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Tag Archives: Christianity
Love God, Love Your Neighbor
Homily for Proper 25, Year A preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA (virtual worship in a time of pandemic) Lessons: Deuteronomy 34:1-12Psalm 90:1-6, 13-171 Thessalonians 2:1-8Matthew 22:34-46 It was a sweltering hot July Sunday in Texas when I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, homily, immigration, Jesus, love your neighbor, social justice
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Water in the Wilderness
Lectionary Readings: Exodus 17:1-7Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16Philippians 2:1-13Matthew 21:23-32 I went through a phase in my childhood, like a lot of children do, where I was fascinated with magic tricks. You know the kind I mean…the secret slight-of-hand things that you … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, faith, God's presence, holding space for hope, Moses, water in the wilderness
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Fires and Faith
Homily for Proper 17 Year A
Seeing God in the fires of this world, and having faith to step boldly into our call. Continue reading
Posted in sermons
Tagged anti-racist, burning bush, Christianity, discipleship, faith, fire, Jesus, Moses, racial justice, Racism, social justice
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Fight, Flight or Feast
Homily for Proper 13, Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia August 2, 2020: Virtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Lectionary Readings: Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 17:1-7,16 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 As the days stretch into weeks, and the … Continue reading
No Neutral (Thanks be to God)
“There comes a time when we have to recognize that we get caught up in structures of sin, like racism, that are larger than we are. There is no neutral. But we can choose the gift of grace that God has freely given us even as we sit in our awareness and our discomfort: Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Continue reading
Imago Dei
Homily for Trinity Sunday Year A St Mark’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia (Virtual Worship in the Time of Pandemic) Lectionary Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 “I don’t understand…” I’m hearing that phrase a lot these days. … Continue reading
I am the way
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Virtual Worship Lectionary Readings for May 10 A few weeks ago, on the first Sunday after Easter, I came to the defense of our friend the apostle … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and verse, sermons, Uncategorized
Tagged Briefly It Enters, Christianity, Easter 5, I am, Jane Kenyon, Jesus, religion, sermon, St. Thomas, Thomas the Apostle, Way Truth Life
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Priesting in Pandemic
Musings on being a being a professor–and priest–during a pandemic. Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged Christ, Christianity, faith, ministry, ordination, pandemic, priest, vocation
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Believing Thomas
Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Virtual Liturgy during COVID-19 Pandemic Richmond, VA Whenever the liturgical calendar flips to the 2nd Sunday of Easter, I feel like I need to come to the … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, Christianity, church, disciples, doubt, Easter, faith, Jesus, St. Thomas, yearning
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I wonder…
Homily for Palm Sunday, Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA (Virtual Palm Sunday Worship) Lectionary Readings for Palm Sunday A few years ago as part of my Faith from the Margins to the Web project, we engaged … Continue reading
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Tagged bible study, Christianity, church, faith, homily, Jesus, palm sunday, reflection, religion, way of the cross, worship in pandemic
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