In the season of Advent we’re given the opportunity to intentionally wait with patience. We wait for God to be made manifest in the world. It’s an arduous task- waiting. As human beings we often have a difficult time waiting for anything much less the big things in life like waiting for hope to be made manifest in our lives and the world. This episode breaks open the opportunity to consider how we wait… do we wait with patience and trust that ultimately what we’re waiting for will be made manifest and it will be full of joy and wonder? Or, do we give into the negativity bias of our brains and wait in fear and trepidation?

This is a heart meditation that grounds in body and breath and then drops into the heart space to cultivate self-compassion. Every time we practice drawing the mind back to the present moment, the body, breath, our own hearts, the more we have the opportunity to practice non-judgment and self-compassion. Given our practice in formal meditation, the greater our capacity to practice self compassion in our everyday lives.

On this 12th anniversary of my priest ordination, I find myself leaving church, a place I was never called to in the first place. After a dozen years of going where I haven’t been called, I lean into the risk and vulnerability of going where I do. What does it mean to live into the call upon your life? What does it mean to honor the person God has called you to BE regardless of what you DO? Living an embodied faith requires being honest, wrestling, asking tough questions and calling a spade a spade. What do you yearn to live into that would allow you to more authentically embody your faith?

This is a meditation on equanimity. First we’ll ground in body and breath then move to the heart space with intention and compassion. We’ll build on the inherent strength of the heart to broaden awareness of our capacity to weather whatever comes our way in life- whether the storm be outer circumstances or inner emotional waves. Tapping into the wisdom and strength of our hearts can offer grounding and equanimity for our whole being.

Maya Angelou once said “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Jesus asked his disciples “Who do you say that I am?” We would be wise to ask God this question “Who do you say that I am?” And be intentional about listening, understanding and loving from that deep source of wisdom and truth God has woven within our beings.

This sermon weaves scripture from Ezekiel and the gospel of John. Can we let go of what binds us and allow the breath of God to fill us? Setting us free to experience resurrected living?

This sermon was preached Sunday, February 19th and reflects on the Hero’s Journey using the illustration of actress Viola Davis’ memoir Finding Me.

This is a sermon that weaves the wisdom of the persistent widow with Jacob’s wrestling with an angel. We’re all given spiritual gifts in our lives. How do we awake to them, honoring what they are and are not, and live into the fullness of those gifts?

This is a 20m meditation that guides you through connecting to your body, breath and breath of the divine so much so that you become aware of being breathed by the holy. The beautiful vessel of your body moment by moment surrendering to and being breathed by the holy breath of The Spirit.

This sermon was preached Sunday, October 30th at The Episcopal Church of The Ascension. It pulls from the wisdom of Laurie Brock’s new book God, Grace & Horses and weaves the story of Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus. Not always knowing where we are is actually part of the walk of faith. Whether we’re on trails that lead to somewhere or nowhere, God is here and using all of it for good.