Gathering Stones Together Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, order your disciples to stop.’  He answered, ‘I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.’  (Luke 19:39-40) This year’s Easter sermon may be the strangest I have ever written, but given the times we are in, that... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Lent 5, Year B March 21, 2021 John 12:20-33 On a walk in the forest behind our house...a birds nest Prayer as Trust in the Spirit Today is the Fifth Sunday in Lent, and, as we look toward beginning Holy Week with Palm Sunday next Sunday, this is the last... Continue Reading →

Daddar and Evelyn on his back patio The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Lent 3, Year B (2021) Exodus 20:1-17; St. John 2:13-22 March 7, 2021 Prayer As Your Life This is the Third Sunday in Lent, as we continue in this series of reflections on how we practice our prayer.  What I share today in... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Lent I, Year B 2021 Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 1:9-15 Prayer of the Wilderness There is a line from the film The English Patient that rings true for our conversation today, as we gather for prayers on this, the First Sunday in Lent.  Today as well, we continue our reflection on... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Ash Wednesday, 2021 February 17, 2021 Praying In and With Our Bodies What does it mean to pray?  What is prayer?  For something so ubiquitous, seemingly everywhere and so common in our lives, have we truly paused to reflect on just what we mean when we say “I am praying... Continue Reading →

Meme and Evelyn...still sitting in Meme's recliner Living Beyond the “Self”: Being All Things to All People The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Epiphany 5, Year B February 7, 2021 There may be two images that capture me as a young child.  One is me tending the fire at the deer camp while others go hunting... Continue Reading →

Transfiguration No. 1 This morning, on a day in which Congress prepares to impeach Donald Trump for a second time, in a time in which my family struggles to make sense of the violence--and denial--we all experience, in an age when my heart can sense the enormous invitation to move into a space where we... Continue Reading →

The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord   January 10, 2021 SH+ As for today, this is a day when we focus our attention on baptism, as we read and reflect on Jesus’ baptism by John in the Jordan River, and as we take a closer look at our own baptism.  It is a fascinating... Continue Reading →

A traditional icon of the Transfiguration Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking... Continue Reading →