Abiding in Hope

The collected prayers, sermons, and spiritual musings of an Episcopal priest

Sunday, August 13, 2023

The Holy Silence: Sermon for Proper 14A, August 13, 2023

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In the dawn of the mornings when I am first to rise, I let our three dogs out through the front door, and they go galloping off to chivvy th...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Night Blessing: Speaking to the Soul, August 10, 2023

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(Night time is beautiful; a bedtime prayer for children) The moon and stars dance overhead To let us know it’s time for bed. Night holds us ...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Pulling Back the Veil: Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration, August 6, 2023

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When I was a kid, my mother bought me a little microscope at a hobby shop in Southland Mall, and a set of glass slides. This was pretty awes...
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Transfigured: Speaking to the Soul for August 3, 2023

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  Luke 9:28-36 Sometimes, for a suspended moment,  light can be a physical presence, causing  eyelids to slam down like window-blinds, the d...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Imagining the Kingdom: Sermon for Proper 12A

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Today, I thought it might be fun to start with a little bit of show and tell. In your pews, you will find copies of an illustration on a sin...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Worthy Weeds: Speaking to the Soul, July 20, 2023

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Sometimes, the worthiness of a weed is in the eye of the beholder. In the lat few years, some farmers, alive to the extreme stress that many...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Soil, Seeds, and Stories: Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11A)

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Words are powerful things. They get inside us and change us. They combine together and create ideas, and those ideas can inspire us to great...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Sowing Hope: Speaking to the Soul, July 13, 2023

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Matthew 13:1-9, 18-25 In the woods a woodpecker has discovered a pine filled with insects like a pinata, and has already worked a pattern of...
Sunday, July 9, 2023

The Wisdom of Love: Sermon for Proper 9A

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I am pretty certain that, if you don’t remember hearing them and studying them before, the readings we just heard may have you a bit myst...
Thursday, July 6, 2023

After the Fireworks: Speaking to the Soul for July 6, 2023

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The moon beams aloft, reclaiming her throne from the waning of rockets’ red glare;  Dogs army-crawl, dazed, from under our beds, still in sh...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

The Value of Sparrows: Speaking to the Soul, June 22, 2023

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  “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?”- Matthew 10:29 The Almighty, and my professor,  have enticed me to commit  to thirty minutes of d...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

The Inner Life, the Lover's Heart: Speaking to the Soul June 15, 2023

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For the Feast Day of Evelyn Underhill, inspired by her book Concerning the Inner Life Beloved Creator, envelop us in love and prayer– love, ...
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Scoop (Leslie Scoopmire)
Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Missouri. Jesus follower. Spouse. Mom of Three Young Adults and Three Dogs. Retired Teacher. Okie. Progressive. Musician. All photographs mine unless otherwise noted.
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