It was my joy and pleasure to preach at the Church of the Epiphany in San Carlos on Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. The readings for this proper may be found here. What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ, an insider to the Gospel? It means that we have been told explicitly the…
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Throwing Rocks, Building Sandcastles: A Plea for Granularity & Liminality
Our strength and wisdom grows out of our ability to bring the sum total of experiences together to build a world that lives into the vision that every human being is worthy, that every person matters.
A Few Tips on Winning at Lent
It was my pleasure to preach at the Church of the Epiphany on Ash Wednesday, which was also Valentines Day. Listen to sermon below for some reflections about what success looks like in the season of Lent. Click on the arrow below to start the podcast.
Living into God’s Great Economy of Love
We keep hanging on to our human concept of family, love, currency… we need to get our minds around God’s more profound vision for the world.
Letter & Spirit: Following the Law
This reading is an invitation to use the letter of the law to help us understand how to be safe, and the spirit of the law to embrace the freedom that God has given us.
Be the Hen in the Fox House
Recently, I’ve spent some time binge watching some of my television shows that I got behind on in recent weeks. I know that it’s Lent, and I should probably have considered giving up the time I spend watching television to do something more useful. However, I confess to you, my brothers and sisters, that…
An Every Day Conversation with God
Everyone is invited into this conversation. What will you say?
Come to God with Open Hands
When I was about 21 years old, I travelled to a different country on my own for the first time. I landed at the Heathrow Airport in London and hailed one of the square black cabs. The driver was an older man who had been driving a cab for many years. He asked me a…
God Helps Us Grow
Last week, my family drove to Southern California down Highway 5. It’s a long drive, about seven hours. So I spent a lot of time looking out the window. A lot of that land is agricultural land… and we saw farms that grew almonds, avocados, kiwis, olives, and all sorts of things. Several times, I…
The Most Well-Known Verse
In the Episcopal Church, there hasn’t traditionally been a huge focus on memorizing versus of scripture. And yet, there are a few verses of scripture that are so well known that we recognize when someone says the chapter and verse. I checked some sources, and John 3:16 came in fourth on the list the most…
Remembering Who We Are
Identity and relationship are at the heart of transforming the world.
Who Am I? Reach Beyond Vocation to Identity
If you always strive to be who you are made to be, you find yourself being better suited and ready to do whatever duties that the world puts on you.
Scattered Revelations 