Luke 4:1-13 As those of you who joined us for the Bible study this past Thursday night will already know, this passage from the Gospel according to Luke is more than meets the eye. This scene is relatively short, but it is rich with images and action and quick dialogue. On the movie screen ofContinue reading “Choosing Another Way”
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Remember & Return
Ash Wednesday 2022 Something that I’ve heard time and time again in conversations with members of this community is that we’ve lost our sense of time. The traditions and activities that once helped us to mark time have been dislodged or altered or suspended. Life’s transitional moments seem to happen off stage, even when they’reContinue reading “Remember & Return”
In the Valley, Do Not Lose Heart.
Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] This is a difficult time to write a sermon. The legal and social services systems are being weaponized against trans youth and their families. War and violence are very real and very present for the people of Ukraine and Russia, and the ways this conflict is being discussed in the media areContinue reading “In the Valley, Do Not Lose Heart.”
What Love lives like.
Luke 6:27-38 As some of you may know, there has been a recent addition to the campus of Grace Episcopal Church in Massies Mill. If you happen to be driving down Crabtree Falls Highway toward the mountains, you’ll be greeted by an installation made up of apple crates, a tractor wheel, a bent fender, andContinue reading “What Love lives like.”
Called to Sainthood
Luke 6:17-26 This sermon was written for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Year C, which in 2022 falls on the feast day of Absalom Jones, Priest. For the readings and collects assigned to Rev. Jones’ feast day, click here. The biographical information included here comes primarily from Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 beginning on pageContinue reading “Called to Sainthood”
It’s Not About the Nets.
Luke 5:1-11 Last weekend I had the great privilege of celebrating the Eucharist for the Youth at Convention event, a gathering of over 50 youth in middle and high school that took place alongside our Diocesan Convention. I knew that there were going to be young people running around the Hotel Roanoke, and I knewContinue reading “It’s Not About the Nets.”
One Body, Many Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. The metaphor of Christ’s body made up of each and every one of us is one of Paul’s most loved images, and continues to speakContinue reading “One Body, Many Gifts”
Mary’s Second Yes
John 2:1-11 The wedding feast at Cana, the site of Jesus’s first miracle in the Gospel of John, is one of the most well-known stories in Scripture. Or at least, we think we know it. We know Jesus turned water into wine, and we’ve probably heard sermons about how wedding feasts in the ancient worldContinue reading “Mary’s Second Yes”
Where to Find Him
Luke 2:41-52 You’ll find that this sermon is a bit more casual (and shorter) than a typical Sunday sermon from me. This sermon was given to the people of Grace Massies Mill and St Mark’s Clifford via combined Zoom worship after some positive Covid-19 cases in our community led us to suspend in-person worship. ThanksContinue reading “Where to Find Him”
Who He Is
John 1:1-18 Merry Christmas! This new season begins with our Christmas Eve vigil, as we usher the light into the world by repeating the sacred story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem. And Christmas ends with the arrival of the Wise Ones from afar, with their gifts for the Prince of Peace and their recognition ofContinue reading “Who He Is”
Mother A Writes 