The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 21, Year B Mark 9:38-50 September 30, 2018 The ego does not yield easily   My first week of undergrad, at Lyon College, the Residence Life Staff gathered the hundred new first-years in a science building seminar room for part of our introduction to campus life. When we arrived,... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 20 Year B James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a, Mark 9:30-37 September 23, 2018     Draw Near to God   A few weeks ago, something surprised me during the Eucharistic Prayer.  At the 10:45 service, we reached the portion where we share in the Lord’s Prayer, and we all started in... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 18, Year B September 9, 2018 The Path of Descent is the Path of Transformation: A Deeper Reflection on “The Poor”        Last weekend, I was in Albuquerque for the 6th Conspire Conference, with the Center for Action and Contemplation.  Over a thousand folks gathered from all over the... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 16, Year B Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; St. John 6:56-69 August 26, 2018   We’ve had it backwards all this time: Reflections on worship and prayer When I was a little kid in Arkansas, back at Egypt Missionary Baptist Church, our little church had a tradition—one that I wonder would... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 14, Year B I Kings 19:4-8; John 6:35, 41-51 August 12, 2018   You Are What You Eat: Further Reflections on the Church as a School of Divine Union     The angel of the Lord came a second time to Elijah, touched him, and said, “Get up and... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 12, Year B Ephesians 3:14-21; St. John 6:1-21 July 29, 2018 There is Enough: Breadth, Length, Height, and Depth   While finishing the latest edit on my chapter for the upcoming book, I went back to the one book that launched my entire exploration of contemplative prayer.  Some 16... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 10, Year B Mark 6:14-29 July 15, 2018 There is no “other:” Full, Resonant Harmony Sermon 3 of 3   Previously on Sermons: We have explored a core quality of our existence, with the realization that, in God’s vision for life, there is no “other,” that all is held... Continue Reading →

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham Proper 9 Year B 2018 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Mark 6:1-13 July 8, 2018   There is no “other:” Listening, Curiosity, and a Witnessing Presence Sermon 2 of 3 Previously on Sermons: last week, we looked at the dynamic of encountering “the other,” and how, through the person of Jesus and his... Continue Reading →