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Tag Archives: social justice
One Body
Homily for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Continue reading
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Tagged Body of Christ, Eucharist, healing, Jesus, Racialized Trauma, Resmaa Menakem, social justice, social work, spirituality, trauma
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Interdependence Day
Homily for Proper 9, Year B
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Richmond, VA Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, episcopal, history, interdependence, Jesus, Proper 9 Year B, social justice
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Called Forward
Homily for Proper 5, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchRichmond, VA Lectionary Readings: 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)Psalm 1382 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 This week we step out of the changing, multi-colored liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Jesus, regathering, social justice, The Summons, who are my mother and brother and sisters
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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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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
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Tagged anti-racist, burning bush, Christianity, discipleship, faith, fire, Jesus, Moses, racial justice, Racism, social justice
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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
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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[re]opening my eyes
Friends and Readers, I will not lie. This has been a year of beautiful moments and new paths unfolding (which I do tend to take time to write about, or work into my sermons at the very least) but it … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged call, Christianity, dignity, encouragement, God, homelessness, hope, inspiration, ministry, relationships, respect, social justice, spirituality, vocation
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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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Commemoration
Homily for the Feast of All Saints, Year C St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA November 3, 2019 Enlighten the eyes of our hearts, Lord, that we may know the hope to which we are called and may share in … Continue reading
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Tagged all saints, Beatitudes, Christianity, commemoration, Dorothy Day, Frances Perkins, homily, Our Lady of Ferguson, saints, social justice, St. Phoebe
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small points of light 