Sermon on the Mount: Three Key Spiritual Disciplines

Readings for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 26, 2020. The Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday is a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, a sermon that I preached on just a few Sundays ago and described as […]

Sermon on the Mount: Attitudes that Help Us Be Salt and Light

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A) Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16] Matthew 5:13-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 9, 2020. This Sunday and next Sunday we will be hearing portions of what is considered by many to be the most significant and influential […]

Better is One Day: Christ Church Eureka Rector’s Report on 2019

Readings for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas) Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Psalm 84 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 2, 2020 (Groundhog’s Day / 02 02 2020) “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a […]