Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb in recognition of the miracle Mary carried. John the Baptist left behind his comfortable birthright for a short life of locusts and wild honey and persecution. John the Baptist was the voice crying out in the wilderness even when his voice grew hoarse and theContinue reading “The Doubting Prophet”
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Wake Up!
This sermon was given at St Peter Baptist Church in Clifford, VA, by invitation of their board of deacons. The people of St Mark’s Episcopal Church worship with the people of St Peter four times a year as we have done for over a decade. “You know what time it is, how it is nowContinue reading “Wake Up!”
Happy New Year
Luke 23:33-43 I was reminded by a mentor from my fellowship this week that today is the New Year’s Eve of the church calendar, a threshold between the year behind us and the new year ahead of us. This is the last Sunday of Year C, and next week on Advent 1 we begin theContinue reading “Happy New Year”
Say Yes
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 This sermon references a project by Nikalie Monroe (@nikalie.monroe). Nikalie’s project is controversial, and there are important nuances that are sometimes missing from the conversation when it is happening separately in silos of “church people” and “unchurched people”. I find Anne Helen Petersen’s article for her newsletter Culture Study to be aContinue reading “Say Yes”
What Resurrection Feels Like
Luke 20:27-38 As I return to you from the holy and devastating work of mourning a young person gone too soon, I’m clinging to the promise of the resurrection like a life raft far from shore. I have said before that I have no choice but to believe in the resurrection of the dead, becauseContinue reading “What Resurrection Feels Like”
We are All Saints
This sermon was given on the observance of the feast of All Saints (transferred) and on the occasion of the baptism of an adult. The readings of the day can be found here, but the content of this sermon focuses on the occasion itself. I recently heard a friend and colleague recounting her memory ofContinue reading “We are All Saints”
Jesus is always on the other side
Luke 18:9-14 This parable is one that lives rent-free in my head and I’ve never really been sure why. It is not one of the more well-known or well-loved, not often depicted in art or remembered in hymns. But in reading a blog post by the dean of Berkley Divinity School at Yale, I thinkContinue reading “Jesus is always on the other side”
It’s a Beautiful Day to Yell at God.
Luke 18:1-8 A friend of mine recently shared an image with me of an abstract scene in which three figures are shaking their fists at the sky and shouting expletives toward the sun. The caption read “It’s a Beautiful Day to Yell at God.” Among other phrases, one figure cries out “Face us you coward!”Continue reading “It’s a Beautiful Day to Yell at God.”
Let us pray
Luke 17:11-19 I am indebted this week to Mary Karr and Anne Lamott, both of whom have done much to shape my own prayer life. The essay by Mary Karr that is referenced here is “Facing Altars: Poetry and Prayer” found in the journal Poetry. Anne Lamott’s book Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential PrayersContinue reading “Let us pray”
Crooked on the Wheel
Jeremiah 18:1-11 When I was in middle school, I had the great privilege of taking 3 years of art classes from a wonderful teacher who exposed us to a wide variety of mediums and methodologies. We did everything from charcoal to printmaking to egg tempera painting, and the one medium I never quite got theContinue reading “Crooked on the Wheel”
Mother A Writes 