Sermons

“Beginning Where You Can”

July 10, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Sometimes, it seems impossible to know what to say.  The news of the past few days, and really, the past few weeks, have left my heart broken, my spirit wounded – I feel pained.  I am in grief.  And…I…

“From Night – To Dawn – To Day”

July 3, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. What a storm we had Friday night, right?  A tornado warning around these parts, and up where I live, we were without power for about 45 minutes.  I swear, at one point, I saw an ark going by, and…

“I’ll Have A Double, Please!”

June 26, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Last weekend I had the privilege to attend two services in the diocese – the first was the ordination of Young Yoon, our newest priest in the church, and a young man of deep and abiding faith, whom I…

“The Sound of Silence”

June 19, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. My grandma, Ruth, who passed away in 2013, told me once about a day when she was just a little girl growing up in North Carolina.   A very violent storm was blowing through, and her mother and her older…

“Enough Is Enough!”

The Vigil for Love Against Hate – June 16th, 2016: I want to thank Iman Haqq and Dr. Abreu for their words tonight, and also all those – clergy, singers, lay leaders – who have volunteered of their time to be here, to participate, to offer whatever they could, in response to the tragedy in…

“Nails In The Wall”

June 12, 2016 – Mass on the Grass…with Brass!: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. I love being out here in the middle of this beautiful park – surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation.  I especially am so grateful to hold worship out here, not only because…

“Incarnation Incarcerated”

May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. So, today is Trinity Sunday. Now, folks like to answer, when asked about this doctrine – “It’s a mystery.”  Others would respond the same way when asked why on earth there is a Trinity Sunday, given that it is the only Sunday…

“Turtles & Tongues”

  May 15, 2016 – Pentecost: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Happy Pentecost! Today is one of the most important Sundays of the Church.  In fact, Pentecost & Easter were central to Christian communities for centuries.  But, it seems in modern times that Pentecost has been lost…

“Why Isn’t God A Girl?”

May 8, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Does anyone else think we should have heard about Noah and the ark today?  I am thinking we might want to start building one. I want to wish all the women here a very Happy Mother’s Day.  I say…

“Do You Want To Be Made Well?”

May 1, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. What a great Sunday we had last week – having the joy of being host to our bishop.  And I think his visit was perfectly timed, because we are in Eastertide, and he talked a lot about all of…