This sermon speaks to the reality that disagreements can be difficult to work through in loving relationships.

Mindful Christians: Living Embodied Faith

Graft in Our Hearts

Do you ever feel as if you’re carrying around a lot in a metaphorical backpack? Worries, fears, preoccupations? This sermon looks at how lightening our load can empower us to live into the wisdom of Ephesians 4:25-5:2. God can do infinitely more with us when we receive God’s peace that surpasses all understanding.

Metaphorical Backpacks

Ever think about how God uses the pieces of our lives to stitch together a tapestry of Hod’s goodness? This sermon reflects on this idea and how we are called to share with good friends and the world God’s goodness in our lives. Our faith is always emerging, and we have so much to learn from each other. ♥️?

A Tapestry of God’s Goodness

Living an embodied faith encompasses worshipping in a mindful way. Over the last year and a half I’ve enjoyed and come to greatly appreciate worshipping in the Celtic Tradition within The Episcopal Church. This episode reflects on the inherent wisdom and mindful practices embedded in the the Celtic Tradition, the ease of rest in the quiet & stillness, and the connections this tradition offers our souls, the earth and the divine.

Mindful Worship

This sermon was preached for The Diocese of East Tennessee in the celebration of Pentecost. The story of Pentecost is powerful, informative to our faith and relevant to how we live our lives even in 2021. May you experience the Holy Spirit guiding you into all truth and may you have the courage to go where She leads.

The Promise of Pentecost

A version of this sermon was preached to the Foothills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on May 2, 2021. Everyone has a heartsong- the notes that sing from within that tell the story of who we are and our deepest longings. One of the many gifts of novels, memoirs, movies and tv shows is that we have the opportunity to draw connections and watch patterns emerge as characters develop. Noticing these patterns can become incredibly helpful in understanding our own patterns of relating to others, ourselves and the world. Hearing the heartsong in others helps us identify and claim our own heartsong better which empowers us to be co-authors of our own lives rather than being thrown to and fro by the curveballs of life. May you discover your heartsong and by the grace of God may you sing it aloud.

The Heartsong in Story

A version of this sermon was preached Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ The Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Scripture readings are for the third Sunday in Eastertide including 1 John 3:1-7 & Luke 24: 36b-48.

Beloved, We Are God’s Children Now

This sermon is about taking on grace in the wilderness of Lent, trusting God’s love & favor reaches us even, especially in our struggles. A version of this sermon was preached March 14, 2021 on the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Includes verses from Ephesians 2:1-10.

Sermon: You Never Really Know

This an Advent sermon for the third week of Advent. It pulls from Isaiah 61, Psalm 126, & 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. The third week of Advent asks us to lean into the joyful anticipation of Christ arrival. How do we honor the real grief and sorrow of our pandemic reality and adhere to the wisdom of joyful anticipation? Can we integrate our full experience for a greater sense of wholeness?

Advent Sermon: Do Not Quench the Spirit, Light Your Pink Candles!

This is an Advent reflection offered at a Celtic Service. As the darkness of winter sets in and the virus numbers rage on the prophetic words of Isaiah & gospel message take on a new perspective and promise of hope.

Advent Reflection: The One on Whom We Wait

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.”

Separation, Enlighten, Given (sermon)

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.

Returning to God What is God’s: Our Whole Lives

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

Claiming the Cornerstone: practicing & producing the fruits

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

Who am I?

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

Celtic Service Reflection: The Beat of Sacred Presence

In pursuit of mindfully living an embodied faith imperfectly by grace, I realized so many others are trying to do the same. This podcast shares meditations, nuggets in which to chew, and conversations for Christians wanting to ground and center in their body, mind and soul, connected to a loving God, made ever aware of the light of Christ, and the whispers of the Holy Spirit. Welcome!

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