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Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyWhere Are the Young People? with Allen WakabayashiWhere Are the Young People? with Allen WakabayashiIn this episode, Marcus introduces an extended Everyday Liturgist conversation with Allen Wakabayashi, chaplain at the Episcopal Church at Princeton, prompted by Allen’s Living Church article “Where Are the Young People?” Both reflect on what students teach them with their diverse backgrounds, deep questions, a hunger for meaning, and the need for a non-performative community where it’s safe to be broken, ask hard questions, and mature beyond Sunday-school faith. The episode closes with Allen’s gratitude for continuing to “walk with Jesus” amid chaos and frustration, and Marcus’s refle...
2026-02-2551 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyA Lenten Observance in Distracted WorldA Lenten Observance in a Distracted WorldIn this episode, Marcus Halley reflects on Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent as a call to cultivate focus and attentiveness in a chaotic, distraction-saturated world. The word “behold” (which appears twice in Matthew’s Transfiguration story) is more than seeing—it requires contemplation, stepping back, leaning in, and having “the eyes of our hearts enlightened.” Using Peter’s misunderstandings on Mount Tabor—wanting to build tabernacles and missing that Jesus is the tabernacle and that Jesus’ mission includes making people walking vessels of God's glory—he connects the Transfiguration to t...
2026-02-1822 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyThe Salt of the Earth, the Light of the WorldWhen is violence the moral option? Is love really a durable power?In this episode of Everyday Liturgist, Marcus dives into a student's tough question on the morality of violence and the bigger themes around love and making a difference in the world. This conversation shaped the sermon he gave at St. Peter's Episcopal Church (which has been modified for this podcast) which explores the overwhelming presence of violence and cruelty in the world, the power of God's enduring love, the impact of living with compassion, and how God uses ordinary people to make a difference.
2026-02-1118 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyBaptism, Righteousness, and Divine Solidarity"But Jesus answered him, 'Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.' Then he consented."- Matthew 3:15What does Jesus's baptism mean for us? Divine solidarity. God chooses us even when we don't choose God. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marcushalley.substack.com
2026-01-1525 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyCaught up in a storyHappy Epiphany, y'all!What would make the Magi journey thousands of miles to see an infant? A king? A story, one that promised to reshape everything they, in their wisdom and knowledge, had come to know about the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marcushalley.substack.com
2026-01-0623 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus Halley"Lectio" DivinaI read over 133 books* in 2025 (if you count all 77 books of the Bible). These are the five passages from the non-biblical books that I can't stop thinking about. Here's to more reading in 2026!Read the Bible in ONE Year! BibleProject | One Story That Leads to Jesus: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/63058-bibleproject-one-story-that-leads-to-jesusOther books mentioned in this episode:Eiren Caffall's All the Water in the WorldHerman Melville's Moby DickOctavia Butler's Parable of the TalentsAbraham Verghese's The Covenant of WaterRobert Farrar Capon's...
2025-12-2021 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyWithout shame or fearJesus invites us to a life free of shame and fear... which might come as a surprise given what passes for Christian faith in our wider culture. If Jesus invites us out of shame and fear, what does he invite is into and how to do we practice this new sort of life into being?Have questions? Email them to everydayliturgist@gmail.com.Subscribe to the Everyday Liturgist newsletter on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...
2025-12-1216 min
Everyday Liturgist with Marcus HalleyWelcome to Everyday LiturgistWe're taking a new adventure! Everyday Liturgist is becoming a podcast! Let's explore ways of thinking of Jesus, faith, spirituality, and what it means to be a Christian disciples in new ways, with a little bit of humor and a whole lot of gratitude.Have questions? Email them to everydayliturgist@gmail.com.Subscribe to the Everyday Liturgist newsletter on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marcushalley.substack.com
2025-12-0502 min
Trinity College65th Annual Trinity College Christmas Festival of Lessons and CarolsThe 65th annual Trinity College Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols was held on Sunday, December 8, 2024, a service that was offered as a shared moment of comfort and hope.
A PDF of the order of service is available here https://www.trincoll.edu/spiritualandreligiouslife/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2024/11/Lessons-and-Carols-Program-2024-for-web.pdf
The festivals, offered at two times, featured the Chapel Singers; Trinity College Gospel Choir; Ellen Dickinson, college carillonist; Elijah Morris ’28, organ; Madison Thompson ’25, organ; Chris Yi ’26, organ; Christopher Houlihan ’09, John Rose Distinguished College Organist, Director of Chapel Music, and Artist-in-Residence; The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, chaplain to the college; and The...
2024-12-231h 37
Making Our Home For FaithTrail Mix Week 2 - EQUIPPINGPRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRITCome Holy Spirit fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in us the fire of Your Love. Send forth your spirit and we shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ Our Lord. AmenINVOCACIÓN AL ESPÍRITU SANTO Ven, Espíritu Santo, llena los corazones de t...
2021-04-1313 min