Ninth Bishop of Texas

There can be no socio-religious indifference, no Christian solitary life, in a community that sings Hannah's song. Preached at Virginia Theological Seminary. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The Holy Spirit comes down then, on everybody. Peter's friends are so astonished - what does all this mean? They come to understand. God's Spirit falls upon whoever God's Spirit wishes to fall upon. God loves even "these" people. Even "these" people. Just like that. You and I don't get to decide who God loves. God decides - just like that. Acts 10 Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by Kev...

The Christ-child breaks in. Hope breaks in. For even those who have their wages stolen, their dignity taken away, their lights and heat turned off, the evicted, the homeless, the poor, the rejected, the tormented - hope comes. Hope will come. It is our presence as Christians in the lives of others that is the present-day icon of Christ's love in the world.   Today when we sit around hearth and hom...

See with different eyes God, the world, and the people around us. The higher work, the profound work, is for us as Christians to see the hidden and invisible workers who gather around us every day, without us knowing names or faces. Just as God does. Advent II: Matthew 3:1-12 Preached at Christ Church South, Tyler. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.c...

God in Christ Jesus comes to us in the physical world of our everyday lives; God comes to us in the person of others in the human fabric of life.  When the time comes, we will need to be ready; for the God we believe in is not a god who dwells in our heads, or of our minds, or who inhabits words alone... Matthew 24:36-44 Preached at St. Paul's, Waco. Music from https://filmmusic.io

Jesus has been undermining religious codes, undermining religious practices - and upsetting the injustice of the status quo. When those men he's made uncomfortable ask him a "gotcha" question about the Law, how does he answer? He reminds us that God is of the living and for the living.  Luke 20:27-38 Preached at St. Mary's Cathedral in Limerick, IR. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by K...

A sermon on the Beatitudes: how can we love our enemies as Jesus teaches us? It starts with a table. Luke 6:20-31 Preached at Trinity Church in Marshall, TX Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Sam said, "I looked for a long time before I realized who it was I was looking for. When I came to know it was Christ, I stopped looking with my eyes and began looking with my mind and my heart and my soul, and I found him."   In memoriam of Samuel Rutherford Todd, Jr. 1940-2019.     Music from https://filmmusic.io "Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creat...

Preached at All Saint's Episcopal in Austin, TX on Oct. 27, 2019.  "This is not a story about humility, suggesting a new kind of holiness code. It is instead a rejection of holiness codes in their entirety, and a proposal of grace." Proper 25c (Luke 18:9-14) : The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican

Proper24c On Genesis 32 Preached at St. Stephen's Beaumont, Tx  

This is a sermon on Proper 23c. It is about the Leper returning and worshiping God. I used the story as a foil to talk about the secular frame and how returning to a transcendent God will help remind us of human value and unconditional love.

Sermon in Spanish on faith like a weed. Preached at San Francisco de Asis for Pentecost 22c.

Proper 21C / September 29, 2019, Preached at Ascension and St. Philips Houston. Sermon on Lazarus and the rich man.

Sermon for 20c preached at Epiphany Houston. Really liked the exegesis by Robert Farrar Capon.

Proper 19C Sermon on Luke 15:1-10 list coin and lost sheep.

This is a sermon preached at the Baylor Student Center. It is influenced by Henre de Lubac's notion that the God of history compels the Christian to collaborate rather than evade God's narrative and work in the world. This is based upon Proper 18C Luke 14:23-25.   The picture is of the face of God in Monty Python's Holy Grail - it was W.G. Grace - legendary "Father of Cricket" and physician who of...

Sermon preached at St. John's, Austin Sermon Proper 17C St. John's, Austin September 1, 2019 Luke 14:1-14

Sermon preached on proper 16C at All Saints Cameron.

Memorial Sermon Mary "Chertie" Nesbit Razim July 12, 2019  Christ Church Cathedral, Houston 

Memorial Service for Sylvia Ann Doyle  St. Mark's, Houston June 28, 2019

San Pablo, Houston June 23, 2019 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7C

San Pablo, Houston June 23, 2019 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7C

Funeral Sermon for Peggy Tolson June 15, 2019 St. George's, Texas City