Quiénes Somos

Sermons and Statements

Octobre 1, 2011

Remigius was born around 437 or 438 in what is now France, into a Christian family. His father was a nobleman, and his mother the daughter of a bishop. From his youth he was known for his holiness and learning, and when there was need for a bishop in Rheims, the people of the area insisted that Remigius be elected, even though he was a layman and only 22. [You...

ELCA Conference of Bishops: St. Michael and All Angels

Septembre 29, 2011

I’m no angel, but I have a message of greeting for you. I don’t think I need to say, “fear not” when I report that Episcopalians are praying for their Lutheran brothers and sisters all over the Church, from Taiwan to Europe, and from Ecuador and Colombia to Alaska. We rejoice in our full communion partnership with the ELCA, even if we don...

St. George’s Cathedral: Proper 21

Septembre 25, 2011

Exodus 33:12-23; Psalm 99; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:28-32

Where have you seen the glory of God passing by? Have you ever been up on the mountain, like Moses, awestruck at the wonder of what God is up to? I keep hearing that climbing up Table Mountain, or taking the cable car up there, is a pretty significant way to encounter the glory of God.

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Catedral del Buen Señor, Quito

Septembre 18, 2011

It is very good for brothers and sisters to live together in peace – even if it doesn’t happen very often. Human life has been marked by conflict since Cain and Abel. Their conflict was about whose religious offering was better – sheep or crops. They were competing for God’s recognition.

Most conflict...

House of Bishops Opening Eucharist

Septembre 14, 2011

James Chisholm was a priest in tidewater Virginia in the mid 19th century. He did his work in the context of a slave-holding economy. The whole region was subject to the scourges of insect- and water-borne disease. The two most significant of those diseases, yellow fever and malaria 1, were both introduced to the Americas as the result of transatlantic trade,...

September 11, 2011: Proper 19A

Septembre 11, 2011

What’s it like to be attacked? And what governs our response? How do we heal and find our way forward?

I wasn’t here ten years ago, but I do have a sense of how confusing and crazy-making a sudden physical attack can be. I was out for my morning run once when a guy who had been sitting on a bench a couple of seconds earlier ran across my...

September 11, 2011: Micah 4:1-5; Matt 5:43-48

Septembre 11, 2011

We gather here today in peace, yearning and hoping that peace may come in this land and across the world. We gather to remember those who died violently and senselessly ten years ago. We gather to reflect on lives lost, families devastated, and hopes dashed. And still we gather in hope for hearts that will grow and learn and change, so that no nation will study...

Mid-Valley Picnic at Good Samaritan

Août 21, 2011

That Exodus story expresses very modern and present fears. The Egyptians are afraid in the same way many Americans are – who’s out-populating us? Is it Muslims, Mormons, or Latino immigrants? You can hear those fears being stirred on talk radio, about how all those people, the ones who aren’t the mainstream of what America is really all about...

We give thanks for the Resurrection...

Avril 21, 2011

The Resurrection must be understood in significantly different images and metaphors in the southern hemisphere, when Easter always arrives in the transition from summer to winter. Even as a hard, hard winter lingers on in northern climes, with unaccustomed April snow in many places, we yearn for the new life we know is waiting around the corner. As Christians, we...

Cathédrale Ste. Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mars 9, 2011

We stand at the beginning of Lent, reminded that we are dust and that we shall return to dust at the last. The people of Haiti know something about dust and ashes, particularly as a sign of destruction and of mourning. People here are reminded of grief wherever we turn, grief that still sits heavy alongside the piles of ashes and dust. When those piles...