Abiding in Hope
The collected prayers, sermons, and spiritual musings of an Episcopal priest
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Living and Giving: Sermon for Proper 21C, September 28, 2025
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When I was in Santiago, Cuba, a few years back, I noticed little statues of poor Lazarus in the doorways of churches, with coins scatt...
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Wealthy in Soul: Sermon for Proper 20C, September 21, 2025
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The Unjust Steward, by Nelly Bube, Kazakhstan Once there was a man who had two sons, and his younger son came to him and asked for his inher...
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Lost and Found: Sermon for Proper 19C, September 14, 2025
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P arables of the Lost Coin and the Lost Sheep, Gary Roulette, 2013 Does God change God's mind? There are those who claim God does not-...
Sunday, September 7, 2025
The Momentum of Love-- Sermon for Proper 18C, September 7, 2025
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There's a sweet little video making the rounds right now. About a month ago, at the halftime for a WNBA game in Las Vegas, the te...
Sunday, August 31, 2025
The Best Place-- Sermon for Proper 17C, August 31, 2025
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Luke 14 Banquet Mural, by Hyatt Moore I'm not a big fan of commercial country music radio. I hardly ever listen to it, to be honest. Ma...
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Peace, Love, and Interdependence: Sermon for Proper 9C, July 6, 2025
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It's summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, which means it's travel time. School's out, sun's out, and the beach -- at the ...
Friday, April 11, 2025
A Poem, A Proverb, A Painting, A Prayer: A Lenten Journey-- Day 38: Friday after the 5th Sunday in Lent
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Today’s Theme: Confluence Poem: Whether They Know Thee or Not Whether they know Thee or not all creatures of the world now and forever-with...
Thursday, April 10, 2025
A Poem, A Proverb, A Painting, A Prayer: A Lenten Devotional-- Day 37: Thursday after the 5th Sunday in Lent
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Today’s Theme: Perception Poem: Complex Phenomena The rules of chaos are simple: a mountain is never a perfect cone. A lake is never really ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
A Poem, A Proverb, A Painting, A Prayer: A Lenten Journey-- Day 36: Wednesday after the 5th Sunday in Lent
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Today’s Theme: Solidarity Poem: A Word on Statistics Out of every hundred people those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every st...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Prayer: Grace in Grief
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God of Compassion, we center ourselves in silence before you, laying our sorrow at your feet. Walk alongside us in the days to come...
A Poem, A Proverb, A Painting, A Prayer: A Lenten Journey-- Day 35: Tuesday after the 5th Sunday in Lent
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Today’s Theme: Grief Poem: Death Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet 10) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for th...
Monday, April 7, 2025
A Poem, A Proverb, A Painting, A Prayer: A Lenten Journey-- Day 34: Monday after the 5th Sunday in Lent
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Today’s Theme: Enduring Faith Poem: Optimism More and more I have come to admire resilience. Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose fo...
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