Readings for the Feast Day of St. Alban Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 69:15-20 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:26-28a, 29-31, 40, 42 This sermon was preached at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Albany CA on June 22, 2014 Before England was called England, when it was just an island at the outermost edge of the known world, there […]
Read More St. Alban and the Sacrament of BaptismReadings for the Wedding of David William Harty and Martha Buckle Shear: Tobit 8:5b-8 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Matthew 5:1 – 10 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of David Harty and Martha Shear on June 21, 2014 at Ru’s Farm at Healdsburg Country Gardens in Healdsburg CA. Over the last few months, I have […]
Read More Wedding Homily for David & MarthaReadings for Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on June 8, 2014. Today is a special day not only because it is Pentecost, the birthday of the Church (the 1,981st birthday of the church […]
Read More The Spirit Who Empowers Us All to Be Bishops, Priests and DeaconsReadings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10; 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 This sermon was preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Crockett CA on Sunday June 1, 2014 This last Thursday was the 40th day of Easter which meant it was Ascension Day, a day that commemorates a truth we claim every […]
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DANIEL DeFOREST LONDON 