The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIAugust 30, 202013 Pentecost APreached during COVID, via Zoom I have sweet memories of watching Saturday morning cartoons as a little kid. Maybe you do too. Or maybe you’ve watched...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI August 16, 2020Preached via Zoom during COVID Just south of the arctic circle sits the small town of Nome, Alaska. In 1925 during a diphtheria outbreak, Dr. Curtis Welch realized...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIAugust 9, 2020Preached via ZOOM during COVID-19 And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. I’ve been getting down to Lake Michigan a lot, lately....
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIAugust 2, 2020Preached during COVID-19, via Zoom I have a love/hate relationship with the Bible stories that are the most common to us — the ones that we could probably...
Hunter Farrow, seminary internSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJuly 26, 2020Preached during COVID-19, via Zoom I come to you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “The kingdom of...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJuly 19, 2020Preached via Zoom during COVID-19 I used to joke that they teach priests just enough Biblical Greek to be pretentious but not enough to be proficient. Back when...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJune 28, 2020Preached remotely in the time of COVID-19 I ended up flying home from a family event about ten years ago with my cousin Gretchen. We were flying from...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIPreached via Zoom during COVID-19June 21, 2020 Bow down your ear, O Lord, and answer me, *for I am poor and in misery. Keep watch over my life, for I...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJune 14, 2020Remotely preached during COVID-19 The story of the annunciation of Sarah reads like a fable. The Lord God Almighty visits the tent of Abraham, and Sarah makes sure...
Friends in Christ, This letter was going to be a survey to check on how you all are doing with the social distancing and to gauge your comfort with possible small group gatherings when the bishop gives permission, likely sometime in...