ourselves and our lives, and live less than who we truly are. It will…
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The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons What comes to mind when you think about Maundy Thursday? Most of us probably think about the foot washing and the last supper. That’s certainly part of what happens…
Read More Re-membering – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
Here’s my question. What in you needs to come clean tonight? And what is your fear about that? This is not about whether you will wash someone’s feet or take off your shoes and socks and let your feet be washed. This is about your own sense of worthiness and whether you are enough. I wonder if the question of worthiness is why more people will come to church on Good Friday than tonight. Maybe it’s why more people glory in the cross than the basin. We’re okay with Jesus dying for our sins but not okay with him washing our feet. I think the same reason lies behind both of those things: we don’t feel worthy.
Whether it is the four seasons of the year or the seven seasons of the liturgical year, each season is a lens through which we see and experience life. Each season offers a unique perspective on life, highlights certain events,…
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Maundy Thursday - John 13:1-17, 31-35 The last couple of days I’ve been thinking of previous Maundy Thursdays and previous foot washings. There are no feet to wash tonight but I think there’s something to be learned from that. …
Read More Let’s Never Stop Loving – A Maundy Thursday Sermon On John 13:1-7, 31-35
Maundy Thursday - John 13:1-17, 31-35 “You will never wash my feet,” Peter says to Jesus. What’s that about? What’s going on with Peter? I don’t know but I have a guess. I think it’s about more than having his…
Read More This Is Our Night – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
Think about a time when you gathered around the table in remembrance. Where was the table? Who was there? Who wasn't there? What was the conversation about? What was your remembrance as you gathered around that table?
I’ve now been here at St. Philip’s long enough that you probably know one of the things I emphasize in my teaching, preaching, and our life together is the movement from thinking to experience, the practice of living out of…
Read More Taking our Share with Jesus – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday on John 13:1-17, 31-35
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