Category Archives: sermons

Following Holy Light

Homily for the Second Sunday of Christmas January 4, 2025 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Several weeks before Christmas, my daughter Cass and I were doing some shopping at Diversity Thrift, since we love to look for our own personal treasure … Continue reading

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New Treasures in Familiar Places

Homily for Proper 24, Year B
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Love Changes Us

Homily for Maundy Thursday 2025 Continue reading

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The Realm of Christ is like…

Homily for Christ the King, Year B Continue reading

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Give us this Bread, always

A homily for Proper 13, Year B and in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of The Philadelphia 11, initiating the change needed to canonize the Ordination of women to the priesthood in The Episcopal Church (July 29, 1074). Continue reading

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Jars of Clay

Jars of Clay: a homily prepared for the Ordination of Deacons (transitional) in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia on July 13, 2024 Continue reading

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Known

Homily for Proper 4, Year B St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA Texts: 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening The last time that I stood in this pulpit … Continue reading

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Holy Resting

A homily about Holy Rest in the loving care of our Good Shephard, and how it might change us (and the world)
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Eternity, at the foot of the cross

Homily for Good Friday, Year B St. Mark’s Episcopal Church “The dead do not turn their heads or their eyes to the right or left, but they sit in a quiet without stiffness.  When they speak their tone is matter-of-fact, … Continue reading

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From palms and branches

Homily for Palm/Passion Sunday, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church Passing from one celebration to another,from palms and branches let us now make haste, O faithful,to the solemn and saving celebration of Christ’s Passion.Let us see Him undergo voluntary suffering for … Continue reading

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