Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Offering

  • Keeping Our Appointment With Life – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40

    Keeping Our Appointment With Life – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40

    “Shut up. Suit up. Show up.” Those six words are the daily mantra of a psychologist named James Hollis. He says them to himself as he rides the elevator down to his car each morning. (Hollis, Living Between Worlds, 132) With the first he’s telling himself “to stop whining and complaining” (Ibid.). It’s his recognition Read more

  • Being All In – A Sermon On Mark 12:38-44

    Being All In – A Sermon On Mark 12:38-44

    “Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.” That’s what Jesus sees in today’s gospel (Mark 12:38-44).  Jesus says those two small coins are more than all the rich people’s large sums combined. That’s just not mathematically correct. You know Read more

  • 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