Sermon – Page 4 – Mike Angell

Ash Wednesday in a Different Sort of Lent

I can’t cancel Lent. I can’t tell you we’re going to opt out. A rector simply doesn’t have that much authority. What I can say, is that I think this year it may be helpful to approach Lent differently.

The Beatitudes are the Center of Jesus’ teaching

Jesus’ beatitudes name some of the very fabric of who we are meant to be, in a world too often deaf to that call. Jesus calls us to the Great Reversal.

The Great Resilience

To be a spiritual person, in times of outrage, is watch patiently for the signs of hope. To be a spiritual person, in times of outrage, means never letting go of joy. To be a spiritual person, in times of outrage, means never letting the outrage win

Because: a sermon on Bishop Budde, faith, and the work of mercy

After hearing Bishop Budde’s words to the president in Washington this week, a sermon about the connection between our faith and our work for justice. If hearing Bishop Budde’s words this week gave you a new sense that faith might be a viable option for you, if hearing her name so clearly that it was because of her faith that she needed to plea with this president for mercy, you are not alone.