We are now smack in the middle of the holy season of Advent, the season in which we Christians slow down and remind one another that we are waiting for the coming of our King. Not only are we awaiting the arrival of Christmas and our remembrance of the Baby in the manger, but—just as…
Preached at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church – Tifton, Georgia Luke 21:25-36 You’re probably listening and looking around today and realizing that things have changed. The music is different. The colors are different. Even the prayers we pray today are different. I promise, we have not done this to trick you! It’s all because we liturgical Christians—…
Preached at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church – Tifton, Georgia Mark 13:1-8 As a child of the 80’s, I was raised to believe there was nothing we as a species could not do. By the time I came along, we were finally on the right trajectory. We had fought all the good fights. We had won all…
Preached at Diocese of Georgia Clergy Conference Honey Creek Camp & Retreat Center Judith 8:9-17; 9:1,7-10 I was born here at Honey Creek. Of course, that’s not what my birth certificate says. On paper I was born at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia on a Monday morning in March. But as far as I’m…
Preached at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church – Tifton, Georgia James 2:1-17 Mark 7:24-37 Those of you who know me well know I’ve never really been that much into college football. There’s nothing wrong with it, and there’s nothing wrong with me. I just wasn’t raised on it, and I didn’t go to a big SEC school….