Category Archives: Sermons

A Postcard for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost 07/03/22 Happy Independence Day. I hope that you are blessed with a day of rest and I pray that your celebrations are joyful and safe. As we celebrate our independence as a country, I pray that we also remember our interdependence. May our freedom be marked byContinueContinue reading “Celebrating our Interdependence”

A Postcard for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 06/26/22 Altar flowers from the Church of the Messiah, Heflin, June 26, 2022. Y’all, I’m angry. It is the sort of anger that just gnaws at me. It is the sort of anger that simmers and just looks for a chance to boil over. When I wasContinueContinue reading “What do we do with anger?”

A Postcard for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 06/19/22 We joyfully welcomed Henry into the household of God! June 19, 2022, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greensboro, Alabama. My heart is breaking. I was at home Thursday evening when I got the call. As I started getting dressed, I thought I must have heard wrong andContinueContinue reading “Grief and baptism”

A Postcard for Trinity Sunday 06/12/22 Geese and gosslings at the Church of the Messiah, May 22, 2022 Birds are mysterious. Birds are rather fascinating. Scientist theorize that birds are the closest living creature to dinosaurs. So some mornings when I watch the goings on at my bird feeder, I image little grumpy dinosaurs pushingContinueContinue reading “Joy in mystery”

A Postcard for Pentecost Sunday 06/05/22 Feast of the Pentecost, June 5, 2022, St. Barnabas in Roanoke. 50 days – Pentecost Sunday. After a week of house and yard chores, my voice started to fade on Saturday afternoon. I did everything I could to not lose it. Drank lots of water. Hot tea with lemon.ContinueContinue reading “Laryngitis on Pentecost”