Sermons
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Hard Won Love
The camera pans across a beautifully decorated church, flowers and candles are in abundance, beautiful people stand in front of a minister, who is inexplicably wearing the liturgical colors for a penitential season; yet as the couple gazes into each… Continue reading
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Baptized for the Boring
Like many of my stories, this one is set in a hospital in West Texas, it was a day before I hit a snag in my ordination process, and a patient, not three years older than me at the time… Continue reading
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Tell Me the Story
Growing up in a tradition that sang four-part harmony with no instrumental accompaniment, I learned to love signing quickly. Hymns are some of the fastest ways to learn something; singing about something is a sure-fire way to begin to internalize… Continue reading
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Fear and Joy
Traveling the sparse distance between Boulder and Denver, we were in Colorado to visit friends and see the city; younger and much more suited to cross-country road trips, we pulled over in the middle of the night amidst that long… Continue reading
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Repentance and Freedom
Outside, it was blazing hot, the bright sun shined without relent as it does in the intensity of the Texas summer. Inside, though, it was dark; inside that hospital room, in the aftermath of his death, it was dark. His… Continue reading
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The Hope of the End Times
Every generation has its markers; every generation has things that are so quintessential to those critical years during which you become aware of the world around you. They can be big things like watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon… Continue reading
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Visibility, Relationship, and Conversation
Sermon delivered on October 28, 2018. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. I have prayed this prayer time and time again, and with it also what is known as the ‘Jesus Prayer’ as I prayed with my… Continue reading
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Together We Are Able
Proper 24B – Christ Episcopal Church I say this with more experience and confidence than I wish I had, but there is nothing greater than seeing the people of Christ Church after recovering from surgery. Three times this year I’ve… Continue reading
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Blessings and Curses
The blank screen comes to life and suddenly you’re faced with the round face of a kid dressed in a suit and tie; the dark suit and red tie stand out against the green chalkboard background. “I think we all… Continue reading
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Baptized into Change
Having grown up in a Christian tradition that did not have written prayers, when I joined the Episcopal Church, I immediately felt connected to the beauty of our prayer book and the prayers held therein. It didn’t take long for… Continue reading
