Lord Jesus, Have Mercy on Me August 9, 2020 The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Last week, I told Jeremy that I was struggling to give my sermons on the live stream in a mask. With the intensity that we all feel, and our desire to model good, sane behavior, we need to wear... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: August 2: “Bee”
Bee Just the other day I was watering the plants in the garden at dusk in the shade when the water had a chance to soak in. My shoulder brushed a shrub I love with violet flowers like paper and a blossom buzzed. I paused and gently tapped several until one spoke back. One... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: July 29 “What can I do with this shit?”
What can I do with this shit? Today, when my jaw was clinched so tight for the umpteenth time that it hurt and my ears rang from the pressure that I carry right there in that place where I try my best to keep my face calm and project a facade of “I can... Continue Reading →
“Where is Wisdom in this?” A Sermon for July 26
Where is Wisdom in this? July 26, 2020 The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Almost twenty years ago, while in undergrad, I had the opportunity to travel to Belize with a group of Chemistry and Biology majors to study the tropical reefs off the coast of Ambergris Caye. It was an incredible experience, to... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: July 19: “The Spirit blows where it will”
The Spirit blows where it will We do not know where it comes from or where it is going, yet we can feel it all around us: in one moment a cool breeze that helps us catch our breath as we close our eyes and relax in peace, while in the next moment a... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: July 9: “So that our eyes look forward”
So that our eyes look forward What does it mean to be present in all of this, around us and within? To be present, surrounded by so much we cannot control, yet called on to pay attention to it. The wind blows where it will. Which wind? How will we know when we lick... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: “119”
119 I had lost count of how many days we have been here in this new way of life that we keep resisting on some level but that is relentless in its insistence that we are being transformed into something different, something possible and whole. Our fears grab our ankles and choke our voices... Continue Reading →
Standing on our own two feet: a Reflection for July 5
Standing on our own two feet A Reflection for July 5, 2020 The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham [This homily is partly based on this video of Thomas Merton's last lecture. I highly commend it to you...] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywE6bhApcSk Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give... Continue Reading →
“Live in this Place:” A Reflection on Jeremiah 28
Live in this place A Reflection on Jeremiah 28 This morning, I want to invite us into a different type of reflection, given what we continue to face in our world. There is such a tendency to fill space with words, with some idea that will relieve anxiety or seek to fix a problem, to... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing:June 15: “On a bench at the auto shop”
On a bench at the auto shop To take time each day to sit in quietness, to sit still in the busyness that presses upon us and lures us like a siren to join it and yield our groundedness to the distractions that sap our soul. To sit, to plant ourselves in one place,... Continue Reading →
