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 →
Guard Your Heart: A Reflection for June 14
Guard Your Heart A Reflection for June 14, 2020 The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham You should know I had an entirely different sermon written for today, but yesterday I really struggled to know what to say right now. The original words I had crafted so carefully, with quotes by Meister Eckhart that weaved with the... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: June 10: “Spider Web Meditation”
Spider Web Meditation You must sit still with the rays of light riding through the branches on chariots of dust to see the shimmer of the thin strand of the spider’s web that connects this leaf with that one over there. In this moment of stillness, of stillness, it shocks you: The connection of... Continue Reading →
Pentecost Sermon: Some masks are going on; other masks are coming off
Some masks are going on; Other masks are coming off: The struggle of living in community Pentecost 2020 Stuart Higginbotham Last week, I made my first pastoral visit in two months. Two months. I had to get special permission from the bishop to go and visit Ann Beadling in the nursing home wing of... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: May 21: “Stone and Water”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clh8odj0Iiw Stone and Water Be a stone, planted firm as a cliff, on which the waves of reaction are exhausted and eventually settle and gently lap the sandy shore. Be a stream of water, a river, whose persistent flow and presence crosses the rigid boundary of the stone by passing through it--and beyond. ... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: May 20: “Master of Divinity”
Master of Divinity Months back I took all my diplomas off my office wall and replaced them with paintings and icons that I swapped out from time to time to see how a change in the sunlight would catch an eye. I could not help but laugh out loud when I lifted one particular... Continue Reading →
“A Community with Good Bones,” A Sermon (6th Sunday of Easter)
A Community with Good Bones The Sixth Sunday of Easter The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham When we were looking for a new house early last year, we worked with a realtor and gave him a random mixture of qualities and items that we were looking for. I wanted a fireplace, Lisa wanted it not to... Continue Reading →
A Year of Seeing: May 13: “Heart-shaped rocks”
Heart-shaped rocks I don’t know if heart-shaped rocks are rare, but I know it is rare that I see one on a walk. Maybe it’s because I don’t pay attention, but today I saw these two stones lying beside each other, so I brought them home to teach me. SH 5/13/2020
