January 2025

Preached on Sunday, January 26, 2025, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From the eighth chapter of Nehemiah: “The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law…Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people…and when he opened it, all the people stood…

Preached on Sunday, January 12, 2025, the First Sunday after the Epiphany, the Baptism of Our Lord, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. “All the people were baptized, and…Jesus also had been baptized” (Luke 3:21). Our celebration of the feast of Christ’s Baptism today takes its place in a long and curious history. This feast day…

Preached on Sunday, January 5, 2025, the Second Sunday after Christmas, at St. Margaret’s Church, Little Rock. Before we get to work, a word of gratitude: thank you, Mary, for inviting me to preach, and thank you all for welcoming me. For those I don’t know, I’m Thomas, and I grew up here at St.…