Husband, father, and Anglican priest in the North Georgia Mountains. Sermons, reflections, and articles promoting the "Ancient Faith for Modern Times".
Ash Wednesday: In Matthew 6, Jesus addresses three core spiritual disciplines: giving, praying, and fasting. But his concern is not whether we practice these disciplines. His concern is why.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
For Christians, the day calls for soul-searching confession and preparation—not just emptying the pantry. Shrove Tuesday reminds us that even in feasting, there is room for meaning and that austerity often follows abundance, both in the calendar and in life.
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reveals God's upside-down kingdom through the Beatitudes—blessing the humble, mourning, meek, and merciful. Discover how Christ's grace transforms apparent weakness into kingdom power, drawing all into his story.
Third Sunday in Epiphany Sermon: God knows us fully, writing our days before they began. Now he stands on the shore of our ordinary lives and calls us by name. Repent, follow, and join the one body of Christ. The kingdom is at hand, and the light has already dawned on us.
Second Sunday of Epiphany: In a single sentence, John the Baptist connects the entire history of Israel's redemption to Jesus. He bridges the ancient Passover night in Egypt with the eternal deliverance accomplished in Jesus. And he issues an invitation that still echoes today: Come. See. Behold.