All Meditations
Elijah's Depression
posted on Jun 24, 2013Elijah was one of the greatest prophets of the Old Testament. When Jesus appeared on the Mount of the Transfiguration, he appeared with Moses and Elijah on either side of him. Elijah was right there beside Jesus in God's presence. Isn't that where...
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Finding a Prophet
posted on Jun 19, 2013In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008-9, a Korean businessman killed himself after loosing most of a $370 million dollar investment. His wife wrote, "When the nations's stock market index fell below 1,000, he stopped eating and went on a dr...
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A Reserved Seat
posted on May 26, 2013Janice Brim was reading A Bridge to Terebithia to her sixth grade class at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. Her husband, Mark, sent her a text that a twister was forming nearby. Janice had a plan. She had thought of a place to go...
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The Blessed Ascension
posted on May 13, 2013On Ascension Sunday, we celebrate a holy day in the church that is largely forgotten. It takes place towards the end of the Easter season. It is called the Feast of the Ascension. It marks the fortieth day in the Easter season, when Jesus left us....
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Peter
posted on Apr 29, 2013Have you ever said no to God? Have you ever pretended that you simply did not hear God? Have you talked to God incessantly and forgotten to listen? I want to talk to you about Peter.Peter is a gift to us. He was a disciple who made every mistake i...
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Two Steps to Repentence
posted on Mar 4, 2013A few years ago, I finished a book about repentance. It is called Get Over Yourself, which is my translation for repentance. The ancient Greek word, Metanoia, literally means to turn towards God. It is the opposite of paranoia, which means to turn...
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About the Devil
posted on Feb 18, 2013I want to talk to you this morning about something difficult. It is a subject that most Episcopalians avoid.I want to talk to you about the devil.There is no denying that the Bible depicts another being. There is God and there is humanity but ther...
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Ashes Ashes We All Fall Down
posted on Feb 16, 2013Did you say this rhyme as a child?Ring around the rosyA pocket full of posiesAshes, ashes, we all fall down.I remember distinctly grabbing hands with unidentified friends and twirling around and around in a circle, changing the rhyme and falling d...
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Moving
posted on Feb 16, 2013I mentioned at the beginning of this season that the word Epiphany means showing. The season of Epiphany is made up of various examples of Jesus showing us who he really is. We began with Jesus' baptism, when God spoke from out of the sky and proc...
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A Baptized One
posted on Jan 16, 2013God speaks aloud only twice in the synoptic gospels. The first time God speaks aloud from the heavens is at the baptism of Jesus. The second and final time God speaks is when Jesus is transfigured on top of a mountain in the presence of Peter, Jam...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels