Christianity

  • Pokeweed and the Kingdom of God

    This sermon can be listened to here. One of the most powerful things I have ever seen in my life was watching Tibetan Buddhist Monks slowly tap colored sand out to paint a giant ten-foot by ten-foot mandala at the… Continue reading

    Pokeweed and the Kingdom of God
  • Abide With Us

    This sermon can be listened to here.        One of my favorite hymns, of which there are many, that I haven’t been able to get out of my head this week is “Abide with Me.” It’s a haunting beautiful hymn,… Continue reading

    Abide With Us
  • 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
  • Transformation of Forgiveness

    One of my deepest held beliefs is that pretty much everything is “figure-outable;” almost everything in this life we can figure out if we have the time, talent, or tools. When I first started hiking, I didn’t know how trails… Continue reading

    Transformation of Forgiveness
  • 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
  • Faith Like the Ocean

           In his short, poetic book named Pond River Ocean Rain: Find Peace in the Storms of Life, Charles Lattimore Howard reflects on how God can perhaps best be understood as Water. He writes that there are times when God… Continue reading

    Faith Like the Ocean