The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Ash Wednesday, Year C 2019 March 6, 2019   We Need to be Put in Spiritual Traction          I realized the other day that I had slipped back into my old pattern of checking the news first thing when I wake up.  I caught myself sitting on the side... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Last Sunday after Epiphany, Year C Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36 March 3, 2019       Put the Paper Sack Over His Face We Don’t Know What to Do Or The Dynamic of Subtle Energies in the Transfiguration   How, in our heart and souls, do we... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Epiphany 6, Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10; St. Luke 6:17-26 February 17, 2019     On Selective Reading and the Beatitudes   This morning, I hope to approach my sermon in a slightly different way.  I want to explore a particular theological reflection with you, a way to engage the text... Continue Reading →

What My Encounter with Westboro Taught Me About Contemplation and Parish Leadership Stuart Higginbotham We still don’t know why Westboro came to Gainesville, Georgia.  Some have suggested they found an ample block of hotel rooms within a relatively short distance from the stadium where they would protest the Super Bowl.  The problem with this is,... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Epiphany 4, Year C I Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 February 3, 2019   Our Struggle with God’s Promiscuity        When I was a kid, we would take a family vacation to the beach each Summer, and while I didn’t care for sand, I loved swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Epiphany 2, Year C John 2:1-11 January 20, 2019   An Abundance of Light They feast upon the abundance of your house; you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light. On Monday I... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham The Feast of the Epiphany, (Year C) Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah, Ephesians January 6, 2019   Light from Light   Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1   When I was in Middle School, we took our first skills... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham First Sunday after Christmas John 1 December 30, 2018 The thing about the Light is…        Meanwhile, Christmas is still going strong on this Sixth Day.  It seems like so many love to sing “the Twelve Days of Christmas”—up until the first day, then it’s time to wrap this all... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Christmas Eve, 2018   The Sacred Language of Christianity is the Body: Hope and Presence in the Church     The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.                                         -St. Catherine of Siena  ... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Advent Lessons & Carols Advent III, Year C December 16, 2018 The Sacred Language of Christianity is the Body Reflection 2 of 3 Veni, veni, Emmanuel O Come, O Come, Emmanuel… This is the second sermon in a three-part series exploring ‘the body’ as the Sacred Language of Christianity.  This... Continue Reading →