Redeemer and Micah’s Threefold Mission

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A) Micah 6:1-8 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 Psalm 15 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 29, 2017. (This sermon on Redeemer and Micah’s Threefold Mission served as the Clergy Report for the Redeemer San […]

Casting a Net with Chloe

Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 22, 2017. In last Sunday’s Gospel from John, we read about Peter being introduced to Jesus by his brother Andrew, who tells […]

Behold the Lamb of God

Readings for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-12 John 1:29-42 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 15, 2017. This last Wednesday was the third anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Some of you met me when I was a Postulant, which […]

Epiphanies from the Magi Nation

Readings for the Feast Day of Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72 Matthew 2:1-12 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 8, 2017. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, a feast that honors the surprising ways that God shows up in our lives insofar as we have […]