Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Spiritual Growth

  • What Haunts You Today? – A Sermon On Mark 6:14-29

    What Haunts You Today? – A Sermon On Mark 6:14-29

    Seventh Sunday After Pentecost: Proper 10, Year B – Mark 6:14-29 Do you ever feel like your life is haunted, like something unresolved has come to visit? Do you ever feel like something is wandering the hallways of your heart and mind, “a presence that is not quite a presence” (Whyte, Consolations, 97)?  Let me Read more

  • Who Would You Be If You Ever Became Fully Yourself? – A Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39

    Who Would You Be If You Ever Became Fully Yourself? – A Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39

    Who would you be if you ever became fully yourself? What new possibilities might arise? How would your relationships change? What fears would disappear? How do you imagine your life would be different? The sword Jesus brings is the sword of separation. It is neither a rejection of family and relationships nor is it destructive… Read more

  • Growing Up

    Growing Up

    Luke 2:49. “[Jesus] said to them, ‘Why are you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’” Growing up isn’t limited to children or a particular age group. Regardless of age, we are all in the process of growing up, and that is hard work. Ultimately, growing up Read more

  • A Positive Decrease

    A Positive Decrease

    John 3:29b-30. “For this reason my joy has been fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.” I wonder what John the Baptist’s disciples are thinking when they hear him talk about becoming less. Their numbers are decreasing, and Jesus’ group of disciples are increasing. I can imagine them thinking, “And what are you going Read more

  • Nickels and Noses – What Do We Value and Measure in the Parish?

    My guess is that most priests, when speaking of their seminary training, would say that very little, if any, time was spent in teaching or forming them to be a successful chief executive officer or business manager. This is certainly true for me. Yet, a significant percentage of my time is spent dealing with budgets, Read more

  • The Fire-Bringing Family-Dividing Jesus, Luke 12:49-56

    The collect and readings for today, Proper 15C, the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 12:49-56. Jesus said “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under Read more