Taught by a Star
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Christmas, January 02, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon; by the Rev’d Dr. Maria McDowell.
Know Justice, Know Peace
We live in a world where saying that black and brown lives matter means that white lives do not matter, because we have created that world. We have created a world infested with the lie that white lives thrive at the expense of black and brown lives. We have created a world where to know justice is to know violence.
Yet, the judgement of God is to recognize retribution and injustice for what it is, destructive, and to invite us to live in a world where to know justice is to know peace.
Choose Life, Choose Death
Choose Life, Choose Death. Sermon given on June 28th, 2020 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland OR. The Rev’d Dr. Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching.
Be Troubled (by the Spirit)!
Note: What I wrote below and what I said aren’t quite the same. Read if you want, but listen too. The Spirit troubled the waters, and new life erupted forth. New life is eruption. It isn’t peaceful, it isn’t calm. It breaks through. Seeds crack as a shoot bursts forth. Dirt is shoved aside. Human life is born amidst pain and blood and water. We are troubled, and we live in troubled times, and maybe that trouble is the Spirit,…
Continuing the Work
Continuing the Work: Sermon on Easter 7 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, May 24th, 2020. The Rev’d Maria McDowell, PhD, preaching.
Being the Way: Easter 5
Being the Way: Sermon on Easter 5 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, May 10th, 2020. The Rev’d Maria McDowell, PhD preaching.
Possessing White Supremacy & Spiritual Resistance
Possessing White Supremacy & Spiritual Resistance. Spoiler Warning: BLACK & BROWN LIVES MATTER to JESUS.
Fear and Resurrection: “The Fear of the Jews” and its Aftermath
“For Fear of the Jews,” its aftermath, and the invitation of the new life offered in Resurrection.
The Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom
For Christ, having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Maundy Thursday
Stay. Stay long enough to need your feet washed.
Christ is Born! Glorify!
Image: The Holy Family by Janet McKenzie
Birth God!
A sermon on the fourth Sunday of Advent.
