Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI July 25, 2021 The other day I was listening to an hour-long interview of former President Barack Obama. He was, I...
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI July 18, 2021 I knew earlier this week that I was going to preach on this one funny sentence in the Gospel...
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI July 4, 2021 I really enjoyed getting to spend the evening recently with an old college friend and her four-year-old son. Her...
Trinity Sunday 2021 The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI May 30, 2021 In today’s Gospel story, a great Rabbi in Jerusalem, Nicodemus, travels under the cover of darkness to ask Jesus some questions that...
Pentecost, Year B The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI May 23, 2021 Several of you were at the 6 am Easter sunrise service this year. It was the first in-person service that we...
Ascension, Year B The Rev. Ian Burch St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI May 16, 2021 I went to a funeral a few years ago, and it was held in a Lutheran church. A lot of the service...
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...
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...
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....
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...
