St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Albuquerque

To understand the Ascension, you have to know that much of the Christian tradition is about wisdom, rather than knowledge. The wisdom at the heart of Christianity is a teaching about nondualism.

Leaning into the discomfort of John's Gospel: "I am the Way The Truth and the Life."

What does it mean to abide? What if we found ways in these anxious times, in these times when so many of us are just hanging on, to, instead, hang in there together? What if we chose, instead of grievance, curiosity and embrace?

The image of the shepherd is a radical one, radically different from the image of God so often on offer. If you struggle with the image of “God” on offer in our society, with the idea of “God” so many Christians point to in this country, this morning our Scripture offers the Good Shepherd, a counter-narrative. 

How many of us spend time and energy hiding our imperfections? How much money and anxiety do we spend masking our bodies, trying to conform to some image of perfection? Jesus is risen with wounds, that we might know in our woundedness, we too will rise. Alleluia.

Did you know, there are significantly more biblical commentators who openly cast doubt on the economic system of the early believers, than those who challenge the possibility of the resurrection?

This Easter, I find myself wondering what would a Resurrected Faith look like?

Palm Sunday takes us from the wild procession to the cold tomb, quite a distance Mother Mandy remarks. And the Passion offers us two visions of discipleship: the men who flee and the women who remain.

Can we make the question of the Greeks in John's Gospel the question of our own? Can we say, each time we come to the altar, "we wish to see Jesus?"

I think it's safe to say that most Episcopalians have a really strong preference for proclamation by example. Welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, that's all in our wheelhouse. We are committed to action, to doing good work. Why would we mess all that up by talking about Jesus?

In his final sermon at St. MIchael's, the Rev. JP Arrossa shares words of gratitude, and challenges us to continue to be a community of faith with zeal for our neighbors.

In this morning's sermon, the Rector asks us to notice something which doesn't happen in the Gospel...

The first Sunday in Lent finds us, with Jesus, in the wilderness.

Lent comes to remind us, it is not only what spiritual practice we choose, but how we practice, and why we practice that shapes us.

What is the Transfiguration? In a week with difficult news for human rights, we look to the examples of Blessed Absalom Jones and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to see how our vision might be expanded as we continue the long work of freedom.

Jesus came not primarily to heal bodies, but to heal the whole of society. He came to heal by proclaiming a message of subversive hope.

In a sermon which also serves as his annual "state of the church" report, the Rev. Mike Angell talks about the importance of transitional moments, in our lives and the life of the church.

Mandy asks about the nature of time, God's and ours. How are we called into God's time?

Dr. King talked about his moment in history as a “Human Rights Revolution” and a “freedom explosion.” If he were alive today, I wonder: what would Dr. King think about the revolution of human rights in 2024?

Mike's good friend, the Rev. Beth Scriven, preached about "soul friends" for the feast of Aelred and the installation of the Rev. Mike Angell as our seventh rector.

This Epiphany season, will you follow that star, will you look for light in all of the places our world calls darkness? In the weeks ahead, what new vision of yourself of others will you seek?

This Christmas, I find myself caught by the image of the baby Jesus I saw from Bethlehem, laying on a pile of concrete rubble.

On the last Sunday of Advent, Mandy preaches about motherhood, priesthood, and the power of Mary's response to the angel Gabriel.

The image of our Lady of Guadalupe can be an icon, if she helps us to see the ways that God nurtures and protects us all. La Virgen de Guadalupe tells us, “God is with us. God cares for us as a mother.” God knows we Christians need more divine feminine imagery. God nurtures and does not abandon. She points us to the unexpected love of God. Deep down, how many of us still need to learn to expect Go...

“Prepare the way of the Lord,” John the Baptist comes to say. If Advent is about anything, it is about hope, hope that the God’s way is better than ours.