Bishop Brewer’s homily March 18, 2015 by Episcopal Florida   “Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went.”Valued, protector, one brave man daring in the midst of the threats that his child could be killed, Joseph and his family made the pilgrimage to…

Keeping your faith private, what you are left with is an empty space, frittering your life away with needless pursuits. You can taste everything there is in the world. But we are called to be public with our faith.

The Spirit of God: He made the world; He has control over the world. In our reading today, the heavens are torn open and the Spirit of God comes out like a jet plane. But when the Spirit gets to Jesus, it’s like a dove. God sometimes comes in great power, like a jet plane.…

Bishop Gregory Brewer, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, at Ash Wednesday Eucharist, Feb. 18, 2015. How complete must our turning be, when we are called to turn to God? To come to Ash Wednesday, where we are called to repent? That’s not an easy thing, because it raises for me so many unanswerable questions. What…

Sermon at Coventry, Ocala, Feb. 15, 2015 The Transfiguration: Something had to prepare the disciples — and us — for what was about to happen. LISTEN TO THE FULL SERMON IN .MP3 FORMAT 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this…

Hebrews 12.7-29 7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? 8If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. 9Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us,…

 Bishop’s Address to the 46th Annual Convention  of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida By the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer Jan. 24, 2015, Orlando, FL When I think of the Diocese of Central Florida, the words that immediately come to mind are Paul’s opening words in the Letter to the Philippians: “I thank my…

Let us pray. Gracious Lord, we thank you that in the midst of all that goes on in this very dark world, we can gather here and hear the lyrics, hear the melodies, hear the words of the Scriptures, and know that you call us into a place of genuine peace and joy. Open our…

Laura Lee and I were guests of the Young Adult Group at Church of the Resurrection, Oviedo, at their end-of-semester celebration and dinner at Canterbury Retreat. This group, led by Fr. Jose Rodriguez and his wife, Heather, consists of college students from the area. They meet weekly for Bible study and fellowship at Canterbury. I’ve…

Wonderful day visiting St. Gabriel’s, Titusville, on Sunday, Dec. 7. The Order of St. Luke and St. Gabriel’s will soon open a “Healing Prayer Center” at the church. Blessing and Consecration of the new office space: Gracious, Lord, we do thank you. You say that if we lack wisdom, all we have to do is…