Today’s sermon begins with a light-hearted callback to a 1988 Rice Krispies Treats commercial that weaves into a reflection on the hospitality shown in complimentary ways between sisters Martha and Mary. The call to welcome Christ into our home is echoed in our moral call to love our undocumented migrant worker (and indeed all people of color and Spanish-speaking immigrants and their descendants) who suffer today at the hands of our own government officials.

Amber Best, second-year seminarian at Garrett-Theological, preaches her second of three July sermons at St. Mark’s. Sunday, July 13, 2025 at the 9:00am Summer Service.

Today’s Sermon was written by The Rev. Jazzy Bostock, Diocese of Hawaii, in 2022.

The Rev. Jazzy Bostock is a strong, proud, kanaka maoli woman. She serves two small parishes on the west side of Oahu, one Episcopal and one Lutheran. She and her wife tend to a small garden together, delighting in the way food grows. She loves to laugh, walk barefoot, cook, and feel the sun on her skin.

The Trinitarian Mystery - Explained??

What does “Finger-lickin’ Good,” the great KFC Slogan, sound like when translated into Spanish, and then back into English?

The Baptism of Lydia (near Philippi, Greece - ancient Macedonia)

“Three calls. Each different. Pope…. Paul… Peter….”

“I’ve often wondered: If the apostles and evangelists were characters from Peanuts, who would they be?…”

“Why do you look for the living amongst the dead?”