The Spirit of God: He made the world; He has control over the world. In our reading today, the heavens are torn open and the Spirit of God comes out like a jet plane. But when the Spirit gets to Jesus, it’s like a dove. God sometimes comes in great power, like a jet plane.…

Bishop Gregory Brewer, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, at Ash Wednesday Eucharist, Feb. 18, 2015. How complete must our turning be, when we are called to turn to God? To come to Ash Wednesday, where we are called to repent? That’s not an easy thing, because it raises for me so many unanswerable questions. What…

Sermon at Coventry, Ocala, Feb. 15, 2015 The Transfiguration: Something had to prepare the disciples — and us — for what was about to happen. LISTEN TO THE FULL SERMON IN .MP3 FORMAT 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this…

Hebrews 12.7-29 7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? 8If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. 9Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us,…