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Luke 9:28-36  Sermon delivered by Amy Russell St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Hood River, OR August 6, 2023 This is a sermon I offered recently. May you find something useful here. *************************************** Prayer: Loving God, open our hearts and mind to … Continue reading →

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the … Continue reading →

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life”   (Proverbs 4:23) My mother suffered from severe mental illness. As a toddler, I remember sitting huddled in a corner watching my mother talk to figures that … Continue reading →

O Lord, you have searched me and known me For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb… (Psalm 139: 1, 13) I lost my mother when I was very young. I learned to live … Continue reading →

My grandmother was a lifelong Episcopalian who read her Bible regularly and never left the house without her pearl necklace and white gloves. She taught me to kneel by my bed at night and recite “The Lord’s Prayer”. She tucked … Continue reading →

“So come to this table, you who have much faith and you who would like to have more; you who have been here often and you who have not been for a long time, or not at all… you who … Continue reading →

Identity begins with the cry of the newborn infant — yearning, craving, hunger. This is the cry to be known, to be seen, to be heard. This is the cry for love, love that unites the physical, sexual, emotional, and … Continue reading →

“In the beginning….” says the writer of Genesis, “God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. … Continue reading →

Why would a lifelong Episcopalian practice Zen meditation? For most of my life, I have been an active member of one Episcopal Church parish or another, busily praying and serving and doing a range of “good works”. But as the … Continue reading →