Kirk Alan Kubicek
The Rev. Kirk Alan Kubicek is currently priest-in-charge at Christ Church, Rock Spring Parish, Forest Hill, Md. Christ Church is a small but mighty parish, and together they are rediscovering what our Lord has in store for their future. He has spent over 35 years in parish ,inistry in all shapes and size parishes, and for 15 years worked with The Episcopal Church Office of Stewardship and TENS. He often uses storytelling, music, and guitar in proclaiming the Good News. Married with three adult children and one grandson, Kirk also plays drums in On the Bus, a DC metro area Grateful Dead tribute band. All shall be well, all shall be well, all manner of thing shall be well!
Sermons and Bible Studies
Are We Ready to Choose?, Proper 23 (A) – 2023
[RCL] Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14 The gospel for today begs allegory and analogy, leading inevitably to dividing people into groups of good and bad. It […]
Shalom: Faithful to the Dream of God, Easter 2 (A) – 2023
[RCL] Acts 2:14a,22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 We call today Doubting Thomas Sunday. The problem is, there is no doubt! No, really. English Bibles since the King […]
Holy Dust, Ash Wednesday – 2023
[RCL] Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103 or 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 The Ash Wednesday liturgy is possibly the most meaningful liturgy in our Book of Common […]
Our King, Christ the King (C) – 2022
[RCL] Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-4 Today, as we celebrate Christ the King, we witness strong-man authoritarians who aspire to be kings espousing nationalist, white-supremacist, anti-immigration, anti-LGBTQ, […]
The Wrath of God, Proper 19 (C) – 2022
[RCL]: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 “The wrath of God is his relentless compassion, pursuing us even when we are at our worst. Lord, give […]
Radical Amazement!, Last Sunday in Epiphany (C) – 2022
[RCL] Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] “About eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on […]
We Are His, Epiphany 4 (C) – 2022
[RCL] Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 “When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove him out of the […]
Whose Voice Do We Hear?, 2 Christmas – 2022
[RCL] Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) Amidst all the packages, wrappings, ribbons, get-togethers, cookies, and whatever is left of the puddings and roast beast, Matthew’s story […]
Abide in My Love, Proper 14 (B) – 2021
RCL: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Psalm 130; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51 Chapters 13 through 17 of John are by far the longest treatment of the Last Supper of […]
You Will See Yourself, Trinity Sunday (B) – 2021
RCL: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29 or Canticle 13 (or Canticle 2); Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17 One of the challenges to proclamation on Trinity Sunday is that there are no Biblical […]
Perseverance and the Pearl, Proper 12 (A) – 2020
[RCL]: Genesis 29:15-28; Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 The I Ching, the Book of Changes, is an ancient book of Chinese wisdom dating back to […]
Salt, Light, and Stardust, Epiphany 5 (A) – February 9, 2020
[RCL]: Isaiah 58:1-9a, [9b-12]; Psalm 112:1-9, (10); 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16]; Matthew 5:13-20 Where are we? Who are we? Why are we here? What are we meant to be doing? […]
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