Prayers for Redeemer

Readings for the First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 These prayers were shared at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael on Sunday December 31, 2017 On this last day of 2017, which is also my next-to-last Sunday here with you, I want to […]

Playing Our Drum For Him (Christmas Eve Sermon 2017)

Readings for Christmas Eve (Section I): Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14(15-20) Psalm 96 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday December 24, 2017 “We come, as people have come all through the ages, to bring our own gifts to this Child, God’s gift to […]

The Episcopal Namaste

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B) 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Canticle 15 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on December 24, 2017. One of the first things I picked up from the Episcopal Church was […]

The Soft Animal Sermon

Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year B) Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8,19-28 Canticle 15 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on December 17, 2017. I’d like to begin this sermon with a poem from a book I […]

Being Cleared Out for Some New Delight

Readings for the First Sunday of Advent (Year B) Isaiah 64:1-9 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on December 3, 2017. Here we are on the first Sunday of Advent, a season of hope […]