What a cloud can teach Do not let them say you cannot hold onto a cloud, Mother of the rain, Father of the cool shade. As one of your hands rests in the other you realize you are holding yourself. You are that which you seek, and that which you seek has found you and... Continue Reading →

Stuart Higginbotham Fourth Sunday of Easter May 18, 2025 Participating in the Divine Economy From today’s reading from Acts: The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us. Today’s text is a text of dreams and visions, an experience or reality I think we should discuss more... Continue Reading →

A flash of the divine But in that one moment, the one when sunlight poured through the green beech leaves, kissing the skin on my arms, and I heard your voice as clear as the day: You are a flash of the divine, a moment of my love made flesh, my own dream embodied and... Continue Reading →

To kiss your eyes open You cannot care for your soul if you do not believe you have one– that you are one– your life a great circle cast out into the darkness that welcomes you, that yearns for you to know its promise, the secrets it holds with the softest hands, waiting for you... Continue Reading →

AmethystThe amethyst in my handteaches me about permanenceand the grace of dissolution.It speaks of ancient wisdomand the patience of time. Holding it to my cheek,I listen for the voice beneathand I hear this:In all our lives there isa central point,a focusing image,a deity in whom we placeour brittle trust.From that well we try to draw... Continue Reading →

To be truly human To be truly human is to be a light-bearer, to weave desire and longing, to feel the pull of the threads between your fingers, the heft of hope in moments of fear, the cords that connect all hearts, saturated with the glow of the divine. Yes, it is light that we... Continue Reading →

Stuart Higginbotham Good Friday 2025 What is not assumed is not healed One of the first lessons we learned in theology class in seminary was this: don't split the Trinity. We all know, at least in theory, that God is triune, with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Or Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Or Lover, Beloved,... Continue Reading →

I had a bit of time today to sit, read, listen, and write. Of course, I was supposed to work on sermons for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but then life happened. I thought it might be helpful to pay attention to life if I hoped to write a sermon about life. If you're not... Continue Reading →

Stuart Higginbotham John 12:20-36 Palm Sunday 2025 Unless… Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; But if it dies, it bears much fruit. I spoke with the bishop and colleagues about changing the Gospel reading this year, because there are key teachings of Jesus that... Continue Reading →

Here, on the cusp of Holy Week, I’m looking again at the texts that call us always to release our grasp, to let go of our urge to control and define. Thank God for this time to look in a mirror and name what needs to be named within our hearts so that it can... Continue Reading →