Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIMay 2, 2021 About four months into the pandemic, I decided that I needed to create some structure in my day, otherwise I was going to go a little bit...
Third Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIApril 18, 2021 On Friday I drove down to South Bend, Indiana to speak at the ordination of one our own — Kirsten Guidero, whom many of you know from...
Easter Sunday
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIApril 4, 2021 I want to bring your mind back to a year ago. It was Easter Sunday. We were uncertain when we might be back in our parish together....
Palm Sunday 2021
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIMarch 30, 2021 I was reading the lessons for this week — Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday — and I thought: there is so much death here. All four...
Sermon for the Fifth Week in Lent, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIMarch 23, 2021Mini-Mass for Lent 5 I had the great fortune to travel to Scotland several years ago. Travis and I rented a car and drove around the kingdom, pretty...
Sermon for the Fourth Week in Lent, Year B
The Rev Ian BurchMini Mass during COVIDPreached in person, limited capacityMarch 14, 15, and 16 I don’t actually remember the day that I earned my master’s degree. Through lots of strange administrative snarls — plus a rent bill that...
New Sunday Worship Schedule: In-person and Online
Friends in Christ, Beginning this Sunday, St. Mark’s will offer two choices for Sunday worship. For the next several weeks (pending massive changes in COVID case counts), St. Mark’s will offer a Zoom service at 9 a.m. (similar to the...
Third Sunday in Lent, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIMarch 7, 2021 You may watch a video of this sermon here. The Gospel story this morning is one of the better action scenes in all of scripture. After the Passion...
Second Sunday in Lent, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIFebruary 28, 2021 You may watch a video of this sermon here. Many years ago, on Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey invented a character who he called the Church Lady....
First Sunday in Lent, Year B
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIFebruary 21, 2021 The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Life is the journey, not the destination. Not all who wander are lost. These are just...