Christian

  • Healing and Hurt

    One of my favorite things about our language is a turn of phrase or idioms; I love the way they short-hand common experiences and provide a level of familiarity. I love these turns of phrases, because they fast track our… Continue reading

    Healing and Hurt
  • What Do We Lack?

           Maybe I’m projecting my own awkwardness on all of you, but I’m keenly aware of two things this morning. First, I’ve stolen the opening line from last week’s sermon. Preaching about Mark’s account of Jesus’ diatribe on divorce is… Continue reading

    What Do We Lack?
  • God’s Rest and Healing

           Throughout my life, I can reflect back on the ways in which I have been privileged to have many different teachers and how many of my most important lessons in life have come from unexpected places. One continual, and… Continue reading

    God’s Rest and Healing
  • Do Not Loose Heart

    In the south rose window of the Chartres Cathedral in France about 60 miles from Paris, there is a particularly unique depiction of the writers of the four Gospels from the early 13th Century. Below the giant circle rose window… Continue reading

    Do Not Loose Heart
  • Being Known by God

    In 2010, Marina Abramovic, an experiential artist who creates exhibits that challenge and engage the viewer, had an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art entitled “The Artist is Present.” In it she sat at a simple wooden table, across… Continue reading

    Being Known by God
  • Sacred Bonds

    I am curious about practically everything I have ever learned. I love to know about the mundane pieces of our lives; it does not take much to amaze me when it comes to the intricacies of how anything in this… Continue reading

    Sacred Bonds
  • With Christ as King

    One of the things I did while on sabbatical last year was to spend some time digging into my family’s genealogy. What I learned about myself through this family exploration is that very often, there are things deeply woven into… Continue reading

    With Christ as King
  • A Communal Cruciform Life

           In the Fall of 2019, the Rev. Michael Vollman, who ministers to Trinity Episcopal Church in Russellville, Kentucky, invited a small group of clergy from the western half of our diocese for a tour of the SEEK Museum. The… Continue reading

    A Communal Cruciform Life
  • Thy Kingdom Come

    Over 120 years ago, a fictional Irish character, Mr. Dooley, was written by Finely Peter Dunne, and he penned one of the best summaries of the preacher’s job as he went into a rant about the state of newspapers these… Continue reading

    Thy Kingdom Come
  • Church is a Group Project

    This sermon can be listened to here: Church is a Group Project             When I add up the years, my life has essentially run on an academic calendar since I was 5-years-old; between my primary schooling, secondary education, the years… Continue reading

    Church is a Group Project