St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Albuquerque

Reflecting on his recent heart attack, the Rev. Lee Lowery shares the story of a friend who said, "God's not done with you yet," and shares he believes God's not done with anybody in here yet. Everybody in here has a ministry and a mission. Everybody in here can serve. Everybody in here can love their neighbor.

“What we need, then, rather desperately, are examples of communities operating under another kind of power, a power that emerges from the bottom up and which is linked to an abiding sense of friendship to the most vulnerable and service to a larger vision.”

Does Jesus ask all of us to give up all of our wealth?

Paul Hanneman preaches on the feast of St. Francis and says, in part, "Jesus is bidding us look beyond the borders of our fields, whatever they might be, but on the borders of our lands and our homes and our bank accounts and investments."

Today we hear the story of Michael defeating the dragon. Today we tell ourselves again that the angels are stronger than the demons, that love is more powerful than hate.

A sermon on the "capable wife," or as Rachel Held Evans called her "The Woman of Valor," and the importance of understanding true greatness...

How do we think about the cross? The Rev. Susan Allison-Hatch makes a case to "love God, love your neighbor, and let the chips fall where they may."

“If our faith isn’t about bringing hope to those who have been left out, what good is it? If our religion doesn’t teach us to listen to, and stand with, the women who persistently cry for justice, how can we call it Christian? If our faith isn’t about bringing liberation, for all God’s people, what are we even doing?” 

What if we learned to recognize and cultivate in ourselves and in our neighbors what is true, and loving, and good? Are we mature enough to imagine that kind of faith?

I'm with Solomon this morning. I think no one building, no one experience, no one scripture, no one community can ever fully capture God with Solomon. I simply pray that this building, this community, can point in a Godward direction with Solomon. I hope we can point to a God we will never fully capture with Solomon. I hope we will point to a God who is always bigger than our church. 

The unfair, the unjust, the deplorable, the grotesque seem to be a part of the human condition. Could Jesus' metaphor about eating flesh be a way of addressing the most difficult parts of our life?

What value defines Christians? In a sermon covering Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a martyred seminarian during the era for Civil Rights, an argument that our central teaching is all about compassion.

When we gather for Eucharist, we propose the same world Jesus proposed, a world where all are welcome at the table. All have a place. All are fed. 

On her last Sunday at St. Michael's, Mandy preaches about loaves, fishes, and the abundance of God's blessing.

Faith, amidst the rhetoric of our world, is more than a hobby. Finding stillness and grounding is about more than what we do with 20 minutes on a Thursday morning or an hour and change on a Sunday. Our faith is how we stay sane in a world with insane priorities.

When was the last time you danced? I expect for some of us, it has been awhile. Dancing teaches us about our bodies. Today, I want to talk about dancing, about bodies, and God.

Let me say at the outset, I can’t tell you what the Bible thinks a particular presidential candidate should or shouldn’t do. The Bible wasn’t written with prophecy about how the Supreme Court should function. If we go to the Bible with questions that specific, we’ll usually be disappointed. But the Bible can tell us a great deal about leadership.

What does Jesus mean when he says, "your faith has healed you?" The answer, according to St. Mark, might surprise you...

Jesus doesn’t ask his disciples to know much. He does as them to do mostly very slow moving things: to listen, to pray to love, to follow, to serve the people around us.

There’s an irony in today’s Gospel lesson, which may be hidden to us. We can take scripture ever so seriously. Even those of us who have left behind the more literalistic readings of our earlier lives, tend to treat the Bible with a certain gravitas.

In a troubling passage, Jesus disowns his mother and siblings. Mandy says it is something different to read this after marching in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade, and see all the folks offering "Free Mom Hugs"

I want to spend some time today talking about sabbath, but before we get there, we need to pause. Because discussions about the sabbath in this first century text, they need some cultural translation.

On May 29, 2024, Bishop Michael Hunn confirmed, received, and heard the reaffirmation of faith of 25 people from across the region at St. Michael's. This is his sermon from the service.

On Trinity Sunday, what does Nicodemus' wrestling with religious language have to teach us about the nature of our Triune God?

When you say “I’m Spiritual” watch out. It’s not an easier alternative to religion. When you say, “I’m spiritual,” put on your hard hats. Because the Spirit has ideas, ideas about how this world should be: always more embracing, always more just, always more loving. So, go ahead, be Spiritual.