Easter Truth – A Sermon On Mark 16:1-8 For Easter Sunday
How many of you remember my Easter sermon from last year? No one? Huh. Well, I’m a bit disappointed it wasn’t more memorable but I’m also relieved that you won’t recognize that I am repeating myself...
View ArticleSermons For Holy Week And Easter Sunday 2024
Alleluia. Christ is risen. Thank you for reading and supporting Interrupting the Silence. I am grateful for your presence through this past Holy Week and into Easter. O God, whose blessed Son made...
View ArticleEclipse Sunday – A Sermon On John 20:19-31
It’s been one week since Easter Sunday; one week since the women found that the very large stone that had covered Jesus’ tomb had been rolled back; one week since they discovered the tomb was empty;...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Easter Story? – A Sermon On Luke 24:36-48
If I were to ask you to tell the Easter story you could do that, right? I suspect we can all tell that story. We may not be able to describe the details and nuances of each gospel but we can outline...
View ArticleWho Are You Living For? – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
Who are you living for these days? I’m not asking what you are living for, but who. Now before you answer let me just say that your spouse, children, grandchildren, best friends, and Jesus don’t count....
View ArticleReshaping Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:1-8
I’m going to tell you a modern version of today’s gospel (John 15:1-8). It’s a true story and it happened right here at St. Philip’s. Several years ago when we were building our labyrinth and prayer...
View Article“Amen, Amen.”– A Wedding Sermon On Tobit 8:5-8
“Amen, Amen.” Do you remember those words from today’s first reading (Tobit 8:5-8)? A few weeks ago we talked about them and why you chose that reading for today, why that double amen attracted you....
View ArticleThe Imprints On Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:9-17
In each of our lives there are people who have left their imprint on us. It may be something they said or did, the values they gave us, the example they set. They marked our life in ways that continue...
View ArticleStepping Into The Gap – An Ascension Day Sermon On Acts 1:1-11
One minute Jesus was standing with and talking to his disciples. They can see him. They can hear his voice. And if they had reached out they could’ve touched him. The next minute, “he was lifted up,...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Final Prayer? – A Sermon On John 17:6-19
In just a moment I’m going to ask you to compose a prayer in your head. Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to pray it out loud. This isn’t, however, just any prayer. This is your last prayer. If you had...
View ArticleWhat Is Amazing And Perplexing You? – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21
I’m going to begin with a couple of questions that ask you to reflect on your life. Since today is the Feast of Pentecost they are questions about the Holy Spirit in your life. You ready? Here’s my...
View ArticleEvening Worship On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting
Evening worship on the second anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting will be offered on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. central time, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you...
View ArticleWhat’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde...
Wednesday of this week I was at the civic for the press conference announcing a settlement between the City of Uvalde and some of the families whose children died in the Robb School shooting. Two years...
View ArticleFilling The Empty Space – A Trinity Sunday Sermon On John 3:1-17
Today is Trinity Sunday but I’m not going to say much about the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. Today, I’m more interested in the empty space. Are you familiar with the empty space in the Trinity?...
View ArticleBe Angry Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 2:23-3:6
Last week Cyndy and I were leaving the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin when a little boy who was probably two or three or years old screamed at his mother, “I want to catch a dragonfly.”...
View ArticleBe Crazy Like Jesus – A Sermon On Mark 3:20-35
Last week we got angry Jesus. In this week’s gospel (Mark 3:20-35) we get crazy Jesus. People are saying, “He’s gone out of his mind.” They’re calling him insane. Have you ever thought Jesus was crazy?...
View ArticleWhat’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34
What’s next? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. What’s next for Uvalde? What’s next for me and my priesthood? What’s next for St. Philip’s? What’s next for Cyndy and me in our...
View ArticleTouching The Cloak – A Sermon On Mark 5:21-43
A few days ago someone told me that several years ago he blocked a friend of his from contacting him. They had some very different opinions about life and the world and their relationship had become...
View ArticleWhat If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13
In the summer of 2000 Cyndy and I moved from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Sewanee, Tennessee, for me to attend seminary. A few months before we left Cyndy asked the wife of our priest about being a clergy...
View ArticleLosing Our Head – A Sermon On Mark 6:14-29
He lost his head. It happens. It happened in Jesus’ time and it’s happening in our time. It makes me wonder if we all come to moments in our lives when we lose our head. Maybe the question isn’t...
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