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Running the Race: An Unexpected Election Sermon
Read the scripture I started with here. On Monday, I was convinced that this sermon was going to be about All Saints Day—one of my favorite days in the WHOLE CHURCH YEAR. I love everything about this particular liturgical day. I love singing When the Saints Go...
Halloween Special Edition: Mama’s Boy
Oh, Mama. I usually write to you on Mother's Day--a day filled with sweet memories and an undeniable sense of injustice for me. I write about what's going on with me. I tell you about Dad, about life since you died. I write about memories and church and singing. I...
What I Learned Sitting on a Steeple
So this post got a little longer than I meant for it to, so I broke it down into two sections: Here's What Happened and Here's What I Learned. Feel free to read one or the other or both! Here's what happened: I had climbed the scaffolding that hugs Westfield's iconic...
Yes!: Remembering My Ordination Six Years Later
No one ever told me it'd be heavy. No one warned me that when we finally made it to the big moment in my service of ordination, when I was finally surrounded by the faithful of all generations--clergy, laity, old, young, family, fraternity brothers, church members,...
The Funeral Sermon I Hope I Never Have to Preach Again
On Saturday, September 3rd, I officiated the memorial service of Taylor Williams. He was an Army Medic who had been murdered in Georgia, stabbed in the back eleven times. He was 26. The morning of the service, I posted in Westfield's Facebook group: I mentioned on...
Voting Faithfully: Immigration
For the last three weeks at Westfield, we've been in a sermon series entitled Voting Faithfully. The idea was this: so often we relegate our political conversations to traditional media, social media, and the kitchen table. But it's clear to us that the church has...