There’s always a moment of awkwardness when someone asks, “Can I talk to you about your sermon?” When you’ve put hours of work into crafting a message, when that message has a sacramental function, both praise and critique can be awkward to hear. A few times in my preaching career a visitor has approached meContinueContinue reading “Code-switching and Preaching: Can I talk to you about your sermon?”
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Where do we begin? A sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany
Where do we begin? I find myself focused this morning on beginnings. “In the beginning,” the first words of the Bible. Really, the first word. “Berishit” in Hebrew, just one word. “In the beginning.” Mark’s Gospel also centers on a beginning. Mark, as usual, wastes no time. John announces “one is coming after me,” andContinueContinue reading “Where do we begin? A sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany”
Jason Evans reflections on the border
My good friend Jason Evans spoke this week at Theology on Tap. If you missed it, here’s a bit of the conversation between Jason and my successor at St. John’s Lafayette Square, The Rev. Andy Olivo. Jason evans: Reflections from the Border | Theology on Tap. You can read more about how Theology on TapContinueContinue reading “Jason Evans reflections on the border”
St. Francis and the Blessing of Animals
A sermon for the Feast of St. Francis preached at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, MO. Francis of Assisi helped my family to gauge the depth of the snow. At my parents’ house in Colorado, a concrete statue of Francis with birds on his shoulder stands in the view of our big window seat. WhenContinueContinue reading “St. Francis and the Blessing of Animals”
Mike Angell 