The Name Above All Names

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year A) Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 29, 2017. Eight weeks ago, we began our journey through the book of Exodus, which […]

Walking Around Shining Like the Sun

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 24 Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 22, 2017. In a few weeks, many of us will greet a variety of familiar and perhaps frightening […]

God’s Relentless Invitation to Friendship

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 23 Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 15, 2017. The readings this morning can be interpreted as conveying a wrathful and violent God hell bent […]

The Empathy of St. Francis

Readings for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Jeremiah 22:13–16 Galatians 6:14–18 Matthew 11:25–30 Psalm 148:7–14 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 8, 2017. There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of […]

The Meaning of the Hebrew Letter Aleph

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 9 Year A – Track 2) Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 25:1-8 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 This sermon was preached at the Chapel of St. Francis at San Francisco Towers on October 1, 2017. “God guides the humble in doing right and teaches his way to the lowly.” This […]