Luke 24:13-35 Why did they not recognize him? A member of our St Mark’s family asked me this on Tuesday morning at the coffee shop, and I don’t think he realized he was about to get a sneak preview of the Sunday sermon. Why, when the resurrected Jesus appeared to some of the disciples, didContinue reading “Burning”
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Easter on the Way
Matthew 28:1-10 Mary and Mary Magdalene were not fools. Or rather, they were fools, but the kind that we all become when we love fiercely and completely. These two women were disciples, students of Jesus who had followed him on his journey from town to town. They had witnessed his healings and miracles, they hadContinue reading “Easter on the Way”
Good Friday is for Grievers
John 18:1-19:42 & the Good Friday liturgy, found on page 276 of the Book of Common Prayer The Maundy Thursday sermon at St Mark’s & Grace was given this year by our ministry intern, Kathy Maddox, a Candidate for Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons. If you missed worship this year, and you wouldContinue reading “Good Friday is for Grievers”
Save Us
In light of recent tragedies and ongoing conversation in this country around gun violence, I would like to lift up the work of March for Our Lives, RAWtools, and Bishops Against Gun Violence as good starting places for education, advocacy, and resources. It is impossible for me to reflect on the ministry of Jesus andContinue reading “Save Us”
Can These Bones Live?
Ezekiel 37:1-14 & John 11:1-45 Mortal, can these bones live? O Lord God, you know. The hand of the Lord brought the prophet Ezekiel into the valley of the shadow of death. The valley full of bones, dry and still and long dead, a sight which makes our haunted houses and metaphorical closets look likeContinue reading “Can These Bones Live?”
Healing, Not Curing.
John 9:1-41 I am deeply indebted in this sermon and in my reading of the healing ministry of Jesus to Amy Kenny, author of My Body is Not a Prayer Request. If you only purchase or check out one book this year, I hope you’ll try Amy Kenny’s. I am also indebted always to TheContinue reading “Healing, Not Curing.”
The Unnamed Evangelist
John 4:5-42 Last Sunday we heard a story of a man who came to Jesus in the dark of night, a seeker who was not yet ready to risk aligning himself publicly with Jesus’s controversial ministry. Jesus met him where he was, there in the dark and the early moments of conversion, walking with himContinue reading “The Unnamed Evangelist”
Jesus our Teacher
John 3:1-17 Our Gospel passage today is one that is so frequently quoted that it has essentially developed a brand all of its own. John 3:16, the second to last verse in this passage, is printed on shopping bags, billboards, the backs of eighteen wheelers and even tattooed on the bodies of countless Christians. ForContinue reading “Jesus our Teacher”
Be Human.
Matthew 4:1-11 “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished.” It is interesting that we meet Jesus at the beginning of our forty day fast as he reaches the end of his. Only a few days ago many of us received the sign of the cross in ashes upon our foreheadsContinue reading “Be Human.”
Holy Dust
This sermon is focused on the occasion of Ash Wednesday and the liturgy of the day, which can be found in the Book of Common Prayer beginning on page 264 or online here Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. In a culture that is both pervaded by death and obsessedContinue reading “Holy Dust”
Mother A Writes 