Calling & Clarity

  • Six Months Later

    A little before five in the morning I woke to the quiet whispers between the two women. One, my exhausted, weary mother who stayed by my side, the other, my dear friend, mentor, and priest. One had slept in the… Continue reading

    Six Months Later
  • Resurrection People

    A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Easter 2B, April 8, 2018 on John 20:19-31 “I want to know three things about you: what’s your name, what’s your mama’s name, and where… Continue reading

  • We Know the Ending

    A sermon preached to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY at the celebration of the The Great Vigil of Easter, March 31, 2018 on Mark 16:1-8 “A long, long time ago…” is how some of my… Continue reading

    We Know the Ending
  • Concrete Acts of Love

    A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Maundy Thursday – March 29, 2018 on John 13:1-17, 31b-35. On a warm, late-March Texas day, I sat in my normal pew; I had taken… Continue reading

    Concrete Acts of Love
  • Dying into a Life of Faith

    A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Lent 5B on March 18, 2018 on John 12:20-33. It was a bright, clear early spring morning in Nashville, and a happy five-year-old donned in… Continue reading

    Dying into a Life of Faith
  • Psalm 91: I Will Be with Them in Trouble

    Oh Psalm 91. Many people have recited these words and many people have misused them. Psalm 91 is a brilliant and beautiful song of trust and faith in God’s provision for God’s people, But that it can mistakenly be understood… Continue reading

    Psalm 91: I Will Be with Them in Trouble
  • Psalm 86: Incline Your Ear, O Lord

    In a Book Three surprising twist, Psalm 86 claims to be a psalm of David, which, one many noticed, were declared to have ended in Book Two. Likely this is not a prayer composed by David himself, but rather Psalm… Continue reading

    Psalm 86: Incline Your Ear, O Lord
  • Psalm 81: Raise a Song

    It might be easy to forget what a gift the Psalter is; the fact that we still have some pre-exilic songs of worship of the Jewish people is amazing. One of the psalms set for this evening, Psalm 81 is… Continue reading

    Psalm 81: Raise a Song
  • Psalm 78: They Tested God Again and Again

    Psalm 78 is a psalm that is out to teach a lesson. This psalm, which is broken up in the readings for the morning and the evening Daily Office, is a recounting of Israel’s history and the psalmist wants to… Continue reading

    Psalm 78: They Tested God Again and Again
  • Psalm 77: I Cry Aloud to God

    When I read through the psalms, there are psalms that fall flat on my ears; there are those psalms that are so bouncy and happy and just hardly seem entirely true. Then there are psalms that strike deep in my… Continue reading

    Psalm 77: I Cry Aloud to God