It feels like forever since I posted something and in fact it has been a couple of months since I wrote anything beyond my sermon or a Sunday reflection for the weeks I’m not preaching and I haven’t even posted my sermons for the past few weeks. I’m not sure of the reason, except perhapsContinue reading “It’s been a while …”
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Wilderness Time
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, TX.The lectionary readings for the First Sunday in Lent are here. What does the word wilderness conjure up for you? Fear, anticipation, peace? A week from tomorrow, Jim and I are heading out to our favorite wilderness: Terlingua Ranch, near Big Bend. We haveContinue reading “Wilderness Time”
Containing God
A Sunday Reflection for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany.The Lectionary readings for today are here. Today is the last Sunday before the season of Lent and in the Gospel lesson for today we read of the Transfiguration of Jesus. The writer of Luke tells us that Jesus asked Peter, James, and John to comeContinue reading “Containing God”
If You Say So …
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church, Canyon Lake, Texas. The Lectionary readings for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany are here. Do y’all remember ‘back in the day’ when Sunday School teachers used flannel graphs to tell Bible stories? I love flannel graphs, and often I’ve wished I had oneContinue reading “If You Say So …”
Truth
A reflection for Christ the King Sunday.* The RCL readings can be found here. Today is Christ the King Sunday. For those of you who do not participate in a church that follows liturgical calendar, it is the last Sunday before the season of Advent (the four Sundays before Christmas, the first Sunday of AdventContinue reading “Truth”
Always Learning
I fret sometimes after one of my posts goes live about saying the wrong thing or if some might consider my words to be controversial or offensive. And then I am reminded by God’s gentle voice of the reason for this desire, the need, to share words with others. What started as a way toContinue reading “Always Learning”
Measuring Success
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church, Canyon Lake, Texas. The lectionary readings for the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost are here. I’m going to start us off today with two questions:1. Do you know what the definition of insanity is? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.(AndContinue reading “Measuring Success”
Lacking
A Sunday reflection*.The readings for the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost are here. In the prayer for today, we ask that God’s grace always precede & follow us – surround us – so that we can do good works. The order is important: God’s grace enables us to do good works, we do not earn God’sContinue reading “Lacking”
The Journey on Which I Find Myself
Have you ever gone on a walk, just to walk, to wander, what my granddaddy would have called ‘meandering’? When you set out, you don’t have a destination in mind but while you are walking and paying close attention to all that is around you, you realize you’ve been paying extra attention to the textureContinue reading “The Journey on Which I Find Myself”
Seeking AND Finding
I like to ask questions, especially “why” questions. I don’t recall my family ever saying that I was one of those kids who drove everyone crazy with questions, but I do know that the older I get, the more curious I am becoming. What I’ve come to realize is that life is about the discoveryContinue reading “Seeking AND Finding”
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