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Tag Archives: Jesus
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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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
Posted in sermons
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
Posted in liturgy, sermons
Tagged bible study, Christianity, church, faith, homily, Jesus, palm sunday, reflection, religion, way of the cross, worship in pandemic
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“Yes” is Enough
Homily for Epiphany 6 Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 I realize this is probably a dangerous way to begin a homily, but I want to invite you to … Continue reading
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Tagged enough, faith, inspiration, Jesus, preaching, religion, tough love
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Called to Community
Homily for Epiphany 3, Year A (January 26, 2020) St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA Lectionary Texts I was at an academic conference last weekend and had the opportunity to hear a talk by Stacey Abrams focused on her deeply … Continue reading
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Tagged call, community, discipleship, injustice, Jesus, John the Baptist, jonathan myrick daniels, ruby sales, social justice, vocation
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But what about…
Homily for Advent 4, Year A
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Richmond, VA Continue reading
Reflection on the Eve of Christ the King
I awoke with a chant running through my mind on this chilly autumn morning, the Saturday before Christ the King. Prayer is embodied for me, so rehearsing the cadence of the liturgy plants those words in my soul so they … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged Christianity, incarnation, Jesus, liberation theology, prayer, reign of christ, social justice, trinity
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Bridging the chasm
Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21, Year C St. Mark’s Episcopal Church September 29, 2019 Lectionary Texts: Amos 6:1a,4-7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 I invite you to step with me from a still-feels-like-summer Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, compassion, human family, Jesus, parable, poverty and wealth, reign of God, rich man and Lazarus
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