Welcome. Welcome. If you sort of cringe when you hear welcome, from me, I understand. I only arrived to St. Louis in January. This is my first Sunday sermon at the Cathedral. Who am I to welcome you? I learned to be careful with the word “welcome” at my previous church in Washington, DC. OnContinueContinue reading “Welcome: A Sermon for Pride Sunday preached at @CCCathedralSTL”
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Annunciation, a sermon at St. Mary the Virgin San Francisco
A sermon preached at Evensong at St. Mary the Virgin San Francisco, CA Let these words be more than words, and give us the spirit of Jesus. Those words are probably familiar to you. They are to me too. I spent several years worshiping, and for awhile working, with Scott your rector, and hearing himContinueContinue reading “Annunciation, a sermon at St. Mary the Virgin San Francisco”
Laying Fallow
Letting the ground lay fallow, unplanted, unyielding, is an ancient practice. Over the millennia we have of agricultural records, farmers have practiced some form of letting land rest, between rotating crops letting the soil just lay there for a time, fallow. In arid zones, this break allows more water to be stored in the earthContinueContinue reading “Laying Fallow”
Social Media and the Church
St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square has been experimenting in social media for a few years now. “Experimenting” is the word because we have not yet developed a comprehensive engagement strategy or even a set of guiding principles. We’ve been letting the communication happen, or not happen, organically. Tonight I am tasked with talking with ourContinueContinue reading “Social Media and the Church”
Mike Angell 