Ut Aliis Tradere

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Eighth Sunday after...

Whoa! Wait! What? Whenever we hear those words, we know someone has reached the end of their patience with some person or situation. It...

Within my lifetime I have seen a shift in medical attitudes about rest and recovery. It used to be medical professionals would...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Fourth Sunday after...

The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout...

It's the Second Sunday after Pentecost. Breathe easy! We are back in Ordinary Time and we can get back to normal! You wish. Some of our...

[I dug into the archives for this sermon I delivered on Trinity Sunday, June 16, 2019 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ] ✠In the...

Let's face it, as a species humanity can be petty, vindictive, silly, aimless, and thick headed. Ow. We also have aspirations that go...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Seventh Sunday of...

There is nothing so fraught with illusion as considering friendship with God. That is not to say it is impossible or unattainable, but...

A few years ago I was coming out of a slump in my faith. Some confessions call this backsliding, some call it lapsing, and I was close...

People who hear ancient Christian teaching will eventually hear the phrase, "He [Jesus] laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay...

[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for the...

Western culture has for centuries now been steeped in empiricism (or a counter-reaction to it). For a premise to be considered true it...

This is the day of resurrection! Let us be illumined by the feast! Let us embrace each other! Let us call “Brothers” even those that hate...