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Love Changes Us

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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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Succulent Wild Love

Homily for Maundy ThursdayApril 1, 2021St. Mark’s Episcopal Church — Virtual Worship in the Time of Pandemic Lectionary Texts: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 As I began writing this sermon earlier this … Continue reading

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Revealing

Homily for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchVirtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Texts: Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Media Reference: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/691298594/the-power-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-anger Sometimes, when I’m working with a group and we encounter something … Continue reading

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New and Good

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church May 19, 2019 Some of you may know that I’m a part of CirclesRVA, which is a poverty-alleviation program that was recently formed here in the City … Continue reading

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Everything

Homily for Maundy Thursday Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church April 18, 2019 Readings for Maundy Thursday Last year during lent, I met my colleague and friend Saba for coffee over at Panera on West Grace Street. Saba was one … Continue reading

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Bearing Witness to Love

Homily Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA February 4, 2019 Lectionary Readings Love is in our lectionary today, just as we flip over our cultural calendar into a month where another … Continue reading

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Wondrous Love

What wondrous love is this, o my soul, o my soul… What wondrous love is this, o my soul What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of bliss to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my … Continue reading

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Sundays

My daughter asked at dinner last night, “Does the week start on Sunday, or Monday?”  It was a loaded question, the way that questions from adolescents generally are.  She had her opinion and she wanted to float it to her … Continue reading

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