A version of this sermon was preached Sunday, November 22, 2020. It reflects on the passages from Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Ephesians 1:15-23, & Matthew 25:31-46 and incorporates reflections on Henri Nouwen’s book “Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World.”

This was a sermon preached on Sunday, October 18, 2020 in Knoxville, TN. Scripture readings are from Exodus 33:12-23 & Matthew 22:15-22.

A version of this sermon was preached on Sunday, October 4, 2020.

This is a reflection offered to The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of East TN.

This was a reflection offered at The Celtic Service @ The Episcopal Church of the Ascension on Sunday, September 6th.

This episode accompanied the Adult Christian Formation Class: The Holy Spirit, Jesus & Us. In wilderness times in our lives we tend to run away from, suppress or deny the very things that hold the key to being led into all truth by the Spirit. This meditation is designed to turn towards what we’d normally run away from. We intentionally draw to our awareness a stressful element of living in a pandemic and work with it including bringing to awareness the presence of the Spirit, a loving God and the light of Christ.

This meditation is an invitation to dwell with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and specifically receive the words Jesus heard from heaven at his baptism: With you I am well pleased.

This sermon was live streamed from Church of the Ascension on Sunday, July 12th.

As part of the 4Ms of Mental Health Offering: mindfulness, movement, mastery, meaningful connection, The Episcopal Diocese of East TN is doing a live Zoom call to practice together the 4 mornings of July 2020: 8-8:45 eastern. This recording is a way to practice all 4Ms at any time. 💜

This is a 10 minute meditation to focus on the breath, the connection our breath offers to the Holy Spirit, and intentionally allowing the Holy Spirit to fills us up (inhale) and settle into the presence (exhale).