Sermon for Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday 2019The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIApril 14, 2019 The other night, I drove across the Hoan Bridge from my house in Bayview north toward the church. Above me was a clear night sky,...
One Book, One Parish Lenten Series Week 4: City of God
City of God Study Guide Week 4 Lent 2019 Chapters 7-10 Prepared by the Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI In chapter 7, the author spends some time talking about two neighbors–Geraldo and Thad. How...
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C
Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year CThe Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIMarch 31, 2019 You might not know it, but our Bible stories have editors. These are people whose job it is to make sure that...
One Book, One Parish Lenten Week 3: City of God
City of God Study Guide Week 3 Lent 2019 Chapters 5 and 6 Prepared by the Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI “Every four-way stop sign was an opportunity to observe, to consider my neighbors,...
Third Sunday in Lent, Year C
Third Sunday in Lent, Year C The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI March 24, 2019 There’s a part of me that wishes that my bookshelves were filled with the great literature of the 20th...
One Book, One Parish Lenten Series Week 2: City of God
City of God Study Guide Week 2 Lent 2019 Chapters 3 and 4 Prepared by the Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI “Mark listened patiently and actually gave Mr. Claws raises. But if it was...
One Book, One Parish Lenten Book Series Week 1: City of God
City of God Study Guide Week 1 Lent 2019 Prepared by The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI “Church, in the sense of a discrete, set-aside ritual space run by set-aside religious professionals, is perhaps...
Ash Wednesday Sermon
Ash Wednesday The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI March 6, 2019 In my twenties, I got into an argument with a friend. We had been buddies in graduate school, and over the course of...
First Sunday in Lent, Year C
First Sunday in Lent, Year C The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI March 10, 2019 It’s no secret that I am a country boy. I grew up on a mountain next to the ocean,...
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee. WI February 24, 2019 On one of our very first dates, Travis and I bought a TV. More accurately, I announced that...