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Praying with Jesus (Palm Sunday, A)
Psalms are our foundational prayers because they are Jesus’ foundational prayers and Israel's foundational prayers.

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Apr 10, 20178 min read
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God's Signature Move (Lent 5A)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Apr 5, 20178 min read
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The Blinding Light of the World (4 Lent, A)
Image Credit: Codex Egberti (German, 10th century) Ephesians 5:8-14 Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Mar 28, 20179 min read
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No More Shame (3 Lent, A)
John 4:5-42 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Mar 21, 20177 min read
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"Not To Condemn the World..." (2 Lent, A)
Image Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner_-_Study_for_Jesus_and_Nicodemus.jpg John 3:1-17...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Mar 12, 20176 min read
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Our Subtle Temptations (1 Lent, A)
Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Mar 7, 20176 min read
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"Listen to Him!" (Last Epiphany, A)
Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves....

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Feb 26, 20177 min read
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The Third Way of Jesus (7A Epiphany)
Matthew 5:38-48 Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Feb 19, 20176 min read
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"Dying is Easy, Young Man. Living is Harder" (6 Epiphany, A)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Moses said, “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Feb 12, 20177 min read
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Activism and Peacemaking: The Salt of the Earth (5 Epiphany, A)
Matthew 5:13-20 Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Feb 5, 20176 min read
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Walking Humbly with God (4 Epiphany, A)
Micah 6:6-8 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Jan 29, 20175 min read
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God Loves Galilee: Why Black Lives Matter (3 Epiphany, A)
Isaiah 9:1-4 There will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Jan 22, 20178 min read
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Loving Your Enemies: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Episcopal Diocese of Georgia sponsored a float and a group of marchers in the Savannah Martin Luther King, Jr., Observance Day...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Jan 16, 20174 min read
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God Moved Into the Neighborhood (Christmas Day, III)
Click here for a guest blog post from our guest preacher and presider on Christmas Day, the Rev. Kelly Steele, Missioner to Young Adults...
The Rev. Kelly Steele
Dec 25, 20161 min read
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The Shepherds Were the First to Know (Christmas Eve, I)
Luke 2:1-20 (CEB) 2 In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists. 2...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Dec 24, 20166 min read
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Adopted as God's Own
Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Dec 18, 20167 min read
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God Says Yes to Us (Advent 3A)
The Song of Mary (Magnificat) - Luke 1:46-55 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Dec 13, 20166 min read
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"As The Waters Cover the Sea" (2 Advent - Year A)
Isaiah 11:1-10 1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the Lord shall...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Dec 4, 20166 min read
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Transformed Into Christ: All Saints' Day (Year C)
Luke 6:20-31 Jesus looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. "Blessed are you...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Nov 6, 20165 min read
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Common Prayer for Grace: XXIII Pentecost (Proper 25C)
Luke 18:9-14 Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two...

Fr. Guillermo A. Arboleda
Oct 23, 20165 min read
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