Continuing the Conversation
Sunday, August 10, 2025
August 10, 2025 - The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 3, 2025
August 3, 2025 - The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Glory to God, who working in us, will do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.
Sunday, July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025 - The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Be with us, Lord Jesus, for if you are with us nothing else matters; and if you are not with us, nothing else matters. Amen.
If you’re our guest at St. Luke’s this morning, perhaps because you felt drawn here or because you are here as a part of the Music & Arts Camp from this past week, welcome. This is an interesting time at St. Luke’s because I’ve recently announced that I’m leaving to serve a church in Colorado Springs. So, this sermon isn’t quite a standard one due to this context.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025 - The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Be with us, Lord Jesus, for if you are with us, nothing else matters; and if you are not with us, nothing else matters. Amen.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025 - The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of relief. Amen.
These days, we’re all looking for relief of one sort of another. Maybe it’s relief from aches and pains, perhaps from bills and interest piling up on your credit card statement, it could be from anxiety that you’re carrying related to work, school, children, or parents. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re weary of all that’s in the news: war, bitterness, buffoonery. Whatever it is, we are living in an exhausting and bewildering time – and we’re all searching for relief.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025 - The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025 - The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Preached at All Saints Episcopal Mission in Linville, North Carolina
In the name of God ☩ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
It is so good to be here in Linville with you all. A parishioner back in Salisbury has a mountain house and often speaks about coming up this way for an “altitude adjustment.” Well, that’s exactly what this week is – an altitude adjustment that allows clergy and their families to get away from the demands of parish ministry and the summer heat, while enjoying the gift of your company in this lovely community. This is our fifth summer here and we are so grateful for the invitation and the hospitality. I pray that the time here is restorative for you just as it is us.